Terry Chen

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title: "Terry Chen" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1975-births", "20th-century-canadian-male-actors", "21st-century-canadian-male-actors", "canadian-male-film-actors", "canadian-male-actors-of-chinese-descent", "canadian-male-actors-of-taiwanese-descent", "canadian-male-television-actors", "canadian-male-voice-actors", "canadian-people-of-chinese-descent", "canadian-people-of-taiwanese-descent", "living-people", "male-actors-from-edmonton", "university-of-calgary-alumni"] description: "Canadian actor (born 1975)" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Chen" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Canadian actor (born 1975) ::

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name	Terry Chen
birth_name	Terence Chen
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birth_place	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
occupation	Actor
yearsactive	1999–present
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| image = | imagesize = 150px | | name = Terry Chen | caption = | birth_name = Terence Chen | birth_date = | birth_place = Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Actor | yearsactive = 1999–present | website = Terence Chen (born February 3, 1975) is a Canadian actor.

Early life

Chen was born on February 3, 1975, in Edmonton, Alberta, 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.

Career

Chen's breakout role was as real-life Rolling Stone editor Ben Fong-Torres in the 2000 Cameron Crowe film Almost Famous. He has appeared in several television shows, including Steven Spielberg's TV miniseries Taken, and was a series regular on Combat Hospital. 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,

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.

Filmography

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Late Night Sessions	Unknown
2000	Romeo Must Die	Kung
Trixie	Waiter
Almost Famous	Ben Fong-Torres
Island of Shadows: D'Arcy Island Leper Colony, 1891-1924	New York Syphilitic
2001	3000 Miles to Graceland	Policeman
The Waiting Room	Unknown
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
2008	Dim Sum Funeral	Funeral Store Owner
2009	Hardwired	Carter Burke
Storm Seekers	Tommy Cramer
Bottom Feeders	Terry Chiu	Short
Rock Slyde	David
2010	The A-Team	Ravech
Riverworld	Eddie
Guido Superstar: The Rise of Guido	Andrew Cho
2011	Something Old, Something New	Groom	Short
Matty Hanson and the Invisibility Ray	Unknown
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
2024	Lucky Star	Lucky
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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	The Sentinel	Gang Member #1
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York	FEMA Tech #2	TV movie
2000	The Fearing Mind	Loc Tran Minh	2 episodes
Stargate SG-1	Monk	Episode: Maternal Instinct
Sole Survivor	Lee Kwong	TV movie
2000–2005	Da Vinci's Inquest	William Chen	10 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 Girl	Unknown	TV movie
2003	Jake 2.0	Chinese Agent
The Twilight Zone	Nathan Park
A Tale of Two Wives	Bruno	TV movie
2004	Smallville	Detective Paul Cage
The 4400	Colin Chen	Episode: "Pilot"
The Love Crimes of Gillian Guess	Jerry, Defense Lawyer	TV movie
The Life	Daryl	TV 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	Johnny	8 episodes
2008	The Guard	Steve
The Quality of Life	Kent Louie	TV movie
Love to Kill	Richard	TV movie
2009	Wild Roses	Fukuwawa Jr.
Defying Gravity	Ethan Lee
Web of Desire	Dr. Tim Massey	TV movie
2010	Psych	Tom Fong
Sanctuary	Charles	3 episodes
2011	Combat Hospital	Captain Dr. Bobby Trang, MD	13 episodes
Befriend and Betray	Donny	TV movie
2012	Nikita	Inspector Jeong
Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome	Crew Chief Tiu	TV movie
2012–2015	Continuum	Curtis Chen	22 episodes
2013	Bomb Girls	Kai Low
Arrow	Soldier
Bates Motel	Ethan Chang	3 episodes
Time of Death	Stephen Choi	TV movie
Survival Code	Roger Chin	TV movie
2014	House of Cards	Xander Feng	5 episodes
The 100	Commander Shumway	4 episodes
2014–2015	Strange Empire	Ling	12 episodes
2015	Backstrom	Dominic Chan
The Returned	Deputy Mark Bao	7 episodes
2016	Van Helsing	Brendan	5 episodes
2017–2018, 2021	The Expanse	Praxidike Meng	13 episodes
2018	Jessica Jones	Pryce Cheng	6 episodes
Unreal	Guy Moretti	6 episodes
2019	The Murders	Bill Chen	8 episodes
Chimerica	Zhang Lin	Mini-Series
2020	Legends of Tomorrow	Genghis Khan	Episode: "Mortal Khanbat"
Big Sky	Mitchell Banks	Episode: "Pilot"
2020–2021	A Million Little Things	Alan Kay	10 episodes
2022	The Good Doctor	Owen	2 episodes
Kung Fu	Daniel Yan	Recurring; 6 episodes
Blood & Treasure	Arthur Chan	2 episodes
2022–2023	The Lake	Victor Lin	15 episodes
2023	*The Last of Us *	Captain Kwong	Episode: "Left Behind"
2024–present	Wild Cards	Chief Li
2024	The Spiderwick Chronicles	Zao	Episode: "A Midsummer's Daydream"
Under the Bridge	Stan Lowe	2 episodes
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Video games

