NELSON CHENG
- AEA,
- SAG-AFTRA
-
Reel (Performance Video) Quicktime
includes clips from: "Venmo - Hitman" (spoof commercial), "The Detour" (TBS), "Bella and the Bulldogs" (Nickelodeon), "Ching Chong Blues" (Vimeo Staff Pick), "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" (ABC), HUVr (over 15 million views on YouTube), "Grief" (indie feature), "Rebel" (ABC)
-
COMEDY - Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC) (Performance Video) Quicktime
includes: fake covid compliance official, penguin costume prank, fake PSA, Undercover Sing w/Lizzo, Undercover Sing w/Charlie Puth
-
DRAMA - Rebel (ABC) (Performance Video) Quicktime
Adam meets with Rebel (Katey Sagal) and her law firm, testifying to his decline in health.
-
DRAMA - Actor Seeks Role (Performance Video) Quicktime
A young doctor evaluates a medical actor (Alex Karpovsky) under the auspices of a senior doctor (Dylan Baker). Selection of The New Yorker Screening Room Series and Hammer to Nail: “A fully realized, well shot and brilliantly acted short film."
-
DRAMEDY - Ching Chong Blues - Rickshaw to Hollywood (Super Deluxe) (Performance Video) Quicktime
Johnny Wong, an Asian filmmaker who was told his films weren't Asian enough, finally gets his break. A Vimeo Staff Pick.
-
DRAMEDY - Ching Chong Blues - C4C (Super Deluxe) (Performance Video) Quicktime
Walter, an Asian man navigating an interracial relationship, grows dismayed when he learns his white girlfriend's previous boyfriend was also Asian.
-
COMEDY - Date of Honor (Facebook Watch) (Performance Video) Quicktime
Winsworth, a second butler in the Von Sant household, tries to keep things in this overbearing family together.
-
COMEDY - The Detour (TBS) (Performance Video) Quicktime
Sam San, an intense TaeKwonDo sensei, evaluates Delilah's green belt test.
-
COMEDY - Catherine (Sundance selection) (Performance Video) Quicktime
Richard, an employee in a "sincere and menacing" office. w/Jenny Slate | Filmmaker Magazine: an “exquisitely deadpan series”
-
DRAMA - Grief (indie feature) (Performance Video) Quicktime
Officer Cox investigates a domestic disturbance.
-
DRAMA - PowerDyne (Performance Video) Quicktime
A law firm's fixer works to extricate a scion's son from a difficult situation.
-
COMEDY - The Loan (Performance Video) Quicktime
A loan officer evaluates an applicant's business selling baby sized ties.
-
COMEDY - Venmo - Hitman (spoof commercial) (Performance Video) Quicktime
A hitman's client wants to know if he accepts Venmo.
-
COMEDY - Bella and the Bulldogs (Nickelodeon) (Performance Video) Quicktime
A production assistant, giving a tour of NFL Network to Bella and her friends, tries to keep the peace. w/former NFL MVP Kurt Warner
-
COMEDY - David (Super Deluxe) (Performance Video) Quicktime
A park ranger at a suicide forest worries about the mental states of two guests. w/Nathan Fielder | Indiewire: "originally bizarre... Grade: A"
-
COMEDY - Season & Renee (Performance Video) Quicktime
Doug, a commercial director, is exacting in his filming of a turtle.
-
COMEDY - RefugeeGuy11 (Performance Video) Quicktime
Vice: "Meet @RefugeeGuy11, an unflappable Instagram and Twitter user who's made it his personal mission to spread the gospel of his favorite olympians."
-
COMEDY - For-Profit Online University (Adult Swim) (Performance Video) Quicktime
LetsFunHans, a college student at an online university, testifies to the dangers of a traditional college.
-
COMEDY - HUVrTech (Funny or Die) (Performance Video) Quicktime
What if the hoverboards from Back to the Future Part II were real? A corporate spokesperson discusses and demonstrates w/Billy Zane, Tony Hawk, and Moby. Over 15 million views on YouTube.
-
COMEDY - Doritos spec commercial (Performance Video) Quicktime
Danny, a harried assistant, finally tells off his boss with the help of Doritos.
