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Andrew Lin Hoi
Born	(1969-08-07) 7 August 1969 Taiwan
Education	California State University, Long Beach
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1996–present
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	連凱
Simplified Chinese	连凯
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lián Kǎi Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Lin4 Hoi2 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Liân Khái
Musical career
Also known as	Andrew Lien Kai

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lin.

Andrew Lin Hoi (Chinese: 連凱; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Liân Khái) is a Hong Kong–based Taiwanese actor and visual artist. Originally working as a special effects makeup artist in the United States, he went to Hong Kong in 1996 where he started his acting career.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Kid Vs the Cop (天生絕配)
1998	God.com (邪教檔案末日風暴)	the Pope
1998	Woman Soup (女湯)
1998	The Blacksheep Affair (碧血藍天)	Keizo Mishima
1999	Sunshine Cops (陽光警察)	terrorist leader
1999	The Golden Nightmare (黃金惡夢)	Shoichi Okawa
1999	The Accident (心猿意馬)	Philip
2000	Redgrass Sand (紅草灘之刀神)	Commander Dor
2000	2000 AD (公元2000)	Kelvin Wong
2000	Love Paradox (愛情敏感地帶)	Denver
2000	The Vampire Combat (極速殭屍)	Hsu Yao-tu
2000	Love Au Zen (愛情觀自在)	Lam Man-cheng
2001	My Heart Will Go On (不死心靈)
2001	Every Dog Has His Date (完美情人)	Mr. Lin
2002	Naked Weapon (赤裸特工)	Ryuichi
2003	Infernal Affairs II (無間道II)	Ngai Wing-chung
2003	Killing the Wife (殺妻)
2003	Danger Zone (新紮師姐之不安全地帶)	Tao Kar-chun
2004	New Police Story (新警察故事)	Hoi
2004	PTU File: Death Trap (PTU女警之偶然陷阱)	Ng Ka-ho
2004	Forever Yours (浪漫春情)	Mike Leung
2005	Drink, Drank, Drunk (千杯不醉)	Chef Hoi
2005	Wife from Hell (妻骨未寒)	Ken Kwan Chi-yin
2006	McDull, the Alumni (春田花花同學會)	hostage taker
2006	The Heavenly Kings (四大天王)	Andrew Lin (himself)
2006	21BJ (21點殺陣)
2006	Rob-B-Hood (寶貝計劃)	Calvin
2007	Fearless (愛裏沒有懼怕之恐懼森林)	Jack
2007	Single Blog (單身部落)	Hoi
2007	Mr. Cinema (老港正傳)	Chow Kai-chun
2007	Chaos (三不管)	Cheung Tai-hoi
2008	The Coffin	Jack
2010	Triple Tap (槍王之王)	Billy Tsui & Warren Tsui
2011	The Founding of a Party (建黨偉業)	Zhou Zuoren
2011	A Beautiful Life (不再讓你孤單)	Andrew
2012	The Man with the Iron Fists	Gemini Male
2012	Hsue-shen Tsien (錢學森)	Luo Youlai
2013	Piano Trojan
2013	Love Again
2013	Carpooling Shock
2014	Ameera
2014	Ex Fighting
2015	The Man with the Iron Fists 2	Gemini Male
2015	War on a String
2015	To the Fore
2016	Inside or Outside
2018	Untraceable
2018	Really?
2018	The Bravest Escort Group
2018	Bad Boy Symphony
2019	Belgrade Escape
2019	Great Marshal Canopy

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Sons and Daughters of China (中華兒女)
1997	The Immortal Fugitive (亡命天涯)
1997	Happy Monk (開心出家人)	Ti Wei
1999	Maid In Green (綠衣紅娘)	Xie Zhongliang
2000	Under Cover (掃冰者)
2001	Legendary Fighter: Yang's Heroine (楊門女將之女兒當自強)	Yang An
2002	Moon Fairy (奔月)	He Bo
2002	Quest (雪花女神龍)
2004	ICAC Investigators 2004 (廉政行動2004)
2004	The Last Breakthrough (天涯俠醫)	Ho Ching
2006	My Boss My Hero (マイ★ボス マイ★ヒーロー)	Hong Kong gangster
2007	The Fairies of Liaozhai (聊齋奇女子)	Master Qian
2018	Negotiator (TV series) (谈判官)	Qi Ruhai

External links

• Andrew Lin at IMDb
• Andrew Lin at the Hong Kong Movie Database
• Blog on Alivenotdead.com
• Andrew Lin on Weibo (in Chinese)