---
name: "Terry Chen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/terry-chen"
fi1m_id: "terry-chen"
imdb_id: "nm0155389"
tmdb_id: 11677
wikidata_id: "Q2405582"
roles: []
born: "3 February 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-05T03:32:58.670198+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Terry Chen

## Identity

Terry Chen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/terry-chen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** terry-chen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0155389
- **TMDB ID:** 11677
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2405582
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Chen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2405582, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0155389/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11677

Actor. Born 3 February 1975 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

## Details

- **Born:** 3 February 1975, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- **Active:** 2000–present
- **Also known as:** Terry Chan
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 70 (4), 2010s 69 (3), 2020s 85 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 68 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Action 3, Science Fiction 3, Comedy 2, Action & Adventure 1, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,372m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Chen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2405582, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0155389/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11677

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*I, Robot*](https://film.one/film/i-robot.md) (66)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Terry Chen is a Canadian actor, also credited as Terry Chan. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, he studied briefly at the University of Calgary before moving to Vancouver to pursue acting.

His breakout role was as Ben Fong-Torres in *Almost Famous* (2000). He has since appeared in films including *I, Robot* (2004) as Chin, *The Chronicles of Riddick* (2004), *Snakes on a Plane* (2006) and *They Wait* (2007). Television credits include recurring roles in *House of Cards*, *The Expanse* and *Jessica Jones*, and a series regular role in *Combat Hospital*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (8)

- *The Last of Us* (2023), Fi1m 85, as Cpt. Kwong — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-of-us.md)
- *Godzilla* (2014), Fi1m 68, as Team Member #2 — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-2014.md)
- *Elysium* (2013), Fi1m 60, as Technician — [page](https://film.one/film/elysium.md)
- *The Cabin in the Woods* (2012), Fi1m 80, as Operations Guy — [page](https://film.one/film/the-cabin-in-the-woods.md)
- *Battlestar Galactica* (2004), Fi1m 83, as Chuckles — [page](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md)
- *I, Robot* (2004), Fi1m 66, as Chin — [page](https://film.one/film/i-robot.md)
- *40 Days and 40 Nights* (2002), Fi1m 47, as Neil — [page](https://film.one/film/40-days-and-40-nights.md)
- *Almost Famous* (2000), Fi1m 82, as Ben Fong-Torres — [page](https://film.one/film/almost-famous.md)