Résumé Print Résumé
Represented by: |
---|
Schumacher Management (CA) (310) 277-0939 Theatrical (Film / TV), Theatre |
TV / STREAMING | ||
---|---|---|
Jimmy Kimmel Live! | 5 episodes |
Recurring / Various Characters |
ABC / Danny Jelinek, Dir. |
Players | Ep. 105 |
Co-Star |
Paramount+ /Tony Yacenda, Dir. |
Rebel | Ep. 101 |
Co-Star |
ABC / Marc Webb, Dir. |
Tacoma FD | Ep. 212 |
Guest Star |
truTV / Kevin Heffernan, Dir. |
Date of Honor |
Series Regular |
Facebook Watch /Multiple, Dir. |
You're the Worst | Ep. 505 |
Co-Star |
FX / Ryan Case, Dir. |
The Bible (pilot presentation) |
Co-Star |
Super Deluxe |
Dean Fleischer-Camp, Dir. |
||
Season & Renee (pilot presentation) |
Co-Star |
Dean Donofrio, Dir. |
The Detour | Ep. 206 |
Co-Star |
TBS / Dale Stern, Dir. |
Bella and the Bulldogs | Ep. 201 |
Co-Star |
Nickelodeon / Jonathan Judge |
Difficult People | Ep. 104 |
Co-Star |
Hulu / Jeffrey Walker, Dir. |
The Newsroom | Ep. 305 |
Co-Star |
HBO / Paul Lieberstein, Dir. |
For-Profit Online University |
Co-Star |
Adult Swim / Sam West, Dir. |
FILM | ||
Donkey (short) |
Supporting |
Matt Kazman, Dir. |
Nora |
Supporting |
Anna Campbell, Dir. |
Mascots |
Supporting |
Netflix / Christopher Guest |
Grief |
Supporting |
Kevin Renwick, Dir. |
Man in Ceiling (short) |
Supporting |
Joshua Fu, Dir. |
Actor Seeks Role (short) |
Supporting |
{group theory} |
Michael Tyburski, Dir. |
||
Stray Day (short) |
Supporting |
Disney / Dean Fleischer-Camp |
INTERNET | ||
Denton's Death Date |
Supporting |
Snap / Matt Kazman, Dir. |
Meeple People |
Series Regular |
Dean Donofrio, Dir. |
Venmo - “Hitman” |
Lead |
Fictitious / Matt Kazman, Dir. |
Ching Chong Blues |
Lead |
Super Deluxe / Joshua Fu, Dir. |
RefugeeGuy11 |
Lead |
Eugene Kotlyarenko, Dir. |
David |
Supporting |
Super Deluxe |
Dean Fleischer-Camp, Dir. |
||
Quitting Facebook |
Supporting |
Super Deluxe / Joshua Fu, Dir. |
Patton Oswalt Confronts His Haters |
Supporting |
Funny or Die / Charles Ingram |
HUVr - Belief |
Lead |
Funny or Die / Nick Corirossi |
HUVr - How |
Lead |
Funny or Die / Danny Jelinek |
Mental Cases |
Supporting |
AdultSwim.com / Joe Randazzo |
Catherine |
Series Regular |
JASH / Dean Fleischer-Camp |
Sports Tips with Chip |
Series Regular |
Kate VanDevender, Dir. |
The Consultants |
Series Regular |
Milton Justice, Dir. |
TRAINING | ||
Scene Study |
Wendy Haines |
Warner Loughlin Studios, L.A. |
Scene Study |
Lesly Kahn |
Lesly Kahn & Company, L.A. |
Improv |
Advanced Study / Academy |
UCB, L.A. |
Sketch |
Advanced Study |
UCB, L.A. |
EDUCATION | ||
A.B. in Economics with honors |
Princeton University |
Princeton, NJ |
Physical Characteristics / Measurements |
||
---|---|---|
Height: 5'10" |
Weight: 130 lbs |
Nelson Cheng’s work spans TV (Paramount+’s “Players”, ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”), film (Sundance), and stage (improvised plays). He has had viral videos that have been viewed over a million times (Funny or Die and Jimmy Kimmel Live!.) He co-wrote “Ching Chong Blues” for Turner’s Super Deluxe (Vimeo Staff Pick) and wrote “The Consultants”, a finalist in a Producers Guild of America competition. He has 3 wonderful rescue dogs: Jack, Pop Tart, and Oatmeal.