Trivia

Raised in Taiwan and in the United States.

Has one elder sister and one younger sister.

Favorite actors are Al Pacino, Francis Ng, Sean Penn, Bruce Lee, Morgan Freeman.

He is referred to as Lien Kai in Taiwan, Lin Hoi in Cantonese and Lian Kai in Mandarin.

Together with Daniel Wu, Terence Yin and Conroy Chi-Chung Chan, created the Hong Kong boy band Alive. The band was created as a vehicle to make the film Sei dai tinwong (2006) (aka The Heavenly Kings), a mockumentary about the Hong Kong entertainment industry based on their experience.

Posed for renowned Singaporean photographer Leslie Kee for Kee's 2006 charity photo-book "Super Stars", dedicated to the victims of the 2004 Asian tsunami disaster, which consist of photographs (mostly erotic) of 300 Asian celebrities by Kee.

Originally worked as a special effects costume makeup artist in the United States before coming to Hong Kong in 1996.

(February 22, 2007) His performance in the mockumentary Sei dai tinwong (2006) (aka The Heavenly Kings) earned him the LoveHKFilm Award for "Most Underrated Performance", as part of the 2006 LoveHKFilm Awards.