Hank Chen

Hank Chen (born November 1, 1989) is a Chinese-American actor and comedian best known for his role in Robin Williams's final theatrical release, The Angriest Man in Brooklyn, as well as a guest role in the first season of Transparent.

Early life
Born as Henry Chen in Silver Spring, Maryland, to Taiwanese immigrants, Chen spoke Mandarin Chinese at home before learning English. His parents are software engineers and he has a younger sister.

Chen is openly gay. He is a founding member and original board member of LGBT advocacy group, OneWheaton.

Raised in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. in Montgomery County, Chen attended Springbrook High School where he earned an International Baccalaureate diploma. He went on to attend Wheaton College and graduated with a degree in Sociology with minors in Communications and English. He spent the summer after his graduation in Chicago working at a casting office during the day, while taking acting and improv classes at The Second City in the evening. Shortly afterwards, Chen was accepted into the Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University and moved to Brooklyn, New York, where he began his career with a television credit on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Career
Chen has appeared in multiple television roles since 2011 including Blue Bloods, Lopez, and NCIS: Los Angeles. He made his film debut in The Angriest Man in Brooklyn. He also appeared in Reese Witherspoon-starrer Home Again, and opposite Brett Gelman in Lemon, which premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.

He will co-star in Freeform's Life-Size 2 in December 2018 opposite Tyra Banks and Francia Raisa.