Jimmy O. Yang

About

Jimmy O. Yang (Chinese: 歐陽萬成, Cantonese Romanisation: Āu Yèuhng Maahn Sìhng; born June 11, 1987) is a Hong Kong–American stand-up comedian and actor. As an actor, he is best known for starring as Jian-Yang in the HBO comedy series Silicon Valley, as Dr. Chan Kaifang in the Netflix comedy series Space Force, as Bernard Tai in the Warner Bros. Pictures romantic comedy film Crazy Rich Asians and as Josh Lin in the Netflix romantic comedy film Love Hard.

Yang’s parents were both from Shanghai and later moved to Hong Kong, where he was born. In 2000, when Yang was 13, his family immigrated to the United States and settled in Los Angeles, California. His aunt and grandmother were already living in the U.S.; his parents joined them primarily to allow Yang and his brother, Roy, access to a better education. Yang enrolled at John Burroughs Middle School for eighth grade, then later attended Beverly Hills High School.
Yang graduated from the University of California, San Diego with a degree in economics in 2009. The commencement speaker at his college graduation was his future Silicon Valley showrunner and fellow UCSD alumnus Mike Judge.

Yang did his first stand…