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Terry Chen
Born	February 3, 1975 (1975-02-03) (age 34) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1999–present

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, in Canada. After an education at schools in his hometown and in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, he attended college in Calgary, and went on to study at the University of Calgary. He then travelled 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 series Taken, and in the films I, Robot, The Chronicles of Riddick, and Snakes on a Plane along with several television shows.

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 soon in the US movie Rock Slyde, on which filming was completed in early 2009.

Filmography

• Late Night Sessions (1999)
• Romeo Must Die (2000)
• Trixie (2000)
• Almost Famous (2000)
• 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
• The Waiting Room (2001)
• Liberty Stands Still (2002)
• 40 Days and 40 Nights (2002)
• Stark Raving Mad (2002)
• Various Positions (2002)
• Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002)
• The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
• I, Robot (2004)
• Mem-o-re (2005)
• Underclassmen (2005)
• Chaos (2006)
• Snakes on a Plane (2006)
• War (2007)
• They Wait (2007)
• Bottom Feeders (2009)
• Rock Slyde (2009)

External links

• Terry Chen at the Internet Movie Database
• magazine interview