Tommy Chong

Q: Has Tommy Chong won any awards?

Tommy Chong received the 'Lifetime Achievement Award' from the Cannabis Culture Awards in 2015, recognizing his contributions to cannabis culture and entertainment.

Q: What was Tommy Chong's first film?

Tommy Chong's first film was 'The Last Movie' in 1971, directed by Dennis Hopper, which marked the beginning of his film career.

Q: How did Tommy Chong start his career?

Tommy Chong started his career in the 1960s as a musician and comedian, performing in clubs and developing his unique comedic style that later transitioned into film.

Q: What is Tommy Chong's net worth?

As of now, Tommy Chong's estimated net worth is around $8 million, primarily from his acting career and business ventures related to cannabis.

Q: What notable TV shows has Tommy Chong appeared in?

Tommy Chong has appeared in various TV shows, including 'That '70s Show', where he played the character Leo, and 'Dancing with the Stars' in 2009.

Q: Is Tommy Chong involved in cannabis advocacy?

Yes, Tommy Chong is a prominent advocate for cannabis legalization and has been involved in various campaigns promoting the benefits of cannabis.

Q: What legacy has Tommy Chong left in comedy?

Tommy Chong's legacy in comedy includes being a pioneer of stoner humor, influencing a generation of comedians and contributing to the mainstream acceptance of cannabis culture.

Known for

Zootopia (2016)

IMDb 8.0 / 10

2016 / Adventure, Animation / 108 min

Determined to prove herself, Officer Judy Hopps, the first bunny on Zootopia's police force, jumps at the chance to crack her first case -...

After Hours (2012)

2012 / Comedy, Documentary / 33mins

The After Hours crew brings you a compilation of a years worth of adventuring throughout the US in search of good snow and friends.

Color Out of Space (2019)

IMDb 6.2 / 10

2019 / Horror, Mystery / 111 min

The Gardner family moves to a remote farmstead in rural New England to escape the hustle of the 21st century. They are busy adapting...

Name

Tommy Chong

Height

6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Born

24 May 1938, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Spouses

Shelly Chong (1975–present)

