Aaron Chen (born 1995) is a

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comedian from

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Early life

Aaron Chen was born in 1995. He went to

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, where he started doing

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Career

In 2012, aged 15, Chen won

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's "

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", a national competition for high-school children, and after this started performing in pubs around

. In 2014 Chen appeared at the Melbourne Comedy Festival in its "Comedy Zone" section. In 2017, Chen's performed his debut solo show ''The Infinite Faces Of Chenny Baby'', appearing at the Melbourne and

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s and touring nationally, earning good reviews and selling out his shows and earning Best Newcomer awards at both. In the same year, he unintentionally caused controversy in the Australian soccer world by appearing as an unconventional interviewer at a football game, a

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between English Premier League club

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and

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. In the same year, ''Aaron Chen Tonight'', filmed live in Café Lounge,

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, Sydney, was broadcast on

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. From 2021, Chen has played assistant and receptionist George in

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's sitcom about a law firm, '' Fisk''. In 2022, Chen performed his show ''If It Weren't Filmed, Nobody Would Believe'' at the Melbourne and

s, with a video of the show released on

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in September 2022. Chen has performed at

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music festival, and supported

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on his Australian tour as well as featuring in his ABC TV show, ''Ronny Chieng International Student''. He has also performed on a number of

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s on TV.

Recognition and awards

*2012: Winner, "Class Clowns" competition at Melbourne International Comedy Festival *2013: NSW representative at the National Grand Final,

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*2016: Director's Choice Award *2017: Winner, Best Newcomer, Melbourne International Comedy Festival *2017: Winner, Best Newcomer, Sydney Comedy Festival *2021: Nominated,

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for Best Short Form Comedy, for his 2020 video ''A Life in Questions: Wisdom School with Aaron Chen'', on

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in the U.S (with

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and Joshua Duncan) *2021: Nominated, best show, Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Personal life

Chen proposed to his future wife Esther Shim in May 2022 at

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, announcing the engagement on

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afterwards.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chen, Aaron 1995 births Living people Australian stand-up comedians People from Sydney Australian male comedians Australian people of Chinese descent