Place of Birth:
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Date of Birth:
9/30/1952
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).
Die Hard
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Escape from L.A.
Double Dragon
The Shadow
Forbidden Warrior
Hard Hunted
Death Warrant
Savage Beach
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Going Ape!
Protocol
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Time Flies When You Are Having Fun! A Look Back at a Most "Excellent Adventure"
Awesome Asian Bad Guys
Cage
Broken Angel
Henchman: The Al Leong Story
Running Scared
Big Trouble in Little China
Off the Wall
Big Trouble
Steele Justice
Lethal Weapon
The Ghost
She's Having a Baby
Black Rain
They Live
Action Jackson
The Scorpion King
The Gathering
Last Action Hero
Rapid Fire
The Perfect Weapon
Godzilla
Beverly Hills Cop III
Lethal Weapon 4
Dark Angel
Aftershock
Joshua Tree
Showdown in Little Tokyo
Deadly Target
Confessions of an Action Star
The Replacement Killers
Hot Shots! Part Deux
In Search of the Last Action Heroes
Year of the Dragon
My Science Project
Martial Outlaw
Vanishing Son III
Death by Midnight
Fit to Kill
Raven: Return of the Black Dragons
Daredevil