
Al Leong
Acting • Born 1952-09-30
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).
Filmography
66 credits
Die Hard
Movie • 1988
Uli

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Movie • 1989
Genghis Khan

Escape from L.A.
Movie • 1996
Hershe Gang Member

Double Dragon
Movie • 1994
Lewis

The Shadow
Movie • 1994
Tibetan Driver

Forbidden Warrior
Movie • 2004
Yang Sze

Hard Hunted
Movie • 1992
Raven

Death Warrant
Movie • 1990
Bruce

Savage Beach
Movie • 1989
Fu

Los Angeles Plays Itself
Movie • 2004
Uli in Die Hard (archive footage)

Going Ape!
Movie • 1981
Circus Performer (uncredited)

Protocol
Movie • 1984
Cook

Twilight Zone: The Movie
Movie • 1983
Vietnamese

Time Flies When You Are Having Fun! A Look Back at a Most "Excellent Adventure"
Movie • 2020
Self

Awesome Asian Bad Guys
Movie • 2014
Al

Cage
Movie • 1989
Tiger Joe

Broken Angel
Movie • 1988
Handcuffed Gang Leader (uncredited)

Henchman: The Al Leong Story
Movie • 2018
Self

Running Scared
Movie • 1986
Henchman (uncredited)

Big Trouble in Little China
Movie • 1986
Wing Kong Hatchet Man

Off the Wall
Movie • 1983
Mt. Joy Cheerleader

Big Trouble
Movie • 1986
Chinese Laborer #2

Steele Justice
Movie • 1987
Long Hair

Lethal Weapon
Movie • 1987
Endo

The Ghost
Movie • 2001
Wu's Thug No. 2

She's Having a Baby
Movie • 1988
Photographer

Black Rain
Movie • 1989
Sato's Yakuza Assassin

They Live
Movie • 1988
Asian Revolutionary (uncredited)

Action Jackson
Movie • 1988
Dellaplane's Chauffeur

The Scorpion King
Movie • 2002
Asian Training Master

The Gathering
Movie
Al

Last Action Hero
Movie • 1993
Vivaldi Gunmen (uncredited)

Rapid Fire
Movie • 1992
Minh

The Perfect Weapon
Movie • 1991
Man in Croc-Pit Bar

Godzilla
Movie • 1998
Japanese Fishing Boat Crewman

Beverly Hills Cop III
Movie • 1994
Car Mechanic (uncredited)

Lethal Weapon 4
Movie • 1998
Wah Sing Ku Triad Member (uncredited)

Dark Angel
Movie • 1990
Luggage Salesman

Aftershock
Movie • 1990
Fighter (uncredited)

Joshua Tree
Movie • 1993
Chinese Gunman #9

Showdown in Little Tokyo
Movie • 1991
Yoshida's Man (uncredited)

Deadly Target
Movie • 1994
Guard

Confessions of an Action Star
Movie • 2005
Evil Doctor

The Replacement Killers
Movie • 1998
Terence Wei Gunman (uncredited)

Hot Shots! Part Deux
Movie • 1993
Kick Boxing Fight Crowd Member (uncredited)

In Search of the Last Action Heroes
Movie • 2019
Self

Year of the Dragon
Movie • 1985
Bodyguard

My Science Project
Movie • 1985
Vietnamese Soldier (uncredited)

Martial Outlaw
Movie • 1993
Asian Thug Robber

Vanishing Son III
Movie • 1994
Triad Lieutenant #1

Death by Midnight
Movie • 2020
Osho

Fit to Kill
Movie • 1993
Raven (uncredited) (archiveFootage)

Raven: Return of the Black Dragons
Movie • 1992
Black Dragon Henchman

Daredevil
Movie • 2003
Bar Thug (uncredited)

The Twilight Zone
TV • 1985
(segment "The Misfortune Cookie")

Deadwood
TV • 2004
Laundryman

Hunter
TV • 1984
Chang Men #2 (uncredited)

The A-Team
TV • 1983
Quyet Thug

T. J. Hooker
TV • 1982
Nabutsu Hood #1 / Martial Arts Instructor

That '70s Show
TV • 1998
Ninja Warrior

Renegade
TV • 1992
The Yakuza Boss

MacGyver
TV • 1985
Wayne

T. J. Hooker
TV • 1982
Martial Arts Instructor

Magnum, P.I.
TV • 1980
Bodyguard

Vanishing Son
TV • 1994
Triad Lieutenant #1

24
TV • 2001
Neill Choi