Early life

Chen was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, to parents of Chinese and 1/8 Portuguese descent. Chen's father is businessman Edward Chen(陳澤民), a Hong Kong entertainment industry mogul famously known as Ninth Brother "九哥".

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.

He spoke English as his first language before learning Cantonese and Mandarin later on. He speaks some Japanese as well. He has two older sisters.

Career

Film

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 where he is featured in a Leon Lai's Citibank commercial. In the early 2000 he starred alongside Cecilia Cheung in a commemorative subway commercial.

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. Determined to expand his horizons to countries around the world, he also starred in the Japanese drama Under the Same Moon. In 2006, he made his American debut as a Hong Kong journalist in The Grudge 2. He was offered a small role in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift but he declined. His final film in Hong Kong as of 2013 is The Sniper, which was filmed before the Edison Chen photo scandal. He also filmed a cameo as a thug in The Dark Knight but because of the scandal, his role was reduced and was seen very briefly as a receptionist instead. Some reports states that he was originally cast to play Lau, a corrupted Chinese Accountant, which was played by Chin Han. He made his comeback in an Asian American film called Almost Perfect which he and his co-stars have been spending time promoting on several film festivals. On 28 October, during a fashion event in Beijing, Edison Chen announced that he would be starring in Initial D 2. The filming of the movie was scheduled to begin in 2011 but it has been delayed indefinitely. In 2014, he made an brief comeback to the Hong Kong film industry in Golden Chickensss. After eight years of doing short roles, he is officially making a comeback to the entertainment business after he was spotted filming for Lou Ye's new project in Guangzhou on April 2016.

Music

	Edison Chen - "Hong Kong land (香港地)" - audio sample A track Chen dedicated to the people of Hong Kong in 2004, the same year he was assaulted in the city. The segment also said "Regardless of the difficulty or chaos, the song is dedicated to HK: past, present, and future."
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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 Master Chef. Additional collaborations include Sammi Cheng and Jay Chou.

Fashion

Edison's foray into the fashion industry accompanied his rising success as a young pop icon. Edison, along with partners Kevin Poon and Billy Ip, became the founders of CLOT Inc., a clothing company described as a "lifestyle company" that is geared toward youth culture, and bringing street fashion to China and Hong Kong. The company has collaborated with many big clothing companies, such as adidas, Nike, A Bathing Ape, Subscrew and Disney. He is also part founder of clothing vendor JUICE, currently operating in Hong Kong (original), Shanghai and Kuala Lumpur with future plans to open a further 17 stores.

Multimedia company

In February 2007, he invested $10 million HKD to open his own multi-media company, Clot Media Division, which plans to produce movies, commercials and music albums. In June 2007, he released a Mandarin album, 讓我再次介紹我自己 (Allow Me to Re-Introduce Myself) with tracks produced by Kanye West, Just Blaze, and Clinton Sparks.

Community work

As early as 2001 Chen had appeared in Vancouver charity shows. He has also been a supporter for the gay and lesbian community in Hong Kong, including being voted as an icon in 2001.

In 2007 he was invited by Be@rbrick toys for a charity event in Hong Kong Harbour City. The charity proceeds were donated to "Hong Kong Blood Cancer Foundation".

Video game

He provided voice work as a low-level Triad member name Jackie Ma for Sleeping Dogs, an 2012 open world action-adventure video game that is set in Hong Kong.

Incidents

2004 Chen assault incident

In March 2004, two male teenagers assaulted Chen in Central District of Hong Kong. The two teenagers mocked Chen with dance moves outside a record store. Immediately following the dance taunt, both of the teenagers punched Chen. Upon doing so the two teenagers fled the scene, and Chen gave chase. Chen eventually caught up to the two individuals as they were trying to board a bus. They were turned over to Hong Kong Police. As a result of the incident, Chen reported that he sprained his ankle and that his cheekbone and ear were also injured. Chen declined to press charges and the two individuals were released.

