James Chen

Actor · 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. 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.

As actor 13

Rosemead

One Stupid Thing

Unintended

Fluidity

A Bread Factory, Part Two: Walk With Me A While

Fatal Crossing

Front Cover

Amira & Sam

Labor Day

The Amazing Spider-Man

We Need to Talk About Kevin

Mr. Popper's Penguins

Murder Below the Line

TV shows 17

CIA

FBI: International

Run the World

The Mandalorian

FBI

Seven Seconds

9-1-1

Marvel's Iron Fist

Broad City

The Blacklist

Sleepy Hollow

Elementary

Person of Interest

The Walking Dead

Blue Bloods

NCIS: Los Angeles

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

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