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Name: Edison Chen  
   
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Date of Birth: 7th October 1980
   
Place of Birth: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
   
Profession: Actor
 
 
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Edison Chen

Edison Chen (陳冠希; pinyin: Chén Gūanxī) (born October 7, 1980 in Vancouver, Canada) is a popular Hong Kong teen idol. He was an artist of the Emperor Entertainment Group.

Born in Vancouver, Canada, Chen has starred in many films including Infernal Affairs and Twins Effect. He also sings cantopop and can speak English, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Japanese. Like many foreign-born Chinese, however, Edison does not have a perfect command of Cantonese or Mandarin.

He is idolized for his "cool" attitude and his good looks, though critics cite him as conceited (or "choon" in Chinese). In March 2004, Edison Chen was brutally assaulted by two teenagers, aged 15 and 17, in downtown Hong Kong. The two teenagers apparently mocked Edison by breakdancing in front of Edison as he was leaving a hair salon. One of the teenagers swung at Edison and hit him in the right ear. The two teens ran off whilst Edison gave chase for nine city blocks before returning to the same shopping arcade. There he called his "assistants" (rumored to be ex-Triads) to look for the two teens. They were eventually caught on a bus.

Though many consider Edison Chen to be the first pop singer who brough hip-hop culture to Hong Kong music industry, it was LMF that began the underground hip-hop industry in Hong Kong. But if LMF started hip-hop in Hong Kong, Edison made it mainstream in Cantopop. This is reflected as many of Edison's rap songs feature MC Yan from the now disbanded LMF.

His song "香港地" (Hong Kong Place), featuring MC Yan and Han Jin, about how the Hong Kong people are like, and calls for union of the Hong Kong people, was one of the great hits in 2004. Edison continued his hip-hop style, and released another hip-hop album HAZY in 2005. The song "嘥氣" (Waste of Breathe) describes the assault incident Edison encountered before.

Edison's first movie was Gen-Y Cops which was an embarrasment to all involved. Fortunately he has improved somewhat since those early days. He recently starred in the film Jiang Hu in which his character had to rape a dog as a punishment. This scene however, did not bring praise from critics as Edison remains "talentless", as somebody would say. In the movie Initial D Chen took the role of Ryosuke Takahashi.

However sources like Ming Pao Daily and other Hong Kong papers had openly praised Edison to be one of the best young generation actors along with Shawn Yue and Charlene Choi from the popular duo Twins.

Statistics

  • English Name: Edison Chen
  • Chinese name: Chen Kwoon Hei
  • Birthday: October 7, 1980
  • Place of Birth: Vancouver, Canada
  • Origin: Shanghai-nese
  • Languages: English, Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin
  • Height: 5'10"
  • Weight: 145lb
  • Horoscope: Libra
  • Record Company: EEG - Music Plus
  • Idols: Leslie Cheung, Jackie Chan
  • Favorite HK Singers: Sammi Cheng, Leslie Cheung
  • Favorite U.S. Singers: R. Kelly, Jay-Z, and Janet Jackson
  • Favorite Type of Music: R & B, Hip Hop
  • Favorite Food: Japanese food

Film Collections

  • Gen-Y Cops (2000)
  • Final Romance (2001)
  • Dummy Mommy Without a Baby (2001)
  • Dance of a Dream (2001)
  • Princess D (2002)
  • Nine Girls and a Ghost (2002)
  • Infernal Affairs (2002)
  • The Twins Effect (2003)
  • Infernal Affairs II (2003)
  • The Spy Dad (2003)
  • Infernal Affairs III (2003)[cameo]
  • Sex and the Beauties (2004)
  • Moving Targets (2004)
  • Life, Translated (UK/CHINA 2004)
  • Jiang Hu (2004)
  • The Twins Effect II (2004)
  • A-1 Headline (2004)
  • Initial D (2005)

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