Margaret Cho
Acting
1968-12-05 · San Francisco, California, USA
Margaret Moran Cho (born December 5, 1968) is an American comedian, fashion designer, actress, author, and recording artist. Cho is best known for her stand-up routines, through which she critiques social and political problems, especially those pertaining to race and sexuality. She has also directed and appeared in music videos and has her own clothing line. She has frequently supported LGBT rights and has won awards for her humanitarian efforts on behalf of women, the transgender community, Asians, and the LGBT community. As an actress she has played more serious parts, such as that of John Travolta's long-suffering FBI colleague in the action movie Face/Off. She co-starred as Teri Lee, a paralegal assistant, 8on Lifetime's drama series Drop Dead Diva.
Filmography
TheatersI Want Your Sex
2026 · Movie
TheatersThe King of Black Goo
2026 · Movie
By the Roots
2026 · Movie
Run Amok
2026 · Movie
All That We Love
2025 · Movie
Queens of the Dead
2025 · Movie
Celebrity Weakest Link
2025 · Series
TURA!
2025 · Movie
Every Time You Lose Your Mind: A Film About Failure
2025 · Movie
It's Dorothy!
2025 · Movie
Hollywood Squares
2025 · Series
Squid Game: The Official Podcast
2024 · Series
Doctor Odyssey
2024 · Series
Zombies: The Re-Animated Series
2024 · Series
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
2024 · Series
Cora Bora
2024 · Movie
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
2024 · Movie
The Listener
2024 · Movie
Dolly Parton's Pet Gala
2024 · Movie
After Midnight
2024 · Series
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
2023 · Series
No One Asked You
2023 · Movie
A Big Gay Hairy Hit! Where the Bears Are: The Documentary
2023 · Movie
Maxine
2023 · Movie
Gianna
2023 · Movie
Frog and Toad
2023 · Series
Prom Pact
2023 · Movie
History of the World: Part II
2023 · Series
Not Dead Yet
2023 · Series
Will Trent
2023 · Series
The Wheel
2022 · Series
Sex with Sue
2022 · Movie
Celebrity Jeopardy!
2022 · Series
Dr. Jackie
2022 · Series
Sherri
2022 · Series
The Best of Netflix Is a Joke: The Festival
2022 · Movie
Queer Riot
2022 · Movie
Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin: Ladies Night Live
2022 · Movie
Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration
2022 · Movie
Fire Island
2022 · Movie
Soul of a Nation Presents: Together As One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage
2022 · Movie
Sex Appeal
2022 · Movie
Bury Me
2022 · Movie
I, Challenger
2022 · Movie
Tara, Messenger of Death
2021 · Movie
Last Meals
2021 · Series
Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.
2021 · Series
The Sixth Reel
2021 · Movie
Tig Notaro: Drawn
2021 · Movie
Good on Paper
2021 · Movie
The Celebrity Dating Game
2021 · Series
Koreatown Ghost Story
2021 · Movie
Pride
2021 · Series
What's My Game?
2021 · Series
The Alaska Thunderfuck Extra Special Comedy Special
2021 · Movie
Hysterical
2021 · Movie
Overserved with Lisa Vanderpump
2021 · Series
The Great North
2021 · Series
Call Me Kat
2021 · Series
The Flight Attendant
2020 · Series
Friendsgiving
2020 · Movie
Over the Moon
2020 · Movie
Faith Based
2020 · Movie
I Can See Your Voice
2020 · Series
Tournament of Laughs
2020 · Series
Mae West: Dirty Blonde
2020 · Movie
House Hunters Comedians On Couches: Unfiltered
2020 · Series
Feeding America Comedy Festival
2020 · Movie
Visible: Out on Television
2020 · Series
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
2020 · Series
Sex, Explained
2020 · Series
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
2020 · Movie
Undateable John
2019 · Movie
Trixie Mattel: Skinny Legend
2019 · Movie
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019 · Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Series
Lights Out with David Spade
2019 · Series
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
2019 · Movie
Miracle Workers
2019 · Series
Good Trouble
2019 · Series
The Masked Singer
2019 · Series
Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
2018 · Movie
25 Words or Less
2018 · Series
Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler
2018 · Series
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
2018 · Movie
This Close
2018 · Series
Bloodlines: The Art and Life of Vincent Castiglia
2018 · Movie
This Is Bob Hope...
2017 · Movie
Bright
2017 · Movie
Katy Perry: Will You Be My Witness?
2017 · Movie
Sharknado 5: Global Swarming
2017 · Movie
Alaska Is a Drag
2017 · Movie
The Bold Type
2017 · Series
Everybody Has an Andy Dick Story
2017 · Movie
Truth & Iliza
2017 · Series
Curtain Down
2017 · Movie
Bill Nye Saves the World
2017 · Series
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
2017 · Movie
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
2016 · Series
Swedish Dicks
2016 · Series
The girls I know... get their hands dirty.
