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Born | 1995 (age 28–29) |
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Years active | 2011-present |
Aaron Chen (born 1995) is an Australian comedian and actor from Sydney.
Aaron Chen was born in 1995. [1] [2] He went to North Sydney Boys High, where he started doing stand-up. [1]
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] The same year, he appeared on the panel show Patriot Brains .
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. [6]
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. [6]
Chen was awarded the People's Choice Award at the 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. [7]
In 2024, Chen will be a contestant on the third series of Taskmaster Australia . [8]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2024 | Fam Time | Menulog Guy | 2 episodes |
2023 | Love Me | Vincent | 1 episode |
Koala Man | Dennis | 1 episode | |
2021-Present | Fisk | George | 12 episodes |
2021 | Rosehaven | Caller | 1 episode |
2020 | Drunk History Australia | Cop / Fed Cop / Swimming Official | 2 episodes |
At Home Alone Together | Eugene | 2 episodes | |
Stepmom Blues | Aaron | 1 episode | |
2019 | Comedy Blaps | 1 episode | |
2018 | Orange Is the New Brown | IT Guy / Zhu / Tony Chan | 5 episodes |
Very Small Business | Kim Park | 8 episodes | |
Pls Like | Carl3k | 1 episode | |
Pilot Week | McIntyre | 1 episode | |
2017 | 1800 Success | Aaron | 3 episodes |
Goscy's Classics | Whaler 1 | 1 episode | |
Get Krack!n | Beach Man | 1 episode | |
True Story with Hamish & Andy | Dacks | 1 episode | |
Ronny Chieng: International Student | Trojan Wong | 1 episode | |
2015 | Dirty Bird | 1 episode |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2018 | Shortcut to Becoming an Influencer | Hunter | Short |
2022 | Set Times | Aiden | Short |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Refs |
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2017 | Aaron Chen Tonight | Self | [9] | |
2020 | A Life in Questions: Wisdom School with Aaron Chen | Self | ||
2022 | The Cook up with Adam Liaw | Self | 4 episodes | |
2022 | Patriot Brains | Self | 5 episodes | |
2021–present | Have You Been Paying Attention? | Self/Panelist | 7 episodes | |
2023 | Thank God You're Here | Self | 2 episodes |
Chen proposed to Esther Shim in May 2022 at McDonald's, announcing their engagement afterwards on Instagram. [11] [12] They married in 2023.
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