Andi Lim earns first Golden Horse nomination for We Are All Strangers after nearly 3 decades in showbusiness

The 53-year-old actor, who has mostly played supporting and cameo roles in local television dramas, made his feature-film leading debut as a hawker in Anthony Chen's latest film.

Andi Lim earns a Golden Horse nomination for his first leading film role in We Are All Strangers. (Photo: We Are All Strangers, Instagram/@weareallstrangersfilm)

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After almost three decades in showbiz, it seems local actor Andi Lim has received his biggest nod yet.

It was announced on Oct 1 that the 53-year-old had been nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the upcoming 63rd Golden Horse Awards.

Lim was nominated for playing Lim Boon Kiat, a hawker, in Singaporean director Anthony Chen's new film, We Are All Strangers.

He will be up against Hong Kong's Anson Kong (We're Nothing At All) and Tenky Tin (Double Happiness), as well as Taiwan's Berant Zhu (Kung Fu), and Akira Huang for Arrested Memory.

The family film's leading lady, Yeo Yann Yann, has also been nominated for Best Leading Actress, while the film itself received a total of seven nominations – including Best Director, Best Narrative Feature, Best Makeup & Costume Design, Best Original Film Score and Best Film Editing.

The awards show will be held on Nov 22, 2026, at the Taipei Music Center.

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Lim began acting in 1998 after placing second runner-up in the men's category of Star Search 1997. He was from the same batch that brought Yvonne Lim, Florence Tan, Vincent Ng and Evelyn Tan into showbiz.

Since then, Lim has mostly played supporting and cameo roles in local series, including Yin Zhiping in Return Of The Condor Heroes (1998), Cai Qingyang in Hainan Kopi Tales (2000), Mingjie in If Tomorrow Comes (2024) and Yes Captain! (2026).

His role as Boon Kiat in We Are All Strangers marks Lim's first-ever leading role.

In a previous interview with Singapore media AsiaOne, Lim shared that he landed the role largely thanks to Mediacorp actress Hong Huifang, who was his acting teacher during Star Search 1997.

At the time, the casting director for We Are All Strangers, who was also the casting director for Huifang's 2022 movie Ajoomma, got Lim's number from the actress.

Lim recalled being told that Boon Kiat is a hawker who "doesn't have to be good-looking", which gave him the confidence to audition for the role.

"If they are looking for someone good-looking, I wouldn't even go for the casting call because I have tried so many," he said.

The humble actor explained that he thinks he doesn't look good on screen, but looks like "someone who had very good life experiences" because of his "haggard looks".

Guess we can say he was made for this role?

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这位 53 岁的演员此前大多在本地电视剧中出演配角和客串角色，此次在陈秋生的最新电影中首次担任主角，饰演一名小贩。

林安迪凭借在电影《我们都是陌生人》中的首次主演角色，获得金马奖提名。（图片：《我们都是陌生人》，Instagram/@weareallstrangersfilm）

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在演艺圈摸爬滚打了近三十年后，本地演员林安迪似乎终于获得了迄今为止最大的认可。

10月1日宣布，这位53岁的演员获得了即将举行的第63届金马奖最佳男配角提名。

林俊杰凭借在新加坡导演陈秋生的新电影《我们都是陌生人》中饰演小贩林文杰一角获得提名。

他将与香港的江安生（《我们什么都不是》）和田天基（《双喜》），以及台湾的朱伯兰（《功夫》）和黄明（《记忆被阻隔》）展开角逐。

这部家庭电影的女主角杨雁雁也获得了最佳女主角提名，而这部电影本身则获得了七项提名——包括最佳导演、最佳叙事长片、最佳化妆与服装设计、最佳原创电影配乐和最佳电影剪辑。

颁奖典礼将于2026年11月22日在台北音乐中心举行。

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林俊彦在1997年《才华横溢》男选手组中获得季军后，于1998年开始演艺生涯。他与林慧玲、陈慧玲、吴志强和陈慧玲同属一个时期进入演艺圈。

此后，林俊杰主要在本地电视剧中担任配角和客串角色，包括《神雕侠侣》（1998 年）中的尹志平、《海南咖啡传奇》（2000 年）中的蔡青阳、《如果明天来了》（2024 年）中的明杰以及《是，船长！》（2026 年）。

他在《我们都是陌生人》中饰演的 Boon Kiat 一角，是林志强首次担任主角。

林在之前接受新加坡媒体AsiaOne采访时透露，他能获得这个角色很大程度上要归功于新传媒女演员洪慧芳，洪慧芳是他在1997年参加《才华横溢》节目时的表演老师。

当时，《我们都是陌生人》的选角导演（同时也是慧芳 2022 年电影《阿祖玛》的选角导演）从这位女演员那里得到了林的电话号码。

林回忆说，有人告诉他，文杰是一个“不必长得好看”的小贩，这给了他信心去试镜这个角色。

“如果他们要找的是长相漂亮的人，那我连试镜都不会去，因为我已经参加过太多次了，”他说。

这位谦逊的演员解释说，他觉得自己上镜不好看，但因为他“憔悴的外表”，看起来就像“经历过非常丰富人生的人”。

或许我们可以说他天生适合这个角色？

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