Dat Phan

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.{{Cite news |last=Duck |first=Allison |date=September 21, 2009 |title=Q & A with Dat Phan: From homeless to hilarious |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2009/sep/21/q-dat-phan-homeless-hilarious/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20110924174255/http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/sep/21/q-dat-phan-homeless-hilarious/ |archive-date=2011-09-24 |access-date=2025-01-12 |work=LasVegasSun.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Pearlman |first=Karen |date=2011-05-10 |title=Comedian Dat Phan coming back to West Hills |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2011/05/10/comedian-dat-phan-coming-back-to-west-hills/ |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US}}

He dropped out of Grossmont College to pursue comedy. He was later voted into Grossmont College's Walk of Fame.{{cite web|url=http://www.nctimes.com/entertainment/art-and-theater/theater/article_08631056-e5c2-51a0-b2a9-8d810dd34a5d.html|title=Locally raised comedian Phan grateful to be working|last=Curran|first=James|date=2 January 2008|publisher=North County Times|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311182159/http://www.nctimes.com/entertainment/art-and-theater/theater/article_08631056-e5c2-51a0-b2a9-8d810dd34a5d.html|archive-date=11 March 2010|access-date=20 February 2010}}

In 2003, he entered the first season of NBC's stand-up comedy competition reality show, Last Comic Standing.{{cite web|url=http://www.asianweek.com/2008/09/16/dat-phan-joins-jade-ribbon-campaign/|title=Dat Phan Joins Jade Ribbon Campaign|last=Pang|first=Angela|date=16 September 2008|publisher=AsianWeek|access-date=20 February 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311182630/http://www.asianweek.com/2008/09/16/dat-phan-joins-jade-ribbon-campaign/|archive-date=11 March 2010}} According to the show's host Jay Mohr, Phan nonetheless 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.

Phan has endorsed the Jade Ribbon Campaign established to fight against hepatitis B and liver cancer.

• Last Comic Standing 1 (2003)
• Good Morning, Miami (March 20, 2003)
• Comedy Central Presents: The Commies (2003)
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (August 6, 2003)
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (August 8, 2003)
• The Award Show Awards Show (2003)
• Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn (December 2003)
• The Wayne Brady Show (January 29, 2004)
• Comedy Central Presents: Dat Phan (2004)
• Danny Phantom (2004)
• The West Wing (February 18, 2004)
• Last Comic Standing 2 (August 12, 2004)
• Super Bowl XXXIX
• Last Comic Standing 3 (2004)
• Family Guy Episode 59 - Breaking Out Is Hard To Do (July 17, 2005)
• Asian Excellence Awards on May 28, 2007, nominated for Outstanding Comedy Performance
• Comedy Zen (2007)
• BET ComicView (December 11, 2007)
• The Tyra Banks Show Racial Stereotypes (September 30, 2009)
• DirecTV The Whale (July 20, 2011)

• Cellular (2004)
• Love Is the Drug (2006)
• Spring Break '83 (2008)
• The Hungover Games (2014)
• Sake Bomb (2016)
• Kong: Skull Island (2017)

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• {{cite web |url=http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/blogs/the-playground/2009/sep/30/dinner-dat-phan/ |work=Las Vegas Weekly |title=Dinner at The Peppermill with Dat Phan |first=Allison |last=Duck |date=September 30, 2009}}
• {{cite web |url=http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/news/2009/sep/21/dat-phan-homeless-hilarious/ |work=Las Vegas Weekly |title=Dat Phan Homeless to Hilarious |first=Allison |last=Duck |date=September 21, 2009}}
• {{cite web |url=http://www.sacramentopress.com/headline/23166/Dat_Phan_From_Homeless_to_Headliner |title=Dat Phan From Homeless to Headliner |work=Sacramento Press |first=Stephen |last=Bloom |date=March 10, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100416141053/http://www.sacramentopress.com/headline/23166/Dat_Phan_From_Homeless_to_Headliner |archive-date=April 16, 2010 }}
• {{cite web |url=http://edattanasio.blogspot.com/2010/05/now-dats-funny.html |title=Now Dat's Funny |work=Life on the Edge |date=May 8, 2010 |first=Ed |last=Attanasio}}
• {{cite web |url=http://www.guampdn.com/article/20100820/LIFESTYLE/8200317 |title=PHANtastic: "Last Comic Standing" winner aims to entertain Guam Audience |work=Pacific Daily News |publisher=Guampdn.com}} {{Dead link|date=July 2011}}

• [https://www.youtube.com/datphanproductions Dat Phan Productions] at YouTube
• [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dat-Phan/242337100334 Dat Phan] at Facebook Fan Page
• [https://twitter.com/dat_phan Dat Phan] at Twitter
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Category:1975 births

Category:21st-century American comedians

Category:American male comedians

Category:American stand-up comedians

Category:Comedians from California

Category:Comedians from San Diego

Category:Last Comic Standing winners

Category:Living people

Category:People from Santee, California

Category:Vietnamese emigrants to the United States