Terry Chen

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Terry Chen
Born
Terence Chen

(1975-02-03) February 3, 1975 (age 49)
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada [1]
OccupationActor
Years active1999–present

Terence Chen (born February 3, 1975) is a Canadian actor.

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Early life

Chen was born on February 3, 1975, in Edmonton, Alberta, [2] to Taiwanese and mainland Chinese parents originating from Taiwan (father) and mainland China (mother). After primary and secondary education in Edmonton and Vancouver, British Columbia, he briefly studied at the University of Calgary before later moving to Vancouver to pursue acting. [2]

Career

Chen's breakout role [3] was as real-life Rolling Stone editor Ben Fong-Torres in the 2000 Cameron Crowe film Almost Famous . [4] He has appeared in several television shows, including Steven Spielberg's TV miniseries Taken , and was a series regular on Combat Hospital . [5] Chen has appeared in feature films I, Robot , The Chronicles of Riddick , Snakes on a Plane and had a leading role in the horror/thriller They Wait .

Chen played a recurring role in the Canadian science fiction series Continuum , [2] which premiered on Showcase on May 27, 2012. Chen portrayed Xander Feng in Season 2 of Netflix's House of Cards . [2] From 2017 to 2018 he played botanist Praxideke Meng in The Expanse seasons 2 and 3, and in 2018 appeared in season 2 of Jessica Jones as Pryce Cheng. [6]

In the film Falling , Chen plays the understanding husband of a man (played by actor/director Viggo Mortensen) trying to care for his homophobic, misogynist and increasingly demented father. [7]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999Late Night SessionsUnknown
2000 Romeo Must Die Kung
Trixie Waiter
Almost Famous Ben Fong-Torres
Island of Shadows: D'Arcy Island Leper Colony, 1891-1924New York Syphilitic
2001 3000 Miles to Graceland Policeman
The Waiting RoomUnknown
2002 Liberty Stands Still Officer Tom
40 Days and 40 Nights Neil
Stark Raving Mad Jin Sun
Various Positions Ian
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever FBI Agent Harry Lee
2004 The Chronicles of Riddick Merc Pilot
I, Robot Chin
2005 Chaos Chris Lei
Underclassman 'Sleepy' Jones
2006 Mem-o-re Dr. Deepra Chang
Snakes on a Plane Chen Leong
2007 War Tom Lone
They Wait Jason [8]
2008Dim Sum FuneralFuneral Store Owner
2009 Hardwired Carter Burke
Storm SeekersTommy Cramer
Bottom FeedersTerry ChiuShort
Rock Slyde David
2010 The A-Team Ravech
Riverworld Eddie
Guido Superstar: The Rise of GuidoAndrew Cho
2011Something Old, Something NewGroomShort
Matty Hanson and the Invisibility RayUnknown
2012 The Cabin in the Woods Operations Guy
2013 Elysium Technician
Tasmanian Devils Walsh
Evil Feed Steven
2016 Tomboy, a Revenger's Tale Dr. Lin
2020 Falling Eric Peterson
2021 Demonic Daniel
2024 Sight Ming Wang [9]
2024 Lucky Star Lucky

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999 The Sentinel Gang Member #1
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York FEMA Tech #2TV movie
2000 The Fearing Mind Loc Tran Minh2 episodes
Stargate SG-1 Monk
Sole Survivor Lee KwongTV movie
2000–2005 Da Vinci's Inquest William Chen10 episodes
2001 MythQuest Dionysus
2001–2002 Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action! Rodney Choy (voice)7 episodes
2002 Mentors Student of Wong Fei Hung
Dark Angel S1W Member
Taken Dr. Powell
Paranormal GirlUnknownTV movie
2003 Jake 2.0 Chinese Agent
The Twilight Zone Nathan Park
A Tale of Two WivesBrunoTV movie
2004 Smallville Detective Paul Cage
The 4400 Colin ChenEpisode: "Pilot"
The Love Crimes of Gillian GuessJerry, Defense LawyerTV movie
The Life DarylTV movie
2004–2005 Battlestar Galactica Perry / 'Chuckles'2 episodes
2005 Terminal City Doctor
Robson Arms Rollerblading Buddy
2006 The Evidence Tui Huang
2006–2007 Big Day Johnny8 episodes
2008 The Guard Steve
The Quality of LifeKent LouieTV movie
Love to KillRichardTV movie
2009 Wild Roses Fukuwawa Jr.
Defying Gravity Ethan Lee
Web of DesireDr. Tim MasseyTV movie
2010 Psych Tom Fong
Sanctuary Charles3 episodes
2011 Combat Hospital Captain Dr. Bobby Trang, MD13 episodes
Befriend and BetrayDonnyTV movie
2012 Nikita Inspector Jeong
Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome Crew Chief TiuTV movie
2012–2015 Continuum Curtis Chen22 episodes
2013 Bomb Girls Kai Low
Arrow Soldier
Bates Motel Ethan Chang3 episodes
Time of Death Stephen ChoiTV movie
Survival CodeRoger ChinTV movie
2014 House of Cards Xander Feng5 episodes
The 100 Commander Shumway4 episodes
2014–2015 Strange Empire Ling12 episodes
2015 Backstrom Dominic Chan
The Returned Deputy Mark Bao7 episodes
2016 Van Helsing Brendan5 episodes
2017–2018, 2021 The Expanse Praxidike Meng13 episodes
2018 Jessica Jones Pryce Cheng6 episodes
Unreal [10] Guy Moretti6 episodes
2019 The Murders Bill Chen8 episodes
Chimerica Zhang LinMini-Series
2020 Legends of Tomorrow Genghis Khan Episode: "Mortal Khanbat" [11]
Big Sky Mitchell BanksEpisode: "Pilot"
2020–2021 A Million Little Things Alan Kay10 episodes
2022 The Good Doctor Owen2 episodes
Kung Fu Daniel YanRecurring; 6 episodes
Blood & Treasure Arthur Chan2 episodes
2022–2023 The Lake [12] Victor Lin15 episodes
2023 The Last of Us Captain KwongEpisode: "Left Behind"
2024–present Wild Cards Chief Li
2024 The Spiderwick Chronicles ZaoEpisode: "A Midsummer's Daydream"
Under the Bridge Stan Lowe2 episodes

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 Smuggler's Run 2: Hostile Territory Tan
2002 Smuggler's Run: Warzones Tan

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