## Complete filmography (98)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Unrestricted War* (2025), as Agent Feng
- *Minghun* (2024), Actor
- *Lucky Star* (2024), as Lucky · Executive Producer
- *The Spiderwick Chronicles* (2024), series, as Zao
- *Under the Bridge* (2024), series, as Stan Lowe
- *Avatar: The Last Airbender* (2024), series, as Jeong Jeong
- *Wild Cards* (2024), series, as Chief Li
- *Sight* (2023), as Ming Wang
- *The Irrational* (2023), series, as Bo
- *Plan B* (2023), series, as Psychologist Andrew
- *The Last of Us* (2023), series, as Cpt. Kwong — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-of-us.md)
- *The Lake* (2022), series, as Victor Lin
- *Invasion* (2021), series, as President Zhou
- *Demonic* (2021), as Daniel
- *Big Sky* (2020), series, as Mitchell Banks
- *Falling* (2020), as Eric
- *Coffee & Kareem* (2020), as Officer Steve Choi
- *Blood & Treasure* (2019), series, as Arthur Chan
- *Chimerica* (2019), series, as Zhang Lin
- *The Murders* (2019), series, as Bill Chen
- *A Million Little Things* (2018), series, as Alan
- *The Good Doctor* (2017), series, as Owen
- *Birth of the Dragon* (2017), as Frankie Chen
- *xXx: Return of Xander Cage* (2017), as Chinese Politico
- *Come and Find Me* (2016), as Det. Chris Sloan
- *The 9th Life of Louis Drax* (2016), as Elliott
- *The Assignment* (2016), as Dr. Lin
- *DC's Legends of Tomorrow* (2016), series, as Genghis Khan
- *The Expanse* (2015), series, as Prax Meng — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-expanse.md)
- *Marvel's Jessica Jones* (2015), series, as Pryce Cheng
- *UnREAL* (2015), series, as Guy Moretti
- *The Returned* (2015), series, as Mark Bao
- *Godzilla* (2014), as Team Member #2 — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-2014.md)
- *The 100* (2014), series, as Commander Shumway
- *Evil Feed* (2013), as Steven
- *Elysium* (2013), as Technician — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/elysium.md)
- *Time of Death* (2013), as Stephen Choi
- *Bates Motel* (2013), series, as Ethan Chang
- *Motive* (2013), series, as Ken Leung
- *House of Cards* (2013), series, as Xander Feng
- *Tasmanian Devils* (2013), as Walsh
- *Survival Code* (2013), as Roger Chin
- *Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome* (2012), as Crew Chief Tiu
- *Arrow* (2012), series, as Soldier
- *Continuum* (2012), series, as Curtis Chen
- *The Cabin in the Woods* (2012), as Operations Guy — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-cabin-in-the-woods.md)
- *Combat Hospital* (2011), series, as Captain Bobby Trang
- *Befriend and Betray* (2011), as Donny
- *Guido Superstar: The Rise of Guido* (2010), as Andrew Cho
- *Nikita* (2010), series, as Inspector Jeong
- *The A-Team* (2010), as Ravech
- *Web of Desire* (2010), as Dr. Tim Massey
- *Rock Slyde* (2010), as David
- *Meteor Storm* (2010), as National Guard
- *A Dangerous Man* (2009), as Chen
- *V* (2009), series, as Dr. Maeta
- *Hardwired* (2009), as Carter Burke
- *Storm Seekers* (2009), as Tommy Cramer
- *Sanctuary* (2008), series, as Charles
- *The Guard* (2008), series, Actor
- *They Wait* (2007), as Jason
- *War* (2007), as Tom Lone
- *Big Day* (2006), series, Actor
- *Memory* (2006), as Dr. Deepra Chang
- *Snakes on a Plane* (2006), as Chen Leong
- *Psych* (2006), series, as Tom Fong
- *The Evidence* (2006), series, Actor
- *Terminal City* (2005), series, Actor
- *Robson Arms* (2005), series, Actor
- *Chaos* (2005), as Chris Lei
- *Battlestar Galactica* (2004), series, as Chuckles — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md)
- *The Life* (2004), as Daryl
- *I, Robot* (2004), as Chin — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/i-robot.md)
- *The 4400* (2004), series, as Colin Chen
- *The Chronicles of Riddick* (2004), as Merc Pilot
- *Jake 2.0* (2003), series, as Chinese Agent
- *A Tale of Two Wives* (2003), as Bruno
- *Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever* (2002), as Agent Harry Lee
- *The Twilight Zone* (2002), series, as Nathan Park
- *Various Positions* (2002), as Ian
- *K-9: P.I.* (2002), as Sato
- *Stark Raving Mad* (2002), as Jin Sun
- *40 Days and 40 Nights* (2002), as Neil — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/40-days-and-40-nights.md)
- *Liberty Stands Still* (2002), as Officer Tom
- *Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action* (2001), series, as Rodney Choy (voice)
- *Smallville* (2001), series, as Paul Cage — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/smallville.md)
- *MythQuest* (2001), series, as Dionysus
- *The Fearing Mind* (2000), series, as Loc Tran Minh
- *Dark Angel* (2000), series, as S1W Member
- *Almost Famous* (2000), as Ben Fong-Torres — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/almost-famous.md)
- *Sole Survivor* (2000), as Lee Kwong
- *Trixie* (2000), as Waiter
- *Romeo Must Die* (2000), as Kuang
- *Late Night Sessions* (1999), as Dax
- *Da Vinci's Inquest* (1998), series, Actor
- *Stargate SG-1* (1997), series, as Monk
- *The Sentinel* (1996), series, as Gang Member #1
- *Slant*, as Mo

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