Andrew Phung is a Canadian actor,
improviser
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, and comedian. He played the character Kimchee Han on the
CBC Television
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sitcom ''
Kim's Convenience
''Kim's Convenience'' is a Canadian television sitcom that aired on CBC Television from October 2016 to April 2021. It depicts the Korean Canadian Kim family that runs a convenience store in the Moss Park neighbourhood of Toronto: parents "Appa ...
''.
["A Convenience truth; Andrew Phung stars in new TV series about an Asian corner store". '']Ottawa Citizen
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History
Established as ''The Bytown Packet'' in 1845 by William Harris (journalist), William Harris, it was renamed the '' ...
'', October 11, 2016. For this role, he has been a five-time
Canadian Screen Award
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winner for
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.
Background
Andrew Phung was born and raised in
Calgary
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,
Alberta
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, and attended
Bishop McNally High School
Bishop McNally High School is a part of the Calgary Catholic School District in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The school is named after John Thomas McNally, founder of the diocese who was appointed Bishop of Calgary from 1913 to 1924.
Academics
Th ...
. Phung's father is of
Vietnamese
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** A citizen of Vietnam. See Demographics of Vietnam.
* Vietnamese people, or Kinh people, a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Vietnam
** Overse ...
descent and his mother is
Chinese
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* Something related to China
* Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity
**''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation
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. He joined the
Loose Moose Theatre Company when he was 16 years old. As of 2020, he is a senior ensemble performer and instructor with the theatre. He studied economics at the
University of Calgary
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and worked as a non-profit director before pursuing acting.
Career
In 2008, he joined the comedy group Sciencebear. Together they created and produced various comedic shorts, and in 2009 they released the film ''Sketch'', which was produced on a $100 budget. It was an official entry into the 2010
Calgary International Film Festival
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CIFF is the largest international film festival in Alberta and the sixth largest in Canada. The Festival's ...
.
In 2009 Phung was named one of Calgary's Top 40 under 40 by ''Avenue Magazine''.
That year he was also a featured cast member on the television series ''Drafted'' on the
Score Television Network
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.
Phung is the co-creator of the hit improvised comedy shows ''Past your Bedtime'', ''Northeast: The Show'', and ''Kill Hard''.
From 2015 to 2016, he co-wrote and starred in two seasons of ''Cowtown'', a sketch comedy series produced by Nur Films and
Telus Optik.
From 2016-2021 Phung played the role of Kimchee in the CBC Television sitcom ''Kim's Convenience''. He has won several
Canadian Screen Awards
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for
, at the
5th Canadian Screen Awards
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Awards in many of the technical categor ...
in 2017, the
6th Canadian Screen Awards
The 6th annual Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 11, 2018, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2017. in 2018, and the
8th Canadian Screen Awards
The 8th annual Canadian Screen Awards were originally scheduled to be held on March 29, 2020, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2019.[Run the Burbs
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'' for CBC; he also is a co-creator of the series.
Phung won two awards at the
9th Canadian Screen Awards
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in 2021, winning both his fourth award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for ''Kim's Convenience'', and Best Host in a Web Program or Series for his role as host of the 2019
Canadian Improv Games
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.
Personal life
In 2013, Phung married Tamara Sharpe. They have two sons together.
Phung is the co-founder of YYCSolediers, an online sneaker group which also produces Sneaker SWAP, a Calgary-based sneaker event. He is heavily involved in an organization called Youth Central, a non profit organization which helps youth get involved in their communities.
Filmography
Television
Film
References
External links
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1980s births
Living people
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Canadian Screen Award winners
Canadian male actors of Chinese descent
Canadian male actors of Vietnamese descent
Canadian male stage actors
Canadian male television actors
Male actors from Calgary
University of Calgary alumni