Terry Chen
Terry Chen (born February 3, 1975) is a Canadian film and television actor.
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Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1999–present |
Early life
Chen was born in Edmonton, Alberta,[1] to Taiwanese and Chinese parents originating from Taiwan (father) and mainland China (mother). After an education at schools in Edmonton and Vancouver, British Columbia, he attended college in Calgary and studied at the University of Calgary. He moved to Vancouver to pursue acting.[1]
Career
Chen's breakout role was as real-life Rolling Stone editor Ben Fong-Torres in the 2000 Cameron Crowe film Almost Famous. He has appeared in several television shows, including Steven Spielberg's TV miniseries Taken, and was a series regular on Combat Hospital. Chen has appeared in feature films I, Robot, The Chronicles of Riddick, Snakes on a Plane and had a leading role in the horror/thriller They Wait.
Chen played a recurring role in the Canadian science fiction series Continuum,[1] which premiered on Showcase on May 27, 2012. Chen portrayed Xander Feng in Season 2 of Netflix's House of Cards.[1] From 2017 to 2018 he played botanist Praxideke Meng in The Expanse seasons 2 and 3, and in 2018 appeared in season 2 of Jessica Jones as Pryce Cheng.
In the film Falling, Chen plays the understanding husband of a man (played by Mortensen) trying to care for his homophobic, misogynist and increasingly demented father.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1999 | Late Night Sessions | Unknown | |
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York | FEMA Tech #2 | TV movie | |
2000 | Romeo Must Die | Kung | |
Trixie | Waiter | ||
Almost Famous | Ben Fong-Torres | ||
Sole Survivor | Lee Kwong | TV movie | |
Island of Shadows: D'Arcy Island Leper Colony, 1891-1924 | New York Syphilitic | ||
2001 | 3000 Miles to Graceland | Policeman | |
The Waiting Room | Unknown | ||
2002 | Liberty Stands Still | Officer Tom | |
40 Days and 40 Nights | Neil | ||
Stark Raving Mad | Jin Sun | ||
Various Positions | Ian | ||
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever | FBI Agent Harry Lee | ||
Paranormal Girl | Unknown | TV movie | |
2003 | A Tale of Two Wives | Bruno | TV movie |
2004 | The Chronicles of Riddick | Merc Pilot | |
I, Robot | Chin | ||
The Love Crimes of Gillian Guess | Jerry, Defense Lawyer | TV movie | |
The Life | Daryl | TV movie | |
2005 | Chaos | Chris Lei | |
Underclassman | 'Sleepy' Jones | ||
2006 | Mem-o-re | Dr. Deepra Chang | |
Snakes on a Plane | Chen Leong | ||
2007 | War | Tom Lone | |
They Wait | Jason | ||
2008 | Dim Sum Funeral | Funeral Store Owner | |
The Quality of Life | Kent Louie | TV movie | |
Love to Kill | Richard | TV movie | |
2009 | Web of Desire | Dr. Tim Massey | TV movie |
Hardwired | Carter Burke | ||
Storm Seekers | Tommy Cramer | ||
Bottom Feeders | Terry Chiu | Short | |
Rock Slyde | David | ||
2010 | The A-Team | Ravech | |
Riverworld | Eddie | ||
Guido Superstar: The Rise of Guido | Andrew Cho | ||
2011 | Something Old, Something New | Groom | Short |
Befriend and Betray | Donny | TV movie | |
Matty Hanson and the Invisibility Ray | Unknown | ||
2012 | The Cabin in the Woods | Operations Guy | |
Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome | Crew Chief Tiu | TV movie | |
2013 | Elysium | Technician | |
Tasmanian Devils | Walsh | ||
Time of Death | Stephen Choi | TV movie | |
Survival Code | Roger Chin | TV movie | |
Evil Feed | Steven | ||
2016 | Tomboy, a Revenger's Tale | Dr. Lin | |
2020 | Falling | Eric Peterson | |
2021 | Demonic | Daniel | |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1999 | The Sentinel | Gang Member #1 | |
2000 | The Fearing Mind | Loc Tran Minh | 2 episodes |
Stargate SG-1 | Monk | Episode: Maternal Instinct | |
2000–2005 | Da Vinci's Inquest | William Chen | 10 episodes |
2001 | MythQuest | Dionysus | |
2001–2002 | Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action! | Rodney Choy (voice) | 7 episodes |
2002 | Mentors | Student of Wong Fei Hung | |
Dark Angel | S1W Member | ||
Taken | Dr. Powell | ||
2003 | Jake 2.0 | Chinese Agent | |
The Twilight Zone | Nathan Park | ||
2004 | Smallville | Detective Paul Cage | |
The 4400 | Colin Chen | Episode: "Pilot" | |
2004–2005 | Battlestar Galactica | Perry / 'Chuckles' | 2 episodes |
2005 | Terminal City | Doctor | |
Robson Arms | Rollerblading Buddy | ||
2006 | The Evidence | Tui Huang | |
2006–2007 | Big Day | Johnny | 8 episodes |
2008 | The Guard | Steve | |
2009 | Wild Roses | Fukuwawa Jr. | |
Defying Gravity | Ethan Lee | ||
2010 | Psych | Tom Fong | |
Sanctuary | Charles | 3 episodes | |
2011 | Combat Hospital | Captain Dr. Bobby Trang, MD | 13 episodes |
2012 | Nikita | Inspector Jeong | |
2012–2015 | Continuum | Curtis Chen | 22 episodes |
2013 | Bomb Girls | Kai Low | |
Arrow | Soldier | ||
Bates Motel | Ethan Chang | 3 episodes | |
2014 | House of Cards | Xander Feng | 5 episodes |
The 100 | Commander Shumway | 4 episodes | |
2014–2015 | Strange Empire | Ling | 12 episodes |
2015 | Backstrom | Dominic Chan | |
The Returned | Deputy Mark Bao | 7 episodes | |
2016 | Van Helsing | Brendan | 5 episodes |
2017–2018, 2021 | The Expanse | Praxidike Meng | 13 episodes |
2018 | Jessica Jones | Pryce Cheng | 6 episodes |
Unreal | Guy Moretti | 6 episodes | |
2019 | The Murders | Bill Chen | 8 episodes |
Chimerica | Zhang Lin | Mini-Series | |
2020 | Legends of Tomorrow | Genghis Khan | Episode: "Mortal Khanbat"[2] |
2020 | Big Sky | Mitchell Banks | Episode: "Pilot" |
2020–2021 | A Million Little Things | Alan Kay | 10 episodes |
References
- Jacoviello, Dana (March 6, 2014). "Actor Terry Chen: A Man of Many Roles". OM Times. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- Webb Mitovich, Matt (August 30, 2019). "Legends of Tomorrow: Terry Chen to Play 1990s-Roaming Genghis Khan in Caity Lotz's Directing Debut". TVLine. TVLine Media, LLC. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
External links
- Terry Chen at IMDb
- "Snakes on a Plane Co-star Terry Chen". Asiance Magazine. Archived from the original on October 20, 2006. Retrieved May 31, 2017.