“	Their lives would be ruined if I pressed charges. Their mother asked me to forgive them. I went to the hospital and got checked out and since it's just bruises, I decided to let it go.	”
— Edison Chen

2007 taxi incident

Chen drove to his home after midnight 9 March 2007. The gate was blocked by a Toyota Crown Comfort taxi that had just dropped off its passengers. The taxi driver then signalled Chen to move away so he could pull out, clearing the way for Chen to enter. Chen's security guard told the taxi driver to pull over so that Chen could pass. The taxi driver insulted the security guard. Chen proceeded to have an argument with the taxi driver. Despite the presence of the security guard and other witnesses, he got out of his car and kicked the taxi several times, denting it and breaking all its windows.
He was subsequently charged by the police. On the basis of these charges he was convicted and placed on a one-year good behaviour bond. He was also fined; the taxi company was granted HK$4,700 in compensation for the damage inflicted to the car.

2008 photo scandal

Main article: Edison Chen photo scandal

In January 2008, Chen was involved in a widely publicised sex scandal when sexually explicit nude photographs of himself taken four years earlier became widely circulated on the Internet. Chen was never accused of uploading the photos himself and a computer technician was later sentenced for accessing Chen's computer during a repair. Celebrities implicated in the scandal included 8 victims: Cecilia Cheung (张伯芝), Gillian Chung (钟欣桐), Bobo Chan (陈文媛), Candice Chan (陈思慧), Vincy Yeung (杨永晴), Mandy Chen (陈育嬬) and Rachel Ngan (颜颖思). Nude photos of Edison's ex-girlfriend, Vincy Yeung, were also made public and the future of their relationship was the subject of intense media gossip.

Hong Kong police have stated that they confiscated a collection of sex-related photos that involve six other identifiable females and other unidentifiable males.

Initially the authenticity of the photos was denied, and digital manipulation was used as the primary explanation for the pictures. However, Hong Kong police and Photoshop experts argued that the photos were in fact real and not digitally altered. This brought about a serious reaction towards all parties involved in the scandal. As a result, Chen made a public apology in English to the Hong Kong people and the ladies involved and indirectly admitted his role and expressed remorse and subsequently announced his indefinite departure from the Hong Kong entertainment industry at a press conference.

Due to the scandal, the Google search engine rankings for 2008 resulted in Chen's Chinese name being the number 1 search term in China, and number 3 in Taiwan. Chen was runner-up to US president-elect Barack Obama in the Hong Kong Person of 2008 poll by government-run RTHK radio, with just under 30 percent of votes in the Person of the Year. On 1 June 2009, Chen spoke openly about the sex photo scandal for the first time since the scandal broke in an interview with TalkAsia on CNN. In the interview he reveals his side of the scandal and how he endured criticisms from the public, the media, and from the individuals affected by the case.

2011 photo scandal

Three years later, Chen was involved in another photo scandal, this time with a 16-year-old Hong Kong model Cammi Tse. Their relationship was revealed after photos of them together hugging and kissing each other were leaked online and later, the 16-year-old model stated that her phone was lost. It was later revealed that Chen had sent text messages to Tse, asking her to pose for him in swimsuits and school uniforms. Tse confirmed that there were no nude photos. Chen later told the media that when he met Tse, he thought that their relationship could go further on but because of what happened, he decided to pull back before confirming that he is still single.

Tse reported that she lost her virginity to Chen and adding on that he filmed a two-minute video of her in the bedroom and he also bought sexy lingerie for her.

2014 Paris Incident

While walking on the streets of Paris with his Chinese girlfriend, Ann Hong, when he was scheduled to attend an fashion event, Chen flashed his middle finger at a fan who was taking pictures of him. The fan who took the pictures uploaded the pictures into her Weibo account and stated how very disappointed she was by his actions, because it was such a rare chance for her to get to meet Chen in Paris and it was very sad for her to be treated in that way by the actor.

The public's reaction was mixed, as some stated that the fan was being impolite for photographing Chen on a private day out, but other netizens commented that he should have responded more politely because after all, he is a public figure.

2015 Shanghai Airport Incident

Edison Chen made headlines once again after he got into a fight with a queue-jumper at an airport in Shanghai. The man accused Chen throwing away his ID card, and both had some physical contact. Apparently, Chen was upset at him for trying to cut him in line. They were later taken to the police station but were not charged as they made a settlement.

