---
name: "Kenneth Lin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kenneth-lin"
fi1m_id: "kenneth-lin"
imdb_id: "nm5940483"
tmdb_id: 1710772
wikidata_id: "Q6390381"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T13:54:09.052048+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Kenneth Lin

## Identity

Kenneth Lin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kenneth-lin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kenneth-lin
- **IMDb ID:** nm5940483
- **TMDB ID:** 1710772
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6390381
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Lin_(playwright), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6390381, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5940483/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1710772

Writer. Born 1 January 1978 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1978, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Lin_(playwright), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6390381, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5940483/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1710772

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Star Trek: Starfleet Academy*](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-starfleet-academy.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Kenneth Lin is an American playwright and screenwriter. He was born in 1978 in the Bronx, New York, and studied at Cornell University and the Yale School of Drama. He is a Fulbright alumnus and has received awards including the Princess Grace Award, the Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition, and the Cole Porter Prize.

Lin began his television career on the Netflix series *House of Cards* (2013–2017), where he worked as a writer, story editor and producer; the series received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Drama Series. His other credits include writing and producing on *Star Trek: Discovery* (2017–2024), *Warrior* (2019), *Sweetbitter* (2018), *Clarice* (2021) and *Star Trek: Starfleet Academy* (2026). He has an overall deal with CBS Television Studios.

His plays, which have been performed internationally, include *Po Boy Tango*, *Kleptocracy* and *Exclusion*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, memory-alpha.fandom.com, deadline.com, kklin.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender* (2026), Fi1m 64, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/avatar-aang-the-last-airbender.md)
- *Star Trek: Starfleet Academy* (2026), Fi1m 76, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-starfleet-academy.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender* (2026), Story — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/avatar-aang-the-last-airbender.md)
- *Star Trek: Starfleet Academy* (2026), series, Writer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-starfleet-academy.md)
- *Clarice* (2021), series, Writer
- *Warrior* (2019), series, Writer
- *Sweetbitter* (2018), series, Writer
- *Star Trek: Discovery* (2017), series, Writer, Executive Producer
- *House of Cards* (2013), series, Writer, Staff Writer, Story Editor, Co-Producer, Supervising Producer

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