Jimmy Wong

Acting

Jimmy Wong

Born
(age 39)
Birthplace
Seattle, Washington, USA
Credits
25 titles

Biography

Jimmy Wong is a Chinese American actor, host, chef, and singer songwriter. Most recently, he was announced as a cast member of Disney's Mulan (2020) playing the character Ling, one of Mulan's friends in the army. Previously, he starred in the hit webseries Video Game High School (2012-2014), created the cooking show Feast of Fiction online to over 1 million subscribers, cohosts the popular Magic the Gathering podcast The Command Zone and Game Knights, and is the face of DisneyXD's gaming show Polaris Primetime. Online, his content has been viewed over 300 million times across his numerous projects. He is the younger brother of popular director and creator Freddie Wong of RocketJump. His content can be found all across the internet, representing the entertainment, geek, gaming, and cooking worlds.

Jimmy first became known after a racist incident at UCLA, when a sorority student posted a vlog rant against Asians studying too loudly in the library, openly mocking their accent and language. Jimmy responded with the "Ching Chong, It Means I Love You" song, which garnered national attention and over 5 million views. Later that year, Jimmy created the cooking show Feast of Fiction, dedicated to bringing foods seen in movies, video games, cartoons, and TV shows to real life. In 2012, Jimmy starred as one of the three titular characters in the massively popular webseries Video Game High School for three seasons. In 2018, Jimmy was announced as a main cast member of Mulan (2020), playing the role of Ling, one of Mulan's friends in the army.

Jimmy has hosted for a wide range of projects, creating the top show Game Knights for Magic: the Gathering alongside cohost Josh Lee Kwai, and has represented brands across various projects such as Disney XD, Nintendo, Riot Games, Wizards of the Coast, Food Network, Starbucks, PepsiCo, Showtime, Google, Lionsgate, Walmart, IGN, Bon Appetit, State Farm, Conagra, and more.

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 24

YearTitleRole
TBA Nightmare City Film
TBA Wish Dragon 2 Film Din (voice)
2025 Parlor Room TV Self (1 ep)
2024 Ouch! Film Co-Worker
2022 Phoning It In TV Self - Judge, Self - Chef (9 ep)
2021 The Equalizer TV Bank Manager (1 ep)
2021 Wish Dragon Film Din (voice)
2020 Mulan Film Ling
2018 Um, Actually... TV Self - Contestant (1 ep)
2017 Without A Recipe TV Self - Judge (7 ep)
2017 Parker Plays TV Self (6 ep)
2017 The Circle Film Foreign Born Circler
2017 Fallen For You Film Balthazar
2015 Freddie's Vlog Film Jimmy
2015 RocketJump: The Show TV Chang Rodriguez, Jimmy (1 ep)
2015 Dude Bro Party Massacre III Film Sizzler
2013 Dean Slater: Resident Advisor Film Yuji Sikora
2013 John Dies at the End Film Fred Chu
2012 VGHS: The Movie Film Ted Wong
2012 Video Game High School TV Ted Wong (21 ep)
2012 MyMusic TV Leader (8 ep)
2010 BlackBoxTV Presents TV Frankie (16 ep)
2007 The Guild TV Slacker #3 (1 ep)
1986 Young Hearts High Hopes TV (10 ep)

Crew credits 1

YearTitleJob
2011 Overheard 2 Film Steadicam Operator
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