
Robert Lin
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.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 0.042 |
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Place of Birth | Beijing, China |
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1998

In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese
6.5/2
In Search of Kundun, a “making-of” documentary that is so much more, follows Scorsese as he plans his epic film and shoots in Morocco, and continues o...
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In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese

2003

School of Rock
7.081/5724
Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a priva...
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School of Rock

2025

Four Rivers Six Ranges: The Untold Story of Tibet
0/0
4 Rivers 6 Ranges is based on the book “Flight at the Cuckoos Behest” by Dorjee Wangdi Dewatshang
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Four Rivers Six Ranges: The Untold Story of Tibet

1997

Kundun
6.8/456
The Tibetans refer to the Dalai Lama as 'Kundun', which means 'The Presence'. He was forced to escape from his native home, Tibet, when communist Chin...
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Kundun

1997

Red Corner
6.324/367
An American attorney on business in China, ends up wrongfully on trial for murder and his only key to innocence is a female defense lawyer from the co...
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Red Corner

2004

Baober in Love
5.6/7
Liu Zhi, a young man, depressed and trapped in a loveless marriage with a dominating girl, meets Baober (an ageless young girl) on a Beijing street on...
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Baober in Love

1999

Man of the Century
6.4/8
Fantasy-comedy about a young man who lives as if it is 1928 or so, and his encounters with modern-day women and modern-day criminals.
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Man of the Century

2003

Green Card Fever
4/1
The story of a young immigrant from India (Dasu) who overstays his US visa. As he is forced to make decisions about whom to trust, he naively relies o...
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Green Card Fever

2013

Lift to Hell
4/3
A killing spree takes place in a northern China's hospital, an old elevator goes to the 18th floor - underground.
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Lift to Hell

2008

Waiting in Beijing
0/0
American George and Iraqi Nadia fall in love in Paris, but as the Iraq War threatens to erupt, the two are separated. When Nadia doesn't show up for a...
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Waiting in Beijing

2003

Shanghai Knights
6.1/2284
When a Chinese rebel murders Chon's estranged father and escapes to England, Chon and Roy make their way to London with revenge on their minds.
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Shanghai Knights

2013

Iceberg
1/1
Nova, a twenty-two year old drummer in a Beijing rock band, is going to America and falling in love for the first time.
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