Terry Keli Chen was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He moved around growing up but was raised mainly in Alberta and on the West coast. After dropping out of the University of Calgary he spent two years traveling throughout Cuba and the Cayman Islands. Terry moved back to Vancouver, British Columbia to pursue his dream of being an actor. In his first year of auditioning, he made his debut in a supporting role as 'Ben Fong-Torres' in the much-lauded film Almost Famous, directed by Cameron Crowe. Over the last two decades, Terry's had supporting and lead roles alongside the industries best; Memory, The A-Team, and Elysium, to name a few. Terry filmed the ABC drama Combat Hospital as series regular, US Captain Dr. Bobby Trang, as well as recurred in the fan favorite Continuum, and a recurring role in season two of the award-winning series, House of Cards (Netflix). Terry continued his strong work playing the brave father and botanist, Prax, in critics choice series The Expanse on Amazon and as a lead in the second season of Jessica Jones for Marvel/Netflix. He also co-stars in the poignant four-part limited series Chimerica (Channel4). Terry recently starred opposite Viggo Mortenson in the critically acclaimed feature film, Falling, which premiered at Sundance in 2020. He can also be seen most recently heavily recurring on ABC's A Million Little Things, opposite Grace Park. Terry can be caught next starring as the lead in the inspiring feature film Sight based on the true story of Dr. Ming Wang, who escaped poverty, oppression, and violence to become the world's most influential eye surgeon. Terry now splits his time between Los Angeles and Vancouver where he continues to seek compelling and unique characters.