Phil Wang
British Chinese-Malaysian comedian
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Philip Nathaniel Wang Sin Goi[a] (simplified Chinese: 王兴贵; traditional Chinese: 王興貴; pinyin: Wáng Xīngguì; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Vòng Hîn-kùi; born 22 January 1990)[3][4][5] is a Malaysian-British stand-up comedian and comedy writer who is a member of the sketch comedy group Daphne,[6][7][8] and co-creator of their BBC Radio 4 series, Daphne Sounds Expensive. Until 2025, he hosted the comedy podcast BudPod with fellow comedian and Footlights alumnus Pierre Novellie.
22 January 1990[1]
Phil Wang 王兴贵 | |
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 Wang in 2026 | |
| Born | Philip Nathaniel Wang Sin Goi 22 January 1990[1] |
| Education | Maktab Nasional Jerudong International School |
| Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge (BEng) |
| Comedy career | |
| Medium | Stand-up, television, radio |
| Website | www |
Early life
Wang was born in Stoke-on-Trent to an English mother and a Chinese-Malaysian father of Hakka descent from suburban Tuaran district in Sabah's northern West Coast Division.[9][10] A few weeks after his birth, his family returned to the city of Kota Kinabalu in Sabah, Malaysia where his parents had first met in 1982.[11]
Wang was raised in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia and educated in Malay, Mandarin, and English.[10] He first started secondary studies at Maktab Nasional[12] in Kota Kinabalu before later moving on to the Jerudong International School in Brunei. He then moved to Bath, United Kingdom at 16.[13] Wang attended Kingswood School and then completed a four-year engineering degree at King's College, Cambridge, where he was president of the Cambridge Footlights in 2012.[14][15][16][17][18]
Career
Wang won the 2010 Chortle Student Comedian of the Year Award[19] and, in 2011, Comedy Central's Funniest Student Award. Wang has since performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe[20] and at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.[21]
Wang has made numerous television and radio appearances, including on shows such as Taskmaster, Would I Lie to You?, Have I Got News for You (including as compère in 2024), and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. He has performed stand-up on Live at the Apollo and competed on Roast Battle. His BBC Radio 4 comedy special Wangsplaining aired in 2019.
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Wang has released two Netflix specials; Philly Philly Wang Wang in 2021[22] and Wang In There, Baby! in 2024.[23]
Beyond stand-up, Wang has acted in the sitcom Top Coppers, appeared in the 2023 film Wonka,[24] and played a role in the Netflix series 3 Body Problem.[25] He has also made guest appearances on The Graham Norton Show and Kevin McCloud's Rough Guide to the Future. In 2021, he launched the Audible podcast Phil Wang Hates Horror.
His first book, Sidesplitter: How to Be from Two Worlds at Once, was published in 2021.[26] Wang also embarked on a worldwide comedy tour ending in 2024.
He hosted the British Academy Games Awards in both 2024 and 2025.[27]
Works
- Sidesplitter: How To Be From Two Worlds At Once (Coronet Books, 2021) ISBN 978-1529350272
