Personal Info
Birth date
1938-05-24 (87 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Also known as
Thomas Bing Kin Chong
Thomas B. Kin Chong
Tommy Chong
Biography
Tommy Chong (born May 24, 1938) is a Canadian-American comedian, actor and musician who is well-known for his stereotypical portrayals of hippie-era stoners. He is most widely known for his involvement in the marijuana-themed Cheech & Chong comedy movies with Cheech Marin, as well as playing the character Leo on Fox's That '70s Show.
Filmography
The Simpsons
8
Overview:
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.Real Time with Bill Maher
5.984
Overview:
Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors, comedians, musicians and the like to discuss what's going on in the world.Dancing with the Stars
6
Overview:
The competition sees celebrities perform choreographed dance routines which are judged by a panel of renowned ballroom experts and voted on by viewers. Enjoy sizzling salsas, sambas and spray-tans as they vie for the coveted Mirrorball Trophy.South Park
8.371
Overview:
Follows the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.Jimmy Kimmel Live!
5.5
Overview:
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.Raw
6.761
Overview:
A regularly scheduled, live, year-round program featuring some of the biggest WWE Superstars.That '70s Show
7.94
Overview:
Crank up the 8-track and flash back to a time when platform shoes and puka shells were all the rage in this hilarious retro-sitcom. For Eric, Kelso, Jackie, Hyde, Donna and Fez, a group of high school teens who spend most of their time hanging out in Eric’s basement, life in the ‘70s isn’t always so groovy. But between trying to figure out the meaning of life, avoiding their parents, and dealing with out-of-control hormones, they’ve learned one thing for sure: they’ll always get by with a little help from their friends.Uncle Grandpa
4.466
Overview:
The adventures of Uncle Grandpa who is out to help every child and adult in the world through the power of imagination. With his mystical R.V. and eternal optimism, Uncle Grandpa is always ready to greet the day - and everyone he meets - with his signature, "Good Mornin'."The Masked Singer
7.7
Overview:
Celebrities compete in a singing competition with one major twist: each singer is shrouded from head to toe in an elaborate costume, complete with full face mask to conceal his or her identity. One singer will be eliminated each week, ultimately revealing his or her true identity.Sliders
7.6
Overview:
In his basement in San Francisco, boy-genius Quinn Mallory unlocks the doorway to an infinite number of Earths. During a test run, Quinn invites co-worker Wade Welles and his teacher Professor Maximillian Arturo to see his new invention. But an increase in power and an early departure leave all three, plus a washed-up soul singer named Rembrandt "Crying Man" Brown, lost in a parallel world. Now they must "slide" from world to world, not only adapting to their changing surroundings, but also trying to get back to their world. Will they ever make it home?Miami Vice
7.451
Overview:
The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs is undercover in a drug cartel.MTV Video Music Awards
7.6
Overview:
An annual award ceremony presented by MTV to honor the best in the music video medium.Gotham Comedy Live
5.5
Overview:
Gotham Comedy Club, a popular comedy venue in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, is the setting of an hourlong series that is shot in front of an audience at the club. Each episode features routines by several comics -- a list that has included such names as David Alan Grier, Gilbert Gottfried and Artie Lange -- in what the network says is an unedited and uncensored format. In addition to the big names of the field who take the Gotham stage, the show also features up-and-comers who want to make a name for themselves in the stand-up comedy business.Hot Ones
7.4
Overview:
The show with hot questions and even hotter wings invites a famous guest over to eat and then interviews them while they're struggling through the heat.Dharma & Greg
6.4
Overview:
Dharma & Greg is an American television sitcom that aired from September 24, 1997, to April 30, 2002. It stars Jenna Elfman and Thomas Gibson as Dharma and Greg Montgomery, a couple who got married on their first date despite being complete opposites. The series is co-produced by Chuck Lorre Productions, More-Medavoy Productions and 4 to 6 Foot Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television for ABC. The show's theme song was written and performed by composer Dennis C. Brown. Created by executive producers Dottie Dartland and Chuck Lorre, the comedy took much of its inspiration from so-called culture-clash "fish out of water" situations. The show earned eight Golden Globe nominations, six Emmy Award nominations, and six Satellite Awards nominations. Elfman earned a Golden Globe in 1999 for Best Actress.Raising Hope