Children

3 children: Rae Dawn Chong, Marcus Chong, and Paris Chong

Parents

Lily Chong and Stanley Chong

Estimated Net Worth

$8 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2025	Movie Zootopia 2 After cracking the biggest case in Zootopia's history, rookie cops Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde find themselves on the twisting...	Yax (voice)	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2025	Movie Cheech & Chong's Last Movie Exploring their 5-decade career performing stand-up, making records, and starring in hit films. It covers their lives, comedy partnership, and...	Self	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2025	Movie Evil Bong-A-Thon! Flash back on two decades of debaucherous, delirious Evil Bong escapades with this, the ultimate hookah horror cinema experience! Rolling...	Jimbo Leary	Not rated
2024	Movie The Ballad of Straw-Hat Sam When two unlikely friends embark on a journey to find the world's best bourbon, they encounter strangers, freaks, and a...	Bert, The Sword Salesman	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2023	TV The Muppets Mayhem The Electric Mayhem Band goes on an epic musical journey to finally record their first studio album. With the help...	Tommy Chong	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2023	Movie Aliens Uncovered: Origins Phoenix, Arizona wasn't supposed to be the city we know in present day. Before Area 51, hidden deep in the...	Self	TMDB 4.0 / 10
2023	TV That '90s Show Hello, Wisconsin! It's 1995 and Leia Forman, daughter of Eric and Donna, is visiting her grandparents for the summer where...	Leo	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2022	Movie Cypress Hill: Insane in the Brain A smoke-filled journey across the lives and the careers of the groundbreaking, genre-defying Hip Hop group, Cypress Hill. Their unique...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2021	Movie A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings Song for Cesar is a documentary film with a unique view of the life and legacy of Cesar Chavez and...	Self	Not rated
2021	Movie Alien Danger! With Raven Van Slender The first Raven adventure	Lord Green	Not rated
2021	Movie More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story The Oscar nominated actor best known for his role of Mr. Miyagi, left behind a painfully revealing autobiographical record of...	Self	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2020	Movie AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star Unleashed from the video vaults of the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA), AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #4: FOLLOW YOUR OWN STAR...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2020	Movie Magnum Dopus A behind the scenes look at the making of Jay & Silent Bob Reboot.	Self	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2020	Movie The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault THE AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE VAULT is a 2-disc, 500-minute odyssey that collects eight feature-length VHS mixtapes from the crackpots at...	(archive footage)	Not rated
2020	Movie The Real Michael Jackson Jacques Peretti goes back to Jackson’s beginnings, charting his rise and fall and seeking a fuller picture of this complex,...	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2020	Movie The Follow-Up Lonely. Scared. Insecure. But how's it going with you? Is this the first film to be made completely in quarantine?...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 2.0 / 10
2020	Movie Hot Pink Horror: The Making of Color Out of Space Second unit director Jonas Govaerts interviews Stanley, principle cast, and the producers about the making of the film. Wonderfully structured,...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.8 / 10
2020	Movie Color Out of Space The Gardner family moves to a remote farmstead in rural New England to escape the hustle of the 21st century....	Ezra	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2019	Movie Jay and Silent Bob Reboot Jay and Silent Bob embark on a cross-country mission to stop Hollywood from rebooting a film based on their comic...	Alfred the Butler	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2019	TV A Year in Music A year-by-year look at our musical landscape, including the biggest artists, songs and albums as well as the new acts...	Self - Host	Not rated
2019	TV The Masked Singer Celebrities compete in a singing competition with one major twist: each singer is shrouded from head to toe in an...	Pineapple (archive footage)	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2019	TV The Masked Singer Celebrities compete in a singing competition with one major twist: each singer is shrouded from head to toe in an...	Self - Pineapple	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2017	Movie I Am Sam Kinison A feature-length documentary film exploring the life and legacy of shock comic Sam Kinison, a former Pentecostal preacher turned stand-up...	Self	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2017	Movie The Legend of 420 This ifilm is a new documentary that explores the controversial use of marijuana and the evolution of mainstream society. From...	Himself	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2017	Movie Double Dutchess: Seeing Double A high-art, high-fashion showcase of a star's many personas-and a vivid reminder that our art, not our obstacles, ultimately defines...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2017	TV Steve After ending his Chicago-based show, Steve Harvey heads to Los Angeles to host a new weekday syndicated program aiming to...	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2017	Movie It's Gawd! Amid the threat of nuclear proliferation, global warming and terrorism, the earth's creator tries to reconnect with mankind by returning...	Gawd	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2016	Movie Zootopia Determined to prove herself, Officer Judy Hopps, the first bunny on Zootopia's police force, jumps at the chance to crack...	Yax (voice)	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2015	TV Celebrity Family Feud Celebrity Family Feud pits celebrities and their families against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses...	Self	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2015	TV Hot Ones The show with hot questions and even hotter wings invites a famous guest over to eat and then interviews them...	Self	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2014	Movie Lennon or McCartney 550 artists were interviewed over ten years. At some point during those interviews, they were asked a question and told...	Self	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2014	Movie Gone South: How Canada Invented Hollywood	Self	Not rated
