Dat Phan

Dat Phan
Dat Phan in 2010 at The Punchline in Sacramento, CA
Born	January 25, 1975 (1975-01-25) (age 36) Saigon, South Vietnam
Medium	Stand-up
Nationality	Vietnamese American
Genres	Observational comedy
Subject(s)	everyday life, self-deprecation, racial stereotypes
Influences	Benny Hill,[1] Buddy Hackett,[1] Bill Cosby, Brian Regan, Chris Rock, Conan O'Brien, Cris Clobber, Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Carrey, John Ritter, Lamont Ferguson, Pablo Francisco, Robin Williams
Website	datphan.com

Dat Phan (born January 25, 1975 in Saigon, South Vietnam), is a Vietnamese American stand-up comedian.

Early life

When he was a child, he, his mother, and nine of his siblings emigrated from South Vietnam to the United States. They suffered financial hardships throughout his childhood. He grew up in the City Heights neighborhood of San Diego, California, then spent his teenage years in Santee, California, a suburb of San Diego. Phan was voted most successful of his class at his West Hills High School ten year reunion, and was voted into Grossmont College's Walk of Fame.^[1]

Career

In 2003, he entered NBC's stand-up comedy competition reality show, Last Comic Standing, and became its first season winner.^[1][2] He was picked on by the other contestants due to his relative youth in the comedy world.^[1] Nonetheless, Phan was the surprise winner of Last Comic Standing,^[2] and subsequently has made cameo appearances in Hollywood films such as Cellular^[2] and Love is the Drug. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

Dat Phan Productions released the DVD Dat Phan: Live and the CD You Touch, You Buy in stores January 2010 and began preproduction on a movie titled Yellow Fever.^[2] He has endorsed the Jade Ribbon Campaign established to fight against hepatitis B and liver cancer.^[2]

Dat Phan has most recently been featured in the new DirecTV campaign, "The Whale".

Filmography

TV appearances

• Last Comic Standing 1 (2003)^[1][2]
• Good Morning, Miami (March 20, 2003)
• Comedy Central Presents: The Commies (2003)
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (August 6, 2003)^[2]
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (August 8, 2003)
• The Award Show Awards Show (2003)
• The Wayne Brady Show (January 29, 2004)
• Comedy Central Presents: Dat Phan (2004)
• Danny Phantom (2004)
• The West Wing (February 18, 2004)
• Last Comic Standing 2 (August 12, 2004)
• Super Bowl XXXIX
• Last Comic Standing 3 (2004)
• Family Guy Episode 59 - Breaking Out Is Hard To Do (July 17, 2005)^[2]
• Asian Excellence Awards on May 28, 2007, nominated for Outstanding Comedy Performance
• Comedy Zen (2007)
• BET ComicView (December 11, 2007)
• The Tyra Banks Show Racial Stereotypes (September 30, 2009)
• DirecTv The Whale (July 20, 2011)

Last Comic Standing

Phan was the original winner of Last Comic Standing^[1][2] and won in the finals against Ralphie May in 2003. He has made at least one appearance in every season. In Fall 2004, he returned for the third season dubbed "Battle of the Best" which was season 1 against season 2. In the fifth round, he and Ralphie May got eliminated and contestant Dave Mordal who would become the runner-up stayed in. The Season 2 elimination results had winner and future third placeman John Heffron staying in and Kathleen Madigan and Jay London eliminated.

Filmography

• Cellular (2004)^[2]
• Love is the Drug (2005)
• Spring Break '83 (2008)

References

• DatPhan.com
• Duck, Allison (September 30, 2009). "Dinner at The Peppermill with Dat Phan". Las Vegas Weekly. http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/blogs/the-playground/2009/sep/30/dinner-dat-phan/. 
• Duck, Allison (September 21, 2009). "Dat Phan Homeless to Hilarious". Las Vegas Weekly. http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/news/2009/sep/21/dat-phan-homeless-hilarious/. 
• Bloom, Stephen (March 10, 2010). "Dat Phan From Homeless to Headliner". Sacramento Press. http://www.sacramentopress.com/headline/23166/Dat_Phan_From_Homeless_to_Headliner. 
• Attanasio, Ed (May 8, 2010). "Now Dat's Funny". Life on the Edge. http://edattanasio.blogspot.com/2010/05/now-dats-funny.html. 
• "PHANtastic: "Last Comic Standing" winner aims to entertain Guam Audience". Pacific Daily News. Guampdn.com. http://www.guampdn.com/article/20100820/LIFESTYLE/8200317. ^{[dead link]}

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} Curran, James (2 January 2008). "Locally raised comedian Phan grateful to be working". North County Times. http://www.nctimes.com/entertainment/art-and-theater/theater/article_08631056-e5c2-51a0-b2a9-8d810dd34a5d.html. Retrieved 20 February 2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} Pang, Angela (16 September 2008). "Dat Phan Joins Jade Ribbon Campaign". AsianWeek. http://www.asianweek.com/2008/09/16/dat-phan-joins-jade-ribbon-campaign/. Retrieved 20 February 2010. 

External links

• Official website
• Dat Phan Productions at YouTube
• Dat Phan at Facebook Profile 1
• Dat Phan at Facebook Fan Page
• Dat Phan at Twitter
• Dat Phan at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Phan, Dat
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Date of birth	January 25, 1975
Place of birth	Saigon, South Vietnam
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