Edmund Chen Biography

Edmund Chen was born on 4 February 1961 is a Mediacorp actor and artist. He began his career in 1987 and rose to become one of Singapore’s most prominent and popular actors during the 1990s and early 2000s before leaving the industry in 2007 to pursue his passion for art. Since then he has also established himself as an artist and children’s book illustrator.

Chen married fellow MediaCorp actress Xiang Yun in 1989 after meeting on the set of Patrol and they have two children. Their son Yixi made his acting debut in the web drama series i.Rock in early 2012. Chen is the eldest of three children. His younger sister is theatre director and entrepreneur Loretta Chen.

Edmund Chen Daughter

Edmond Chen is father to Chen Yixin.

Edmund Chen Son

Edmond is also father to his son, Chen Yixi.

Edmund Chen Age

Edmund Chen was born on 4 February 1961. He is 57 years old as of 2018.

Edmund Chen Career

Chen entered the entertainment industry after completing the SBC (predecessor of MediaCorp) 7th drama training course in 1987. He starred in several high-profile dramas such as sci-fi drama series Star Maiden, Air Force and police thriller Patrol, where he first met and later married co-star Xiang Yun. During the late 1990s he temporarily left showbiz for several years to concentrate on other projects.

After returning to MediaCorp his popularity soared and he won the Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes award seven consecutive times. During the Star Awards 2007 25th anniversary special, he and Ivy Lee, who played his on-screen partner many times, were named the Top 5 Favourite On-screen Couples for their roles as husband and wife in Double Happiness. He 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. Besides acting, he has also presented and hosted shows ranging from sports events to variety shows to charity galas.

Chen is one of the few Singaporeans to have successfully ventured into Hollywood and has starred in a film produced by Warner Brothers (Turn Left, Turn Right), as well as more recently in Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li distributed by Fox Pictures, as Xiang, father of Chun Li.

Chen directed his first feature film Echoing Love (爱情六重奏), 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. It was screened at the 24th Singapore International Film Festival in 2011, where it won a Special Achievement Award at the Silver Screen Awards.

Other work
Chen left the entertainment industry in 2007 due to that he was not nominated for Top 10 Most Popular Male Artist and he began writing and illustrating Chinese language children’s books. Two of his titles Dino Rulez! (欢迎来到我们的世界) and Little Otters To The Rescue! (水獭宝宝救爸爸) have been selected by the National Arts Council for its yearly catalogue. He designs stationery, stamp and T-shirts, which are sold through Panda Goods online store.

Endorsements
Chen functions as a brand ambassador and spokesman for many firms and products, including Beijing 101 Hair Consultants (www.beijing101hair.com), Mitsubishi Electric, Chien Chi Tow, G- Spa, Donut Empire and KKC Property in Singapore and throughout the Asian region.

Edmund Chen During a session

Edmund Chen And Xiang Yun

We should all be familiar with Edmund Chen and Xiang Yun, the celebrity couple that firstly does not age, and secondly has been our favourite couple since we were born. In fact, some of us weren’t even born when they got married! Other than the fact that they look like 45 when they’re 54, do you know that they’ve got a pretty interesting love story to tell? No, it’s not as dramatic or melodramatic as the ones in Channel 8 drama, but at least it’s interesting enough to be written here.

So, basically, long before you were born, in 1989 (okay, maybe some of you were already born or might be older than them lah), Edmund Chen was then a relatively new actor after completing his acting training in the then SBC drama training course about two years back.

Xiang Yun had already risen to fame with her 1984 blockbuster drama series The Awakening. Edmund met Xiang Yun in the 1989 铁警雄风, a drama about police, in particular, traffic police. Initially, Xiang Yun saw the then newbie Edmund as someone who was always plugged into his Walkman. They finally dated, and guess what happened? Within three months, they got married.

Yeah. Three months. According to Xiang Yun herself, what happened was that she was then already 29—and she “really wanted to get married”. Edmund hasn’t revealed much, but Edmund apparently was the person who suggested marrying after a few months. Xiang Yun was then still in the honeymoon stage, with her heart beating faster when she was with him.

As it became sort of a big “media circus” when reporters found out about it, as celebrities getting married to each other was unheard of then, they went on with it. After that, they realised they had some differences, and read this well: they settled their differences and made it work. I don’t know about you, but that itself is something commendable. So next time, if someone says that you get married too early, you know what to do!

Edmund Chen Paint

Former MediaCorp artiste Edmund Chen is now a record holder for creating the world’s longest drawing by an individual; he single-handedly completed a drawing that is 601.255 metres long at event partner ITE College East, exceeding the previous Guinness World Records’ record of 411 metres held by a Mexican artist, according to the World Record Academy.

Edmund Chen Drawing

Edmund Chen Filmography

Films

TV series

Edmund Chen Awards and nominations

Star Awards – Popularity Awards

Edmund Chen Twitter

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Edmund Chen Instagram

Edmund Chen News

Actor Edmund Chen shares how he became a cybercrime victim.

Updated on; 12 July 2018.

Local actor Edmund Chen revealed on Wednesday (11 July) how his life was thrown into chaos recently when he became a cybercrime victim. Speaking at a cyber security event, Chen told the audience his troubles began after he divulged his password to a stranger online who claimed to know personal details about him and his family.

“My friends started receiving emails from ‘me’ stating that I was in trouble overseas and requesting money. It was shocking to see the interconnectivity between our online information and daily activities and how it makes us vulnerable to cyber crime,” Chen said.

“Cyber crime is not a generation-specific issue. It is real and can target you at any point of your life,” he added.

Chen was not the only one in his family to have faced issues online – his daughter was cyberbullied by some of her close friends in secondary school.

“As a parent, I was saddened and shocked that this had occurred. During that period, my daughter refused to go to school and even became sceptical of relationships,” the 57-year-old said.

The event highlighted the 2017 Norton Cyber Security Insights Report, where findings showed one in two Singaporeans have identified themselves as cyber victims, with most victims being millennials. Chen is partnering Norton Singapore to raise awareness on the habits and downsides of Singaporeans’ online behaviour.

Source; https://sg.news.yahoo.com