Jen Sung
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
Six Days Seven Nights
as Pirate 1998
The Happytime Murders
as Sandra's Bodyguard 2018
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
as Mercenary (uncredited) 1995
Escape Plan: The Extractors
as Chow 2019
The Quest
as Phang (Siamese Fighter) 1996
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
as Stick Fighter #2 2002
The Shadow
as Mongol 1994
Monkeybone
as Attila the Hun 2001
Paddleton
as Master Liu 2019
Mr. Nanny
as Kojiro 1993
Battle of the Damned
as Elvis (as Jen Kuo Sung) 2013
No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers
as Terrorist 1990
Snow Steam Iron
as Mafia Boss 2017
Bloodmoon
as Drug Dealer 1997
Paper Tiger
as Fashi 2020
King's Ransom
as Billy (as Jen Outerbridge) 1991