Tommy ChongFilmography

Born:: May 24, 1938 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Occupation:: Actor, Director, Screenwriter
Biography:: Canadian born Tommy Chong could boast a curious mixed lineage: Chinese, French, Scotch and Irish. A musician by inclination, Chong dropped out of high school as a sophomore, frequently working as a band member to support himself. At one point, Chong was playing with The Vancouvers, for whom he...Read More

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Light Up America

Crew: Producer

Actors: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong

Synopsis: Cameras were there when Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong re-teamed for their Light Up America comedy tour -- culminating in this Weinstein Co. documentary. The two split up over two decades before coming back together to perform new and old material to sold-out shows across the country. ~ Jeremy Read More

1/1/09
Nardwuar the Human Serviette: Welcome to My Castle!

Actors: Nardwuar, Tommy Chong, Nirvana, Sonic Youth, Gerald R. Ford

Synopsis: Inevitably recalling the shenanigans of Tom Green and Sasha Baron Cohen's Ali G, Canadian comedian Nardwuar the Human Serviette is essentially a provocateur who built his career out of shocking and offending politicians, actors, musicians, and other noteworthy public figures by pummeling them with Read More

2007
American Drug War: The Last White Hope

Actors: Tommy Chong, Freeway Rick Ross, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Mike Ruppert, General Barry McCaffrey

Synopsis: This documentary follows director Kevin Booth as he investigates the world of illegal drugs, from street-corner dealers to high level kingpins, from narcotics officers to powerful judges. Appraoching his subject matter with a skeptical eye, Booth questions the effectiveness of the drug war, and Read More

2007
a/k/a Tommy Chong

Actors: Tommy Chong, Shelby Chong, Paris Chong, Eric Schlosser, Lou Adler

Synopsis: When comedy legend Tommy Chong was arrested in 2003 and given a nine-month prison sentence for the manufacture and sale of drug paraphernalia, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft's revamped war on drugs soared, like a mighty eagle stricken with vertigo in mid-flight, to new levels of absurdity. Read More

6/14/06
Greasy Rider

2006
Evil Bong

Actors: Tommy Chong

2006
American Stag

Synopsis: Adam Carolla, Tommy Chong, Melvin Van Peebles, Barbara Hammer, Chris Gore, Linda Williams, and others discuss the history of the American "stag film" in his documentary from Bazaar Bizarre director Benjamin Meade. Up until the 1960s, the vast majority of American pornographic films were Read More

2005
High Times' Potluck

Synopsis: A veteran mobster discovers the grass is greener on the other side in this broad independent comedy. Frank (Frank Adonis) is a 60-year-old Mafia lieutenant who has been entrusted with a suitcase full of high-quality marijuana that has arrived in Manhattan from the Deep South and is ready for sale. Read More

10/17/03
The Wash

Actors: Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, George Wallace, Angell Conwell, Tom "Tiny" Lister, Jr.

Synopsis: This throwback to the frolicsome comedies of the 1970s is from writer/director D.J. Pooh, creator of Friday (1995) and 3 Strikes (2000). Dr. Dre stars as Sean, who's financially strapped and on the verge of losing his home and his car until his roommate Dee Loc Snoop Dogg suggests he join him as Read More

11/14/01
That '70s Show: Season 04

Actors: Topher Grace, Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher, Danny Masterson, Laura Prepon, Wilmer Valderrama

Synopsis: Series regular Tanya Roberts is conspicuous by her absence during season four of That '70s Show, while Tommy Chong is equally conspicuous by his omnipresence in the role of overaged hippie Leo. It is explained that Roberts' character, Midge Pinciotti, has left her husband, Bob (Don Stark), and has Read More

2001
Half Baked

Actors: Dave Chappelle, Guillermo Diaz, Jim Breuer, Harland Williams, Rachel True

Synopsis: Returning from a food run, kindly kindergarten teacher Kenny (Harland Williams) makes the mistake of feeding a massive amount of junk food to a tired-looking, diabetic NYPD horse, which drops dead. Tossed in jail, Kenny relies on his totally stoned roommates (Dave Chappelle, Guillermo Diaz, Jim Breuer Read More

1998
McHale's Navy

Actors: Tom Arnold, Tim Curry, Dean Stockwell, David Alan Grier, Debra Messing

Synopsis: The most disorganized crew in the Navy returns in this updated adaptation of the once-popular TV sitcom. Lt. Cmdr. Quinton McHale (Tom Arnold) has retired from the U.S. Navy and is living on the old PT boat he used to command. He spends his days making the rounds of the Caribbean Island of San Read More

1997
National Lampoon's Senior Trip

Actors: Fiona Loewi, Matt Frewer, Valerie Mahaffey, Lawrence Z. Dane, Tommy Chong, Jeremy Renner

Synopsis: In this over-the-top comedy, a group of rowdy high-school students -- whose idea of a good time is throwing a wild party at the home of Principal Moss (Matt Frewer) while he's busy at school -- winds up in detention. As punishment, they're instructed to write an essay on what's wrong with Read More

1995
FernGully: The Last Rainforest

Actors: Tim Curry, Robin Williams, Samantha Mathis, Christian Slater, Jonathan Ward

