
James Chen
Acting
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.
Known for

FBI
2018 · TV

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · TV

The Walking Dead
2010 · TV

9-1-1
2018 · TV

The Blacklist
2013 · TV

Marvel's Iron Fist
2017 · TV

Person of Interest
2011 · TV

Blue Bloods
2010 · TV

CIA
2026 · TV

The Mandalorian
2019 · TV

NCIS: Los Angeles
2009 · TV

Elementary
2012 · TV

Seven Seconds
2018 · TV

Run the World
2021 · TV

FBI: International
2021 · TV

Sleepy Hollow
2013 · TV

Broad City
2014 · TV

The Last O.G.
2018 · TV

Running Wilde
2010 · TV