His comedy partner Evelyn Mok came up with the middle-aged Asian uncle character for a sitcom with Ng in mind, and Ng further developed the character on TikTok and Instagram sketches before moving the character onto YouTube. Ng has become best known for his comedic alter ego Uncle Roger, who speaks with a pronounced Cantonese-like accent and prides himself on various East and Southeast Asian stereotypes. In 2021, he appeared on the first episode of Mock the Week Series 19, a British comedy show on BBC Two. On 2 January 2021, Ng uploaded his first Chinese video in Bilibili, a video sharing website in China. and HAIYAA with Nigel Ng with his producer Matt. He hosted the comedy podcasts Rice to Meet You with UK-based Swedish comedian Evelyn Mok. Ng made his TV debut in 2018 on Comedy Central's Stand Up Central. Ng was a data scientist with a GitHub account. Īfter graduating from Chong Hwa Independent High School, Kuala Lumpur in 2009, Ng moved to the United States to study at Northwestern University, majoring in engineering and minoring in philosophy, graduating in 2014. Ng's father is a car salesman and his mother is a full-time homemaker. Ng was born in Kuala Lumpur to Malaysian Chinese parents of Hokkien ancestry. Ng is better known by his online persona Uncle Roger, a stereotypical middle-aged Asian man reviewing Asian food recipes who speaks with an exaggerated and pronounced Cantonese–like accent. Nigel Ng Kin-ju ( / ʌ ŋ/ UNG born 15 March 1991) is a Malaysian stand-up comedian and Internet celebrity based in England.
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