James Chen
Acting
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.
Movies
The Amazing Spider-Man
2012
Labor Day
2013
Rosemead
2025
Mr. Popper's Penguins
2011
We Need to Talk About Kevin
2011
Murder Below the Line
2004
Front Cover
2016
Fatal Crossing
2017
Fluidity
2019
One Stupid Thing
2025
Amira & Sam
2014
Unintended
2019
Watching TV with the Red Chinese
2011
A Bread Factory, Part Two: Walk With Me A While
2018
TV Shows
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Blacklist
2013
The Walking Dead
2010
9-1-1
2018
FBI
2018
Blue Bloods
2010
Elementary
2012
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
Person of Interest
2011
The Mandalorian
2019
FBI: International
2021
Sleepy Hollow
2013
Broad City
2014
The Last O.G.
2018
Marvel's Iron Fist
2017
Seven Seconds
2018
Running Wilde
2010
Run the World
2021