1. Edison Chen Koon-hei is a Canadian-born Hong Kong actor, singer, rapper, fashion designer and entrepreneur.
30 Facts About Edison Chen
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In 1999, at the age of 19, Chen was scouted to shoot a credit card commercial with Leon Lai.
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Edison Chen's father is Edward Edison Chen, a Hong Kong entertainment industry mogul famously known as "Ninth Brother".
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Edison Chen is of Shanghai ancestry on his father's side.
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Edison Chen is fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin, which he primarily records music in.
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Edison Chen speaks conversational Japanese as a result of his early training to be a Hong Kong idol, and he knows some basic Khmer since he learnt it when portraying a Cambodian assassin in the 2006 Hong Kong movie Dog Bite Dog.
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Edison Chen was first featured in Leon Lai's Citibank commercial.
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Edison Chen made his Hong Kong film debut in the film Gen-Y Cops in 2000.
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Edison Chen starred in many popular films including Infernal Affairs, Infernal Affairs II, Initial D, and Dog Bite Dog.
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Edison Chen was offered a small role in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift but he declined.
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Edison Chen 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.
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Edison Chen made his comeback in an Asian-American film called Almost Perfect.
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In 2000, at the age of 20, Edison Chen landed a record deal with Emperor Entertainment Group.
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Edison Chen mentioned the difficulty of fitting in Hong Kong, where Cantopop dominates, but said that hip hop has a great potential.
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Edison Chen is featured on M-Flo's album, Cosmicolor, on the track "LOVE ME, HATE THE GAME" with Chen, Thaitanium and Ryohei Yamamoto.
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Edison Chen has collaborated with many big clothing companies, such as Adidas, Nike, A Bathing Ape, Subcrew and Disney.
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Edison Chen has been a supporter for the gay and lesbian community in Hong Kong, including being voted as an icon in 2001.
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Edison Chen provided English and Cantonese voice work as a Sun On Yee triad member named Jackie Ma, a major character in the 2012 open world action-adventure video game Sleeping Dogs.
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Edison Chen eventually caught up to the two individuals as they were trying to board a bus.
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Edison Chen declined to press charges and the two individuals were released.
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Edison Chen drove to his home after midnight 9 March 2007.
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The taxi driver then signaled Edison Chen to move away so he could pull out, clearing the way for Edison Chen to enter.
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Edison Chen proceeded to have an argument with the taxi driver.
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Edison Chen was fined; the taxi company was granted HK$4,700 in compensation for the damage inflicted to the car.
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Edison Chen was never accused of uploading the photos himself and a computer technician was later sentenced for accessing Edison Chen's computer during a repair.
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Edison 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.
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Three years later, Edison Chen was involved in another photo scandal, this time with a 16-year-old Hong Kong model Cammi Tse.
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From 2006 to May 2011, Edison Chen was in a relationship with Vincy Yeung, the daughter of Hong Kong tycoon Ricky Yeung Chiu Sing and niece of Albert Yeung, the chairman of Emperor Group under which Edison Chen was signed.
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In 2011, Edison Chen briefly dated 16-year-old Cammi Tse, a member of the modeling group Fantasy.
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In 2015, Edison Chen began dating Chinese model and actress Qin Shupei.