Biography
Tommy Chong (born May 24, 1938) is a Canadian-American comedian, actor and musician who is well-known for his stereotypical portrayals of hippie-era stoners. He is most widely known for his involvement in the marijuana-themed Cheech & Chong comedy movies with Cheech Marin, as well as playing the character Leo on Fox's That '70s Show.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Cheech & Chong's Last Movie
2025
as Self
Exploring their 5-decade career performing stand-up, making records, and starring in hit films. It covers their lives, comedy partnership, and lasting...

Evil Bong-A-Thon!
2025
as Jimbo Leary
Flash back on two decades of debaucherous, delirious Evil Bong escapades with this, the ultimate hookah horror cinema experience! Rolling up the hazy ...

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2025
as Self
THE AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE VAULT is a 2-disc, 500-minute odyssey that collects eight feature-length VHS mixtapes from the crackpots at AGFA—including tw...

The Ballad of Straw-Hat Sam
2024
as Bert, The Sword Salesman
When two unlikely friends embark on a journey to find the world's best bourbon, they encounter strangers, freaks, and a plethora of zany horrors that ...

Aliens Uncovered: Origins
2023
as Self
Phoenix, Arizona wasn't supposed to be the city we know in present day. Before Area 51, hidden deep in the desert, the military discovered a hidden ge...

Biography: The Bella Twins
2022
as Self (archival footage)
Chronicling Brie and Nikki's journey from waitresses to WWE Superstars and pop culture icons; success in sports got the Bellas through a difficult chi...

Cypress Hill: Insane in the Brain
2022
as Self
A smoke-filled journey across the lives and the careers of the groundbreaking, genre-defying Hip Hop group, Cypress Hill. Their unique sound, influenc...

A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings
2021
as Self
Song for Cesar is a documentary film with a unique view of the life and legacy of Cesar Chavez and the farmworker movement. The film tells a previousl...

Alien Danger! With Raven Van Slender
2021
as Lord Green
The first Raven adventure

More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story
2021
as Self
The Oscar nominated actor best known for his role of Mr. Miyagi, left behind a painfully revealing autobiographical record of his much-too-brief time ...

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star
2020
as Self
Unleashed from the video vaults of the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA), AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #4: FOLLOW YOUR OWN STAR is a brand new compilation of...

Magnum Dopus
2020
as Self
A behind the scenes look at the making of Jay & Silent Bob Reboot.

The Real Michael Jackson
2020
as Self
Jacques Peretti goes back to Jackson’s beginnings, charting his rise and fall and seeking a fuller picture of this complex, contradictory character by...

The Follow-Up
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Lonely. Scared. Insecure. But how's it going with you? Is this the first film to be made completely in quarantine? Possibly. 'The Follow-Up' is Ben ...
Hot Pink Horror: The Making of Color Out of Space
2020
Second unit director Jonas Govaerts interviews Stanley, principle cast, and the producers about the making of the film. Wonderfully structured, “Hot P...

Color Out of Space
2020
as Ezra
The Gardner family moves to a remote farmstead in rural New England to escape the hustle of the 21st century. They are busy adapting to their new life...

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
2019
as Alfred the Butler
Jay and Silent Bob embark on a cross-country mission to stop Hollywood from rebooting a film based on their comic book characters Bluntman and Chronic...

I Am Sam Kinison
2017
as Self
A feature-length documentary film exploring the life and legacy of shock comic Sam Kinison, a former Pentecostal preacher turned stand-up comic who re...

The Legend of 420
2017
as Himself
This ifilm is a new documentary that explores the controversial use of marijuana and the evolution of mainstream society. From a dangerous narcotic, l...

Double Dutchess: Seeing Double
2017
A high-art, high-fashion showcase of a star's many personas-and a vivid reminder that our art, not our obstacles, ultimately defines us. Free, focused...

It's Gawd!
2017
as Gawd
Amid the threat of nuclear proliferation, global warming and terrorism, the earth's creator tries to reconnect with mankind by returning to the planet...

Zootopia
2016
as Yax (voice)
Determined to prove herself, Officer Judy Hopps, the first bunny on Zootopia's police force, jumps at the chance to crack her first case - even if it ...

