Ronny Chieng

Ronny Xin Yi Chieng born 21 November, 1985. Non-primary source required is a Malaysian actor and comedian. Chieng is currently the senior correspondent of The Daily Show on Comedy Central. He also created and stars the sitcom Ronny Chieng International Student, that premiered on ABC Australia (Australia) in 2017. Chieng was born to a Malaysian Chinese couple in Johor Bahru (Malaysia). From 1989 to 1994, he lived in Manchester in New Hampshire. Chieng was a part of Trevor Noah at a Melbourne comedy festival in 2013. Chieng was then asked to audition for the role as a correspondent for Noah's Daily Show two years later. In July of 2016 Chieng was named one of the top 10 comics to Check out by Variety In October, Chieng appeared on The Daily Show to give his response to a Jesse Watters Fox News segment considered racist by many. Chieng broadcasts a tirade-filled critique of the program on the network that is conservative. Chieng also revisited the city's Chinatown, where Watters were mocking residents, and conducted interviews more respectfully with residents in Mandarin and Cantonese. The viral video was featured in Slate and the Washington Post. In his youth, Chieng was an Singapore Sea Scout. Despite living in Australia for more than a decade Chieng is not a citizen or permanent residency status in Australia. Chieng made an absurd joke about being cynophobic during 2018's Daily Show. However, he later stated that he is "100 100 percent confident about dogs" in an interview.