Discovered at a junior college in San Diego, he was then spotted by Pauly Shore, who asked him to open for him in Las Vegas. He was a long-time cast member on on MADtv. Among his recurring characters was the Average Asian, who grows increasingly aggravated at stereotypes of Asians, and an impersonation of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il. His most famous character, however, is Bae Sung, the Korean-Japanese-Chinese-American, who claims be multilingual, but in actuality speaks the "Dumb-ass language".