Nigel Ng
Nigel Ng is a Malaysian stand-up comedian based in the UK.Early life
Ng was born in Kuala Lumpur. He studied engineering and philosophy at Northwestern University, graduating in 2014.Career
Ng started his comedy career in Chicago as a student. He moved to the UK to work as a data scientist before becoming a full-time comedian. He won the Amused Moose Laugh-Off 2016 and was runner-up in the Laughing Horse New Act of the Year 2015. He was also a finalist in the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year and Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year.
He has made TV appearances on Rob Delaney's Stand Up Central, Roast Battle and Mock the Week.
He hosts the comedy podcast Rice to Meet You with UK-based Swedish comedian :sv:Evelyn_Mok|Evelyn Mok.
In July 2020, Ng caught attention for his video critique of Hersha Patel's BBC Food video on cooking egg-fried rice. From this viral video that has accumulated over 8 million views, he is now also known as Uncle Roger.
