Sheng Wang (born January 9, 1980 in Taipei) is a Taiwanese American

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and staff writer for ABC sitcom series '' Fresh Off the Boat'' from 2015 to 2018. He grew up in Houston, Texas.

Early life and education

Wang was born in Taipei and grew up in Houston, where he graduated from Bellaire High School. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Business at the University of California, Berkeley from 1998 to 2002. After graduating, Wang began practicing stand-up in San Francisco and New York City.

Career

Wang was a featured performer in 2007 at Montreal Comedy Festival. On January 28, 2011, '' Comedy Central Presents'' aired his first thirty-minute special broadcast on national television. In January 2011, he won top honors at NBC Universal's Seventh Annual "Stand Up for Diversity" comedy search, including a one-year talent holding deal with that studio. Wang also appeared on Comedy Central's '' John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show'' in 2012. Wang also appeared on '' Comedians of Comedy'', American Eagle's ''Campus Comedy Challenge'' and Comedy Central's '' Live at Gotham''. He competed in the 2015 season of '' Last Comic Standing,'' earning a spot in the top 10 contestants. Wang released an album titled ''Cornucopias Are Actually Horrible Containers'' in 2015. From 2015 to 2018 he worked on

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sit-com Fresh Off the Boat as a staff writer, story editor, and executive story editor. He appeared as "Hank" in two episodes. In 2019, Wang appeared on the HBO Special ''

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''. He also performed at Clusterfest 2019 opening for headliner John Mulaney. In September 2022 he released his first Netflix special ''Sweet & Juicy''. It was the first comedy special directed by Ali Wong. It was released to wide praise: '' The New York Times'' noted that Wang "has a droll and relaxed delivery, which makes the focus and inventiveness of his material land even better." Sheng Wang lives in California. He cites Maria Bamford, Dave Attell, and Robert Hawkins as influences, and his work has often drawn comparisons to the stand-up of Mitch Hedberg.

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