Terry Chen

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Terry Chen
Born
Terence Chen

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

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

Early life

Chen was born on February 3, 1975, in Edmonton, Alberta,[2] to Taiwanese and Chinese parents originating from Taiwan (father) and mainland China (mother). After primary and secondary education in Edmonton and Vancouver, British Columbia, he briefly studied at the University of Calgary before later moving to Vancouver to pursue acting.[2]

Career

Chen's breakout role

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,[2] which premiered on Showcase on May 27, 2012. Chen portrayed Xander Feng in Season 2 of Netflix's House of Cards.[2] 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.[6]

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

Filmography

Film

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
TBA
Sight
Ming Wang[9] Post-production

Television

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–present The Lake[12] Victor Lin 8 episodes
2023 The Last of Us Captain Kwong Episode: "Left Behind"

Video games

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

References

  1. ^ "I Robot actor's money tip: Buy, don't rent" at www.thestar.com
  2. ^ a b c d Jacoviello, Dana (March 6, 2014). "Actor Terry Chen: A Man of Many Roles". OM Times. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  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 at www.insider.com
  4. ^ "Almost Famous turns 20: Behind the scenes of Cameron Crowe's unforgettable film" by Jessica Derschowitz & Alex Suskind at ew.com
  5. ^ "On 'Combat Hospital,' war is heck but it's not controversial" by John Doyle at www.theglobeandmail.com
  6. ^ "Everything you need to know before watching Marvel's Jessica Jones season 2" by Shirley Li at ew.com
  7. ^ "Viggo Mortensen can't save the punishing dementia drama Falling: Review" by Leah Greenblatt at ew.com
  8. ^ "'They Wait': Not a ghost of a chance" by Susan Walker at www.thestar.com
  9. ^ "Greg Kinnear Joins Terry Chen in Biopic ‘Sight’ (EXCLUSIVE)" by Matt Donnelly at variety.com
  10. ^ "Is there hope for UnReal?" by Darren Franich at ew.com
  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. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  12. ^ "Jordan Gavaris wants you to join him at The Lake" by Alamin Yohannes at ew.com

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