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. In 2017, Chen performed his debut solo show
The Infinite Faces Of Chenny Baby, appearing at the Melbourne and Sydney Comedy Festivals 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, Also in 2021 he appeared on the panel show
Patriot Brains. In 2022, Chen performed his show ''If Weren't Filmed, Nobody Would Believe'' at the Melbourne and Sydney Comedy Festivals, 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. In 2024 and 2025, Chen served as the assistant on the Australian version of ''
Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee. In 2024, he also participated as a contestant on the third series of Taskmaster Australia'', alongside
Concetta Caristo,
Mel Buttle,
Peter Helliar and
Rhys Nicholson. That same year, Chen performed at the
Edinburgh Festival Fringe, appearing in the show Best of Fest. In 2025, Chen performed stand-up on
Late Night with Seth Meyers. ==Personal life==