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, winning the series. [10]

Personal life

Chen proposed to Esther Shim in May 2022 at McDonald's, announcing their engagement afterwards on Instagram. [11] [12]

Filmography

Television appearances

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015Dirty Bird1 episode
20171800 SuccessAaron3 episodes
Goscy's ClassicsWhaler 11 episode
Get Krack!n Beach Man1 episode
True Story with Hamish & Andy Dacks1 episode
Ronny Chieng: International Student Trojan Wong1 episode
2018 Orange Is the New Brown IT Guy / Zhu / Tony Chan5 episodes
Very Small Business Kim Park8 episodes
Pls Like Carl3k1 episode
Pilot WeekMcIntyre1 episode
2019Comedy Blaps1 episode
2020 Drunk History Australia Cop / Fed Cop / Swimming Official2 episodes
At Home Alone Together Eugene2 episodes
Stepmom BluesAaron1 episode
2021–present Fisk George18 episodes
2021 Rosehaven Caller (voice)1 episode
2023 Love Me Vincent1 episode
Koala Man Dennis (voice)1 episode
2024 Fam Time Menulog Guy2 episodes

Film appearances

YearTitleRoleNotes
2018Shortcut to Becoming an InfluencerHunterShort
2022Set TimesAidenShort
TBA The Dink Filming

Appearances as self

YearTitleRoleNotesRefs
2017Aaron Chen TonightSelf [13]
2020A Life in Questions: Wisdom School with Aaron ChenSelf
2022The Cook up with Adam LiawSelf4 episodes
2022Patriot BrainsSelf5 episodes
2021–present Have You Been Paying Attention? Self/Panelist7 episodes
2023 Thank God You're Here Self2 episodes
2024Shaun Micallef's Origin OdysseySelf1 episode
2024 Taskmaster Australia SelfSeason Winner
2024 Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee Self8 episodes [14]

Recognition and awards

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