Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 30, 1952
Place of Birth:
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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Al Leong
Biography
Asian American actor & stuntman has picked up a cult fan following based around his numerous appearances in high voltage action flicks from the mid-1980s onwards. Al nearly always turns up as a bad guy with his lean muscled physique, incredible agility, amazing martial arts skills, wispy black hair, and Fu-Manchu style mustache!! Best known on-screen as "Endo" torturing 'Mel Gibson' with electric shocks in Lethal Weapon (1987), as "Uli" the chocolate bar stealing terrorist in Die Hard (1988), one of the Wing Kong members in Big Trouble in Little China (1986), as a short Genghis Khan in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989), and as "Minh" the henchman punching on with 'Brandon Lee' in a blazing laundry in the climax of Rapid Fire (1992). Made his directorial debut in 2000 by writing & directing the low budget Daddy Tell Me a Story (2000).
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Time Flies When You Are Having Fun! A Look Back at a Most "Excellent Adventure" | Self |
| 2020 | Death by Midnight | Osho |
| 2019 | In Search of the Last Action Heroes | Himself |
| 2018 | Henchman: The Al Leong Story | Self |
| 2014 | Awesome Asian Bad Guys | Al |
| 2005 | Confessions of an Action Star | Evil Doctor |
| 2004 | Forbidden Warrior | Yang Sze |
| 2004 | Los Angeles Plays Itself | Uli in Die Hard (archive footage) |
| 2003 | Daredevil | Bar Thug (uncredited) |
| 2002 | The Scorpion King | Asian Training Master |
| 2001 | The Ghost | Wu's Thug No. 2 |
| 1998 | The Replacement Killers | Terence Wei Gunman (uncredited) |
| 1998 | Godzilla | Japanese Fishing Boat Crewman |
| 1998 | Lethal Weapon 4 | Wah Sing Ku Triad Member |
| 1997 | Raven: Return of the Black Dragons | Black Dragon Henchman |
| 1996 | Escape from L.A. | Hershe Gang Member |
| 1994 | Double Dragon | Lewis |
| 1994 | The Shadow | Tibetan Driver |
| 1994 | Beverly Hills Cop III | Car Mechanic (uncredited) |
| 1994 | Deadly Target | Guard |
| 1994 | Vanishing Son III | Triad Lieutenant #1 |
| 1993 | Last Action Hero | Vivaldi Gunmen (uncredited) |
| 1993 | Joshua Tree | Chinese Gunman #9 |
| 1993 | Hot Shots! Part Deux | Kick Boxing Fight Crowd Member (uncredited) |
| 1993 | Martial Outlaw | Asian Thug Robber |
| 1993 | Fit to Kill | Raven (uncredited) (archiveFootage) |
| 1992 | Hard Hunted | Raven |
| 1992 | Rapid Fire | Minh |
| 1991 | The Perfect Weapon | Man in Croc-Pit Bar |
| 1991 | Showdown in Little Tokyo | Yoshida's Man (uncredited) |
| 1990 | Death Warrant | Bruce |
| 1990 | Dark Angel | Luggage Salesman |
| 1990 | Aftershock | Fighter (uncredited) |
| 1989 | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure | Genghis Khan |
| 1989 | Savage Beach | Fu |
| 1989 | Cage | Tiger Joe |
| 1989 | Black Rain | Sato's Yakuza Assassin |
| 1988 | Die Hard | Uli |
| 1988 | Broken Angel | Handcuffed Gang Leader (uncredited) |
| 1988 | She's Having a Baby | Photographer |
| 1988 | They Live | Asian Revolutionary (uncredited) |
| 1988 | Action Jackson | Dellaplane's Chauffeur |
| 1987 | Steele Justice | Long Hair |
| 1987 | Lethal Weapon | Endo |
| 1986 | Running Scared | Henchman (uncredited) |
| 1986 | Big Trouble in Little China | Wing Kong Hatchet Man |
| 1986 | Big Trouble | Chinese Laborer #2 |
| 1985 | Year of the Dragon | Bodyguard |
| 1985 | My Science Project | Vietnamese Soldier (uncredited) |
| 1984 | Protocol | Cook |
| 1983 | Twilight Zone: The Movie | Vietnamese |
| 1983 | Off the Wall | Mt. Joy Cheerleader |
| 1981 | Going Ape! | Circus Performer (uncredited) |
| The Gathering | Al |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Deadwood | Laundryman |
| 1998 | That '70s Show | Ninja Warrior |
| 1994 | Vanishing Son | Triad Lieutenant #1 |
| 1992 | Renegade | The Yakuza Boss |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone | (segment "The Misfortune Cookie") |
| 1985 | MacGyver | Wayne |
| 1984 | Hunter | Chang Men #2 (uncredited) |
| 1983 | The A-Team | Quyet Thug |
| 1982 | T. J. Hooker | Nabutsu Hood #1 / Martial Arts Instructor |
| 1982 | T. J. Hooker | Martial Arts Instructor |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. | Bodyguard |