Dat Phan
Dat Phan is a Vietnamese-American stand-up comedian. He first rose to fame in 2003 after defeating runner-up Ralphie May to win Season 1 of Last Comic Standing.
In Fall 2004, he returned for the third season dubbed "Battle of the Best" which featured contestants from season 1 against season 2. He and May were eliminated in the fifth round.
Early life
Phan was born in Saigon.He immigrated to the United States as a child with his mother and nine other siblings. They suffered financial hardships throughout his childhood. He grew up in the City Heights, [San Diego, California|City Heights] neighborhood of San Diego, California then spent his teenage years in Santee, California, a suburb of San Diego.
He dropped out of Grossmont College to pursue comedy. He was later voted into Grossmont College's Walk of Fame.
Career
In 2003, he entered the first season of NBC's stand-up comedy competition reality show, Last Comic Standing. According to the show's host Jay Mohr, Phan nonetheless was the surprise winner of Last Comic Standing and has subsequently made cameo appearances in Hollywood films such as Cellular and Love Is the Drug.Dat Phan Productions released the DVD Dat Phan: Live and the CD You Touch, You Buy, in stores January 2010, and began pre-production on a movie titled Yellow Fever.