Tommy Chong is a comedian and comic actor. Alongside Cheech Marin, he is one half of the marijuana-obsessed comedy team Cheech and Chong, which reunited in 2008 after 23 years apart. In the interim, Chong returned to the public eye in the role of Leo Chingkwake on That '70s Show, as well as in news coverage of his 9-month prison sentence for selling marijuana paraphernalia.
The Cheech and Chong reunion tour, entitled Light Up America, begins September 12, 2008.
Criminal History
- Arrested in 2003
- Charge: "Conspiring to distribute drug paraphernalia"Cannabis Culture: Tommy Chong Goes to Jail (April 6, 2004)
- Sentence: 9 months in prison
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Tommy Chong Timeline
Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
1978: Up in Smoke
1981: Nice Dreams
1983: Still Smokin
1983: Yellowbeard
1985: After Hours
1990: Far Out Man
1995: Senior Trip
1998: Half Baked
1999-2006: That '70s Show
2005: A/k/a Tommy Chong
2006: Evil Bong