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
- Saturday Night Live (1975)
- Oz (1997)
- The School of Rock (2003)
- Shanghai Knights (2003)
- Red Corner (1997)
- Kundun (1997)
- Man of the Century (1999)
- Iceberg (2013)
- Baober in Love (2004)
- Four Rivers Six Ranges: The Untold Story of Tibet (2026)
- Lift to Hell (2013)
- In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese (1998)
- Waiting in Beijing (2008)