Dat Phan

Dat Phan (born January 25, 1975 in Saigon, South Vietnam), is a Vietnamese American stand-up comedian. When he was a child, he, his mother, and nine of his siblings immigrated 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 Community College's Walk of Fame.

In 2003, he entered NBC's stand-up comedy competition reality show, Last Comic Standing, and became a finalist in the competition. He was disliked by the other contestants due to his relative inexperience in professional comedy and odd, unconventional behavior, and they subsequently destroyed him on an episode of Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn. Phan was the unlikely and surprise winner of Last Comic Standing, and subsequently has made cameo appearances in Hollywood films such as Cellular and Love is the Drug. He currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada.

TV appearances

Last Comic Standing (2003)
Good Morning, Miami (March 20, 2003)
Comedy Central Presents: The Commies (2003)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (August 6, 2003)
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)
Asian Excellence Awards on May 28 2007, nominated for Outstanding Comedy Performance
Comedy Zen (2007)
BET ComicView (December 11, 2007)

Filmography

Cellular (film) (2004)
Love is the Drug (2005)

External links

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Winners	Dat Phan John Heffron Alonzo Bodden Josh Blue Jon Reep Iliza Shlesinger Felipe Esparza
Other contestants	Ant Ty Barnett Doug Benson Rebecca Corry Lavell Crawford Dante Gerry Dee Mike DeStefano Debra DiGiovanni Bil Dwyer Joey Gay Todd Glass Gary Gulman Tim Harmston Ralph Harris Corey Holcomb Gabriel Iglesias Sean Kent Kristin Key Matt Kirshen Jay London April Macie Mary Mack Kathleen Madigan Ralphie May Bonnie McFarlane Dave Mordal Eddie Pepitone Tammy Pescatelli Chris Porter Tommy Ryman Jimmy Shubert Amy Schumer Rich Vos Gina Yashere