Henry Cho
Biography
Of Korean descent, Cho was born and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee. His father worked at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He entered standup comedy in 1986. He attended West High School), the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1989 to pursue his career, but always with the intent of returning to his roots in Tennessee.
Biography
In interviews, Cho has said he is a practicing Christian.
Career
Cho appeared on many television shows in the late 1980s and early 90s, including The Arsenio Hall Show, Bob Hope's Young Comedians Special, MTV's 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour, VH-1's Stand-Up Spotlight, and A&E's An Evening at the Improv. His other TV credits include guest roles on sitcoms such as Designing Women, Lenny), The New WKRP in Cincinnati and a starring role in the TV movie Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation. In 1994, after he moved back to Tennessee, Cho got a call from NBC to host a revamped version of Friday Night Videos titled Friday Night. For two years, he commuted to Los Angeles weekly. More recently he appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. He was also the keynote speaker for the 59th Annual Radio and Television Correspondents' Dinner. Cho is well-known as a "clean" comedian, forgoing profanity and objectionable material, and has sometimes been called "Mr. Clean".
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