Terence Chen(born February 3, 1975) is a Canadian actor.

Terry Chen
Born
Terence Chen

(1975-02-03)February 3, 1975(age 49)
OccupationActor
Years active1999–present

Early life

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Chen was born on February 3, 1975, inEdmonton,Alberta,[2]to Taiwanese and mainland Chinese parents originating fromTaiwan(father) andmainland China(mother). After primary and secondary education in Edmonton andVancouver,British Columbia,he briefly studied at theUniversity of Calgarybefore later moving to Vancouver to pursue acting.[2]

Career

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Chen's breakout role[3]was as real-lifeRolling StoneeditorBen Fong-Torresin the 2000Cameron CrowefilmAlmost Famous.[4]He has appeared in several television shows, includingSteven Spielberg's TV miniseriesTaken,and was a series regular onCombat Hospital.[5]Chen has appeared in feature filmsI, Robot,The Chronicles of Riddick,Snakes on a Planeand had a leading role in the horror/thrillerThey Wait.

Chen played a recurring role in the Canadian science fiction seriesContinuum,[2]which premiered onShowcaseon May 27, 2012. Chen portrayed Xander Feng in Season 2 ofNetflix'sHouse of Cards.[2]From 2017 to 2018 he played botanist Praxideke Meng inThe Expanseseasons 2 and 3, and in 2018 appeared in season 2 ofJessica Jonesas Pryce Cheng.[6]

In the filmFalling,Chen plays the understanding husband of a man (played by actor/directorViggo Mortensen) trying to care for his homophobic, misogynist and increasingly demented father.[7]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1999 Late Night Sessions Unknown
2000 Romeo Must Die Kung
Trixie Waiter
Almost Famous Ben Fong-Torres
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
2004 The Chronicles of Riddick Merc Pilot
I, Robot Chin
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[8]
2008 Dim Sum Funeral Funeral Store Owner
2009 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
Matty Hanson and the Invisibility Ray Unknown
2012 The Cabin in the Woods Operations Guy
2013 Elysium Technician
Tasmanian Devils Walsh
Evil Feed Steven
2016 Tomboy, a Revenger's Tale Dr. Lin
2020 Falling Eric Peterson
2021 Demonic Daniel
2024 Sight Ming Wang[9]
2024 Lucky Star Lucky

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1999 The Sentinel Gang Member #1
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York FEMA Tech #2 TV movie
2000 The Fearing Mind Loc Tran Minh 2 episodes
Stargate SG-1 Monk
Sole Survivor Lee Kwong TV movie
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
Paranormal Girl Unknown TV movie
2003 Jake 2.0 Chinese Agent
The Twilight Zone Nathan Park
A Tale of Two Wives Bruno TV movie
2004 Smallville Detective Paul Cage
The 4400 Colin Chen Episode: "Pilot"
The Love Crimes of Gillian Guess Jerry, Defense Lawyer TV movie
The Life Daryl TV movie
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
The Quality of Life Kent Louie TV movie
Love to Kill Richard TV movie
2009 Wild Roses Fukuwawa Jr.
Defying Gravity Ethan Lee
Web of Desire Dr. Tim Massey TV movie
2010 Psych Tom Fong
Sanctuary Charles 3 episodes
2011 Combat Hospital Captain Dr. Bobby Trang, MD 13 episodes
Befriend and Betray Donny TV movie
2012 Nikita Inspector Jeong
Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome Crew Chief Tiu TV movie
2012–2015 Continuum Curtis Chen 22 episodes
2013 Bomb Girls Kai Low
Arrow Soldier
Bates Motel Ethan Chang 3 episodes
Time of Death Stephen Choi TV movie
Survival Code Roger Chin TV movie
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[10] 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"[11]
Big Sky Mitchell Banks Episode: "Pilot"
2020–2021 A Million Little Things Alan Kay 10 episodes
2022 The Good Doctor Owen 2 episodes
Kung Fu Daniel Yan Recurring; 6 episodes
Blood & Treasure Arthur Chan 2 episodes
2022–2023 The Lake[12] Victor Lin 15 episodes
2023 The Last of Us Captain Kwong Episode: "Left Behind"
2024–present Wild Cards Chief Li
2024 The Spiderwick Chronicles Zao Episode: "A Midsummer's Daydream"
Under the Bridge Stan Lowe 2 episodes

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2001 Smuggler's Run 2: Hostile Territory Tan
2002 Smuggler's Run: Warzones Tan

References

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  1. ^"I Robot actor's money tip: Buy, don't rent"atthestar
  2. ^abcdJacoviello, Dana (March 6, 2014)."Actor Terry Chen: A Man of Many Roles".OM Times.Retrieved26 March2017.
  3. ^"THEN AND NOW: The cast of 'Almost Famous' 22 years later/Terry Chen earned his first breakout film role playing Rolling Stone editor Ben Fong-Torres"by Savanna Swain-Wilson atinsider
  4. ^"Almost Famous turns 20: Behind the scenes of Cameron Crowe's unforgettable film"by Jessica Derschowitz & Alex Suskind atew
  5. ^"On 'Combat Hospital,' war is heck but it's not controversial"by John Doyle attheglobeandmail
  6. ^"Everything you need to know before watching Marvel's Jessica Jones season 2"by Shirley Li atew
  7. ^"Viggo Mortensen can't save the punishing dementia drama Falling: Review"by Leah Greenblatt atew
  8. ^"'They Wait': Not a ghost of a chance"by Susan Walker atthestar
  9. ^"Greg Kinnear Joins Terry Chen in Biopic ‘Sight’ (EXCLUSIVE)"by Matt Donnelly atvariety
  10. ^"Is there hope for UnReal?"by Darren Franich atew
  11. ^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.RetrievedAugust 31,2019.
  12. ^"Jordan Gavaris wants you to join him at The Lake"by Alamin Yohannes atew
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