Hank Chen

Hank Chen is an American actor and comedian who was born in Silver Spring, Maryland, and studied theater at the University of Westminster in London before training with The Second City and performing with Stir Friday Night, a sketch comedy group made up of Asian-American performers. He later trained in New York at Pace University's drama school and settled in Brooklyn, where he picked up an early credit on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. His first screen role came in The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014), the final theatrical release starring Robin Williams, followed by Home Again (2017) and Lemon (2017), Janicza Bravo's first feature. He co-starred in Life-Size 2 (2018) and Holiday in Santa Fe (2021), and his television credits since 2011 include Blue Bloods, Lopez, and Transparent. His debut comedy special, Hank Chen: I'm Not Supposed to be Here, was produced by Comedy Dynamics and released on streaming platforms.