Ken Jeong, an actor, stand-up comedian and former physician, is bringing his side-splitting performance to the Chumash Casino Resort’s Samala Showroom at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12.

Jeong appeared in the summer hit movie “Crazy Rich Asians,” which premiered in August. His best known roles include Ben Chang on the sitcom “Community,” the gangster Leslie Chow in “The Hangover” movie franchise and the lead character in the ABC sitcom “Dr. Ken,” which he also created, wrote and executive produced.

He has also had roles in a variety of television shows, including “Boston Legal,” “Burning Love,” “Glee” and “Fresh Off the Boat.”

Born in Detroit to South Korean immigrants, Jeong was raised in Greensboro, N.C. He graduated from high school at 16 years old, graduated from Duke University and then obtained his M.D. at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.

In 1995 Jeong won the “Big Easy Laff-Off” and moved to Los Angeles. He initially practiced medicine for several years as a physician at a Kaiser Permanente hospital in Woodland Hills. During that time, he began performing regularly at the Improv and Laugh Factory comedy clubs to work on his routine.

His background in theater and improv led to several television appearances, including NBC’s “The Office,” HBO’s “Entourage” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” He made his film debut in Judd Apatow’s “Knocked Up” as Dr. Kuni, which proved to be his breakout performance. From that point forward, he was able to transition from medicine into a full-time career in the entertainment industry.

Tickets for the show are $45, $55 & $65, available at the casino or at www.chumashcasino.com.

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Stops on comedian Jim Gaffigan’s latest tour, “The Fixer-Upper Tour,” will include a stop at Santa Barbara Bowl at 7 p.m. Friday, May 25.

Gaffigan is a three-time Grammy-nominated comedian, actor, writer, and producer, two-time New York Times best-selling author, Pollstar-nominated, top touring performer, and multi-platinum-selling father of five.

He is known around the world for his unique brand of humor, which largely revolves around fatherhood and his observations on life.

In December of 2014, Gaffigan became one of only 10 comics in history to sell out Madison Square Garden, and a few months prior he performed for Pope Francis and more that a million people at the Festival of Families in Philadelphia.

In 2016, Forbes named him one of the world’s highest-grossing comedians, and the Pandora streaming site recently announced that he is the most popular comic among its users, with more than 700 million spins to date.

In addition to his own television show, he has guest starred on many television comedies and dramas, ranging from “Portlandia” and “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” to HBO’s cult hits “Flight of the Conchords” and “Bored to Death” to dramatic roles in all three versions of “Law & Order.” On the big screen, his credits include “Three Kings,” “Hot Pursuit,” “Super Troopers,” and “17 Again.”

Tickets range from $49.50 to $74.50, plus service charges. For information, call 805-962-7411. Tickets are on sale via AXS.com.

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Steven Wright, the award-winning comedian whose wit and deadpan delivery inspired a generation of comics, will bring his unique stand-up act to the Chumash Casino Resort’s Samala Showroom at 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 2. Tickets for the show are $25, $35 & $45.

Wright’s lethargic style and extensive collection of one-liners filled with ironies, philosophical musings and non-sequiturs made him starkly different from the crop of comedians on the stand-up circuit in the 1980s. He debuted “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” in 1982, and his unique performance propelled him to stardom.

He developed a cult following with his laid-back approach to humor and achieved success with a host of projects. His album “I Have a Pony” earned critical acclaim and a Grammy Award nomination for Best Comedy Album in 1985. In 2007, his “I Still Have a Pony” earned another Grammy nomination. Wright won an Academy Award in 1989 for Best Short Live-Action Film for his “The Appointments of Dennis Jennings,” which he co-wrote and starred in.

Last year, he ranked No. 15 on Rolling Stone Magazine’s “50 Best Stand-Up Comedians of All Time” list. The magazine noted, “His best jokes often offer the contemplative qualities of a good zen koan (‘What do batteries run on?’), and Wright remains one of his generation’s great minimalist joke writers.”

In 2014, The New York Times said of Wright, “If you made a family tree of modern stand-up, he would top one of the few major and expanding branches,” adding that you can hear Wright’s “dry deadpan in comics as diverse as Todd Barry, Tig Notaro, Flight of the Conchords and Zach Galifianakis.”

Don’t miss an opportunity to see this one-of-a-kind performer when he takes the stage in one of the most popular entertainment venues in Santa Barbara County.

Located on Highway 246 in Santa Ynez, California, the Chumash Casino Resort is an age 21-and-older venue. Tickets for all events are available at the Chumash Casino Resort’s Club Indulge or online at www.chumashcasino.com.

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