Phil Wang

Philip Nathaniel Wang Sin Goi[a] (simplified Chinese: 王兴贵; traditional Chinese: 王興貴; pinyin: Wáng Xīngguì; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Vòng Hîn-kùi; born 22 January 1990)[3][4][5] is a British-Malaysian stand-up comedian and comedy writer who is a member of the sketch comedy group Daphne,[6][7][8] and co-creator of their BBC Radio 4 series, Daphne Sounds Expensive.

Wang was born in Stoke-on-Trent to an English mother from Stoke and a Chinese-Malaysian father of Hakka descent from Tuaran, Sabah.

His mother trained as an archaeologist and in orthopedic surgery[10] had moved to Malaysia as a volunteer with the Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO).

Wang's maternal grandfather was from Derbyshire and became the manager of a tea estate in Assam, India, where his mother spent part of her childhood.

[19] Wang has appeared in The Rob Brydon Show, Comedy Up Late, Taskmaster, About Tonight, It Was Alright in the 70's, Room 101, Have I Got News for You, Unspun with Matt Forde, Would I Lie to You?, Live at the Apollo, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, The Dog Ate My Homework, Hypothetical, Outsiders, and Insert Name Here.

[30] In May 2022, Wang appeared in the unaired television pilot Jazz Emu, portraying elusive DJ personality Crimsy Dimpson.

During the filming, Wang suffered an accidental radial break to his arm, which he anecdotally referred to during his appearance on The Graham Norton Show, first broadcast on 24 November 2023.