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).
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Die Hard
as Uli
1988
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
as Genghis Khan
1989
Escape from L.A.
as Hershe Gang Member
1996
Double Dragon
as Lewis
1994
The Shadow
as Tibetan Driver
1994
Forbidden Warrior
as Yang Sze
2004
Hard Hunted
as Raven
1992
Death Warrant
as Bruce
1990
Savage Beach
as Fu
1989
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Uli in Die Hard (archive footage)
2004
Going Ape!
as Circus Performer (uncredited)
1981
Protocol
as Cook
1984
Twilight Zone: The Movie
as Vietnamese
1983
Time Flies When You Are Having Fun! A Look Back at a Most "Excellent Adventure"
as Self
2020
Awesome Asian Bad Guys
as Al
2014
Cage
as Tiger Joe
1989
Broken Angel
as Handcuffed Gang Leader (uncredited)
1988
Henchman: The Al Leong Story
as Self
2018
Running Scared
as Henchman (uncredited)
1986
Big Trouble in Little China
as Wing Kong Hatchet Man
1986
TV Appearances
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "The Misfortune Cookie")
1985
Deadwood
as Laundryman
2004
Hunter
as Chang Men #2 (uncredited)
1984
The A-Team
as Quyet Thug
1983
T. J. Hooker
as Nabutsu Hood #1 / Martial Arts Instructor
1982
That '70s Show
as Ninja Warrior
1998
Renegade
as The Yakuza Boss
1992
MacGyver
as Wayne
1985
T. J. Hooker
as Martial Arts Instructor
1982
Magnum, P.I.
as Bodyguard
1980
Vanishing Son
as Triad Lieutenant #1
1994
24
as Neill Choi
2001