7.41
Overview:
James "Jimmy" Chance is a clueless 24-year-old who impregnates a serial killer during a one-night-stand. Earning custody of his daughter after the mother is sentenced to death, Jimmy relies on his oddball but well-intentioned family for support in raising the child.Celebrity Family Feud
7.9
Overview:
Celebrity Family Feud pits celebrities and their families against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to survey-type questions posed to 100 people.Zootopia
7.748
Overview:
Determined to prove herself, Officer Judy Hopps, the first bunny on Zootopia's police force, jumps at the chance to crack her first case - even if it means partnering with scam-artist fox Nick Wilde to solve the mystery.The Millers
5.9
Overview:
A divorced reporter, looking forward to the single life, finds his parents' marital problems derail his plans.Inside Comedy
6.5
Overview:
Half hour comedy documentary series from veteran funny-man David Steinberg and Steve Carell reveals the inspirations, influences and idols of some of the greatest comics of our time.That '90s Show
6.725
Overview:
Hello, Wisconsin! It's 1995 and Leia Forman, daughter of Eric and Donna, is visiting her grandparents for the summer where she bonds with a new generation of Point Place kids under the watchful eye of Kitty and the stern glare of Red. Sex, drugs and rock 'n roll never dies, it just changes clothes.The Green Room with Paul Provenza
7.9
Overview:
Comedian and director of the obscenely hilarious hit film The Aristocrats, Paul Provenza invites some of the biggest names in stand-up to sit down and try to beat each other to the punch line. From politics and racism to sex and money, no topic is off limits in The Green Room.The Muppets Mayhem
6.1
Overview:
The Electric Mayhem Band goes on an epic musical journey to finally record their first studio album. With the help of a driven young music executive, Nora, the old-school Muppet band comes face to face with the current day music scene as they try to finally go platinum.The George Carlin Show
8
Overview:
The George Carlin Show is an American sitcom that aired on the Fox network from January 1994 to July 1995. It was created jointly by veteran TV producer Sam Simon and the show's namesake, comedian George Carlin.George Lopez
7.6
Overview:
George raises daughter Carmen and dyslexic son Max with his wife Angie, after surviving a miserable, dysfunctional childhood at the hands of his neglectful alcoholic mother Benny.Rollin' On The River
NYR
Overview:
Rollin' On The River 1971-72 - (Rollin 1972-73) was a Canadian Music Variety Series hosted by Kenny Rogers and The First Edition. They were the first pop-rock group to host their own prime-time TV series. - 53 episodes x 60 min - Featured guests included: Tina Turner, Merle Haggard, Bo Diddley, April Wine, Bill Withers, The Raiders, Cheech & Chong, The Stampeders, Bruce Cockburn, The Grass Roots, The Five Man Electrical Band, Lighthouse, Climax, Billy Preston, Jim Croce, Kris Kristofferson, Jose Feliciano, Mac Davis, Ronnie Hawkins, John Kay, Chilliwack, Looking Glass, The James Gang, The Poppy Family, Ian & Sylvia, Pat Paulsen, Helen Reddy, Andy Kim, John Stewart and many others. *Note: The series was an hour long in Canada. In the U.S. it was only half an hour, and Canadian talents were excised from the show for prime-time viewing.Free Radio
NYR
Overview:
Free Radio is a television show, created by Lance Krall and Rory Rosegarten. The show originated on VH1, but has also played on Comedy Central, and Super Channel. It stars Lance Krall, prominent for his role on The Joe Schmo Show, and Anna Vocino, who also starred with Krall on The Lance Krall Show. The show focuses on a dysfunctional radio station, KBOM. Krall plays a moronic intern turned moronic DJ when KBOM's regular shock jock, Rip Rebel, defects to satellite radio. Lance eventually gets his own show entitled Moron in the Morning. Real celebrities guest star as themselves with Lance, who often either does not realize who they are or mixes them up with other celebrities on the air. Most of the dialogue is improvised.E! True Hollywood Story
8.103
Overview:
E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows and also well-known public figures. Among the topics covered on the program include salacious re-tellings of Hollywood secrets, show-biz scandals, celebrity murders and mysteries, porn-star biographies, and "where-are-they-now?" investigations of former child stars. It frequently features in-depth interviews, actual courtroom footage, and dramatic reenactments. When aired on the E! network, episodes will be updated to reflect the current life or status of the subject.Acting
2025Cheech & Chong's Last Movie as Self
2025Evil Bong-A-Thon! as Jimbo Leary