Synopsis: A man finds himself living among the animals and enchanted spirits of the rainforest, and learns of the true consequences of human destruction in this animated adventure. Crysta (voice of Samantha Mathis) is a young fairy who is being tutored in the powers of magic by the older and wiser Magi Read More

4/10/92
The Spirit of '76

Actors: David Cassidy, Olivia D'Abo, Geoff Hoyle, Steve McDonald

Synopsis: Making great fun of the '70s, this lively sci-fi comedy centers on a trio of time travellers who go into the past in hopes of retrieving the Constitution to celebrate America's 300th birthday. Unfortunately, the travelers end up in 1976 not 1776. The trouble is, they don't realize it. ~ Sandra Read More

10/12/90
Far Out Man

Crew: Director, Screenwriter, Songwriter

Actors: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Shelby Chong, Paris Chong, C. Thomas Howell, Martin Mull, Judd Nelson

Synopsis: Starring many of his family members, this is Tommy Chong's (of the well-known duo, Cheech and Chong) first solo production. As an outdated hippie, Far Out Man (Tommy Chong) searches to relive his lost youth by traveling across the country. C. Thomas Howell, Judd Nelson, and Cheech Marin all make Read More

3/2/90
Tripwire

Actors: Terence Knox, David Warner, Isabella Hoffman, Charlotte Lewis, Andras Jones

Synopsis: An obsessed government agent and a ruthless terrorist have some grudges to settle in this intense actioner. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

1/12/90
Playboy Comedy Roast: Tommy Chong

Synopsis: Designed for adult audiences, this roast includes a collection of celebrities as they insult and abuse comedian Tommy Chong. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1986
After Hours

Actors: Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Verna Bloom, Tommy Chong, Linda Fiorentino, Teri Garr

Synopsis: Martin Scorsese's After Hours is a dark, tragi-comic tale of a fish out of water, centering on an uptight, white-bread computer consultant from uptown Manhattan who finds himself in the nightmarish and incomprehensible (to him) world of Soho after dark. The ordeal begins when Paul Hackett (Griffin Read More

1985
Get Out of My Room

Synopsis: Long before Richard "Cheech" Marin was a grey-maned, highly respected character actor, he was one half of the dopehead comedy team of Cheech and Chong. Made in 1985, the 53-minute video Get Out of My Room was one of C&C's final efforts before their amicable breakup. The video softpedals the drug Read More

1985
Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Roy Dotrice, Shelby Fiddis, Rikki Marin

Synopsis: Filmed on location "Somewhere in France", this umpteenth version of Dumas' The Corsican Brothers stars the zoned-out comedy team of Cheech and Chong. Perhaps inspired by the Ritz Bros.' spin on The Three Musketeers, the duo retains enough of the original story (about twin brothers who feel one Read More

1984
Yellowbeard

Actors: Graham Chapman, Peter Boyle, Eric Idle, Tommy Chong, Peter Cook

Synopsis: This colorful spoof of pirate movies had all the makings of a classic farce and yet sank straight to Davy Jones' locker at the box-office, for despite it's all-star international cast of famous comedians, and despite the fact that it was largely co-written by "Monty Python"-veteran Graham Chapman Read More

1983
Still Smokin'

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Carol Van Herwijnen

Synopsis: In this fourth Cheech and Chong adventure, the duo's view of humor, drugs, and sex are let loose in Amsterdam. Still Smokin' finds the two comedians arriving in the Netherlandish capital to go the city's first film festival, where they are mistaken for Dolly Parton and Burt Reynolds -- a sure sign Read More

1983
It Came from Hollywood

Actors: Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Gilda Radner

Synopsis: Latter-day comedy stars like Dan Aykroyd and John Candy host this compilation of clips from Hollywood's most famed bad movies, including Plan 9 From Outer Space, Untamed Women and Robot Monster. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

1982
Things Are Tough All Over

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Shelby Chong, Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Shelby Fiddis, Rikki Marin, Evelyn Guerrero, Rip Taylor

Synopsis: Goofy team Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong play chauffeurs hired by a couple of Arabs (also played by the two) to make a cross-country trip with a limo which happens to contain $5 million hidden inside. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

1982
Cheech and Chong's Nice Dreams

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Stacy Keach, Dr. Timothy Leary, Evelyn Guerrero

Synopsis: Here, the dope-smoking duo are working on an ice-cream truck, and their specially treated confections are more than just a hit for the kids. Nice Dreams is the third in the series. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

1981
Cheech and Chong's Next Movie

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Evelyn Guerrero, Betty Kennedy, Sy Kramer

Synopsis: In an unfunny, scattered sequel to their successful Up in Smoke, Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong reprise their roles as carefree men who do inhale. But this time around Cheech is out of a job and trying to dodge his bilious neighbor while chasing the lovely Donna (Evelyn Guerrero) with anything but Read More

1980
Up in Smoke

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Stacy Keach, Edie Adams, Tom Skerritt

Synopsis: Then professional potheads Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong teamed up for Cheech & Chong: Up In Smoke, which features the drug-addled duo on a road trip throughout California; that is to say, a road-trip they hope will culminate in finding some quality weed. Instead, a series of mishaps result in Read More

1978