Lennon or McCartney
2014
as Self
550 artists were interviewed over ten years. At some point during those interviews, they were asked a question and told to answer with one word only. ...
Gone South: How Canada Invented Hollywood
2014
as Self

The Fluffy Movie
2014
as Video Store Clerk
Stand-up comic Gabriel Iglesias delights audiences during his sold-out "Unity Through Laughter" tour, which spans more than 400 cities in 23 countries...

Tommy Chong Presents Comedy at 420
2013
as Himself
Comedian Tommy Chong is legendary for his invaluable contribution to American counter-culture as part of the iconic comedy duo "Cheech & Chong". I...

Cheech & Chong's Animated Movie!
2013
as (voices)
It's the legendary toker jokers Cheech & Chong as you've never seen them before - in their very first animated movie. Catch all the buzz as their most...

Cheech & Chong's Animated Movie!
2013
Writer
It's the legendary toker jokers Cheech & Chong as you've never seen them before - in their very first animated movie. Catch all the buzz as their most...

George Lopez: It's Not Me, It's You
2012
as Self
Comedy superstar George Lopez performs live in front of a packed house at the Nokia Theatre in L.A. in this stand-up special.

Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil
2011
as Stone (voice)
Red Riding Hood is training in the group of Sister Hoods, when she and the Wolf are called to examine the sudden mysterious disappearance of Hansel an...

Cheech & Chong's Hey Watch This
2010
as Self
A documentary based on Cheech and Chong's "Light Up America" reunion tour.

Evil Bong 2: King Bong
2009
as Jimbo Leary (archive footage) (uncredited)
Larnell and Luanne travel to South America in search of an antidote to the deranged effects caused by taking hits off of the malevolent Evil Bong.

Cheech & Chong Roasted
2008
as Self
Cheech and Chong, the stoner pair who dominated the comedy scene in the 1970s and ’80s and recently reunited for their Light Up America tour, take the...

Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance
2008
as Deputy Tom
1870's America. A Chinese immigrant falsely accused of murdering a white woman is viciously hunted down; he'll have to prove his innocence in a time w...

The Union: The Business Behind Getting High
2007
as Self
Filmmaker Adam Scorgie explores the illegal marijuana industry in British Columbia, revealing how the international business is most likely more profi...

Evil Bong
2006
as Jimbo Leary
Straight-laced nerd Alistair moves into a college dorm with hardcore marijuana users, who order an old giant bong that proves to have strange magical ...

Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1
2006
as Self
Buckle your seat belts and hang on for a rowdy ride with this stellar compilation of outstanding routines from many of today's most talented comedians...

AKA Tommy Chong
2006
as Himself
Documentary about Tommy Chong's federal prosecution under the Bush administration for selling bongs over the Internet.

Secret Agent 420
2005
as QP
Bong, James Bong's his name and smokin', pimpin' and saving the planet from lack of hemp is his game. Secret Agent 420 (Rich Trapp) and his entourage ...

High Times Potluck
2003
as Tommy Chong
High Times' Pot Luck is an upbeat pot caper that centers around a mobster who discovers the magic of marijuana.

Pauly Shore Is Dead
2003
as Tommy Chong
Hollywood comedian/actor Pauly Shore loses everything: his house, nobody in Hollywood wants to represent him, he moves back home with his mom and is n...

The Wash
2001
as Dee’s Connection
With the rent due and his car booted, Sean has to come up with some ends...and fast. When his best buddy and roommate Dee Loc, suggests that Sean get ...

Grass
1999
as Self (archive footage)
Marijuana is the most controversial drug of the 20th Century. Smoked by generations to little discernible ill effect, it continues to be reviled by ma...

Half Baked
1998
as Squirrel Master
Three lovable party buds try to bail their friend out of jail. But just when the guys have mastered a plan, everything comes dangerously close to goin...

McHale's Navy
1997
as Armando/Ernesto
Retired Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale spends his days puttering around the Caribbean in the old PT-73 selling homebrew, ice cream, and swimsuit ...

National Lampoon's Senior Trip
1995
as Red
While on detention, a group of misfits and slackers have to write a letter to the President explaining what is wrong with the education system. There ...

FernGully: The Last Rainforest
1992
as Root (voice)
When a sprite named Crysta shrinks a human boy, Zak, down to her size, he vows to help the magical fairy folk stop a greedy logging company from destr...

Life After Sex
1992
as Tommy - Interview Subject
A movie director has his eyes set on creating a film focusing on where sex fits into a relationship. While casting auditions for his newest film, he b...

