| Dat Phan | |
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| Born: | January 25, 1975 |
| Birth Hometown: | Saigon, California |
| Occupation: | Comedian |
| Years active: | 2003–present |
Dat Phan (born January 25, 1975) is a Vietnamese American stand-up comedian. He first rose to fame in 2003 after defeating runner-up Ralphie May to win Season 1 of Last Comic Standing.
In Fall 2004, he returned for the third season dubbed "Battle of the Best" which featured contestants from season 1 against season 2. He and May were eliminated in the fifth round.
Early life[]
Phan was born in Saigon.
He immigrated to the United States as a child with his mother and nine other siblings. 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
He dropped out of Grossmont College to pursue comedy. He was later voted into Grossmont College's Walk of Fame.
Career[]
In 2003, he entered the first season of NBC's stand-up comedy competition reality show, Last Comic Standing. He was picked on by the other contestants due to his relative youth in the comedy world. Nonetheless, Phan was the surprise winner of Last Comic Standing and has subsequently made cameo appearances in Hollywood films such as Cellular and Love Is the Drug.
Dat Phan Productions released the DVD Dat Phan: Live and the CD You Touch, You Buy, in stores January 2010, and began pre-production on a movie titled Yellow Fever.
In 2011, Phan was featured in the DirecTV campaign, "The Whale."
Personal life[]
He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
Phan has endorsed the Jade Ribbon Campaign established to fight against hepatitis B and liver cancer.
| Last Comic Standing | ||
| Hosts |
Jay Mohr • Anthony Clark • Bill Bellamy • Fearne Cotton • Craig Robinson • JB Smoove • Anthony Jeselnik | |
| Winners |
Dat Phan • John Heffron • Alozon Bodden • Josh Blue • Jon Reep • Iliza Shlesinger • Felipe Esparza • Rod Man • Clayton English | |
| Other Notable 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 |
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