Robert Lin

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Robert Lin

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Lift to Hell
1h 27m
Movie 2013

Lift to Hell

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

Iceberg
0h 13m
Movie 2013

Iceberg

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

Waiting in Beijing
Movie 2008

Waiting in Beijing

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 planned meeting at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, George is left waiting. Soon, Judy, a spirited Chinese national, begins helping George search for Nadia in this lush, sweeping drama based on actual events.

Green Card Fever
Movie 2003

Green Card Fever

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 on his new found friends in his land of dreams, and a comical and poignant sequence of adventures ensue.

Shanghai Knights
1h 55m
Movie 2003

Shanghai Knights

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.

Man of the Century
1h 20m
Movie 1999

Man of the Century

If ever a man seems lost in time, it would be Johnny Twennies, a newspaper writer who talks, walks and fights like he stepped out of the Jazz Age. When a pack of thugs threaten his life unless he plants a fake news story, Johnny proves he's got plenty of moxie -- and that some ideas, like chivalry and justice, never go out of style.

In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese
1h 25m
Movie 1998

In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese

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 on to an audience with the Dalai Lama himself in the foothills of the Himalayas. Edited from over a hundred hours of footage, the documentary captures Scorsese’s fervor as a filmmaker and a man, the modest yet charismatic Dalai Lama, and the plight of the exiled Tibetans. -Denver Film Society

Kundun
2h 14m
Movie 1997

Kundun

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 China invaded and enforced an oppressive regime upon the peaceful nation. The Dalai Lama escaped to India in 1959 and has been living in exile in Dharamsala ever since.

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.

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