A quick-witted American standup comedian and a popular talk show host on Chinese TV.

 

April 2013 - present: host of a top rated weekly TV talk show “Is it True?” in China. Taped in front of a live audience, the show reached as many as 25 million viewers per episode.

 

December 2018: performed on Late Night with Stephen Colbert.

 

August 2018: performed a sketch on BTV.

 

March 2018: interviewed 4 UFC fighters from America in English.

 

September - November 2017: one of the two judges in a nationwide Chinese standup comedy competition in China.

 

2012: presenter on China’s Got Talent.

 

2010 - 2012: performed on "The Late Show with David Letterman" 3 more times.

 

March 2010: headlined the 66th Radio and TV Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington D.C. where he roasted then vice president Joe Biden.

 

2009 - 2010: appeared on Ellen twice.

 

April 2009: made his television debut on “The Late Show with David Letterman”

 

 

February 2018: Detective Chinatown 2, a movie which grossed $500 million in China.

 

February 2016: The Ghouls which grossed $300 million in China.

 

September 2009: The Invention of Lying directed by Ricky Gervais.

 

2017: Judged a standup comedy competition on IQIYI (The Chinese NetFlix)

 

2016: recorded the podcast "WTF with Marc Maron."

 

2015: was interviewed by The New York Times.

 

2011: published an autobiography “The Tao of Humor” in China, which became a best seller that year.

 

 

Joe is a unique comedian who headlines live standup comedy shows and hosts TV programs in both English and Chinese. He is also developing new TV shows and movie projects in the US and in China. Last year he was featured in the book First Generation: 36 Trailblazing Immigrants and Refugees Who Make America Great.

 

White House correspondents’ dinner where Joe roasted VP Joe Biden: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buSv1jjAels

Stephen Colbert show on 12/15/2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36v9GSOFMFc

Four appearances on Letterman

Ellen Degeneres show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF7O-AcY3Ao

Joe on WTF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IoHnbYVOF8

Link to New York Times Magazine article: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/24/magazine/can-china-take-a-joke.html

An episode of the TV show Joe Wong hosts in China: http://jingji.cntv.cn/program/shizhendema/index.shtml

A clip of Joe Wong’s theater show in Chinese: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJYQ