Jimmy O. Yang
Biography
Jimmy O. Yang is a Hong Kong-born American stand-up comedian and actor who moved to Los Angeles as a teenager and began performing stand-up at 21. He made his television debut on 2 Broke Girls in 2012 and became known for playing Jian-Yang on Silicon Valley, a role he held from 2014 to 2019, and Dr. Chan Kaifang on Space Force. His film work includes Bernard Tai in Crazy Rich Asians (2018), roles in Like a Boss (2020) and Fantasy Island (2020), Josh Lin in Love Hard (2021), and the voice of the title character in The Monkey King (2023). He released the comedy specials Good Deal in 2020 and Guess How Much? in 2023, wrote How to American, and in 2024 played the lead in the Hulu series Interior Chinatown.
39years old
Turns 40 on June 11in 213 days
- Born British Hong Kong
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
- 歐陽萬成 (birth name)Also credited as Jimmy Ouyang, Man-Sing Au-Yeung, jimmyouyang.com and jimmycomedy.com
Movie Career
- Films
- 15
- Career span
- 8 years2017 to 2025
Genres
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First role
Yang's first stand-up set came at age 21, when he performed as "Lowball Jim" at the Ha Ha Comedy Club in North Hollywood between June 2008 and June 2009.
A role that slipped away
Yang was offered a series-regular part on the Yahoo! Screen show Sin City Saints, but he declined it because accepting would have meant quitting Silicon Valley.
Early training
Yang's college graduation speaker was Mike Judge, a fellow UC San Diego alumnus who went on to be the showrunner of Silicon Valley, the series that made Yang a regular.
Jimmy O. Yang movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Fantasy Island2020 Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thrilleras Brax Weaver
IMDb rating 4.965K votes
Most often with
Twelve actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Harry Shum Jr.'s page
Ronny Chieng's page
Also two films together6 more actors
- Constance WuWish Dragon (2021) and Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
- Lisa LuRally Road Racers (2023) and Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
- Alex Moffat80 for Brady (2023) and The Opening Act (2020)
- Jo KoyThe Monkey King (2023) and Easter Sunday (2022)
- Billy Porter80 for Brady (2023) and Like a Boss (2020)
- Nico SantosWish Dragon (2021) and Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Jimmy O. Yang's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.3 billion
8 of the 15 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 15 films: 8 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 3 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 3Never in cinemas
- 3Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$940M70.6% of the total
- 2$239M17.9% of the total
- 3$49M3.7% of the total
- 4$35M2.6% of the total
- 5$27M2.0% of the total
- 6$26M1.9% of the total
- 7$13M1.0% of the total
- 8$2.9M0.2% of the total
