Actor

James Chen

25 credited titles on WatchWise

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.

James Chen in one minute

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Strongest genre

Biggest hit

Mr. Popper's Penguins

$187M

Standout efficiency

3.4x

Mr. Popper's Penguins · gross ÷ budget

Commercial performance

Associated lifetime gross

$31M

Combined reported budget

$11M

Gross / budget

2.8x

Bankability Index

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