James Chen

James Chen is an American actor who has worked in television, international film, theater and audiobooks. He attended the University of Pennsylvania and acted professionally in Philadelphia before training at the Yale School of Drama, where he was awarded the Dexter Wood Luke Memorial Prize. He then returned to New York City, taking roles in Off Broadway theater as well as on television and in film. For two seasons he played a forensics detective on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and his other small-screen credits include Blue Bloods, NCIS: LA, The Blacklist and the comedy Running Wilde. His films include We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011), The Amazing Spiderman, Mr. Popper's Penguins and Labor Day. On stage he has appeared with the Guthrie Theater, the Philadelphia Theater Company and the Chautauqua Theater Company, and he co-narrated The Last Chinese Chef, an AudioFile Earphones Award winner.