Tommy Chong
Tommy Chong
Thomas B. Kin "Tommy" Chongis a Canadian American comedian, actor, writer, director, activist, and musician. He is well known for his marijuana-themed Cheech & Chong comedy albums and movies with Cheech Marin, as well as playing the character Leo on Fox's That '70s Show. He became a naturalized United States citizen in the late 1980s...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth24 May 1938
CityEdmonton, Canada
CountryCanada
I've met a lot of jazz musicians in my day, and they're all funny.
I know, because I tried all sorts of ways of being in character, and the best way is to be totally straight.
I know the musical world as well as I know the comedy world.
No. Maceo played sax, didn't he, well they used to sit in.
You know, I left the country when Reagan got in; I went to France.
The trouble when you're doing something illegal is that you know what you're doing. You're lying to your parents, you're lying to your kids. The only person you can't lie to is yourself.
Maybe once in a while, you know, after a hard day of shooting or something like that, I'd kick back.
Music has always been a big part of Cheech & Chong's career, so it's just natural. You know, I was a musician before I met Cheech and had a record with Motown, and so I've got the cred.
I never had a criminal record. They were kinda banking on the fact that I was dirty as can be.
The thing is about Cheech & Chong, we've brought more families together than Dr. Phil.
More than anything, the weed really helped with my mental state, because marijuana works on the brain. And if anything, it soothes the brain.
Well, I had an after hours club in Vancouver and when any of the Motown acts would call.
You know that old joke about potheads having bad memories? Well, the bad memories are like pain, discomfort, and fear. So you lose all that, and the body reacts by healing faster and stronger.
I used to joke for years that I was a black man. I adopted the black culture, the black race. I married a black woman, and I had black kids. I always considered myself a 'brother.'