Jen Sung
Known For: Acting
Biography
Jen Kuo Sung was born and raised in Taiwan till he reached his teens. As a child, he was besotted with Bruce Lee after sneaking into a cinema to watch Bruce's The Big Boss and has been a student of kung fu ever since. Jen migrated with his mother to Florida where he spent his teen years in a predominantly black high school sharing his love of Bruce Lee and kung fu with like minded brothers where he excelled in all sports, leading to a college football scholarship. Jen parlayed his physical abilities and martial arts skills to his work as an actor in the first few films he was cast in Florida where he caught the eye of producer Ng See Yuen (who discovered Jackie Chan). Ng See Yuen advised him to move to Los Angeles, where Jen has since been steadily acting & action directing and making a name for himself as a character actor. Married to actress & writer Lydia Look whom he frequently collaborates with on camera and in voiceover where they are a much sought after team speaking seven languages between them both. Jen recently recurred as villain Boss Chen in Agents Marvel of Shield and will be seen in Livi Zhang's Insight and the upcoming Netflix series God's & Monsters by Adi Shankar.
Filmography
2023
- History of the World: Part II
- American Born Chinese as Larry / Chinese Man
2022
- The Guardians of Justice as Dr. Ravencroft
2020
- Mulan as Kilifu Tegin
- Paper Tiger as Fashi
2019
- Escape Plan: The Extractors as Chow
- Paddleton as Master Liu
- Revenge of the Pontianak ... (Action Director)
- Interlude as Jen
2018
- The Happytime Murders as Sandra's Bodyguard
- SIN-SFO as Danny Goh
2017
- Snow Steam Iron as Mafia Boss
2014
- Transformers: Age of Extinction ... (Stunts)
2013
- Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Chen
- Battle of the Damned as Elvis (as Jen Kuo Sung)
2012
- Safe ... (Stunts)
- The Girl from the Naked Eye ... (Stunts)
2009
- NCIS: Los Angeles as Man in Sunglasses
- Black Dynamite ... (Stunts)
2007
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End ... (Stunts)
2006
- The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift ... (Stunts)
2002
- Kung Pow: Enter the Fist as Stick Fighter #2
2001
- Monkeybone as Attila the Hun
2000
- Static Shock as Yao Ming / Center Force (voice)
1998
- Martial Law as Bartender
- Blade ... (Stunts)
- Six Days Seven Nights as Pirate
- Assignment Berlin as Kim Li
1997
- Bloodmoon as Drug Dealer
1996
- The Quest as Phang (Siamese Fighter)
1995
- Baywatch Nights
- Under Siege 2: Dark Territory as Mercenary (uncredited)
1994
- The Shadow as Mongol
1993
- Mr. Nanny as Kojiro
1991
- Detective Extralarge
- King's Ransom as Billy (as Jen Outerbridge)
1990
- No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers as Terrorist
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Chinese Kidnapper