Personal life

In Chen's personal blog, he referred to an anonymous girlfriend as "V". In 2007, he finally announced that he has been dating Vincy Yeung (the niece of EEG founder Albert Yeung) for three years. On an entertainment show in Taiwan, Chen disclosed that he planned to marry Vincy and that his previous playboy and womanising habits have stopped because of his love for his current girlfriend. He repeated his gratitude to her in an interview with Time Out Hong Kong magazine in March 2011.

Early in his career, Chen and fellow Hong Kong actor Nicholas Tse were good friends as they attended the same school and even appeared in a film together. However, the photo scandal which involved Tse's then-wife, Cecilia Cheung ended their friendship. In 2011, Chen almost ran into Tse when they were both at the same building in Hong Kong but they missed each other by twenty minutes. Chen reportedly walked away from that area after he was told that Tse was nearby.

Chen was due to relocate to Taiwan in early 2013 for his then girlfriend, Ann Hong, and there was talk of them getting married in the near future. Apparently, Chen had cut down on partying and even his well-known hot temper for her.

Chen reportedly made peace with at least two of the Hong Kong actresses that were involved in the photo scandal; Cecilia Cheung and Gillian Chung. Coincidentally, both apologies were made on an airplane.

After two years of a promising relationship with Hong, they broke up after she discovered text messages from another woman on Chen's birthday. Two months after their break-up, Chen was linked with another model, who is 14 years his junior.

In October 2015, it has been reported that Chen is romantically linked with a married Chinese supermodel name Shupei Qin.

Seven years after his photo scandal, Chen said that he would not change a thing if he could go back in time. "I am very happy now. Even though some unhappy incidents have occurred in the past, I never had any evil intent and did not do those things on purpose. They were an accident," he added.

Discography

Year	Album	Label	Notes
30 November 2000	Edison Chen 陳冠希	EEG	Cantonese EP
11 May 2001	Fast and Furious	EEG	Cantonese Album
5 June 2001	Visual Diary	EEG	Cantonese Album
21 August 2001	Ultraman Gaia 超人佳亞	EEG	Cantonese EP
2 November 2001	Ed Is On	EEG	Mandarin Album
20 December 2001	Peace And Love	EEG	Cantonese Album
3 July 2002	Break Through	EEG	Cantonese Album
29 August 2002	Transition	EEG	Mandarin Album
13 February 2003	Hits or Misses	EEG	Cantonese Compilation
26 February 2004	Please Steal This Album	EEG	Cantonese Album
4 January 2005	Hazy: The 144 Hour Project	EEG	Cantonese Album
18 April 2005	Hazy: The 144 Hour Project (Version 2)	EEG	Cantonese Album
21 December 2005	The Best Collection	EEG	Cantonese Compilation
12 May 2006	69FM Mixtape	-	Cantonese Mixtape
15 June 2007 (Version 1) 10 August 2007 (Version 2)	Allow Me to Re-Introduce Myself 讓我再次介紹我自己	Clot Media Division	Mandarin Album
28 December 2010	CONFUSION	Clot Media Division	Mandarin/Cantonese Album
27 July 2012	3 Corners	East Asia Music	Cantonese Album
20 September 2013	Super Brothers	East Asia Music	Mandarin Album
August 2015	3 Corners Ⅱ	Clot Media Division	Cantonese Album

