Sahal Zaman

Biography

Sahal Zaman (Lin Nuo / 林諾) is a Pakistani-Hong Kong actor, born in Pakistan on September 13, 2011, and immigrated to Hong Kong with his father at age four. He attended Chung Wai Hok Tong School and won an Excellence Award in the 8th Hong Kong-wide Mathematics Cup Challenge. He was discovered by a film crew while playing and studying at the LINK Centre for Ethnic Minorities in Kwai Chung, where they sought children fluent in Cantonese and Urdu. He was selected from twelve children who underwent intensive theatre training for the role of Hassan (also known as Mo Qingchun). He participated in filming the movie "The Sunny Side of the Street" for fifteen days, acting alongside veteran actor Anthony Wong, who coached him on performance techniques. With this film, he became the first South Asian actor to be nominated for Best New Performer at the 59th Golden Horse Awards and to win Best New Performer at the 41st Hong Kong Film Awards. He also won the Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild Best New Performer Award for 2022 and the first HIGHLIGHT Best New Performer Award from Hong Kong online film critics. He attended the 59th Golden Horse Awards ceremony in 2022, and Anthony Wong brought him on stage when Wong won Best Actor, allowing him to experience the awards ceremony atmosphere.