Acting
James Chen
34 credits
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.
Known for
Acting 33
- 2026CIASeriesIan Lim
- 2025RosemeadFilmDr. Hsu
- 2025One Stupid ThingFilmLarry
- 2021FBI: InternationalSeriesIan Lim
- 2021Run the WorldSeriesBrian
- 2019The MandalorianSeriesAmnesty Officer G27
- 2019UnintendedFilmDanny
- 2019FluidityFilmEric
- 2018FBISeriesFBI Analyst Ian Lim, Ian Lim
- 20189-1-1SeriesKevin Lee
- 2018Seven SecondsSeriesFranklin Lee
- 2018The Last O.G.SeriesDevont'e Jackson
- 2018A Bread Factory, Part Two: Walk With Me A WhileFilmRay Prime
- 2017Marvel's Iron FistSeriesSam
- 2017Fatal CrossingFilmHayden
- 2016Front CoverFilmQi Xiao Ning
- 2014Broad CitySeriesBobby
- 2014Amira & SamFilmDonnie
- 2013The BlacklistSeriesLee Chung
- 2013Sleepy HollowSeriesLorenzo Chang
- 2013Labor DayFilmParamedic
- 2012ElementarySeriesLt. Morrison
- 2012The Amazing Spider-ManFilmPolice Officer
- 2011Person of InterestSeriesJames Ko
- 2011Mr. Popper's PenguinsFilmFish & Game Officer
- 2011We Need to Talk About KevinFilmDr. Foulkes
- 2011Watching TV with the Red ChineseFilmTzu
- 2010The Walking DeadSeriesKal
- 2010Blue BloodsSeriesNelson Chiu
- 2010Running WildeSeriesPathologist
- 2009NCIS: Los AngelesSeriesCadeo Hoang
- 2004Murder Below the LineFilmPete Richards
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeriesAdrian Sung
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Filmography from TMDB.