Nigel Ng

Nigel Ng (born 15 March 1991) is a Malaysian comedian from Kuala Lumpur who studied at Northwestern University. He is best known as Uncle Roger, an internet character he created in 2020 in response to a BBC video about cooking fried rice, and his YouTube channel, mrnigelng, had 10.4 million subscribers in September 2025. He completed his first world stand-up tour in 2024, his stand-up special The HAIYAA Special streams on Hulu, and he runs the restaurants Kawan by Uncle Roger in London and FUIYOH! It's Uncle Roger in Malaysia. His cookbook, Don't Mess Up Your Rice, is scheduled for publication on 3 November 2026.