“Known Canada-wide for his portrayal of Kimchee on CBC’s hit television series Kim’s Convenience, Andrew Phung brings joy to the masses in this hilarious Canadian sitcom.”
Best of Calgary (March 2019)

“The hilarious Kim’s Convenience co-star dishes on his favourite eats in Toronto and Calgary”
Eat North (February 2019)

“Andrew Phung, however, is nominated for the Cogeco Fund Audience Choice Award, for his portrayal of Kimchee on the popular series.”
NewsWire (February 2019)

“Alec Baldwin recently wowed a packed house at the Jubilee Auditorium when he took the stage with event moderator and Canadian sitcom comedian Andrew Phung of Kim’s Convenience and The Beaverton fame.”
Calgary Herald (February 2019)

“Aside from the actors I listed, another one who stood out to me was Andrew Phung as Luigi, and I really liked this moment where he and Leo addressed racism and sexuality.”
Mimo Reviews (October 2018)

“Andrew Phung takes the Because News Quiz”
CBC Because News (October 2018)

“There’s also some nice work from Gary Basaraba as Vince and Adam Ferrara as Sal, and their respective spouses, Linda Kash and Alyssa Milano, that puts a little (friendly) heat in the rivalry, while Phung is unexpectedly affecting as the boisterous Luigi, who hides a sadder side.”
Toronto Star (August 2018)

“Leo’s best friend Luigi, played by the hilariously brilliant Andrew Phung is laugh-out-loud funny in this film.”
Katrinaolson.ca (August 2018)

“Though the movie is heavily focused on the romance of the relationships, there is also quite a bit of humour to go along with it and the bartender Luigi (Andrew Phung) is the main provider of it.”
Game Headquarters (August 2018)

“His scenes before are funny, but his scenes after are even funnier since he’s that much more rounded of a character.”
Film Gate Reviews (August 2018)

“The show is funny. The show is about Asians being funny. This is one of the reasons it means so much to so many people.”
Lainey Gossip (March 2018)

“This year’s host, Andrew Phung, won the award for Best Supporting or Guest Actor, Comedy for his performance on Kim’s Convenience…”
Tribute Magazine (March 2018)

“Kim’s Convenience star Andrew Phung takes the news quiz”
CBC Radio – Because News + Video (March 2018)

“…hosted by “Kim’s Convenience” star Andrew Phung who won the Best Supporting Actor trophy for his comedy role.”
ET Canada (March 2018)

“Hosted by Kim’s Convenience‘s Andrew Phung, the non-televised celebration honoured 42 categories…”
TV Eh (March 2018)

“The actor-comedian, who hosted the Canadian Screen Awards Creative Fiction Storytelling gala, talks balancing emcee duties and being a winner himself for Kim’s Convenience.”
CBC (March 2018)

“That includes Andrew Phung, who took home the trophy on Wednesday night for best supporting or guest actor in a comedy series for his role in Kim’s Convenience. He won in the same category last year. “
Calgary Herald (March 2018)

“…and to celebrate here’s actor and improv god Andrew Phung — now a two-time Canadian Screen Award winner for Kim’s Convenience”
Someone Else’s Movie (March 2018)

“Miguel Rivas, Andrew Phung, Carlos Bustamante and Mind Fudge round out the 2018 Canadian Screen Week host line-up”
Academy of Cinema and Television (February 2018)

“Wynonna Earp, Kim’s Convenience actors Andrew Phung and Paul Sun-Hyung Lee among local nominees for Canadian Screen Awards”
Calgary Herald (January 2018)

“Compelling Calgarians: Andrew Phung”
Calgary Herald (January 2018)

“An episode about estranged son Jung (Simu Liu) and co-worker and roommate Kimchee (Andrew Phung) throwing a party in their tiny apartment evolved into a delicious farce that took aim at millennial consumption and young-male idiocy.”
Globe and Mail (December 2017)

“Kimchee (Andrew Phung), too, is a wonderful subversion of stereotype. He’s a loudmouth with amazing comedic timing, and a major troublemaker—the antithesis to the model minority myth.”
Mediaversity Reviews (October 2017)

“Andrew Phung is on a career hot streak”
Avenue Magazine (October 2017)

“They are two young men accustomed to living in the public eye, both of them funny, quick-witted and seemingly fearless.”
Calgary Herald (October 2017)

“Kim’s Convenience star Andrew Phung’s musical tribute to Calgary”
Q on CBC Radio (October 2017)