2014	Movie The Fluffy Movie Stand-up comic Gabriel Iglesias delights audiences during his sold-out "Unity Through Laughter" tour, which spans more than 400 cities in...	Video Store Clerk	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2013	TV The Millers A divorced reporter, looking forward to the single life, finds his parents' marital problems derail his plans.	Ganja Pete	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2013	TV Uncle Grandpa The adventures of Uncle Grandpa who is out to help every child and adult in the world through the power...	Bottom Bag (voice)	TMDB 4.6 / 10
2013	Movie Tommy Chong Presents Comedy at 420 Comedian Tommy Chong is legendary for his invaluable contribution to American counter-culture as part of the iconic comedy duo "Cheech...	Himself	Not rated
2013	Movie Cheech & Chong's Animated Movie! It's the legendary toker jokers Cheech & Chong as you've never seen them before - in their very first animated...	(voices)	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2012	TV Gotham Comedy Live Gotham Comedy Club, a popular comedy venue in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, is the setting of an hourlong series...	Self - Host	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2012	Movie George Lopez: It's Not Me, It's You Comedy superstar George Lopez performs live in front of a packed house at the Nokia Theatre in L.A. in this...	Self	TMDB 4.9 / 10
2012	TV Inside Comedy Half hour comedy documentary series from veteran funny-man David Steinberg and Steve Carell reveals the inspirations, influences and idols of...	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2011	TV Franklin & Bash When they're not hanging out at their favorite hot dog stand pontificating on what they'd go through to enjoy a...	Judge Tommy Harper	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2011	Movie Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil Red Riding Hood is training in the group of Sister Hoods, when she and the Wolf are called to examine...	Stone (voice)	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2010	TV Raising Hope James "Jimmy" Chance is a clueless 24-year-old who impregnates a serial killer during a one-night-stand. Earning custody of his daughter...	Hubert	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2010	TV The Green Room with Paul Provenza Comedian and director of the obscenely hilarious hit film The Aristocrats, Paul Provenza invites some of the biggest names in...	Self	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2010	Movie Cheech & Chong's Hey Watch This A documentary based on Cheech and Chong's "Light Up America" reunion tour.	Self	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2009	TV Cubed	Tommy Chong- Drug Abuse Teacher	TMDB 2.5 / 10
2009	Movie Evil Bong 2: King Bong Larnell and Luanne travel to South America in search of an antidote to the deranged effects caused by taking hits...	Jimbo Leary (archive footage) (uncredited)	TMDB 3.7 / 10
2008	Movie Cheech & Chong Roasted Cheech and Chong, the stoner pair who dominated the comedy scene in the 1970s and ’80s and recently reunited for...	Self	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2008	Movie The Hempire Strikes Back Not so long ago....In this very galaxy... A coalition of evil industrialists conspired to outlaw the most valuable natural resource...	Self	Not rated
2008	Movie Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance 1870's America. A Chinese immigrant falsely accused of murdering a white woman is viciously hunted down; he'll have to prove...	Deputy Tom	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2008	TV Free Radio Free Radio is a television show, created by Lance Krall and Rory Rosegarten. The show originated on VH1, but has...	Tommy Chong	Not rated
2007	TV Code Monkeys Set in the early 1980s, Code Monkeys follows the adventures of fictional video game company GameAVision.	Laird Boony (voice)	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2007	Movie The Union: The Business Behind Getting High Filmmaker Adam Scorgie explores the illegal marijuana industry in British Columbia, revealing how the international business is most likely more...	Self	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2006	Movie Evil Bong Straight-laced nerd Alistair moves into a college dorm with hardcore marijuana users, who order an old giant bong that proves...	Jimbo Leary	TMDB 3.5 / 10
2006	Movie The Making of: Evil Bong Behind the scenes featurette for the DVD release of Evil Bong, the Gingerdead Man is interviewed	Unknown character	Not rated
2006	Movie Greasy Rider Filmmakers Joey Carey and J.J. Beck pack up their vegetable oil-powered 1981 Mercedes-Benz and set off on a cross-country road...	Unknown character	Not rated
2006	Movie Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1 Buckle your seat belts and hang on for a rowdy ride with this stellar compilation of outstanding routines from many...	Self	Not rated
2006	Movie AKA Tommy Chong Documentary about Tommy Chong's federal prosecution under the Bush administration for selling bongs over the Internet.	Himself	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2006	TV Fast Incorporated Fast Incorporated is a reality series on a group of "car hunters" who field vintage and muscle car requests from...	Unknown character	Not rated
2005	TV Dancing with the Stars The competition sees celebrities perform choreographed dance routines which are judged by a panel of renowned ballroom experts and voted...	Self - Contestant	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2005	Movie Secret Agent 420 Bong, James Bong's his name and smokin', pimpin' and saving the planet from lack of hemp is his game. Secret...	QP	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2003	Movie High Times Potluck High Times' Pot Luck is an upbeat pot caper that centers around a mobster who discovers the magic of marijuana.	Tommy Chong	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2003	Movie Pauly Shore Is Dead Hollywood comedian/actor Pauly Shore loses everything: his house, nobody in Hollywood wants to represent him, he moves back home with...	Tommy Chong	TMDB 4.4 / 10
2003	TV Real Time with Bill Maher Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors, comedians, musicians and the like...	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2003	TV Jimmy Kimmel Live! Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.	Self	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2002	TV George Lopez George raises daughter Carmen and dyslexic son Max with his wife Angie, after surviving a miserable, dysfunctional childhood at the...	Mr. Gutierrez	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2001	Movie The Wash With the rent due and his car booted, Sean has to come up with some ends...and fast. When his best...	Dee’s Connection	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1999	Movie Grass Marijuana is the most controversial drug of the 20th Century. Smoked by generations to little discernible ill effect, it continues...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1998	TV That '70s Show Crank up the 8-track and flash back to a time when platform shoes and puka shells were all the rage...	Leo	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1998	Movie Half Baked Three lovable party buds try to bail their friend out of jail. But just when the guys have mastered a...	Squirrel Master	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1997	TV Dharma & Greg Dharma & Greg is an American television sitcom that aired from September 24, 1997, to April 30, 2002. It stars...	Carl	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1997	TV South Park Follow the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.	Chief Running Pinto (voice)	TMDB 8.3 / 10
