Henry Cho

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Henry Cho
Born (1961-12-30) December 30, 1961 (age 62)
Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
OccupationComedian
Years active1986–present
Websitehenrychocomedy.com

Henry Cho (born December 30, 1962) is an American

Pandora Radio's PG Comedy Radio Channel. Cho is one of the only Asian-American acts to appear regularly on the Grand Ole Opry and on January 6, 2023, he became the first Asian-American invited to become a member of the Opry
.

Biography

Born of

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," he said. "To a lot of people, that right there is funny."[1]

In interviews, Cho has said he is a practicing Christian.[2]

Career

Cho appeared on many television shows in the late 1980s and early 90s, including

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. For two years, he commuted to Los Angeles weekly. More recently he appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. He was also the keynote speaker for the 59th Annual Radio and Television Correspondents' Dinner. Cho is well-known as a "clean" comedian, forgoing profanity and objectionable material,[3] and has sometimes been called "Mr. Clean".[4]

He has appeared in three

Heather Graham and Chris Klein. In 2006, he appeared in Material Girls starring Hilary and Haylie Duff
.

During the holiday seasons of 2003 and 2004, Cho toured the U.S. with Amy Grant and Vince Gill, appearing live during the couple's show.

In 2006, he had his own Comedy Central special entitled Henry Cho: What's That Clickin' Noise? in which Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall, and Larry the Cable Guy were special guest voices in the opening scene.

In 2007, he signed a deal with

Great American Country (GAC).[5]

Filmography

Discography

References

  1. ^ a b Nguyen, Joe (March 17, 2010). "Comedian Henry Cho comes to Comedy Works in Denver". AsiaXpress.com. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
  2. ^ Cho, Henry. "Henry Cho Interview Series #3" (Interview). Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2017-08-16 – via YouTube.
  3. ^ Palmer, Erica (August 8, 2014). "Jim Gaffigan, Brian Regan, other comedians find that 'clean' works for them". Deseret News. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
  4. ^ Belcher, Josh (November 18, 2013). "Henry Cho – Christian Man – Mr. Clean of Comedy!". Rocking God's House. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
  5. ^ Cure, Sarah (September 8, 2011). "Knoxville native, comedian Henry Cho's new show to air tonight on Great American Country channel". AL.com. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
  6. ^ Jeffries, David. "Henry Cho". AllMusic. Biography. Retrieved 2017-08-16.

External links

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