“John Gilchrist isn’t the only Loose Moose alumnus who put in time at UCalgary. Improv phenom Rebecca Northan, BFA’96, and Canadian Screen Award-winning Kim’s Conveniencestar Andrew Phung, BA’06, (pictured right) both honed their chops on campus.”
University of Calgary Alumni (October 2017)

“On the set of Kim’s Convenience”
ET Canada (October 2017)

“Actor Andrew Phung was born and raised in Calgary and recently gave CBC Calgary a video tour of some of his favourite places in the city.”
CBC (September 2017)

“Why CBC’s Kim’s Convenience is particularly important for Vancouver at this point in time”
The Georgia Straight (September 2017)

“An improv player since he was 16, Phung is thrilled to be emceeing the live promotional events.”
The Spec (September 2017)

“Kim’s Convenience was the No. 1 new Canadian comedy of last year and nabbed three Canadian Screen Awards—including a Best Performance trophy for Paul Sun-Hyung Lee and Best Performance in a supporting role for Andrew Phung—along the way.”
TV-Eh (September 2017)

“Winner – Best Local Actor”
Best of Calgary (May 2017)

“The Calgary mayor is known for snappy responses to online trolls, and local improvisers Jamie Northan and Andrew Phung are taking advantage with their latest show, Nenshi vs. Twitter.”
Metro (April 2017)

“Fellow CBC comedy Kim’s Convenience also nabbed multiple awards, including best performance by an actor in a featured supporting role or guest role in a comedic series, which went to Andrew Phung. Post-win, he said he wanted to go cry in a corner.”
CBC (March 2017)

“A Calgary-born actor says the CBC comedy, Kim’s Convenience, seems to tap into the experience of everyday people as well as community leaders.”
CBC (March 2017)

“Phung recalls no one was more shocked than he and Northan when the original one-night-only improv show turned out to be an enormous hit.”
Calgary Herald (January 2017)

“For years, Phung was one of the most popular improvisers at Loose Moose Theatre…”
Calgary Herald (December 2016)

“Given the cast’s comedic chops, it goes without saying that the show is hilarious.”
Swerve (December 2016)

“Liu’s character is given a bestie named Kimchee(!), played by Andrew Phung, who is irreverent and wonderfully ridiculous.”
Post City (November 2016)

“Kudos should go to Liu and especially to Andrew Phung, who plays Jung’s co-worker and roommate Kimchee. Their banter and Kimchee’s full-out hoser attitude amount to very, very entertaining absurdity.”
Globe and Mail (October 2016)

“He’s been a go-to guy for hosting and emcee gigs for years, whether it be for corporations or other organizations. He’s topped local “best-of” lists for his comedic prowess.”
Calgary Herald (October 2016)

“Calgary comedian runs his mouth through Kim’s Convenience”
Metro Calgary (September 2016)

“Production on Thunderbird’s Kim’s Convenience begins for CBC”
TV-Eh.com (July 2016)

“Kim’s Convenience is the funny, heartfelt story of The Kims, a Korean-Canadian family, running a convenience store in downtown Toronto.”
CBC (June 2016)

“Collectables: The shoe collection of improv guru Andrew Phung”
Calgary Herald (May 2016)

“After an actor performs White Rabbit Red Rabbit for the first time – they can never perform it again. Also, the actor isn’t allowed to see the script until he or she is already on stage.”
Metro Calgary (March 2016)

“Phung said he enjoys playing with scenarios like the one friend who doesn’t know how to act in front of girls, or the group of mothers at the playground or dad’s at the science centre who missed the chance to make a new friend.”
Metro Calgary (March 2016)

“Phung blames technology: “People don’t flirt face to face, they try to flirt online or through text messaging, which isn’t the same thing.”
CBC Calgary (February 2016)

“Phung doesn’t think residents would be complaining if it was a “hipster or yuppie” franchise opening up, such as Whole Foods.”
CBC Calgary (January 2016)

“Northan and Phung are set to perform North East: The Show, an improv skit about living and growing up in the northeast.”
Metro Calgary (January 2016)

*Four Stars*
“Guaranteed to make you laugh hard”
Edmonton Journal (August 2015)

*Four Stars*
“The secret comedy weapon of Kill Hard, possessed by Northan and Phung, isn’t their fake guns or their encyclopedic knowledge of action thrillers, however — it’s their devious delight in the specific comedy”
Calgary Herald (August 2015)

