Aaron Chen attended North Sydney Boys High, where he started performing stand-up comedy.
11 Facts About Aaron Chen
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In 2012, aged 15, Chen won Melbourne International Comedy Festival's "Class Clowns", a national competition for high-school children, and after this started performing in pubs around Sydney.
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In 2014 Aaron Chen appeared at the Melbourne Comedy Festival in its "Comedy Zone" section.
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From 2021, Aaron Chen has played probate clerk and Webmaster, George, in Kitty Flanagan's ABC sitcom about a law firm, Fisk.
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In 2022, Aaron Chen performed his show If It Weren't Filmed, Nobody Would Believe at the Melbourne and Sydney Comedy Festivals, with a video of the show released on YouTube in September 2022.
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Aaron Chen has performed at Splendour in the Grass music festival, and supported Ronny Chieng on his Australian tour as well as featuring in his ABC TV show, Ronny Chieng: International Student.
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Aaron Chen has performed on a number of panel shows on TV.
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Aaron Chen was awarded the People's Choice Award at the 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
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In 2024, Aaron Chen served as the assistant on the Australian version of Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee, and participated as a contestant on the third series of Taskmaster Australia, alongside Concetta Caristo, Mel Buttle, Peter Helliar and Rhys Nicholson.
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In 2025, Aaron Chen performed stand-up on Late Night with Seth Meyers.
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Aaron Chen proposed to Esther Shim in May 2022 at McDonald's, announcing their engagement afterwards on Instagram.