James Chen
Biography
James C. Chen is an American actor, classically trained at the Yale School of Drama, bi-lingual in English & Mandarin.
He is best known for portraying Kal on The Walking Dead. Chen also played Samuel Chung on the Netflix series Iron Fist. In 2011, he played the recurring character Adrian Sung in the crime series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He has appeared in The Walking Dead since the shows' sixth season. In 2015, he co-starred in the LGBT drama Front Cover opposite Jake Choi.
In 2018, he landed a supporting role on the TV series FBI.
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Acting History
2025
Rosemead as Dr. Hsu
2025One Stupid Thing as Larry
2021FBI: International as Ian Lim
2021Run the World as Brian
2019The Mandalorian as Amnesty Officer G27
2019Unintended as Danny
2019Fluidity as Eric
2018A Bread Factory, Part Two: Walk With Me A While as Ray Prime
2018FBI as Ian Lim
2018The Last O.G. as Devont'e Jackson
2018Seven Seconds as Franklin Lee
20189-1-1 as Kevin Lee
2017Fatal Crossing as Hayden
2017Marvel's Iron Fist as Sam
2016Front Cover as Qi Xiao Ning
2014Amira & Sam as Donnie
2014Broad City as Bobby
2013Labor Day as Paramedic
2013The Blacklist as Lee Chung
2013Sleepy Hollow as Lorenzo Chang
2012Elementary as Lt. Morrison
2012The Amazing Spider-Man as Police Officer
2011Watching TV with the Red Chinese as Tzu
2011We Need to Talk About Kevin as Dr. Foulkes
2011Person of Interest as James Ko
2011Mr. Popper's Penguins as Fish & Game Officer
2010The Walking Dead as Kal
2010Blue Bloods as Nelson Chiu
2010Running Wilde as Pathologist
2009NCIS: Los Angeles as Cadeo Hoang
2004Murder Below the Line as Pete Richards
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Adrian Sung