Henry Cho
(born December 30, 1962 in Knoxville, Tennessee) is an American stand-up comedian. His work can be heard nationwide several times weekly on XM Radio's Channel 151, Laugh USA and Sirius Radio's Blue Collar Radio channel 103.
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Biography
Cho, who is of
Korean American descent, was raised in Knoxville and went into stand-up comedy in 1986. He attended
University of Tennessee at Knoxville, and moved to
Los Angeles, California in 1989 to pursue his career, but always with the intent of returning to his roots in
Tennessee.
Cho often uses his childhood experiences as an
Asian American in
the South in his comedy. "I'm an Asian with a
Southern accent," remarks Cho, "To a lot of people, that right there is funny." He frequently makes remarks about the church he goes to, however, not in a mocking way.
Cho appeared on many television shows in late-1980s and early-1990s including
Bob Hope's Young Comedians Special
,
MTV's
1/2 Hour Comedy Hour
and
VH-1's
Stand-Up Spotlight
. His other TV credits include guest roles on various
sitcoms such as
Designing Women
,
Lenny
,
The New WKRP in Cincinnati
and a starring role in the
TV movie Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation
. In 1994, after he moved back to Tennessee, Cho got a call from
NBC to host a revamped version of
Friday Night Videos
titled
Friday Night
. He commuted to L.A. weekly for two years. During this time, he also appeared on
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
and
The Arsenio Hall Show
. Henry Cho recently earned his nickname, "Mr. Clean" for his always-clean comedy.
He has appeared in three
feature films. First, starring opposite
Tom Arnold and
David Alan Grier in
McHale's Navy
. In 2001, he appeared in the
Farrelly Brothers' movie
Say It Isn't So
with
Heather Graham and
Chris Klein. Most recently, in 2006, he appeared in
Material Girls
starring
Hilary and
Haylie Duff.
In 2006, he had his own
Comedy Central special entitled
Henry Cho: What's That Clickin' Noise?
.
In 2007, it was announced that he signed a deal with
Touchstone Pictures and
American Broadcasting Company to write, produce, and star in a television
situational comedy series centered around Korean Americans living in the South.
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Brief Filmography
- Designing Women
(guest starring) (1989)
- Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation
(1992)
- Bandit: Beauty and the Bandit
(1994)
- McHale's Navy
(1997)
- Say It Isn't So
(2001)
- Material Girls
(2006)
Brief Discography
- What's That Clickin' Noise?
(Warner Brothers/Comedy Central)
References
- http://news.asianweek.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=6f70bd8468249e0b9c8dc031b22e30b6&this_category_id=178