Phil Wang
| Phil Wang | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1990 (age 26–27) |
| Medium | Stand-up, television, radio |
| Alma mater | Cambridge University |
| Website |
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Phil Wang is a British Malaysian stand-up comedian who is also a member of the sketch comedy group Daphne,[1][2][3] and co-creator of their BBC Radio 4 series, Daphne Sounds Expensive.
Early life
Wang grew up in Malaysia, where he was taught in Malay, Mandarin and English. He took GCSEs at boarding school in Brunei and at 16 moved to Bath in the UK, where his mother is originally from, to further his education.[4]
Career
Wang won the 2010 Chortle Student Comedian of the Year Award[5] and, in 2011, Comedy Central's Funniest Student Award. In 2012 he was president of Footlights at Cambridge University, where he did a four-year engineering degree.[6] He's since performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe[7] and at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.[8]
Wang has appeared in The Rob Brydon Show, Comedy Up Late, About Tonight, It Was Alright in the 70s, Have I Got News for You, Unspun with Matt Forde, Would I Lie to You?, Live at the Apollo, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and The Dog Ate My Homework. He has also acted in the sitcom Top Coppers.
Wang has also written for The Guardian.[9]
References
- ↑ "Edinburgh comedy 2015: what to see". The Telegraph. 12 August 2015.
- ↑ "My Comedy Hero: Phil Wang on Leslie Nielsen". The List.
- ↑ Edinburgh festival 2015: 10 comedy acts to watch, The Guardian
- ↑ Stuart Goldsmith (13 February 2017). "The Comedian's Comedian Podcast - 197 - Phil Wang".
- ↑ "Wang wins - Chortle student king crowned". Chortle. 18 August 2010.
- ↑ Simon Bajkowski (27 March 2011). "That's Number One, Wang". The Tab.
- ↑ "Phil Wang - Edinburgh Fringe 2015 - British Comedy Guide".
- ↑ Stephanie Bunbury (23 March 2015). "Melbourne International Comedy Festival: Phil Wang engineers a laugh with 'high-status' comedy". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ↑ Phil Wang (31 July 2014). "Phil Wang: Impossibly wise or offensively stupid – Chinese people in US films". The Guardian.