“The dynamic comedy duo turn their comedy lens on their old neighbourhood in a pair of improvised comedy extravaganzas that anchor each weekend of the Calgary Fringe Festival.”
Calgary Herald (July 2015)

“Andrew Phung has been collecting running shoes for over a decade, and now has 250 pairs. He can’t wait to add to his stash at Calgary’s inaugural Sneaker Expo.”
Global Calgary (May 2015)

“Amber and Phung host the late night improv show, Past Your Bedtime, which gets the audience thinking about social issues that affect the world today, but in a comedic way.”
The Weal – STAY UP Past your Bedtime (December 2014)

“With the help of TELUS Optik Local, whose dedication has helped develop local talent in Western Canada, the series is in the process of producing five more episodes to complete their first season.“
Beat Route – Cowtown Sketch Series Celebrates Calgary’s Comedy Culture (December 2014)

“The late-night improv show includes surprise guests and “juicy questions” for the audience that will take the show in unexpected directions.”
FFWD Weekly – Arts Seen (October 2014)

“When Northan and Phung began improvising at Loose Moose they noticed whenever they referenced their north east communities or their experiences growing up there they would get a very specific response.”
Calgary Sun – Calgary Boys Mine NE Calgary Childhood for Fringe Fest Show (August 2014)

“The Loose Moose had never seen eight Asian kids show up from the LRT in hip-hop clothing … We could be loud, we could break things, we could play characters and not get in trouble. We’d never been to a place where you could do this kind of thing and not get in trouble. It saved us.”
Metro News – NE The Show Gives Props to Calgary’s Colorful Quadrant (August 2014)

“Amber and Phung’s comic methodology involves mining the personal lives of willing audience members for ideas that might be transformed into potent comedy.”
The Calgary Herald – Talk Tent Offers Spoken Word and Comedy at the Folk Fest (August 2014)

“Calgary performer and improvisor extraordinaire Andrew Phung is in the thick of the biggest challenge of his life…. he just became a dad!”
DNTO (CBC) – Rising to the Challenge (March 2014)

“The show will never be the same twice, no matter how many times you go — and with a 10:30 p.m. start time, it won’t interfere with your dinner plans. A fortune cookie might be the perfect way to round out your Friday night.”
FFWD Weekly – Improvising into the Wee Hours (January 2014)

“The senior Loose Moose Theatre company performer combines with Moose alumna and Blind Date’s West End Mimi, Renée Amber, for Past Your Bedtime, an improv show that hands out fortune cookies to the audience and uses those as the basis for sketches.”
Swerve Weekly – “Cheap Date – The Fortunate Ones” (October 2013)

“Meanwhile, Loose Moose’s Andrew Phung and Renee Amber are taking their improv skills – which will be on display in a weekend late-night show called Past Your Bedtime, for the next month at the Loose Moose – and putting them to use on a scripted television show, called Let’s Talk English.”
The Calgary Herald (October 2013)

“But what could easily be mistaken as a rehashed Nenshi sound bite comes off as surprisingly authentic from Phung. It’s not just a rehearsed spiel made convincing by the skills that won him the best actor and runner-up comedian awards in Fast Forward Weekly’s Best of Calgary readers’ poll.“
FFWD Weekly – 2013 Best of Calgary Readers Poll (June 2013)

“As a senior Performer with the Loose Moose Theatre Company, Andrew Phung believes two things are paramount to the creative process: preparation and failure”
Avenue Magazine – “The Creative Brain Explained” (April 2013)

“For the Highwood High School improv team, performing on stage with veteran Loose Moose Theatre actor, Andrew Phung, was an opportunity to push past fears, but for the man himself, the show did something even better—it brought him back to his roots.”
High River Times (April 2013)

“The show’s genuine scene stealer is Phung. He is the Bond-like villain we all love to hate.”
Calgary Sun (February 2013)

“Each time Andrew presents, he looks to develop a connection with the students through honesty and humor.”
TedXCalgary (November 2011)

“Andrew Phung, programmer and host of the competition, said the entries get more impressive, and complex, every year. A dozen shorts were screened at the Globe on Sunday afternoon, all made by under-18 auteurs.”
Calgary Herald (September 2011)

“When Andrew Phung started volunteering at the Loose Moose Theatre Company at the age of 16, there was no way he could have known how that experience would change his life.”
Avenue Magazine (November 2009)

“Andrew Phung, who has an economics degree and works as program director for Child and Youth Friendly Calgary, has been performing with the company for nine years. He credits Loose Moose with giving him more than just a background in improv.”
Fast Forward (November 2008)