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Dat Phan is Saigon, South Vietnam-born Vietnamese-American stand-up comedian best known for being the winner of competition reality show “Last Comic Standing” in 2013. Born on 25 January, 1975, Phan is an immigrant from Vietnam who travelled to the USA as a child with his family. One of the most noted stand-up comedians as of now, Phan has been active in the field of comedy since 2003.

A talented stand-up comedian who has managed to find popularity on American television, how rich is Dat Phan as of now? In 2015, Phan has been counting his net worth at $500,000. Needless to say, his appearance and winning spree in the television show “Last Comic Standing” has been very significant in adding to his wealth. Also, his continuing involvement in the entertainment sector for more than a decade has been helping him expand his riches.

Dat Phan Net Worth $500,000

Raised in San Diego and Santee, California, Dat Phan was a bright student in his school. He was educated at West Hills High School and later continued his studies in Grossmont College. Inclined towards comedy, Phan decided to have a career as a stand-up comedian and entered the first season of the stand-up comedy reality show “Last Comic Standing” in 2003. Eventually, he became the winner of this competition and in the meanwhile earned considerable popularity. Obviously, this was the pivotal time for Phan’s career as a comedian while this was also the time Phan’s net worth began rising.

After earning fame being the winner of reality show in 2003, Phan again entered the show in 2004 for its third season where the winners of first and second season of the show were to compete. Despite his elimination from the show, Phan became very popular and landed small roles in Hollywood movies like “Cellular”, “Love Is The Drug”, “Spring Break 83” and more. Obviously these projects helped Phan polish his comic skills while also helping add to his wealth.

Phan has been continuously involved in comedy since his debut on television. Until today, he has appeared in various television shows including “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno”, “Danny Phantom”, “The West Wing”, “The Tyra Banks Show”, “Family Guy” and several others. More recently, he appeared in the show “DirecTV: The Whale”, and in the movie “The Hungover Games” in 2014. Apart from these, he has also released two DVDs entitled “Dat Phan: Live” and “You Touch, You Buy” through his own Dat Phan Productions. During his career, he has been nominated for Outstanding Comedy Performance in Asian Excellence Awards, 2007.

In addition to being a noted comedian, Phan is also very involved in philanthropy. Being an endorser of Jade Ribbon Campaign, he has been putting in an effort to advocate against hepatitis B and liver cancer. Currently, he is working for his upcoming movie “Yellow Fever”. As of now, Phan resides in Los Angeles, California enjoying his successful career as a stand-up comedian with international recognition while his present net worth of $500,000 has been catering to his daily life.



Full Name Dat Phan
Net Worth $500,000
Date Of Birth January 25, 1975
Place Of Birth Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Profession Comedian, Actor, Screenwriter
Education West Hills High School, Grossmont College
Nationality American
Nicknames Dat Fan , Dat Tien Phan
Twitter http://www.twitter.com/dat_phan
Instagram http://www.instagram.com/dat_phan
MySpace http://www.myspace.com/dphan
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1399960
Movies The Hungover Games, Comedy Zen: Season 1, Dat Phan Live, Sake-Bomb, National Lampoon Live: The International Show
TV Shows Last Comic Standing
Trademark
1 Hi-energy with lots of facial expressions
Quote
1 It’s kind of funny how that happened. When I was a child, I had a dream of one day becoming very influential and being in the entertainment world. I really wanted badly for that to happen, and in the last couple of years, my manager told me I was nominated for the group of the Most Influential Vietnamese-American Individuals in the world, along with generals and ambassadors and surgeons. It’s an honor. It’s mind-boggling. I’m a college dropout; I’m a high school failure, someone who came from a homeless background, but I understand the American pop culture and doing comedy from my heart led me to be in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C.
2 I was living under a desk in West Hollywood. It was a closet that I shared with another comic. I was shocked when they called me to come in to try out for the show. The chances of me getting on a TV show and winning it is like one-in-a-million. I had only been doing comedy for six years at that point, so I was basically considered an open mic-er or maybe a feature act once in awhile.
3 When you grow up poor, you have to either work really hard to try and get where you want to be, or you’ll just stay put.
4 I knew comedy was the thing for me when I was the only Asian kid in high school… who failed math.
Fact
1 Has a star on Grossmont College’s Walk of Fame.
2 Tours the U.S. as a headlining comedian.
3 Attended West Hills High School in Santee, California.
4 Practices Northern Shaolin Green Dragon Kung Fu.
5 Was inspired directly by Benny Hill and John Ritter. Indirectly, by Johnny Carson.
6 Credits his mom for keeping him out of gangs as a child.
7 Lived out of his car while homeless in Los Angeles/Orange County, before he made it on Last Comic Standing.
8 Started stand-up comedy after taking a speech class in college.
9 Included in The Smithsonian Institution’s exhibition of The Top 10 Most Influential Vietnamese-American Individuals.
10 Winner of _”Last Comic Standing” (2003)_.