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Smuggler's Run 2: Hostile Territory	Tan
2002	Smuggler's Run: Warzones	Tan
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References

References

1. [https://www.thestar.com/business/personal_finance/2010/11/15/i_robot_actors_money_tip_buy_dont_rent.html "I Robot actor's money tip: Buy, don't rent"] at [[Toronto Star. www.thestar.com]]
2. (March 6, 2014). "Actor Terry Chen: A Man of Many Roles".
3. [https://www.insider.com/where-are-they-now-almost-famous-stars-photos#terry-chen-earned-his-first-breakout-film-role-playing-rolling-stone-editor-ben-fong-torres-11 "THEN AND NOW: The cast of 'Almost Famous' 22 years later/Terry Chen earned his first breakout film role playing Rolling Stone editor Ben Fong-Torres"] by Savanna Swain-Wilson at [[Insider Inc.. www.insider.com]]
4. [https://ew.com/movies/almost-famous-20th-anniversary-photos/ "Almost Famous turns 20: Behind the scenes of Cameron Crowe's unforgettable film"] by Jessica Derschowitz & Alex Suskind at [[Entertainment Weekly. ew.com]]
5. [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/on-combat-hospital-war-is-heck-but-its-not-controversial/article625400/ "On 'Combat Hospital,' war is heck but it's not controversial"] by John Doyle at [[The Globe and Mail. www.theglobeandmail.com]]
6. which premiered on [[Showcase (Canadian TV channel). Showcase]] on May 27, 2012. Chen portrayed Xander Feng in Season 2 of [[Netflix]]'s ''[[House of Cards (American TV series). The Expanse]]'' seasons 2 and 3, and in 2018 appeared in season 2 of ''[[Jessica Jones (TV series). Jessica Jones]]'' as Pryce Cheng.[https://ew.com/tv/jessica-jones-season-2-characters-marvel/ "Everything you need to know before watching Marvel's Jessica Jones season 2"] by Shirley Li at [[Entertainment Weekly. ew.com]]
7. [https://ew.com/movies/movie-reviews/falling-review-viggo-mortensen/ "Viggo Mortensen can't save the punishing dementia drama Falling: Review"] by Leah Greenblatt at [[Entertainment Weekly. ew.com]]
8. [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2008/01/25/they_wait_not_a_ghost_of_a_chance.html "'They Wait': Not a ghost of a chance"] by Susan Walker at [[Toronto Star. www.thestar.com]]
9. [https://variety.com/2021/film/news/greg-kinnear-sight-ming-wang-biopic-terry-chen-1234958882/ "Greg Kinnear Joins Terry Chen in Biopic ‘Sight’ (EXCLUSIVE)"] by Matt Donnelly at [[Variety (magazine). variety.com]]
10. [https://ew.com/tv/2018/04/24/unreal-season-3/ "Is there hope for UnReal?"] by Darren Franich at [[Entertainment Weekly. ew.com]]
11. Webb Mitovich, Matt. (August 30, 2019). "''Legends of Tomorrow'': Terry Chen to Play 1990s-Roaming Genghis Khan in Caity Lotz's Directing Debut". TVLine Media, LLC..
12. [https://ew.com/tv/jordan-gavaris-the-lake-preview/ "Jordan Gavaris wants you to join him at The Lake"] by Alamin Yohannes at [[Entertainment Weekly. ew.com]]

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