James Chen
Acting
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.
As actor 33
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Blacklist
2013
Blue Bloods
2010
9-1-1
2018
The Walking Dead
2010
FBI
2018
Person of Interest
2011
Elementary
2012
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
The Mandalorian
2019
The Amazing Spider-Man
2012
Sleepy Hollow
2013
FBI: International
2021
CIA
2026
Broad City
2014
The Last O.G.
2018
Seven Seconds
2018
Labor Day
2013
We Need to Talk About Kevin
2011
Running Wilde
2010
Marvel's Iron Fist
2017
Mr. Popper's Penguins
2011
Rosemead
2025
Run the World
2021
Front Cover
2016
Amira & Sam
2014
Fatal Crossing
2017
A Bread Factory, Part Two: Walk With Me A While
2018
One Stupid Thing
2025
Watching TV with the Red Chinese
2011
Unintended
2019
Fluidity
2019
Murder Below the Line
2004
