James Chen
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Labor Day
as Paramedic
2013
Watching TV with the Red Chinese
as Tzu
2011
Mr. Popper's Penguins
as Fish & Game Officer
2011
The Amazing Spider-Man
as Police Officer
2012
Murder Below the Line
as Pete Richards
2004
One Stupid Thing
as Larry
2025
Front Cover
as Qi Xiao Ning
2016
Amira & Sam
as Donnie
2014
Fatal Crossing
as Hayden
2017
Rosemead
as Dr. Hsu
2025
We Need to Talk About Kevin
as Dr. Foulkes
2011
Fluidity
as Eric
2019
A Bread Factory, Part Two: Walk With Me A While
as Ray Prime
2018
Unintended
as Danny
2019
TV Appearances
The Mandalorian
as Amnesty Officer G27
2019
FBI: International
as Ian Lim
2021
Blue Bloods
as Nelson Chiu
2010
The Blacklist
as Lee Chung
2013
Run the World
as Brian
2021
Sleepy Hollow
as Lorenzo Chang
2013
Seven Seconds
as Franklin Lee
2018
The Last O.G.
as Devont'e Jackson
2018
Person of Interest
as James Ko
2011
The Walking Dead
as Kal
2010
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Adrian Sung
1999
Broad City
as Bobby
2014