Aaron Chen

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Aaron Chen
Born1995
Occupations
  • comedian
  • actor
Years active2011-present

Aaron Chen (born 1995) is an Australian comedian and actor from Sydney, Australia.

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Early life and education

Aaron Chen was born in 1995. [1] [2] He went to North Sydney Boys High, where he started doing stand-up. [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's 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] 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. [5]

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. [5]

In February 2024, Chen will be a contestant on the second series of Taskmaster Australia. [6]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2023 Thank God You're Here Self2 episodes
2023 Love Me Vincent1 episode
2023Koala ManDennis1 episode
2022Patriot BrainsSelf5 episodes
2021–present Have You Been Paying Attention? Self/Panelist7 episodes
2021-22 Fisk [7] George12 episodes
2022Set TimesAidenShort
2022The Cook up with Adam LiawSelf4 episodes
2021 Rosehaven Caller1 episode
2020Drunk History AustraliaCop / Fed Cop / Swimming Official2 episodes
2020A Life in Questions: Wisdom School with Aaron ChenSelf
2020At Home Alone TogetherEugene2 episodes
2020Stepmom BluesAaron1 episode
2019Comedy Blaps1 episode
2018 Orange Is the New Brown IT Guy / Zhu / Tony Chan5 episodes
2018 Very Small Business Kim Park8 episodes
2018Pls LikeCarl3k1 episode
2018Pilot WeekMcIntyre1 episode
2018Shortcut to Becoming an InfluencerHunterShort
20171800 SuccessAaron3 episodes
2017Goscy's ClassicsWhaler 11 episode
2017Aaron Chen Tonight [8] Self
2017 Get Krack!n Beach Man1 episode
2017 True Story with Hamish & Andy Dacks1 episode
2017 Ronny Chieng: International Student Trojan Wong1 episode
2015Dirty Bird1 episode

Recognition and awards

Personal life

Chen proposed to Esther Shim in May 2022 at McDonald's, announcing their engagement afterwards on Instagram. [10] [11] They married in 2023.

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