{"id":404230,"date":"2026-04-18T00:07:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T00:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/404230\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T00:07:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T00:07:15","slug":"hollywood-star-stops-in-for-coffee-at-clare-hotspot-on-day-off-from-filming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/404230\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood star stops in for coffee at Clare hotspot on day off from filming"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ken<\/p>\n

Ken Jeong with a staff member at Jilly & Joe’s in Bunratty, County Clare. Image: Jilly & Joe’s via Facebook<\/p>\n

Hollywood actor and stand-up comedian, Ken Jeong, was spotted picking up a coffee and pastry at a Clare hot spot on a day off from filming.<\/p>\n

The actor, who rose to fame through his roles in The Hangover and Community, stopped into Jilly & Joe\u2019s in Bunratty, where he kindly posed for pictures with the staff.<\/p>\n

The son of first-generation immigrants from South Korea, the comedian studied medicine at just 16-year-old, qualifying as a doctor before moving into acting full time.<\/p>\n

\"Ken<\/p>\n

Ken Jeong with staff members at Jilly & Joe’s in Bunratty, County Clare. Image: Jilly & Joe’s via Facebook<\/p>\n

In a 2013 interview with the Irish Independent, Ken said he used his stand-up comedy skills to navigate himself into the acting world, with his wife, Tran, pushing him to pursue a career in film full time.<\/p>\n

His first big break came when he was cast in in Judd Apatow’s 2007 smash Knocked Up, followed by The Hangover, and a host of other roles since, including his role as Bobby in the massive 2025 blockbuster K-Pop Demon Hunters.<\/p>\n

\u201cWelcome to Jilly & Joe\u2019s, Ken Jeong,\u201d the business\u2019 post on social media said.<\/p>\n

\u201cKen swung by for a pastry and an Americano from our coffee bar on his day off from filming. What a gentleman!<\/p>\n

\"Ken<\/p>\n

Ken Jeong with staff members at Jilly & Joe’s in Bunratty, County Clare. Image: Jilly & Joe’s via Facebook<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you so much for your time and for visiting today – what a surprise! Wishing you all the best with your filming – we cannot wait to see what\u2019s next for you.\u201d<\/p>\n

It has not yet been confirmed what project Ken is working on in Ireland but he is linked to several current project, with recent 2026 Screen Ireland production updates also highlighting major films shooting in the country such as No Ordinary Heist and 500 Miles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ken Jeong with a staff member at Jilly & Joe’s in Bunratty, County Clare. Image: Jilly & Joe’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404231,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60,11317],"class_list":["post-404230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-molly-cantwell"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}