Tommy Kang
- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Tommy Kang is an Asian-American actor, comedian, writer, and martial artist.
As a stand-up comedian, Tommy has found himself performing at festivals like SXSW and SkankFest.
But, aside from telling jokes, Tommy's unique experience growing up in his family's martial arts school in Brooklyn, NY compelled him to write, perform, and produce a 30-minute pilot exploiting his own upbringing. His pilot, "Young Grasshopper" peaked on the festival circuit when he won "Best Comedy Actor" at iTV Festival in 2018.
However, when he's not writing scripts, Tommy also feels it absolutely necessary to violate the zeitgeist with his sketch comedy. His sketch "Edible Sex Doll" was featured in Funny or Die, and his viral sketch "True Detective Pikachu" (which Kang also starred in) continues to provide nightmare-fuel to internet trolls everywhere. In fact, the creator of "Bob's Burgers," Loren Bouchard, even thanked Tommy (via Twitter) for his "Bob's Burgers" sketch, which Tommy released in panicked-isolation during the height of the Pandemic.
Fueled by compulsion and fed by anxiety, Tommy Kang hopes to die in front of his television with his laptop open as a blinking cursor taunts him from behind the chilling, blue light of a blank Word document.
As a stand-up comedian, Tommy has found himself performing at festivals like SXSW and SkankFest.
But, aside from telling jokes, Tommy's unique experience growing up in his family's martial arts school in Brooklyn, NY compelled him to write, perform, and produce a 30-minute pilot exploiting his own upbringing. His pilot, "Young Grasshopper" peaked on the festival circuit when he won "Best Comedy Actor" at iTV Festival in 2018.
However, when he's not writing scripts, Tommy also feels it absolutely necessary to violate the zeitgeist with his sketch comedy. His sketch "Edible Sex Doll" was featured in Funny or Die, and his viral sketch "True Detective Pikachu" (which Kang also starred in) continues to provide nightmare-fuel to internet trolls everywhere. In fact, the creator of "Bob's Burgers," Loren Bouchard, even thanked Tommy (via Twitter) for his "Bob's Burgers" sketch, which Tommy released in panicked-isolation during the height of the Pandemic.
Fueled by compulsion and fed by anxiety, Tommy Kang hopes to die in front of his television with his laptop open as a blinking cursor taunts him from behind the chilling, blue light of a blank Word document.
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