2025The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault as Self
2024The Ballad of Straw-Hat Sam as Bert, The Sword Salesman
2023The Muppets Mayhem (1 Episode) as Tommy Chong
2023Aliens Uncovered: Origins as Self
2023That '90s Show (3 Episodes) as Leo
2022Biography: The Bella Twins as Self (archival footage)
2022Cypress Hill: Insane in the Brain as Self
2021A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings as Self
2021Alien Danger! With Raven Van Slender as Lord Green
2021More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story as Self
2020AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star as Self
2020Magnum Dopus as Self
2020The Real Michael Jackson as Self
2020The Follow-Up as Self (archive footage)
2020Hot Pink Horror: The Making of Color Out of Space as Unknown
2020Color Out of Space as Ezra
2019Jay and Silent Bob Reboot as Alfred the Butler
2019A Year in Music (3 Episodes) as Self - Host
2019The Masked Singer (1, 1 Episode) as Pineapple (archive footage), Pineapple
2017I Am Sam Kinison as Self
2017The Legend of 420 as Himself
2017Double Dutchess: Seeing Double as Unknown
2017It's Gawd! as Gawd
2016Zootopia as Yax (voice)
2015Celebrity Family Feud (1 Episode) as Self
2015Hot Ones (1 Episode) as Self
2014Lennon or McCartney as Self
2014Gone South: How Canada Invented Hollywood as Self
2014The Fluffy Movie as Video Store Clerk
2013The Millers (1 Episode) as Ganja Pete
2013Uncle Grandpa (1 Episode) as Bottom Bag (voice)
2013Tommy Chong Presents Comedy at 420 as Himself
2013Cheech & Chong's Animated Movie! as (voices)
2012Gotham Comedy Live (2 Episodes) as Self - Host
2012George Lopez: It's Not Me, It's You as Self
2012Inside Comedy (1 Episode) as Self
2011Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil as Stone (voice)
2010Raising Hope (1 Episode) as Hubert
2010The Green Room with Paul Provenza (1 Episode) as Self
2010Cheech & Chong's Hey Watch This as Self
2009Cubed as Tommy Chong- Drug Abuse Teacher
2009Evil Bong 2: King Bong as Jimbo Leary (archive footage) (uncredited)
2008Cheech & Chong Roasted as Self
2008Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance as Deputy Tom
2008Free Radio (1 Episode) as Tommy Chong
2007Code Monkeys (1 Episode) as Laird Boony (voice)
2007The Union: The Business Behind Getting High as Self
2006Evil Bong as Jimbo Leary
2006Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1 as Self
2006AKA Tommy Chong as Himself
2006Fast Incorporated (1 Episode) as Unknown
2005Dancing with the Stars (12 Episodes) as Self - Contestant
2005Secret Agent 420 as QP
2003High Times Potluck as Tommy Chong
2003Pauly Shore Is Dead as Tommy Chong
2003Real Time with Bill Maher (1 Episode) as Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! (1 Episode) as Unknown
2002George Lopez (1 Episode) as Mr. Gutierrez
2001The Wash as Dee’s Connection
1999Grass as Self (archive footage)
1998That '70s Show (37 Episodes) as Leo
1998Half Baked as Squirrel Master
1997Dharma & Greg (1 Episode) as Carl
1997South Park (1 Episode) as Chief Running Pinto (voice)
1997McHale's Navy as Armando/Ernesto
1996E! True Hollywood Story (2 Episodes) as Self
1995National Lampoon's Senior Trip as Red
1995Sliders (1 Episode) as Van Elsinger
1994The George Carlin Show (1 Episode) as Rhodes
1993Raw (1 Episode) as Unknown
1992FernGully: The Last Rainforest as Root (voice)
1992Life After Sex as Unknown
1990The Spirit of '76 as Stoner
1990Far Out Man as Far out Man
1989The Simpsons (1 Episode) as Tommy Chong (voice)
1989Tripwire as Merle Shine
1988Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues as Self
1987Playboy Video Magazine: Volume 12 as Self
1986The Canadian Conspiracy as Unknown
1986The Tommy Chong Roast as Himself
1985Get Out of My Room as Chong
1985After Hours as Pepe
1984Miami Vice (1 Episode) as Unknown
1984MTV Video Music Awards (1 Episode) as Self
1984Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers as Corsican Brother
1983Yellowbeard as El Nebuloso
1983Group Madness as Self
1983Still Smokin as Chong
1982It Came from Hollywood as Himself
1982Things Are Tough All Over as Chong / Habib
1981Nice Dreams as Chong
1980Cheech & Chong's Next Movie as Chong
1978Up in Smoke as Man
1978Cheech and Chong Perform as Himself
1978Cheech and Chong Perform Again?! as Himself
1974Basketball Jones as Unknown
1971Rollin' On The River (1 Episode) as Unknown
Writing
2013Cheech & Chong's Animated Movie! ... Writer
1990Far Out Man ... Writer
1984Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers ... Writer
1983Still Smokin ... Writer
1982Things Are Tough All Over ... Writer
1981Nice Dreams ... Writer
1980Cheech & Chong's Next Movie ... Writer
1978Up in Smoke ... Writer
Directing
1990Far Out Man ... Director
1984Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers ... Director
1983Still Smokin ... Director
1981Nice Dreams ... Director
1980Cheech & Chong's Next Movie ... Director