James Chen
Born in New York, New York, USA
Biography
James C. Chen is an American actor, classically trained at the Yale School of Drama, bi-lingual in English & Mandarin. He is best known for portraying Kal on The Walking Dead. Chen also played Samuel Chung on the Netflix series Iron Fist. In 2011, he played the recurring character Adrian Sung in the crime series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He has appeared in The Walking Dead since the shows' sixth season. In 2015, he co-starred in the LGBT drama Front Cover opposite Jake Choi. In 2018, he landed a supporting role on the TV series FBI.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Adrian Sung
The Blacklist
Lee Chung
The Walking Dead
Kal
9-1-1
Kevin Lee
Blue Bloods
Nelson Chiu
FBI
Ian Lim
NCIS: Los Angeles
Cadeo Hoang
Person of Interest
James Ko
Elementary
Lt. Morrison
FBI: International
Ian Lim
The Mandalorian
Amnesty Officer G27
Sleepy Hollow
Lorenzo Chang
The Amazing Spider-Man
Police Officer
CIA
Ian Lim
Broad City
Bobby
The Last O.G.
Devont'e Jackson
Running Wilde
Pathologist
Marvel's Iron Fist
Sam
Seven Seconds
Franklin Lee
Labor Day
Paramedic
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Dr. Foulkes
Run the World
Brian
Front Cover
Qi Xiao Ning
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Fish & Game Officer
Rosemead
Dr. Hsu
Amira & Sam
Donnie
Unintended
Danny
Fatal Crossing
Hayden
Watching TV with the Red Chinese
Tzu
A Bread Factory, Part Two: Walk With Me A While
Ray Prime
Fluidity
Eric
One Stupid Thing
Larry
Murder Below the Line
Pete Richards