Al Leong
Acting
- Born:
- 1952-09-30
- Place of birth:
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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
Death by Midnight
Time Flies When You Are Having Fun! A Look Back at a Most "Excellent Adventure"
In Search of the Last Action Heroes
Henchman: The Al Leong Story
Awesome Asian Bad Guys
Hostage
Confessions of an Action Star
Deadwood
Forbidden Warrior
Daredevil
The Scorpion King
24
Ghosts of Mars
Planet of the Apes
The Ghost
That '70s Show
Lethal Weapon 4
Godzilla
The Replacement Killers
Escape from L.A.
Mortal Kombat
Deconstructing Sarah
Double Dragon
Vanishing Son III
The Shadow
Beverly Hills Cop III
Vanishing Son
Deadly Target
Martial Outlaw
Fit to Kill
Last Action Hero
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Joshua Tree
Renegade
Hard Hunted
Rapid Fire
Raven: Return of the Black Dragons
Showdown in Little Tokyo
Double Impact
Stone Cold
The Perfect Weapon
Aftershock
Death Warrant
Why Me?
Dark Angel
Savage Beach
Black Rain
Cage
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
They Live
Die Hard
Broken Angel
Action Jackson
She's Having a Baby
Steele Justice
Lethal Weapon
The Golden Child
Running Scared
Big Trouble in Little China
Big Trouble