Sheng Wang

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Sheng Wang
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Birth nameSheng Wang
Born (1980-01-08) January 8, 1980 (age 44)
Taipei City, Taiwan
Medium Stand-up, Television
Nationality Taiwanese American
Education University of California, Berkeley
Years active2002–present
Genres Observational comedy
Notable works and rolesSweet & Juicy
Website shengwangtime.com

Sheng Wang (born January 9, 1980, in Taipei) is a Taiwanese American stand-up comedian and was a staff writer for ABC sitcom series Fresh Off the Boat from 2015 to 2018. [1] He grew up in Houston, Texas. [2]

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Early life and education

Wang was born in Taipei [3] and grew up in Houston, where he graduated from Bellaire High School. [2] He earned a Bachelor of Science in Business at the University of California, Berkeley from 1998 to 2002. [4] [5] After graduating, Wang began practicing stand-up in San Francisco and New York City. [6]

Career

Wang was a featured performer in 2007 at Montreal Comedy Festival. On January 28, 2011, Comedy Central Presents aired his first thirty-minute special broadcast on national television. In January 2011, he won top honors at NBC Universal's Seventh Annual "Stand Up for Diversity" comedy search, including a one-year talent holding deal with that studio. [7] Wang also appeared on Comedy Central's John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show in 2012. [8]

Wang also appeared on Comedians of Comedy , American Eagle's Campus Comedy Challenge and Comedy Central's Live at Gotham . [9]

He competed in the 2015 season of Last Comic Standing, earning a spot in the top 10 contestants. Wang released an album titled Cornucopias Are Actually Horrible Containers in 2015. [10]

From 2015 to 2018 he worked on ABC sit-com Fresh Off the Boat as a staff writer, story editor, and executive story editor. [11] He appeared as "Hank" in two episodes.

In 2019, Wang appeared on the HBO Special 2 Dope Queens . [12] He also performed at Clusterfest 2019 opening for headliner John Mulaney. [13]

In September 2022 he released his first Netflix special Sweet & Juicy. [14] It was the first comedy special directed by Ali Wong. It was released to wide praise: The New York Times noted that Wang "has a droll and relaxed delivery, which makes the focus and inventiveness of his material land even better." [15]

Sheng Wang lives in Los Angeles, California. [16] He cites Maria Bamford, Dave Attell, and Robert Hawkins as influences, and his work has often drawn comparisons to the stand-up of Mitch Hedberg. [17]

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References

  1. ↑ CAAM (2015-11-30). "It's Sheng Wang's Time". CAAM Home. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
  2. 1 2 Oliveros, Beatriz (2021-04-29). "Houston Comedian Sheng Wang helps kick off Asian Pacific American Heritage Month". KPRC . Retrieved 2022-09-18.
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  8. ↑ "Sheng Wang | Stand-Up Comedian | Comedy Central Stand". Comedy Central. Archived from the original on May 9, 2014. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
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  10. ↑ BWW News Desk. "LAST COMIC STANDING Finalist Sheng Wang Announces Debut Album". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
  11. ↑ "Sheng Wang's IMDB Page". IMDB. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
  12. ↑ HBO (2018-03-19), Talkin' Trash About Safety w/ Sheng Wang | 2 Dope Queens | HBO , retrieved 2019-04-24
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  14. ↑ Martin, Clare (2022-09-15). "Sheng Wang's First Netflix Special Is a Sweet and Juicy Treat". Paste . Retrieved 2022-09-18.
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