Ronny Chieng

Ronny Xin Yi Chieng , born 21 November 1985 , non-primary source needed is a Malaysian comedian and actor. Chieng is currently a Senior correspondent on The Daily Show, Comedy Central. He is also the creator and lead actor on the sitcom Ronny Chieng International Student. It debuted on ABC Australia and Comedy Central Asia in 2017. Chieng was born into an Malaysian Chinese family. He was born in Johor Bahru. From 1989 until 1994, he resided in Manchester in New Hampshire. Chieng performed alongside Trevor Noah at a Melbourne comedy festival in 2013. He was then asked to audition for the position as a correspondent for Noah's Daily Show two years after. In July of 2016 Chieng was named one of the top 10 comics to watch by Variety In October, Chieng appeared on The Daily Show to share his response to a Jesse Watters Fox News segment that was criticized by some as being racist. Chieng spoke in expletive-laden terms regarding the segment on conservative network Fox News. Chieng also revisited New York City's Chinatown in which Watters had mocked residents, and conducted more respectful interviews in Mandarin and Cantonese. The viral video garnered attention in Slate and the Washington Post. In his early years, Chieng was an Singapore Sea Scout. While he's been living in Australia for more than 10 years, he doesn't possess a permanent residency nor citizenship in Australia. In 2018, Chieng admitted that he was unfriendly during the Daily Show, but afterwards, he clarified that he was "100 percent unafraid of dogs".

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