Sheng Wang


Sheng Wang is a Taiwanese-American stand-up comic and staff writer for ABC sitcom series Fresh Off the Boat from 2015 to 2018.

Early life and education

Wang earned a Bachelor of Science in Business at the University of California, Berkeley from 1998–2002. After graduating, he began practicing stand-up in San Francisco and New York City.

Career

Wang was a featured performer in 2007 at Montreal Comedy Festival. On January 28, 2011, Comedy Central Presents aired his first thirty-minute special broadcast on national television. In January 2011, he won top honors at NBC Universal's Seventh Annual "Stand Up for Diversity" comedy search, including a one-year talent holding deal with that studio. Wang also appeared on Comedy Central's John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show in 2012.
Wang also appeared on Comedians of Comedy, American Eagle's Campus Comedy Challenge, and Comedy Central's Live at Gotham.
He competed in the 2015 season of Last Comic Standing, earning a spot in the top 10 contestants. Wang released an album Cornucopias Are Actually Horrible Containers in 2015.
In 2019, Wang appeared on the HBO Special 2 Dope Queens. He also performed at Clusterfest 2019 opening for headliner John Mulaney.
Sheng Wang lives in California.