Ken Jeong and Wife Tran Ho Mark 20th Wedding Anniversary: ‘You Still Complete Me’

Mar. 15, 2025

Ken Jeong and Tran Ho celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary.Photo:Ken Jeong/Instagram

ken jeong and Tran Ho

Ken Jeong/Instagram

Ken Jeongand his wifeTran Hoare celebrating a major milestone.

The actor/comedian, 55, and Ho have officially been married for 20 years.

Jeong marked the special anniversary with a throwbackInstagramphoto of him and Ho that appears to date back to their September 2004 wedding.

“Twenty years down, forever to go. You still complete me, Ho. ❤️,” he captioned the sweet pic.

Jeong and Ho met at a singles mixer at a Los Angeles hospital where they both worked as doctors andlong before he became a famous actor.

During a 2015 appearance on Slate’sDeath, Sex & Moneypodcast,The Masked Singerjudge reflected on seeing Ho for the first time.

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He’s always credited his wife for supporting his acting career after he appeared in 2007’sKnocked Upas a physician. That same year he and Ho welcomed twin daughters Alexa and Zooey.

He landed his breakout role inThe Hangoverin 2009 and made it clear thathe had Ho’s blessingto strip down and appear naked in the comedy.

Ken Jeong and Tran Ho in 2023.Michael Rowe/Getty

ken jeong and Tran Ho

Michael Rowe/Getty

“I’m very blessed to have a supportive wife,” he added. “In fact, she said this will be a feel-good movie because every guy will go home feeling good about themselves.”

He later wrote in a 2011 personal essay forHuffPostthat she supported his decision to pursue acting despite her going throughtreatment for breast cancerand raising their young daughters.

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“I was going to turn it down, but Tran encouraged me not to," he said of his role inThe Hangover. “She would not let her diagnosis change our lives or strip us from our dreams.”

He continued, “For as long as we’d known each other, she’d been my biggest champion in my efforts to pursue a career in comedy. She knew this was my chance, and again, she selflessly put herself second.”

source: people.com