Arthur Chen

Biography

Arthur Chen is a Chinese actor and singer born in the United States on April 9, 2000, who grew up in Beijing. He graduated from the Beijing Film Academy in 2023 after enrolling as a foreign student in 2019. He comes from a prominent artistic family: his father is Chinese director Chen Kaige and his mother is Chinese actress Chen Hong, and he has one brother named Chen Yu'ang. He began his artistic career in 2010 with a small role in "The Orphan of Zhao" directed by his father, and then worked as an assistant director on "Legend of the Demon Cat" in 2016. He landed his first leading role in the 2017 film "Secret Fruit," which also marked his first singing performance. He starred in the TV series "Ever Night," which aired in 2018, earning him the "Outstanding New Actor" award at the Wen Network ceremony. He continued to shine in the 2019 film "My Best Summer," for which he won Best New Actor and Most Popular Actor at the Tokyo International Film Festival. He also participated in the national film "My People, My Country," voiced a character in "Abominable," and sang "Stars and Sea" as part of the Young Actors Program for the China Movie Channel.