Al Leong
Known for: Acting
Born: September 30, 1952
Place of birth: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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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Filmography
62 movies · 11 TV shows, newest first
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Death by Midnight
2020
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Time Flies When You Are Having Fun! A Look Back at a Most "Excellent Adventure"
2020
7.0
In Search of the Last Action Heroes
2019
7.0
Henchman: The Al Leong Story
2018
6.0
Awesome Asian Bad Guys
2014
6.4
Hostage
2005
4.3
Confessions of an Action Star
2005
8.1
Deadwood
2004
4.4
Forbidden Warrior
2004
5.3
Daredevil
2003
5.6
The Scorpion King
2002
7.8
24
2001
5.2
Ghosts of Mars
2001
5.8
Planet of the Apes
2001
3.6
The Ghost
2001
7.9
That '70s Show
1998
6.6
Lethal Weapon 4
1998
5.7
Godzilla
1998
6.3
The Replacement Killers
1998
5.9
Escape from L.A.
1996
5.9
Mortal Kombat
1995
3.0
Deconstructing Sarah
1994
4.6
Double Dragon
1994
7.2
Vanishing Son III
1994
6.1
The Shadow
1994
5.9
Beverly Hills Cop III
1994
6.8
Vanishing Son
1994
6.0
Deadly Target
1994
6.2
Martial Outlaw
1993
4.9
Fit to Kill
1993
6.5
Last Action Hero
1993
6.5
Hot Shots! Part Deux
1993
6.1
Joshua Tree
1993
6.7
Renegade
1992
4.5
Hard Hunted
1992
6.4
Rapid Fire
1992
5.0
Raven: Return of the Black Dragons
1992
6.5
Showdown in Little Tokyo
1991
6.2
Double Impact
1991
6.2
Stone Cold
1991
6.4
The Perfect Weapon
1991
4.4
Aftershock
1990
6.3
Death Warrant
1990
5.7
Why Me?
1990
6.2
Dark Angel
1990
4.5
Savage Beach
1989
6.6
Black Rain
1989
4.0
Cage
1989
6.8
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
1989
7.3
They Live
1988
7.8
Die Hard
1988
5.6
Broken Angel
1988
5.5
Action Jackson
1988
5.9
She's Having a Baby
1988
4.7
Steele Justice
1987
7.3
Lethal Weapon
1987
5.9
The Golden Child
1986
6.1
Running Scared
1986
7.2
Big Trouble in Little China
1986
5.4
Big Trouble
1986
7.7
MacGyver
1985
7.7
The Twilight Zone
1985
6.8
Year of the Dragon
1985
6.3
My Science Project
1985
5.5
Protocol
1984
7.1
Hunter
1984
3.5
Off the Wall
1983
6.5
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983
7.5
The A-Team
1983
6.5
T. J. Hooker
1982
4.5
Going Ape!
1981
7.3
Magnum, P.I.
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The Gathering
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