Filmography

Films

• 2000 - Dead or Alive 2: Birds (Dead or Alive 2: 逃亡者) (Japan)
• 2000 - Gen Y Cops (特警新人類2)
• 2001 - Final Romance (願望樹)
• 2001 - Dummy mother, Without a Baby (玉女添丁)
• 2001 - Dance of a Dream (愛君如夢)
• 2002 - Princess D (想飛)
• 2002 - Nine Girls and a Ghost (九個女仔一隻鬼)
• 2002 - Infernal Affairs (無間道)
• 2003 - The Twins Effect (千機變)
• 2003 - The Medallion (飛龍再生) (Cameo)
• 2003 - Infernal Affairs II (無間道II)
• 2003 - The Spy Dad (絕種鐵金剛)
• 2003 - Infernal Affairs III (無間道III: 終極無間) (Cameo)
• 2004 - Sex and the Beauties (性感都市)
• 2004 - Moving Targets (2004 新紮師兄)
• 2004 - Life, Translated (時差7小時)
• 2004 - Jiang Hu (江湖)
• 2004 - The Twins Effect II (千機變)
• 2004 - A-1 Headline (A-1 頭條)
• 2005 - Initial D (頭文字D)
• 2005 - Under The Same Moon (同じ月を見ている) (Japan)
• 2006 - Dog Bite Dog (狗咬狗)
• 2006 - The Grudge 2 (咒怨2)
• 2007 - Trivial Matters (破事兒)
• 2008 - The Dark Knight (Cameo)
• 2009 - The Sniper (神鎗手)
• 2009 - Coweb (戰無雙) (Cameo)
• 2012 - Almost Perfect
• 2014 - Golden Chicken 3 (金雞SSS)
• 2014 - Streets of Macao
• 2015 - Waiting

Voice Overs

• 2001 - Cats & Dogs (貓狗鬥一番) (Voice only, Cantonese version)
• 2007 - Shrek the Third (史力加之咁就三世) (Voice only, Cantonese version)

TV series

• 2002 - Feel 100% (百分百感覺)
• 2003 - Hearts of Fencing (當四葉草碰上劍尖時) Guest
• 2005 - Eight Heroes (八大豪俠)

Other appearances

• 2001 - Weakest Link (一筆OUT消)
• 2005 - MTV Whatever Things
• 2006 - Gumball 3000: Drivin' Me Crazy
• 2012 - Sleeping Dogs (Jackie Ma)

Awards

Film and TV Awards

• 2001 - 20th Hong Kong Film Awards - Nominee - Best New Performer for Gen-Y Cops
• 2003 - China Fashion Awards - Winner - Character Figure
• 2003 - Star Fighter Super Festival - Creative Breakthrough Actor Award (winner)
• 2004 - China Fashion Awards - Winner - Asia Breakthrough Artist

Music Awards

2000-2001

• 2000 - Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards - Winner - Most Popular New Artist (Male) (dual gold with Louis Koo)
• 2001 - Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Winner - 4 Stations Best Song/Four Channel Award (silver)
• 2001 - TVB8 Mandarin Music Awards - Winner - Top 10 Songs/Winner - Best New Singer

2002

• 2002 - Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards - Winner - Favorite Online Song - I never told you (bronze)
• 2002 - RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards - Winner - Best Song
• 2002 - CMA Chinese Music Awards - Winner - Favorite New Singer
• 2002 - Top Chinese Music Awards - Winner - Outstanding New Singer
• 2002 - Music Pioneer Chart Awards - Winner - Favorite Singer
• 2002 - TVB8 Mandarin Music Awards - Winner - Best Song

2003

• 2003 - MusicRadio China TOP Ranking Chart - Winner - Gold Song
• 2003 - Metro Radio Hits Music Awards Presentation - Best Original Song - Number Nine
• 2003 - Guoyuli Awards Ceremony - Best Singer
• 2003 - Guoyuli Awards Ceremony - Best Song - "I Never Told You"

2004

• 2004 - Music Pioneer Chart Awards - Winner - Favorite Singer
• 2004 - Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards - Winner - Outstanding Performance

2005

• 2005 - 5th Chinese Music Media Awards Best Hip Hop artist (winner)

2006

• 2006 - 6th Chinese Music Media Awards Best Hip Hop artist (winner)

2011

• 2011 - Golden Melody Awards - Nominee - Best Music Video - Mr. Sandman

Special Awards

• 2000 - East TOUCH magazine - Sportsman cable female election (nomination)
• 2000 - East TOUCH magazine Best newcomer (winner)
• 2007 - BQ Celebrity Score Awards - Nominee - Best Fashion Artist
• 2007 - Sina "2007 Guangdong Ten Network Entertainment festival" Best Fashion Music Artists (winner)
• 2011 - MTV Super Festival Annual Trend of Most Style Artist Award (winner)

[ Source: Wikipedia ]