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Al Leong

Actor

Al Leong

Born September 30, 1952 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA50 films

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).

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Die Hard posterFirst watchDie Hard19887.8as UliHigh above the city of L.A. a team of terrorists has seized a building, taken hostages, and declared war. One man has manages to escape... An off-duty cop hiding somewhere inside.View film

Essential films

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Lethal Weapon poster7.3Lethal Weapon1987They Live poster7.3They Live1988Big Trouble in Little China poster7.2Big Trouble in Little China1986Lethal Weapon 4 poster6.6Lethal Weapon 41998Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure poster6.8Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure1989Last Action Hero poster6.5Last Action Hero1993Hot Shots! Part Deux poster6.5Hot Shots! Part Deux1993Godzilla poster5.7Godzilla1998

Filmography

50 films as actor
  1. TBAThe GatheringAl
  2. 2020Death by MidnightOsho
  3. 2014Awesome Asian Bad GuysAl
  4. 2005Confessions of an Action StarEvil Doctor
  5. 2004Forbidden WarriorYang Sze
  6. 2003DaredevilBar Thug (uncredited)
  7. 2002The Scorpion KingAsian Training Master
  8. 2001The GhostWu's Thug No. 2
  9. 1998Lethal Weapon 4Wah Sing Ku Triad Member (uncredited)
  10. 1998GodzillaJapanese Fishing Boat Crewman
  11. 1998The Replacement KillersTerence Wei Gunman (uncredited)
  12. 1996Escape from L.A.Hershe Gang Member
  13. 1994Double DragonLewis
  14. 1994Vanishing Son IIITriad Lieutenant #1
  15. 1994The ShadowTibetan Driver
  16. 1994Beverly Hills Cop IIICar Mechanic (uncredited)
  17. 1994Deadly TargetGuard
  18. 1993Martial OutlawAsian Thug Robber
  19. 1993Fit to KillRaven (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
  20. 1993Last Action HeroVivaldi Gunmen (uncredited)
  21. 1993Hot Shots! Part DeuxKick Boxing Fight Crowd Member (uncredited)
  22. 1993Joshua TreeChinese Gunman #9
  23. 1992Hard HuntedRaven
  24. 1992Rapid FireMinh
  25. 1992Raven: Return of the Black DragonsBlack Dragon Henchman
  26. 1991Showdown in Little TokyoYoshida's Man (uncredited)
  27. 1991The Perfect WeaponMan in Croc-Pit Bar
  28. 1990AftershockFighter (uncredited)
  29. 1990Death WarrantBruce
  30. 1990Dark AngelLuggage Salesman
  31. 1989Savage BeachFu
  32. 1989Black RainSato's Yakuza Assassin
  33. 1989CageTiger Joe
  34. 1989Bill & Ted's Excellent AdventureGenghis Khan
  35. 1988They LiveAsian Revolutionary (uncredited)
  36. 1988Die HardUli
  37. 1988Broken AngelHandcuffed Gang Leader (uncredited)
  38. 1988Action JacksonDellaplane's Chauffeur
  39. 1988She's Having a BabyPhotographer
  40. 1987Steele JusticeLong Hair
  41. 1987Lethal WeaponEndo
  42. 1986Running ScaredHenchman (uncredited)
  43. 1986Big Trouble in Little ChinaWing Kong Hatchet Man
  44. 1986Big TroubleChinese Laborer #2
  45. 1985Year of the DragonBodyguard
  46. 1985My Science ProjectVietnamese Soldier (uncredited)
  47. 1984ProtocolCook
  48. 1983Off the WallMt. Joy Cheerleader
  49. 1983Twilight Zone: The MovieVietnamese
  50. 1981Going Ape!Circus Performer (uncredited)