Acting · St. Louis, Missouri, USA · Born September 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).
MovieDeath by Midnight
2020
as Osho
MovieTime Flies When You Are Having Fun! A Look Back at a Most "Excellent Adventure"
2020
as Self
MovieIn Search of the Last Action Heroes
2019
as Self
MovieHenchman: The Al Leong Story
2018
as Self
MovieAwesome Asian Bad Guys
2014
as Al
MovieConfessions of an Action Star
2005
as Evil Doctor
TVDeadwood
2004
as Laundryman
MovieForbidden Warrior
2004
as Yang Sze
MovieDaredevil
2003
as Bar Thug (uncredited)
MovieThe Scorpion King
2002
as Asian Training Master
TV24
2001
as Neill Choi
MovieThe Ghost
2001
as Wu's Thug No. 2
TVThat '70s Show
1998
as Ninja Warrior
MovieLethal Weapon 4
1998
as Wah Sing Ku Triad Member (uncredited)
MovieGodzilla
1998
as Japanese Fishing Boat Crewman
MovieThe Replacement Killers
1998
as Terence Wei Gunman (uncredited)
MovieEscape from L.A.
1996
as Hershe Gang Member
MovieDouble Dragon
1994
as Lewis
MovieVanishing Son III
1994
as Triad Lieutenant #1
MovieThe Shadow
1994
as Tibetan Driver
MovieBeverly Hills Cop III
1994
as Car Mechanic (uncredited)
TVVanishing Son
1994
as Triad Lieutenant #1
MovieDeadly Target
1994
as Guard
MovieMartial Outlaw
1993
as Asian Thug Robber
MovieFit to Kill
1993
as Raven (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
MovieLast Action Hero
1993
as Vivaldi Gunmen (uncredited)
MovieHot Shots! Part Deux
1993
as Kick Boxing Fight Crowd Member (uncredited)
MovieJoshua Tree
1993
as Chinese Gunman #9
TVRenegade
1992
as The Yakuza Boss
MovieHard Hunted
1992
as Raven
MovieRapid Fire
1992
as Minh
MovieRaven: Return of the Black Dragons
1992
as Black Dragon Henchman
MovieShowdown in Little Tokyo
1991
as Yoshida's Man (uncredited)
MovieThe Perfect Weapon
1991
as Man in Croc-Pit Bar
MovieAftershock
1990
as Fighter (uncredited)
MovieDeath Warrant
1990
as Bruce
MovieDark Angel
1990
as Luggage Salesman
MovieSavage Beach
1989
as Fu
MovieBlack Rain
1989
as Sato's Yakuza Assassin
MovieCage
1989
as Tiger Joe
MovieBill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
1989
as Genghis Khan
MovieThey Live
1988
as Asian Revolutionary (uncredited)
MovieDie Hard
1988
as Uli
MovieBroken Angel
1988
as Handcuffed Gang Leader (uncredited)
MovieAction Jackson
1988
as Dellaplane's Chauffeur
MovieShe's Having a Baby
1988
as Photographer
MovieSteele Justice
1987
as Long Hair
MovieLethal Weapon
1987
as Endo
MovieRunning Scared
1986
as Henchman (uncredited)
MovieBig Trouble in Little China
1986
as Wing Kong Hatchet Man
MovieBig Trouble
1986
as Chinese Laborer #2
TVMacGyver
1985
as Wayne
TVThe Twilight Zone
1985
as (segment "The Misfortune Cookie")
MovieYear of the Dragon
1985
as Bodyguard
MovieMy Science Project
1985
as Vietnamese Soldier (uncredited)
MovieProtocol
1984
as Cook
TVHunter
1984
as Chang Men #2 (uncredited)
MovieOff the Wall
1983
as Mt. Joy Cheerleader
MovieTwilight Zone: The Movie
1983
as Vietnamese
TVThe A-Team
1983
as Quyet Thug
TVT. J. Hooker
1982
as Nabutsu Hood #1 / Martial Arts Instructor
MovieGoing Ape!
1981
as Circus Performer (uncredited)
TVMagnum, P.I.
1980
as Bodyguard
The Gathering
as Al
