Aaron Chen

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Aaron Chen
Born1995/1996(age 28–29)
Occupations
  • Comedian
  • actor
Years active2011–present

Aaron Chen (born 1995/1996) is an Australian comedian and actor from Sydney.

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Early life and education

Chen was born in 1995or1996. [1] [2]

He attended North Sydney Boys High, where he started performing stand-up comedy. [1]

Career

In 2012, aged 15, Chen won Melbourne International Comedy Festival's "Class Clowns", a national competition for high-school children, and after this started performing in pubs around Sydney. [1]

In 2014 Chen appeared at the Melbourne Comedy Festival in its "Comedy Zone" section. [3]

In 2017, Chen performed his debut solo show The Infinite Faces Of Chenny Baby, appearing at the Melbourne and Sydney Comedy Festivals and touring nationally, earning good reviews and selling out his shows and earning Best Newcomer awards at both. [4] In the same year, he unintentionally caused controversy in the Australian soccer world by appearing as an unconventional interviewer at a football game, [4] a friendly between English Premier League club Liverpool F.C. and Sydney F.C.. [1] In the same year, Aaron Chen Tonight, filmed live in Café Lounge, Surry Hills, Sydney, was broadcast on ABC Television. [4]

From 2021, Chen has played probate clerk and Webmaster, George, in Kitty Flanagan's ABC sitcom about a law firm, Fisk . [1] [5] Also in 2021 he appeared on the panel show Patriot Brains . [6]

In 2022, Chen performed his show If It Weren't Filmed, Nobody Would Believe at the Melbourne and Sydney Comedy Festivals, [1] with a video of the show released on YouTube in September 2022. [7]

Chen has performed at Splendour in the Grass music festival, and supported Ronny Chieng on his Australian tour as well as featuring in his ABC TV show, Ronny Chieng: International Student . [4] He has also performed on a number of panel shows on TV. [7]

Chen was awarded the People's Choice Award at the 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. [8]

In 2024, Chen served as the assistant on the Australian version of Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee , [9] and participated as a contestant on the third series of Taskmaster Australia , alongside Concetta Caristo, Mel Buttle, Peter Helliar and Rhys Nicholson. [10]

In 2025, Chen performed stand-up on Late Night with Seth Meyers . [11]

Personal life

Chen proposed to Esther Shim in May 2022 at McDonald's, announcing their engagement afterwards on Instagram. [12] [13]

Filmography

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released

Film

TitleYearRoleNotesRef(s)
Shortcut to Becoming an Influencer2018Hunter Short film
Set Times2022Aiden Short film
The Dink TBATBAFilming

Television

TitleYearRoleNotesRef(s)
Dirty Bird2015Episode: "Labyrinth"
1800 Success2017Aaron 3 episodes
Goscy's ClassicsWhaler 1Episode: "Ocean Girl"
Get Krack!n Beach ManEpisode: "#1.2"
True Story with Hamish & Andy Dacks Episode: "Jack"
Ronny Chieng: International Student Trojan WongEpisode: "Clash! Ronny vs Instructions! Obey?"
Orange Is the New Brown 2018IT Guy / Zhu / Tony Chan5 episodes
Very Small Business Kim Park8 episodes
Pls Like Carl3k Most Views
Pilot WeekMcIntyre Drunk History
Comedy Blaps2019Himself Episode: "Get Real Dude"
Drunk History Australia 2020Cop / Fed Cop / Swimming Official2 episodes
At Home Alone Together Eugene 2 episodes
Stepmom BluesAaron Episode: "6 - Finale"
Fisk 2021
present
George 18 episodes
Have You Been Paying Attention? Himself 7 episodes
Rosehaven 2021Caller (voice)Episode: "#5.4"
Love Me 2023Vincent Episode: "Kämpa då"
Koala Man Dennis (voice)Episode: "Ode to a Koala Bear"
Thank God You're Here Himself 2 episodes
Fam Time 2024Menulog Guy2 episodes
Taskmaster Australia Himself Season winner
3 episodes
Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee Himself 8 episodes [14]

Recognition and awards

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