Phil Wang
| Phil Wang 王兴贵 | |
|---|---|
 Wang at Glastonbury Festival in 2019 | |
| Birth name | Philip Nathaniel Wang Sin Goi |
| Born | 22 January 1990[1] Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England[2] |
| Medium | Stand-up, television, radio |
| Education | Jerudong International School |
| Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge |
| Website | www |
Philip Nathaniel Wang Sin Goi[a] (simplified Chinese: 王兴贵; traditional Chinese: 王興貴; pinyin: Wáng Xīngguì; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Vòng Hîn-kùi; born 22 January 1990)[3][4][5] is a British-Malaysian stand-up comedian and comedy writer who is a member of the sketch comedy group Daphne,[6][7][8] and co-creator of their BBC Radio 4 series, Daphne Sounds Expensive. He currently hosts the comedy podcast ‘BudPod’ with fellow comedian and Footlights alumnus Pierre Novellie.
Early life
[edit]Wang was born in Stoke-on-Trent to an English mother and a Chinese-Malaysian father of Hakka descent.[9][10] A few weeks after his birth, his family returned to the city of Kota Kinabalu in Sabah, Malyasia where his parents had first met in 1982.[11] Wang was raised in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia and educated in Malay, Mandarin, and English.[10] He later studied at Jerudong International School in Brunei before moving to Bath in the UK at 16.[12] Wang attended Kingswood School and then completed a four-year engineering degree at King's College, where he also served as president of the Cambridge Footlights in 2012.[13][14][15][16][17]
Career
[edit]Wang won the 2010 Chortle Student Comedian of the Year Award[18] and, in 2011, Comedy Central's Funniest Student Award. Wang has since performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe[19] and at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.[20]
Wang has made numerous television and radio appearances, including on shows such as Taskmaster, Would I Lie to You?, Have I Got News for You (including as compère in 2024), and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. He has performed stand-up on Live at the Apollo and competed on Roast Battle. His BBC Radio 4 comedy special Wangsplaining aired in 2019, and in 2021, he released a Netflix stand-up special, Phil Wang: Philly Philly Wang Wang.
Beyond stand-up, Wang has acted in the sitcom Top Coppers, appeared in the 2023 film Wonka, and played a role in the Netflix series 3 Body Problem.[21] He has also made guest appearances on The Graham Norton Show and Kevin McCloud's Rough Guide to the Future. In 2021, he launched the Audible podcast Phil Wang Hates Horror.
His first book, Sidesplitter: How to Be from Two Worlds at Once, was published in 2021.[22] Wang has also embarked on a worldwide comedy tour, with performances continuing into 2024.
Works
[edit]- Sidesplitter: How To Be From Two Worlds At Once (Coronet Books, 2021) ISBN 978-1529350272
References
[edit]- ^ In this Malaysian Hakka Chinese name, the surname is Wang (王). In accordance with custom, the Western-style name is Phil Wang and the Chinese-style name is Wang Sin Goi (simplified Chinese: 王兴贵; traditional Chinese: 王興貴).
- ^ "Aisling Bea and Phil Wang head to Netflix". Chortle.
- ^ "Interview: Phil Wang – The Comedian Who Isn't Afraid to Make You Laugh About Race". weareresonate. 2 March 2017.
- ^ "Phil Wang's Chinese name". 16 December 2018.
- ^ Insert Name Here (BBC), Series 3, Episode 2. (First broadcast 27 November 2017.)
- ^ Phil Wang, Alex Horne (4 September 2018). Phil Wang Interview Taskmaster S7 - Dave (Video). UKTV. Event occurs at 1:37 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Edinburgh comedy 2015: what to see". The Telegraph. 12 August 2015.
- ^ "My Comedy Hero: Phil Wang on Leslie Nielsen". The List.
- ^ Edinburgh festival 2015: 10 comedy acts to watch, The Guardian
- ^ Wong, Gabby (2 March 2017). "INTERVIEW: Phil Wang – The comedian who isn't afraid to make you laugh about race". Resonate. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- ^ a b Wang P (2019) Phil Wang: Wangsplaining, BBC Studios.
- ^ Bennett, Steve. "Phil Wang: I broke my arm filming Wonka : News 2023". Chortle. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ "How JIS Brunei enabled these students to enter the world's elite universities". Study International News. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- ^ Chong, Kan Yaw (15 January 2023). "'Funniest' UK comedian remembers his Kota Kinabalu roots". Daily Express.
- ^ Gil, Natalie (14 September 2015). "Learn from our mistakes: freshers' week regrets". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ^ Goldsmith, Stuart (13 February 2017). "Episode 197 – Phil Wang". The Comedian's Comedian (Podcast).
- ^ Banerjee, Rohan (18 July 2017). "Phil Wang on engineering comedy, Footlights, and why Brexit is a cock block". The New Statesman.
- ^ Simon Bajkowski (27 March 2011). "That's Number One, Wang". The Tab.
- ^ "Wang wins – Chortle student king crowned". Chortle. 18 August 2010.
- ^ "Phil Wang – Edinburgh Fringe 2015 – British Comedy Guide". British Comedy Guide.
- ^ Stephanie Bunbury (23 March 2015). "Melbourne International Comedy Festival: Phil Wang engineers a laugh with 'high-status' comedy". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ "Meet the cast of 3 Body Problem on Netflix". Radio Times. 22 March 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ "Sidesplitter". The Guardian Bookshop. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
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- Living people
- 1990 births
- Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
- British Asian writers
- Comedians from Staffordshire
- English male film actors
- English male television actors
- English male voice actors
- English male comedians
- English people of Chinese descent
- English people of French descent
- English people of Malaysian descent
- English stand-up comedians
- Entertainers from Stoke-on-Trent
- Malaysian people of English descent
- Malaysian people of French descent
- Malaysian people of Hakka descent