Thomas Chong B. Kin (born May 24, 1938 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian-born actor and musician who is well-known for his stereotyped portrayals of hippie-era stoners. He is virtually all widely known for his role when Chong in the marijuana-themed Cheech and Chong comedy movies sustaining Cheech Marin. Chong is the boy of Stanley (of Chinese descent) and Lorna Jean Chong (of Scottish-Irish ancestry). He is the father of actress Rae Dawn Chong and actor Marcus Chong.

Prior to broaden into film, Chong was the guitarist and songwriter for Motown band Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers. Among his compositions for the class action were "Does Your Mama Know About Me", which hit #29 on the US pop chart and #5 on the U.s.a. R&B chart.

In the late 1980s, Chong became the naturalized citizen of the United States.

Chong wwhen a revenant character & late the regular character as the hippy "Leo" in a period of the 2nd, third, & 4th seasons of ''That '70s Show''.

Within 2003, Chong was one of those targeted by deuce Our contries investigations code-known as Operation Pipe Dreams and Operation Headhunter, which sought out businesses selling drug paraphernalia, mostly marijuana pipes. He was charged for his the share around financing & promoting Chong Glass/Nice Dreams, a company began by his boy Paris. Chong agreed to plead shamed to 1 count of conspiracy to distribute drug gear within exchange for non-prosecution of his married woman, Shelby, & his boy. Piece virtually all of the just about 55 souls charged following of the operations were sentenced to mulct & residence detentions, Chong was sentenced in September 11, 2003 to 9 months in the federal prison, forfeiture of $103,000, & a year of probation. When government officials denied that Chong was treated any otherwise from either a more suspect, several felt that he was processed an lesson of per government. Before long later on, marijuana advocates started a "Free Tommy Chong!" movement that calls for his release. Chong served his phrase from either October 8, 2003 to July 7, 2004, and inside December 2004 was to appear off-Broadway inside the a single-one-woman indicate entitled "The Marijuana-Logues", the parody of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues.

Within 2005, Chong returned to his role when Leo on ''That '70s Show''.