ROBERT LIN

ROBERT LIN is a Chinese-American actor/writer/filmmaker based in New York and Asia. 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 films and TV credits include Green Card Fever, The President Show, Man of the Century, Lift to Hell, The Nightingale of Tibet, Iceberg, Front Cover and the upcoming Four Rivers Six Ranges, for which he co-starred as General Tan.

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Coming off a solid theater background, Robert’s New York stage credits include a widely acclaimed performance in Ishmael Reed’s The Preacher & Rapper at Nuyorican Poets Café, Zhang Boils the Ocean at Rockefeller Center’s Taipei Theater, and Tadpoletigermosquitos at Mulligan’s in Soho’s Ohio Theater, to name a few.

 

In July 2014, Robert has premiered A Night with MAO in Kathmandu, Nepal, a new play that he starred in as well as conceived and wrote. His performance has won both audience applause and critical acclaim. Since then his play has also been staged in India and Uganda.

 

Having studied acting and directing with Professor Richard Schechner and Ms. Sande Shurin, both leading figures in American theater education and actor training programs, Mr. Lin has been sharing his professional knowledge in many settings. Besides training actors for Chinese film productions, he has offered intensive training programs for both Indian and Sri Lankan actors, as well as conducted successful acting workshops recently in both Kampala and Kathmandu.

 

Mr. Lin is a member of SAG/AFTRA and is represented by agents both in New York and Asia. He holds a master's degree in performing art from New York University.