Chinese name 林更新 Name Lin Gengxin Pinyin Role Actor | Occupation Actor Years active 2009 - present | |
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Nominations Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer Movies and TV shows Scarlet Heart, My Old Classmate, The Taking of Tiger Mountain, Black & White: The Dawn of J, Young Detective Dee: Rise Similar People Tsui Hark, Tsai Yueh Hsun, Yuan Hong, Derek Yee, Chen Kuo‑Fu | ||
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Lin Gengxin (Chinese: 林更新, born 13 February 1988), also known by his English name Kenny Lin, is a Chinese actor. Lin rose to fame for his role in Scarlet Heart (2011), and since then has starred in several #1 box office hits such as Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013), My Old Classmate (2014), The Taking of Tiger Mountain (2014) and Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back (2017).
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- bts princess agents lin gengxin and zhao liying fighting for pork
- Biography
- 20112013 Rising popularity
- 2014present Commercial success
- Discography
- Filmography
- References
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Biography
Lin Gengxin enrolled in the Shanghai Theatre Academy in 2007. During his college years, Lin appeared in low-budget films, television shows, short films and advertisements.
2011–2013: Rising popularity
Lin rose to fame with the 2011 hit drama Scarlet Heart, playing the role of 14th Prince Yinti. He then co-starred in xianxia drama Xuan-Yuan Sword: Scar of Sky (2012), which was extremely popular during its run and garnered 2 billion views online. Lin successfully made his crossover to film with his role in Tsui Hark's Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013). He was nominated for the Best New Actor award at the 33rd Hong Kong Film Awards.
2014–present: Commercial success
In 2014, Lin starred in youth romance film My Old Classmate with Zhou Dongyu. The film broke 4 million admissions in 3 days, and won the Jury Prize at the 21st Beijing College Student Film Festival. The same year, he starred in crime action film Black & White: The Dawn of Justice; and reunited with Tsui Hark in the period action film The Taking of Tiger Mountain. The Taking of Tiger Mountain was a success, becoming one of the highest-grossing films of all time in China with US$150 million.
In 2015, Lin was cast in Chinese historical drama God of War, Zhao Yun, based on the Chinese novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. He plays General Zhao Yun, who falls in love with a girl named Xiahou Qingyi (played by Girls' Generation's Im Yoona). The drama premiered in April 2016, and reached viewership ratings as high as 2%, and recorded more than 10 billion hits through various Chinese online videos sites. The same year, Lin headlined action comedy For a Few Bullets and martial arts film Sword Master. He also featured in Zhang Yimou's historical epic, The Great Wall.
In 2017, Lin starred in Stephen Chow's Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back, playing Sun Wukong. The film grossed $239.5 million, becoming the highest grossing film among the Journey to the West novel adaptations. The same year, he starred in historical action series Princess Agents.