Chen is a minor antagonist in the 1984 action adventure film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, the second installment of the Indiana Jones franchise.
He is Lao Che’s oldest son and Kao Kan's older brother. In 1935, Chen assists his father in his attempt to con the American archaeologist Indiana Jones into retrieving Emperor Nurhachi's ashes for them in exchange of a diamond known as the Peacock's Eye, which they intend to keep by tricking Jones.