1997	Movie McHale's Navy Retired Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale spends his days puttering around the Caribbean in the old PT-73 selling homebrew, ice cream,...	Armando/Ernesto	TMDB 4.5 / 10
1996	TV E! True Hollywood Story E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows...	Self	TMDB 8.2 / 10
1995	Movie National Lampoon's Senior Trip While on detention, a group of misfits and slackers have to write a letter to the President explaining what is...	Red	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1995	TV Sliders In his basement in San Francisco, boy-genius Quinn Mallory unlocks the doorway to an infinite number of Earths. During a...	Van Elsinger	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1994	TV The George Carlin Show The George Carlin Show is an American sitcom that aired on the Fox network from January 1994 to July 1995....	Rhodes	TMDB 8.4 / 10
1993	TV Raw A regularly scheduled, live, year-round program featuring some of the biggest WWE Superstars.	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1992	Movie FernGully: The Last Rainforest When a sprite named Crysta shrinks a human boy, Zak, down to her size, he vows to help the magical...	Root (voice)	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1992	Movie Life After Sex A movie director has his eyes set on creating a film focusing on where sex fits into a relationship. While...	Tommy - Interview Subject	TMDB 3.7 / 10
1990	Movie The Spirit of '76 Future Americans decide to time travel to 1776 to ask the founding fathers for the solutions to their problems. A...	Stoner	TMDB 4.9 / 10
1990	Movie Far Out Man An aging hippie sets out on a trip across America to find his family.	Far out Man	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1989	TV The Simpsons Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family;...	Tommy Chong (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1989	Movie Tripwire A band of ruthless international terrorists led by Josef Szabo hijack a speeding railroad train loaded with a full arsenal...	Merle Shine	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1988	Movie Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues This 53-minute television special retraces Michael Jackson’s rise from child prodigy with the Jackson 5 to global superstar of the...	Self	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1987	Movie Playboy Video Magazine: Volume 12 The twelfth and final Playboy Video Magazine features video centerfold Ava Fabian, a comedy roast of Tommy Chong, a look...	Self	TMDB 4.0 / 10
1986	Movie The Canadian Conspiracy A mockumentary illustrating a supposed conspiracy to infiltrate American culture through employing Canadians in the U.S. entertainment industry.	Self	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1986	Movie The Tommy Chong Roast A "tribute" to comedian Tommy Chong, given to him by many of his fellow comedians.	Himself	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1985	Movie Get Out of My Room Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong attempt to finish a "video album" for their novelty record.	Chong	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1985	Movie After Hours Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery...	Pepe	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1984	TV Miami Vice The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on...	T.R. 'Jumbo' Collins	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1984	TV MTV Video Music Awards An annual award ceremony presented by MTV to honor the best in the music video medium.	Self	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1984	Movie Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers Two brothers who can feel each others' pain and pleasure mess up the French revolution.	Corsican Brother	TMDB 4.9 / 10
1983	Movie Yellowbeard For years Yellowbeard had looted the Spanish Main, making men eat their lips and swallow their hearts. Caught and convicted...	El Nebuloso	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1983	Movie Group Madness A behind-the-scenes documentary of the making of 1983's Yellowbeard	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1983	Movie Still Smokin Cheech & Chong are invited to a celebrity party in Amsterdam. When they get there, however, it turns out that...	Chong	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1982	Movie It Came from Hollywood Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Gilda Radner and Cheech and Chong present this compilation of classic bad films from the 50's,...	Self	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1982	Movie Things Are Tough All Over Everybody has problems these days, and Cheech and Chong are no exceptions. They're hired by Slyman and Habib to drive...	Chong / Habib	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1981	Movie Nice Dreams Nice Dreams - it rhymes with ice creams. And that's what Cheech and Chong are selling in this thoroughly wacky...	Chong	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1980	Movie Cheech & Chong's Next Movie Perennially stoned Cheech and Chong tear through the city of Los Angeles, causing trouble wherever they go. After Cheech loses...	Chong	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1978	Movie Up in Smoke An unemployed pot-smoking slacker and amateur drummer, Anthony Stoner ditches his strict parents and hits the road, eventually meeting kindred...	Man	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1978	Movie Cheech and Chong Perform A live performance of the comedy duo filmed at Spanky's Nightclub in 1978. Was original released on the Meda Home...	Himself	Not rated
1978	Movie Cheech and Chong Perform Again?! A live performance of the comedy duo filmed at Spanky's Nightclub in 1978. Was original released on the Meda Home...	Himself	Not rated
1974	Movie Basketball Jones Basketball Jones is a 1974 animated short film based on the Cheech and Chong song. The cartoon was created to...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1971	TV Rollin' On The River Rollin' On The River 1971-72 - (Rollin 1972-73) was a Canadian Music Variety Series hosted by Kenny Rogers and The...	Unknown character	TMDB 10.0 / 10