2016 · Movie
Original Sin: Sex
2016 · Series
Party Legends
2016 · Series
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016 · Series
To Tell the Truth
2016 · Series
Hurricane Bianca
2016 · Movie
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
2016 · Series
Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry
2016 · Series
Ellie Kemper: Unbreakable Comedy Gala
2016 · Movie
The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show
2015 · Series
Dr. Ken
2015 · Series
Margaret Cho: PsyCHO
2015 · Movie
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Series
Call Me Lucky
2015 · Movie
Do I Sound Gay?
2015 · Movie
Tooken
2015 · Movie
Adventures in Comedy
2015 · Movie
World's Funniest Fails
2015 · Series
Senior Project
2015 · Movie
Metropolis
2015 · Series
#BeRobin the Movie
2015 · Movie
Lennon or McCartney
2014 · Movie
Celebrity Name Game
2014 · Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Series
Wedding Palace
2013 · Movie
Beat Bobby Flay
2013 · Series
Amelia's 25th
2013 · Movie
In Transition
2013 · Movie
Ian Harvie: Superhero
2013 · Movie
Norm Macdonald Live
2013 · Series
The Last Leg
2013 · Series
See a Little Light: A Celebration of the Music and Legacy of Bob Mould
2012 · Movie
Gotham Comedy Live
2012 · Series
Exotic World and the Burlesque Revival
2012 · Movie
The Burn with Jeff Ross
2012 · Series
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
2012 · Series
The Immigrant
2012 · Movie
Finding Your Roots
2012 · Series
It Gets Better
2012 · Movie
SNL Korea
2011 · Series
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
2011 · Movie
Margaret Cho: Cho Dependent
2011 · Movie
Sexing the Transman
2011 · Movie
Bubble Guppies
2011 · Series
Miss Representation
2011 · Movie
The Fran Drescher Show
2010 · Series
Pound Puppies
2010 · Series
Gaze
2010 · Movie
The Green Room with Paul Provenza
2010 · Series
America: The Story of Us
2010 · Series
I Am Comic
2010 · Movie
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009 · Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Series
Drop Dead Diva
2009 · Series
Margaret Cho: Beautiful
2009 · Movie
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
2009 · Movie
Annul Victory
2009 · Movie
The Snake
2009 · Movie
17 Again
2009 · Movie
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009 · Series
Prop 8: The Musical
2008 · Movie
The Cho Show
2008 · Series
Celebrity Family Feud
2008 · Series
One Missed Call
2008 · Movie
Underbelly
2008 · Movie
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
2007 · Series
Girltrash!
2007 · Movie
Girltrash!
2007 · Series
Dresden Dolls: Live at the Roundhouse London
2007 · Movie
The Lost Room
2006 · Series
Phone Sex
2006 · Movie
My Name is Jackie Beat
2006 · Movie
30 Rock
2006 · Series
'Til Death
2006 · Series
Falling for Grace
2006 · Movie
Margaret Cho: Assassin
2005 · Movie
Ghost Whisperer
2005 · Series
Bam Bam and Celeste
2005 · Movie
Dancing with the Stars
2005 · Series
Hell's Kitchen
2005 · Series
Wisecrack
2005 · Series
Nobody Knows Anything!
2004 · Movie
Margaret Cho: CHO Revolution
2004 · Movie
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
2003 · Movie
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003 · Series
Margaret Cho: Notorious C.H.O.
2002 · Movie
Miss America
2002 · Movie
Grocery Store
2002 · Movie
Margaret Cho: I'm the One That I Want
2000 · Movie
Funny Is Money
1999 · Movie
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Series
$pent
1999 · Movie
Family Guy
1999 · Series
Can't Stop Dancing
1999 · Movie
Get Bruce!
1999 · Movie
The Tavern
1999 · Movie
GayVN Awards
1998 · Series
The Rugrats Movie
1998 · Movie
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Drew Carey
1998 · Movie
The Thin Pink Line
1998 · Movie
Hollywood Squares
1998 · Series
Ground Control
1998 · Movie
Sex and the City
1998 · Series
Sweethearts
1997 · Movie
The View
1997 · Series
Fakin' Da Funk
1997 · Movie
Pink as the Day She Was Born
1997 · Movie
Face/Off
1997 · Movie
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996 · Series
Pulp Comics
1996 · Series
It's My Party
1996 · Movie
C Bear and Jamal
1996 · Series
Mr. Show with Bob and David
1995 · Series
The Doom Generation
1995 · Movie
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
1995 · Series
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · Series
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
1994 · Movie
All-American Girl
1994 · Series
Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women
1994 · Movie
Margaret Cho: HBO Comedy Half-Hour
1994 · Movie
HBO Comedy Half-Hour: Margaret Cho
1994 · Movie
Duckman
1994 · Series
Angie
1994 · Movie
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
1994 · Series
The Critic
1994 · Series
The Nanny
1993 · Series
Late Show with David Letterman
1993 · Series
The Golden Palace
1992 · Series
Red Shoe Diaries
1992 · Series
1/2 Hour Comedy Hour
1989 · Series
American Masters
1986 · Series
Entertainment Tonight
1981 · Series
Crohnie
Movie
Cheap AF
Movie
Ron Forever
Movie
Better Life
Movie
Untitled Mitch Hedberg Documentary
Movie