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Dat Phan (born January 25, 1975 in Saigon, South Vietnam), is a Vietnamese American stand-up comedian. When he was a child, he, his mother, and nine of his siblings emigrated to the United States. They suffered financial hardships throughout his childhood. He grew up in the City Heights neighborhood of San Diego, California, then spent his teenage years in Santee, California, a suburb of San Diego. Phan was voted most successful of his class at his West Hills High School ten year reunion, and was voted into Grossmont Community College's Walk of Fame.

In 2003, he entered NBC's stand-up comedy competition reality show, Last Comic Standing, and became a finalist in the competition. He was disliked by the other contestants due to his relative inexperience in professional comedy, over-reliance on utilizing his mother and the same accent repeatedly in his act, as well as his eccentric behavior. He won the competition, and subsequently has made cameo appearances in Hollywood films such as Cellular and Love is the Drug. He currently resides in San Diego, California.

Filmography

• Last Comic Standing (2003)
• Comedy Central Presents The Commies (2003)
• The Award Show Awards Show (2003)
• Comedy Central Presents: Dat Phan (2004)
• Danny Phantom (2004)
• Cellular (film) (2004)
• Last Comic Standing 3 (2004)
• Love is the Drug (2005)
• Comedy Zen (2007)

TV guest appearances

• Good Morning, Miami on March 20, 2003
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on August 6, 2003
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn on August 8, 2003
• The Wayne Brady Show on January 29, 2004
• The West Wing on February 18, 2004
• Last Comic Standing 2 on August 12, 2004
• Super Bowl XXXIX
• Family Guy Episode 59 - Breaking Out Is Hard To Do on July 17, 2005
• Asian Excellence Awards on May 28, 2007, nominated for Outstanding Comedy Performance

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