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Terry Chen

Acting

Born February 3, 1975 · Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Also known as Terry Chan

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Terry Chen (born February 3, 1975) is a Canadian movie and television actor. Chen was born to ethnic Chinese parents originating from China and Taiwan in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. After an education at schools in his hometown and in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, he attended college in Calgary and studied at the University of Calgary. He traveled for two years, first to the Cayman Islands, a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, and then returned to Vancouver in order to pursue acting. He currently lives in the city and periodically resides in Los Angeles in California, for additional film and television work. Chen was cast as real-life Rolling Stone editor Ben Fong-Torres in the 2000 Cameron Crowe film, Almost Famous, and it became his breakout role. He has since appeared in Steven Spielberg's Emmy Award-winning science fiction TV miniseries Taken and in the films I, Robot, The Chronicles of Riddick, and Snakes on a Plane along with several television shows. He was coached and trained by the award-winning acting coach, Kirsten Clarkson at Screen Acting School, who helped him achieve an incredible career. https://www.screenactingschool.com/ Chen's most recently-screened movie is a horror/thriller called They Wait, which was inspired by a real-life story. The movie casts him in the leading role alongside Jaime King as his wife, and ten year old child actor Regan Oey as their son. Since then, he has appeared in several TV series, and is due to appear in the US movie Rock Slyde, on which filming was completed in early 2009.

Filmography50+ titles

The Good Doctor

2017as Owen

The Last of Us

2023as Cpt. Kwong

Stargate SG-1

1997as Monk

Battlestar Galactica

2004as Chuckles

Smallville

2001as Paul Cage

The Expanse

2015as Prax Meng

Bates Motel

2013as Ethan Chang

House of Cards

2013as Xander Feng

The 100

2014as Commander Shumway

Psych

2006as Tom Fong

Under the Bridge

2024as Stan Lowe

Marvel's Jessica Jones

2015as Pryce Cheng

Continuum

2012as Curtis Chen

Dark Angel

2000as S1W Member

Almost Famous

2000as Ben Fong-Torres

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

2016as Genghis Khan

Nikita

2010as Inspector Jeong

Sanctuary

2008as Charles

Big Sky

2020as Mitchell Banks

A Million Little Things

2018as Alan

The 4400

2004as Colin Chen

Wild Cards

2024as Chief Li

Invasion

2021as President Zhou

Combat Hospital

2011as Captain Bobby Trang

I, Robot

2004as Chin

The Spiderwick Chronicles

2024as Zao

Arrow

2012as Soldier

Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome

2012as Crew Chief Tiu

V

2009as Dr. Maeta

Blood & Treasure

2019as Arthur Chan

The Returned

2015as Mark Bao

The Cabin in the Woods

2011as Operations Guy

The Irrational

2023as Bo

UnREAL

2015as Guy Moretti

The Chronicles of Riddick

2004as Merc Pilot

The Unrestricted War

2025as Agent Feng

Elysium

2013as Technician

Sight

2023as Ming Wang

Falling

2020as Eric

The 9th Life of Louis Drax

2016as Elliott

Godzilla

2014as Team Member #2

Motive

2013as Ken Leung

The A-Team

2010as Ravech

War

2007as Special Agent Tom Lone

Chaos

2005as Chris Lei

Romeo Must Die

2000as Kuang

Da Vinci's Inquest

1998

The Lake

2022as Victor Lin

xXx: Return of Xander Cage

2017as Chinese Politico

Stark Raving Mad

2002as Jin Sun