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Aaron Chen

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Aaron Chen
Born1995/1996 (age 28–29)
Occupations
  • Comedian
  • actor
Years active2011–present

Aaron Chen (born 1995/1996) is an Australian comedian and actor from Sydney.

Early life and education

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Chen was born in 1995 or 1996.[1][2]

He attended North Sydney Boys High, where he started performing stand-up comedy.[1]

Career

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In 2012, aged 15, Chen won Melbourne International Comedy Festival's "Class Clowns", a national competition for high-school children, and after this started performing in pubs around Sydney.[1]

In 2014 Chen appeared at the Melbourne Comedy Festival in its "Comedy Zone" section.[3]

In 2017, Chen performed his debut solo show The Infinite Faces Of Chenny Baby, appearing at the Melbourne and Sydney Comedy Festivals and touring nationally, earning good reviews and selling out his shows and earning Best Newcomer awards at both.[4] In the same year, he unintentionally caused controversy in the Australian soccer world by appearing as an unconventional interviewer at a football game,[4] a friendly between English Premier League club Liverpool F.C. and Sydney F.C..[1] In the same year, Aaron Chen Tonight, filmed live in Café Lounge, Surry Hills, Sydney, was broadcast on ABC Television.[4]

From 2021, Chen has played probate clerk and Webmaster, George, in Kitty Flanagan's ABC sitcom about a law firm, Fisk.[1][5] Also in 2021 he appeared on the panel show Patriot Brains. [6]

In 2022, Chen performed his show If It Weren't Filmed, Nobody Would Believe at the Melbourne and Sydney Comedy Festivals,[1] with a video of the show released on YouTube in September 2022.[7]

Chen has performed at Splendour in the Grass music festival, and supported Ronny Chieng on his Australian tour as well as featuring in his ABC TV show, Ronny Chieng: International Student.[4] He has also performed on a number of panel shows on TV.[7]

Chen was awarded the People's Choice Award at the 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.[8]

In 2024, Chen served as the assistant on the Australian version of Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee,[9] and participated as a contestant on the third series of Taskmaster Australia, alongside Concetta Caristo, Mel Buttle, Peter Helliar and Rhys Nicholson, winning the series.[10]

Personal life

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Chen proposed to Esther Shim in May 2022 at McDonald's, announcing their engagement afterwards on Instagram.[11][12]

Filmography

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Television appearances

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Year Title Role Notes
2015 Dirty Bird 1 episode
2017 1800 Success Aaron 3 episodes
Goscy's Classics Whaler 1 1 episode
Get Krack!n Beach Man 1 episode
True Story with Hamish & Andy Dacks 1 episode
Ronny Chieng: International Student Trojan Wong 1 episode
2018 Orange Is the New Brown IT Guy / Zhu / Tony Chan 5 episodes
Very Small Business Kim Park 8 episodes
Pls Like Carl3k 1 episode
Pilot Week McIntyre 1 episode
2019 Comedy Blaps 1 episode
2020 Drunk History Australia Cop / Fed Cop / Swimming Official 2 episodes
At Home Alone Together Eugene 2 episodes
Stepmom Blues Aaron 1 episode
2021–present Fisk George 18 episodes
2021 Rosehaven Caller (voice) 1 episode
2023 Love Me Vincent 1 episode
Koala Man Dennis (voice) 1 episode
2024 Fam Time Menulog Guy 2 episodes

Film appearances

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Year Title Role Notes
2018 Shortcut to Becoming an Influencer Hunter Short
2022 Set Times Aiden Short
TBA The Dink Filming

Appearances as self

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Year Title Role Notes Refs
2017 Aaron Chen Tonight Self [13]
2020 A Life in Questions: Wisdom School with Aaron Chen Self
2022 The Cook up with Adam Liaw Self 4 episodes
2022 Patriot Brains Self 5 episodes
2021–present Have You Been Paying Attention? Self/Panelist 7 episodes
2023 Thank God You're Here Self 2 episodes
2024 Shaun Micallef's Origin Odyssey Self 1 episode
2024 Taskmaster Australia Self Season Winner
2024 Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee Self 8 episodes [14]

Recognition and awards

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  • 2012: Winner, "Class Clowns" competition at Melbourne International Comedy Festival[1]
  • 2013: NSW representative at the National Grand Final, Raw Comedy[4]
  • 2016: Director's Choice Award[4]
  • 2017: Winner, Best Newcomer, Melbourne International Comedy Festival[4]
  • 2017: Winner, Best Newcomer, Sydney Comedy Festival[4]
  • 2021: Nominated, AACTA Award for Best Short Form Comedy, for his 2020 video A Life in Questions: Wisdom School with Aaron Chen, on Adult Swim in the U.S. (with Henry Stone and Joshua Duncan)[1][15]
  • 2021: Nominated, best show, Melbourne International Comedy Festival[1]

References

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  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i Rugendyke, Louise (2 April 2022). "'You don't do just easy things': The rise and rise of comedian Aaron Chen". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022. The 26-year-old comedian
  2. ^ Aaron Chen - If Weren't Filmed, Nobody Would Believe (Full Special) on YouTube, 24 September 2022. "I'm 27 years old."
  3. ^ Lan, Christine (7 April 2022). "Comedy Zone 2022: Five hand-picked unique and brilliant comedians". Beat Magazine. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h "Aaron Chen". The Sit Down Comedy Club. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Filming begins on Kitty Flanagan comedy | TV Tonight". 27 October 2020.
  6. ^ Story, Hannah (13 April 2021). "Bill Bailey on new Aussie-versus-Kiwi panel show 'Patriot Brains': "Comedy is in a good place"". NME. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b Pandya, Hershal (3 October 2022). "Go for a Loop With One of Australia's Best Comedians". Vulture. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  8. ^ "2024 Award Winners". Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee premieres this August on ABC". ABC. 17 July 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Taskmaster Australia Announces It's [sic] Season 2 Line-Up!". 10 play. 10 July 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  11. ^ "Sydney comedian Aaron Chen proposed to his wife-to-be at McDonald's". news.com.au. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  12. ^ "Popular Aussie comedian Aaron Chen hides ring in unique McDonald's nuggets proposal". PerthNow. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  13. ^ Knox, David (13 May 2017). "Aaron ready for Aaron Chen Tonight | TV Tonight".
  14. ^ "Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee". ABC iview. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  15. ^ A Life In Questions: Wisdom School with Aaron Chen on YouTube Adult Swim, 9 December 2020
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