Acting

James Chen

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.

Credits

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CIA
as Ian Lim
2026
Rosemead
as Dr. Hsu
2025
One Stupid Thing
as Larry
2025
FBI: International
as Ian Lim
2021
Run the World
as Brian
2021
The Mandalorian
as Amnesty Officer G27
2019
Unintended
as Danny
2019
Fluidity
as Eric
2019
A Bread Factory, Part Two: Walk With Me A While
as Ray Prime
2018
FBI
as Ian Lim
2018
FBI
as FBI Analyst Ian Lim
2018
The Last O.G.
as Devont'e Jackson
2018
Seven Seconds
as Franklin Lee
2018
9-1-1
as Kevin Lee
2018
Fatal Crossing
as Hayden
2017
Marvel's Iron Fist
as Sam
2017
Parker and the Crew
Digital Imaging Technician
2016
Front Cover
as Qi Xiao Ning
2016
Amira & Sam
as Donnie
2014
Broad City
as Bobby
2014
Labor Day
as Paramedic
2013
The Blacklist
as Lee Chung
2013
Sleepy Hollow
as Lorenzo Chang
2013
Elementary
as Lt. Morrison
2012
The Amazing Spider-Man
as Police Officer
2012
Watching TV with the Red Chinese
as Tzu
2011
We Need to Talk About Kevin
as Dr. Foulkes
2011
Person of Interest
as James Ko
2011
Mr. Popper's Penguins
as Fish & Game Officer
2011
The Walking Dead
as Kal
2010
Blue Bloods
as Nelson Chiu
2010
Running Wilde
as Pathologist
2010
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Cadeo Hoang
2009
Murder Below the Line
as Pete Richards
2004
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Adrian Sung
1999