Thomas B. Kin Chong (born May 24, 1938) is a Canadian-American actor,
writer, director, musician, cannabis rights activist and comedian. He
is known for his marijuana-themed Cheech & Chong comedy albums and
movies with Cheech Marin, as well as playing the character Leo on
Fox's That '70s Show. He became a naturalized United States citizen in
the late 1980s.Thomas B. Kin Chong was born on May 24, 1938, in
Edmonton, Alberta. His mother was of Scotch-Irish Canadian ancestry,
and his father was a Chinese Canadian who immigrated in the 1930s.
After arriving in Canada, the senior Chong had first lived with an
aunt in Vancouver.As a youth, Tommy Chong moved with his family to
Calgary, settling in a conservative neighbourhood Chong has referred
to as "Dog Patch". He has said that his father had "been wounded in
World War II and there was a veterans' hospital in Calgary. He bought
a $500 house in Dog Patch and raised his family on $50 a week." In an
interview, Chong later said:
writer, director, musician, cannabis rights activist and comedian. He
is known for his marijuana-themed Cheech & Chong comedy albums and
movies with Cheech Marin, as well as playing the character Leo on
Fox's That '70s Show. He became a naturalized United States citizen in
the late 1980s.Thomas B. Kin Chong was born on May 24, 1938, in
Edmonton, Alberta. His mother was of Scotch-Irish Canadian ancestry,
and his father was a Chinese Canadian who immigrated in the 1930s.
After arriving in Canada, the senior Chong had first lived with an
aunt in Vancouver.As a youth, Tommy Chong moved with his family to
Calgary, settling in a conservative neighbourhood Chong has referred
to as "Dog Patch". He has said that his father had "been wounded in
World War II and there was a veterans' hospital in Calgary. He bought
a $500 house in Dog Patch and raised his family on $50 a week." In an
interview, Chong later said:
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