Acting credits
12
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Robert Lin
Acting
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Movies: 11Series: 1
TMDB ID: 1525270
IMDb ID: nm0510947
Known for: Acting
Place of birth: Beijing, China
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1997 - 2025
Years active: 29
Average TMDB rating: 6.88
Wikidata: Q41447508
Biography
ROBERT LIN is a Chinese-American actor/writer/filmmaker based in New York and Beijing. His major film acting credits include the starring role as Chairman Mao in Martin Scorsese directed Tibetan epic Kundun, which was nominated for four Academy Awards. He was also featured in 2003’s smash hit School of Rock (Paramount Pictures) with Jack Black, and appeared in Red Corner (MGM) with Richard Gere. Other film credits include Green Card Fever, Man of the Century, Lift to Hell, The Nightingale of Tibet, Iceberg and just releasedFront Cover, an American comedy.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Robert Lin.
Four Rivers Six Ranges: The Untold Story of Tibet
2025 Movie
4.0
Lift to Hell
as Dr. Zhang Tiankai
2013 Movie
1.0
Iceberg
2013 Movie
Waiting in Beijing
as Dr. Zheng
2008 Movie
5.1
Baober in Love
as Doctor
2004 Movie
7.1
School of Rock
as Lawrence's Father
2003 Movie
6.1
Shanghai Knights
as Additional ADR Voice (uncredited)
2003 Movie
5.8
Man of the Century
as Chinese Mob Boss
1999 Movie
6.5
In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese
as Self
1998 Movie
6.8
Kundun
as Chairman Mao
1997 Movie
6.3
Red Corner
as Director Liu's Interpreter
1997 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Robert Lin.
