Ticketmaster.com<\/a> and the arena box office.<\/p>\nKoy has become one of the top 10 grossing stand-up comedians each year, according to Pollstar and Billboard, and has sold out arenas worldwide. <\/p>\n
In 2022, Koy launched his Funny Is Funny World Tour with a sold-out show at Seattle\u2019s Climate Pledge Arena with more than 14,000 tickets sold, and ended the tour with a sold-out show at Tacoma Dome with more than 19,000 tickets sold. <\/p>\n
In 2017, he set a record in Honolulu for the most tickets sold by a single artist, with 23,000 tickets and 11 sold-out shows at The Neal S. Blaisdell Concert Hall, leading Honolulu\u2019s mayor\u2019s office to proclaim Nov. 24 as \u201cJo Koy Day.\u201d<\/p>\n
Koy starred in the 2022 Universal Pictures comedy Easter Sunday, set around a struggling single father who returns to his hometown of Daly City, California, for Easter with his family. The film was produced by Steven Spielberg\u2019s production company, Amblin Partners, and is described as the first motion picture film to feature an all-Filipino cast and be produced by a major studio. <\/p>\n
In honor of the film, Daly City gave Koy the keys to the city and declared July 22 \u201cJo Koy Day.\u201d<\/p>\n
In 2023, Koy appeared in Disney\u2019s Haunted Mansion and voiced characters in Netflix animated films Monkey King and Leo. In 2024, he voiced the character Monkey King in the Paramount+ film The Tiger\u2019s Apprentice, and he has also appeared in Netflix\u2019s Mr. Iglesias and Comedy Central\u2019s Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens.<\/p>\n
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