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2013	Movie Cheech & Chong's Animated Movie! It's the legendary toker jokers Cheech & Chong as you've never seen them before - in their very first animated...	Writer Writing	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1990	Movie Far Out Man An aging hippie sets out on a trip across America to find his family.	Director Directing	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1990	Movie Far Out Man An aging hippie sets out on a trip across America to find his family.	Writer Writing	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1984	Movie Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers Two brothers who can feel each others' pain and pleasure mess up the French revolution.	Director Directing	TMDB 4.9 / 10
1984	Movie Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers Two brothers who can feel each others' pain and pleasure mess up the French revolution.	Writer Writing	TMDB 4.9 / 10
1983	Movie Still Smokin Cheech & Chong are invited to a celebrity party in Amsterdam. When they get there, however, it turns out that...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1983	Movie Still Smokin Cheech & Chong are invited to a celebrity party in Amsterdam. When they get there, however, it turns out that...	Writer Writing	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1982	Movie Things Are Tough All Over Everybody has problems these days, and Cheech and Chong are no exceptions. They're hired by Slyman and Habib to drive...	Writer Writing	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1981	Movie Nice Dreams Nice Dreams - it rhymes with ice creams. And that's what Cheech and Chong are selling in this thoroughly wacky...	Writer Writing	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1981	Movie Nice Dreams Nice Dreams - it rhymes with ice creams. And that's what Cheech and Chong are selling in this thoroughly wacky...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1980	Movie Cheech & Chong's Next Movie Perennially stoned Cheech and Chong tear through the city of Los Angeles, causing trouble wherever they go. After Cheech loses...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1980	Movie Cheech & Chong's Next Movie Perennially stoned Cheech and Chong tear through the city of Los Angeles, causing trouble wherever they go. After Cheech loses...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1978	Movie Up in Smoke An unemployed pot-smoking slacker and amateur drummer, Anthony Stoner ditches his strict parents and hits the road, eventually meeting kindred...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.7 / 10

Zootopia 2

2025 / TMDB 7.7

Cheech & Chong's Last Movie

2025 / TMDB 6.9

The Ballad of Straw-Hat Sam

2024 / TMDB 9.0

Aliens Uncovered: Origins

2023 / TMDB 4.0

Cypress Hill: Insane in the Brain

2022 / TMDB 6.8

A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings

2021

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