Aaron Chen (born 1995) is a Chinese-Australian 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 stand-up.

Career

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

. 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

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world by appearing as an unconventional interviewer at a football game, a

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between English Premier League club Liverpool F.C. and

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. In the same year, ''Aaron Chen Tonight'', filmed live in Café Lounge, Surry Hills, Sydney, was broadcast on ABC Television. From 2021, Chen has played assistant and receptionist George in Kitty Flanagan'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 YouTube in September 2022. 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''. 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, Raw Comedy *2016: Director's Choice Award *2017: Winner, Best Newcomer, Melbourne International Comedy Festival *2017: Winner, Best Newcomer, Sydney Comedy Festival *2021: Nominated, AACTA Award 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 Henry Stone 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 McDonald's, announcing the engagement on

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afterwards.

References

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