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Edison Chen in a still from Final Romance (2001). Photo: Mov3.com
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Happy 38th birthday Edison Chen: highs and lows of the rapper, singer, actor and designer’s career

Canada-born, Hong Kong-raised star pictured with Dark Knight co-star Morgan Freeman, Infernal Affairs co-stars Carina Lau and Shawn Yue, and promoting his clothing line at New York Fashion Week, and more

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Edison Chen Koon-hei has enjoyed many ups – and several downs – during his career as a rapper, singer-songwriter, actor, producer, entrepreneur and fashion designer.

As the Canadian-born, Hong Kong-raised star celebrates his 38th birthday this Sunday, let’s take a trip through his life in these images from the South China Morning Post archives.

Chen at the Metro Radio music awards presentation at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in 2000. Photo: Edward Wong
Chen at a news conference for the film Final Romance in 2001. Photo: Reuters/Kin Cheung
Chen at a news conference in Taipei in October 2001 to promote his new album Ed Is On. Photo: Reuters/Kenny Wu
From left: Chen, Taiwanese actress Elva Hsiao and Shawn Yue promoting Infernal Affairs in Taipei in 2002. Photo: Reuters/Richard Chung
Chen attends actor and pop star Leslie Cheung’s funeral in 2003. Photo: K.Y. Cheung
From left: Anthony Wong, Carina Lau and Chen at the premiere of Infernal Affairs II in 2003. Photo: Dustin Shum
Chen speaks to reporters about his run-in with two youngsters, who punched him in the face in Central, Hong Kong in 2004. Chen didn't press charges against his attackers. Photo: AP/Lo Sai-hung
Chen on stage at the Hong Kong International Trade and Exhibition Centre (now called Kitec) in December 2004. Photo: Lee Wing-sze
Chen during a press conference for the film Initial D in 2005. Photo: Dickson Lee
MC Yan (left) and Chen at the release of their album 69FM Mixtape in 2006. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Chen sets a new Guinness World Record for “the highest commercial bungee jump” by leaping from a height of 233 metres at the Macau Tower, in Macau in 2006.
Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman and Chen during the filming of The Dark Knight in Hong Kong in 2007. Photo: SCMP
Chen faces the media at a press conference after the celebrity sex photos scandal broke in 2008. A computer technician was jailed for stealing more than 1,000 photos from computers Chen sent for repair. The photos were later circulated online. Photo: Oliver Tsang
More than 100 police officers deployed outside the Hong Kong International Trade & Exhibition Centre in Kowloon Bay after Chen’s 2008 press conference. Photo: Oliver Tsang
Chen at a news conference in Singapore for the film Sniper in 2009. Photo: Reuters/Vivek Prakash
Chen crosses the finish line at Victoria Park, Causeway Bay, during the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon in 2012. Photo: Nora Tam
From left: MC Yan, Chen and Chef perform at BLOHK Party in the West Kowloon Cultural District in 2013. Photo: Sam Tsang
Chen and designer/entrepreneur Kevin Poon (co-founders of the fashion label Clot) at New York Fashion Week 2018.
Chen with his Chinese-born supermodel wife Qin Shupei and baby Alaia in Hawaii. Photo: courtesy @Shupeicute/Instagram
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