Actor

Title Year Status Character
Spring Break ’83 completed Sum Ting Wong
Kong: Skull Island 2017 Bar Thug
NAMCAR Night Race Official Music Video 2016 Video short Trang Chu
StartUp 2016 TV Series Daewon
The Last Ship 2016 TV Series Tran Ha Binh
NAMCAR Night Race 2016 TV Series Trang Chu
Scorpion 2016 TV Series Quan
Bones 2015 TV Series Manager
108 Stitches 2014 Phan Quan
The Hungover Games 2014 Bao
Who the F*ck Is Uncle Joe? 2013 Short Billy the Bodyguard
Sake-Bomb 2013 Long Wang
Bringing Home the White Girl 2009 Short Dat / Mom / Father / …
Danny Phantom 2004-2006 TV Series Kwan
Love Is the Drug 2006 Karaoke D.J. (uncredited)
Cellular 2004 Vietnamese Artist
The West Wing 2004 TV Series NVA Officer
Call Me Crazy 2003 Short Best Man
Good Morning, Miami 2003 TV Series Co-worker

Writer

Title Year Status Character
The Ha!ifax Comedy Fest 2010 TV Series writer – 1 episode
Dat Phan Live 2009 Video written by
Bringing Home the White Girl 2009 Short original material
Comedy Central Presents 2004 TV Series documentary writer – 1 episode
Last Comic Standing 2003 TV Series writer – 1 episode

Producer

Title Year Status Character
Dat Phan Live 2009 Video executive producer

Self

Title Year Status Character
The Blue Highway 2011 Video documentary short Himself
Comics Unleashed 2011 TV Series Himself – Guest
The Tyra Banks Show 2009-2011 TV Series Himself
The Ha!ifax Comedy Fest 2010 TV Series Himself
Dat Phan Live 2009 Video Himself
Banana Republic 2008 Documentary short
2008 Asian Excellence Awards 2008 TV Movie documentary
2007 AZN Asian Excellence Awards 2007 TV Special Himself
Sarah and No Name After Dark 2007 TV Series Himself (2007)
Last Comic Standing 2003-2006 TV Series Himself / Himself – Last Comic Standing / Himself – Comedian
Comedy Zen 2006 TV Series Himself
All-Star Reality Reunion 2005 TV Movie Himself
Super Bowl XXXIX 2005 TV Special James, Dr. Vaughn’s Trusty Assistant
The Wayne Brady Show 2004 TV Series Himself
Comedy Central Presents 2004 TV Series documentary Himself
National Lampoon Live: The International Show 2004 TV Movie Himself – Host
Super Secret Movie Rules 2004 TV Series documentary Himself
The Award Show Awards Show 2003 TV Special documentary Himself
The Commies 2003 TV Special documentary Himself
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn 2003 TV Series Himself
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 2003 TV Series Himself