The Spirit of '76
1990
as Stoner
Future Americans decide to time travel to 1776 to ask the founding fathers for the solutions to their problems. A glitch in the time machine changes t...

Far Out Man
1990
as Far out Man
An aging hippie sets out on a trip across America to find his family.

Far Out Man
1990
Director, Writer
An aging hippie sets out on a trip across America to find his family.

Tripwire
1989
as Merle Shine
A band of ruthless international terrorists led by Josef Szabo hijack a speeding railroad train loaded with a full arsenal of powerful military weapon...

Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
1988
as Self
Music documentary directed by Patrick T. Kelly.

Playboy Video Magazine: Volume 12
1987
as Self
The twelfth and final Playboy Video Magazine features video centerfold Ava Fabian, a comedy roast of Tommy Chong, a look back at classic sex symbol Ma...

The Canadian Conspiracy
1986
A mockumentary illustrating a supposed conspiracy to infiltrate American culture through employing Canadians in the U.S. entertainment industry.

The Tommy Chong Roast
1986
as Himself
A "tribute" to comedian Tommy Chong, given to him by many of his fellow comedians.

Get Out of My Room
1985
as Chong
Get Out of My Room, was a mockumentary in the style of This Is Spinal Tap, written and directed by Cheech Marin. In the film, he and Tommy Chong are s...

After Hours
1985
as Pepe
Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery woman.

Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers
1984
as Corsican Brother
Two brothers who can feel each others' pain and pleasure mess up the French revolution.

Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers
1984
Director, Writer
Two brothers who can feel each others' pain and pleasure mess up the French revolution.

Yellowbeard
1983
as El Nebuloso
For years Yellowbeard had looted the Spanish Main, making men eat their lips and swallow their hearts. Caught and convicted for tax evasion, he's sent...

Group Madness
1983
as Self
A behind-the-scenes documentary of the making of 1983's Yellowbeard

Still Smokin
1983
as Chong
Cheech & Chong are invited to a celebrity party in Amsterdam. When they get there, however, it turns out that the guy who invited them has taken off w...

Still Smokin
1983
Director, Writer
Cheech & Chong are invited to a celebrity party in Amsterdam. When they get there, however, it turns out that the guy who invited them has taken off w...

It Came from Hollywood
1982
as Himself
Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Gilda Radner and Cheech and Chong present this compilation of classic bad films from the 50's, 60's and 70's. Special feature...

Things Are Tough All Over
1982
as Chong / Habib
Everybody has problems these days, and Cheech and Chong are no exceptions. They're hired by Slyman and Habib to drive a limousine to Las Vegas with $5...

Things Are Tough All Over
1982
Writer
Everybody has problems these days, and Cheech and Chong are no exceptions. They're hired by Slyman and Habib to drive a limousine to Las Vegas with $5...

Nice Dreams
1981
as Chong
Nice Dreams - it rhymes with ice creams. And that's what Cheech and Chong are selling in this thoroughly wacky comedy. The outrageous, permanently spa...

Nice Dreams
1981
Writer, Director
Nice Dreams - it rhymes with ice creams. And that's what Cheech and Chong are selling in this thoroughly wacky comedy. The outrageous, permanently spa...

Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
1980
as Chong
Perennially stoned Cheech and Chong tear through the city of Los Angeles, causing trouble wherever they go. After Cheech loses his job, the two pot en...

Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
1980
Director, Writer
Perennially stoned Cheech and Chong tear through the city of Los Angeles, causing trouble wherever they go. After Cheech loses his job, the two pot en...

Up in Smoke
1978
as Man
An unemployed pot-smoking slacker and amateur drummer, Anthony Stoner ditches his strict parents and hits the road, eventually meeting kindred spirit ...

Up in Smoke
1978
Writer
An unemployed pot-smoking slacker and amateur drummer, Anthony Stoner ditches his strict parents and hits the road, eventually meeting kindred spirit ...
Cheech and Chong Perform
1978
as Himself
A live performance of the comedy duo filmed at Spanky's Nightclub in 1978. Was original released on the Meda Home video label.

Cheech and Chong Perform Again?!
1978
as Himself
A live performance of the comedy duo filmed at Spanky's Nightclub in 1978. Was original released on the Meda Home video label.

Basketball Jones
1974
Basketball Jones is a 1974 animated short film based on the Cheech and Chong song. The cartoon was created to promote the song's release in the United...