Tommy Chong(I)

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Tommy Chong was born on 24 May 1938 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He is an actor and writer, known for Up in Smoke (1978), Zootopia (2016) and Cheech and Chong's Next Movie (1980). He has been married to Shelby Chong since 1975. They have four children. He was previously married to Maxine Sneed.

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Cheech & Chong's Animated Movie
4.7
- Writer
- 2013
Just for Laughs
5.9
TV Series
- Writer
- 2010
Hey Watch This
6.0
- Writer
- 2010
Far Out Man
4.9
- Writer
- 1990
The Family Martinez
TV Movie
- Writer
- 1986
Cheech & Chong's: The Corsican Brothers
4.6
- written by (as Thomas Chong)
- 1984
Still Smokin
5.4
- written by (as Thomas Chong)
- 1983
Things Are Tough All Over
5.8
- written by (as Thomas Chong)
- 1982
Nice Dreams
6.1
- written by (as Thomas Chong)
- 1981
Cheech and Chong's Next Movie
6.0
- written by (as Thomas Chong)
- 1980
Up in Smoke
6.9
- written by (as Thomas Chong)
- 1978
Basketball Jones
6.7
Short
- characters
- 1973

Trivia
In federal prison in the 1990s, his cube-mate was Jordan Belfort, who would regale Chong with wild tales of his career as a stockbroker. Chong encouraged Belfort to write a book, which was turned into The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). They've remained friends ever since.

Quotes
[on guitarist Gaye Delorme] When people used to see Coltrane play, sax players would run out of the clubs going 'I quit! I'll never play again! I can't take it!. On a quieter scale, that's exactly how Gaye mad me feel. He had a neat little trick. All good musicians do. He said, 'Can I sit in, and do you mind if if I can borrow your guitar?' And then he took the same instrument that I'd been struggling with and make it sound like Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, all rolled in one.