Edmund Chen was born on 4 February 1961 and is a Singaporean actor and artist.
10 Facts About Edmund Chen
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Edmund Chen began his career in 1987 and rose to become one of Singapore's most prominent and popular actors during the 1990s and early 2000s.
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Edmund Chen starred in several high-profile dramas such as sci-fi drama series Star Maiden, Air Force and police thriller Patrol, where he met and later married co-star Xiang Yun.
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Edmund Chen left MediaCorp at the end of 2007 for family reasons but made a brief return to the screens as a guest star in Channel 5 comedy Calefare and the second season of Channel U production Perfect Cut.
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In 2003, Edmund Chen acted in a Hong Kong film, Turn Left, Turn Right as Dr Hu, and in 2008, acted as the father of Chun-Li in Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li.
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Edmund Chen directed his first feature film Echoing Love, which consists of six shorts directed by six different people and the cast includes Erica Lee, Alaric Tay, Vincent Ng, Nathaniel Ho and his wife Xiang Yun.
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Edmund Chen worked as a brand ambassador and spokesman for many firms and products, including Beijing 101 Hair Consultants, Mitsubishi Electric, Chien Chi Tow, G- Spa, Donut Empire and KKC Property in Singapore and throughout the Asian region.
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Edmund Chen left the entertainment industry in 2007 and he began writing and illustrating Chinese language children's books.
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In 2014, Edmund Chen was voted Best Author for New Children's Books in Southeast Asia for his picture book Little Otters To The Rescue.
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Edmund Chen married actress Xiang Yun in 1989 after meeting on the sets of Patrol and they have two children; a daughter Yixin and a son Edmund Chen Xi.