Tommy Chong was born on May 24, 1938. He was born in Edmonton, Canada.
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Tommy Chong is known for his marijuana-themed Cheech & Chong comedy albums and movies with Cheech Marin, as well as for playing the character Leo on Fox’s That 70s Show.
By the early 1960s, Chong was playing the guitar for a Calgary soul group called Shades. The Shades moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, where the band’s name changed to Little Daddy & the Bachelors.
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On June 10, 2021, The Texas Hemps Show with Russell Dowden and Jesse Williams interviewed Tommy about his new hemp brands, how he used cannabis during his cancer bouts, future hemp plans, cannabis activity, the background behind a club-only performance of a song called Sgt. Sunshine, and his film work to include his work in a new film with the working title, Keep Smoking.


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