
Terry Chen
Department: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Terry Chen (born February 3, 1975) is a Canadian movie and television actor. Chen was born to ethnic Chinese parents originating from China and Taiwan in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. After an education at schools in his hometown and in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, he attended college in Calgary and studied at the University of Calgary. He traveled for two years, first to the Cayman Islands, a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, and then returned to Vancouver in order to pursue acting. He currently lives in the city and periodically resides in Los Angeles in California, for additional film and television work. Chen was cast as real-life Rolling Stone editor Ben Fong-Torres in the 2000 Cameron Crowe film, Almost Famous, and it became his breakout role. He has since appeared in Steven Spielberg's Emmy Award-winning science fiction TV miniseries Taken and in the films I, Robot, The Chronicles of Riddick, and Snakes on a Plane along with several television shows. He was coached and trained by the award-winning acting coach, Kirsten Clarkson at Screen Acting School, who helped him achieve an incredible career. https://www.screenactingschool.com/ Chen's most recently-screened movie is a horror/thriller called They Wait, which was inspired by a real-life story. The movie casts him in the leading role alongside Jaime King as his wife, and ten year old child actor Regan Oey as their son. Since then, he has appeared in several TV series, and is due to appear in the US movie Rock Slyde, on which filming was completed in early 2009.
Known For

Snakes on a Plane
2006

I, Robot
2004

Romeo Must Die
2000

Liberty Stands Still
2002

The Chronicles of Riddick
2004

War
2007

Chaos
2005

The Cabin in the Woods
2012

Trixie
2000

Hardwired
2009

The A-Team
2010

Memory
2006

Rock Slyde
2010

K-9: P.I.
2002

They Wait
2007

Befriend and Betray
2011

Elysium
2013

A Dangerous Man
2009

Storm Seekers
2009

Tasmanian Devils
2013

Evil Feed
2013

The Life
2004

Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome
2012

Survival Code
2013

Sight
2024

Sole Survivor
2000

Almost Famous
2000

The 9th Life of Louis Drax
2016

Minghun
2024

Come and Find Me
2016

The Assignment
2016

xXx: Return of Xander Cage
2017

Birth of the Dragon
2017

Late Night Sessions
1999

Time of Death
2013

Falling
2020

Stark Raving Mad
2002

Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
2002

Godzilla
2014

Coffee & Kareem
2020

40 Days and 40 Nights
2002

Demonic
2021

Lucky Star
2024

The Unrestricted War
2025

Slant
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A Tale of Two Wives
2003

Web of Desire
2010

Guido Superstar: The Rise of Guido
2010

Various Positions
2002

The Evidence
2006

Big Day
2006

Terminal City
2005

Battlestar Galactica
2004

Dark Angel
2000

V
2009

Da Vinci's Inquest
1998

Robson Arms
2005

A Million Little Things
2018

Smallville
2001

Stargate SG-1
1997

Jake 2.0
2003

The Guard
2008

Combat Hospital
2011

Nikita
2010

Continuum
2012

The 4400
2004

Psych
2006

The 100
2014

Motive
2013

Dark Angel
2000

Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action
2001

Bates Motel
2013

The Lake
2022

MythQuest
2001

The Good Doctor
2017

Marvel's Jessica Jones
2015

Big Sky
2020

Sanctuary
2008

The Returned
2015

Wild Cards
2024

Blood & Treasure
2019

The Fearing Mind
2000

Chimerica
2019

House of Cards
2013

The Murders
2019

The Spiderwick Chronicles
2024

The Expanse
2015

UnREAL
2015

Under the Bridge
2024

DC's Legends of Tomorrow
2016

The Last of Us
2023

The Sentinel
1996

Arrow
2012

The Twilight Zone
2002

The Irrational
2023

Plan B
2023

Invasion
2021