Edison Chen - Hongkong Actor

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Edison Koon-Hei Chen (born 7 October 1980) is a Hong Kong-based Chinese Canadian film actor, rapper, Cantopop singer, model, record producer, fashion designer, and a pop icon.

Chen is also the founder of CLOT Inc., and the CEO of Clot Media Division Limited. His native language is English, he is able to speak and sing Cantonese and Mandarin and also speaks conversational Japanese, which allows him to be a part of multiple entertainment industries around the world.

On 21 February 2008 he publicly announced that he intended to step away "indefinitely" from the Hong Kong entertainment industry due to the sex photo scandal in 2008. However, he returned to the industry in 2010 and he stated "indefinitely" could mean 5 minutes or 2000 years.

Chen was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to parents (father is businessman Edward Chen) of Chinese and 1/8 Portuguese descent.

He was a student at R.C. Palmer Secondary School in Richmond, British Columbia and also attended Hong Kong International School. He was in the same tenth grade class as fellow actor Nicholas Tse.

In 1999, a talent scout approached Chen while he was clubbing with friends in Hong Kong. He asked him to film a commercial. He was at the age of 19. From then on, his career began with the Japanese film Dead or Alive 2: Birds. He made his Hong Kong film debut in the film Gen-Y Cops in 2000.

He starred in many popular films including Infernal Affairs, Infernal Affairs II, Initial D and Dog Bite Dog. His latest film is Trivial Matters. Determined to expand his horizons to countries around the world, he also starred in the Japanese drama Under the Same Moon. On October 28, during a fashion event in Beijing, Edison Chen announced that he will be starring in Initial D 2. The filming of the movie is scheduled to begin in 2011.

Edison Chen - Hongkong Actor

In 2000, at the age of 20, Chen landed a record deal with Emperor Entertainment Group. It took him a number of successful album releases before he was given the opportunity to produce a hip hop album.

His first hip-hop release was in February 2004, called Please Steal This Album backed by MC Yan and Singaporean musician Hanjin Chen. Several singles from the album topped local pop charts. Chen mentioned the difficulty of fitting in Hong Kong, where it is dominated by cantopop, but said that hip hop has a great potential.

He is featured on M-Flo's album, Cosmicolor, on the track "LOVE ME, HATE THE GAME" with Chan, Thaitanium and Ryohei Yamamoto.

After Chen's comeback in late 2009 he began work on his next album titled "CONFUSION". The record includes collaborations with well known local hip hop artists MC HotDog, MC Yan and Chef. Additional collaborations include Sammi Cheng and Jay Chou.

Edison Chen Profile

* Name: 陳冠希 (陈冠希) / Chan Kwoon Hei (Chen Guan Xi)
* English name: Edison Chen
* Profession: Actor and singer
* Birthdate: 1980-Oct-07
* Birthplace: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
* Height: 178cm
* Weight: 65kg
* Star sign: Libra
* Chinese zodiac: Monkey
* Blood type: A

TV Series

* Eight Heroes as Xie Jia Qi (2006)
* Hearts of Fencing as Prince Charming (TVB, 2003, guest)

Movies

* The Dark Knight (Hong Kong security officer) (2008)
* Sun cheung sau (Sniper) (2008)
* The Grudge 2 (2006)
* Dog Bites Dog (Gau Ngao Gau) (2006)
* Onaji Tsuki wo Miteiru / Under the Same Moon (2005)
* Initial D (2005)
* A-1 Headline (2004)
* The Twins Effect II (2004)
* Jiang Hu (2004)
* Life, Translated (2004)
* Moving Targets (2004)
* Sex and the Beauties (2004)
* Infernal Affairs III (2003, cameo)
* The Spy Dad (2003)
* Infernal Affairs II (2003)
* The Chin Gei Bin (2003)
* The Medallion (2003, cameo)
* The Twins Effect (2003)
* Infernal Affairs (2002)
* Nine Girls and a Ghost (2002)
* Princess D (2002)
* Dance of a Dream (2001)
* Dummy Mommy Without a Baby (2001)
* Final Romance (2001)
* Gen-Y Cops (2000)