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James Chen
New York, New York, USA
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. Ch…
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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.
Filmography
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2026
CIA
TV show Ian Lim
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2025
Rosemead
Movie Dr. Hsu
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2025
One Stupid Thing
Movie Larry
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2021
FBI: International
TV show Ian Lim
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2021
Run the World
TV show Brian
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2019
The Mandalorian
TV show Amnesty Officer G27
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2019
Unintended
Movie Danny
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2019
Fluidity
Movie Eric
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2018
A Bread Factory, Part Two: Walk With Me A While
Movie Ray Prime
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2018
FBI
TV show Ian Lim
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2018
The Last O.G.
TV show Devont'e Jackson
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2018
Seven Seconds
TV show Franklin Lee
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2018
9-1-1
TV show Kevin Lee
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2017
Fatal Crossing
Movie Hayden
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2017
Marvel's Iron Fist
TV show Sam
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2016
Parker and the Crew
Movie Digital Imaging Technician
More credits
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2016
Front Cover
Movie Qi Xiao Ning
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2014
Amira & Sam
Movie Donnie
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2014
Broad City
TV show Bobby
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2013
Labor Day
Movie Paramedic
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2013
The Blacklist
TV show Lee Chung
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2013
Sleepy Hollow
TV show Lorenzo Chang
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2012
Elementary
TV show Lt. Morrison
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2012
The Amazing Spider-Man
Movie Police Officer
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2011
Watching TV with the Red Chinese
Movie Tzu
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2011
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Movie Dr. Foulkes
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2011
Person of Interest
TV show James Ko
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2011
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Movie Fish & Game Officer
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2010
The Walking Dead
TV show Kal
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2010
Blue Bloods
TV show Nelson Chiu
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2010
Running Wilde
TV show Pathologist
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2009
NCIS: Los Angeles
TV show Cadeo Hoang
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2004
Murder Below the Line
Movie Pete Richards
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1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV show Adrian Sung
