Sun Limin is a National Second Class Actor and a member of the National Drama Federation of China. He joined the Guangdong Provincial Theatre in 1977 and played over 30 productions and over a hundred movies and drama series. He was awarded the Second Class Award of both the Guangdong International Festival of Drama for his work of Hei Foo in Mansion of Desire and the Guangdong Province Theatre Festival for his work of Chin Tien Bao in Police Alarm.

Since joining the HKRep in 1998, Sun played in The Imaginary Invalid, Now You See It; Now You Don't, Peer Gynt, Small Ripples in a Dead Pool, De Ling and Empress Dowager Ci Xi, Grand Opening of a Medical Clinic, The Naked Eyes, Oedipus the King, Let Me Love Once, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Crucible, Secret of Resurrection, A Dream Like a Dream, Love In a Fallen City, Formula of a Thunderstorm, The Eccentricities of a Nightingale, Haunted, Haunted Little Star, Departure 00:00, Sweet & Sour Hong Kong, A Small Family Business, Peach Blossom Fan, The Gin Game, (Rep 2 Series) Rose & Ham and Peter Pan.