- Born
- Birth nameAlbert Leong
- Nicknames
- Al 'Ka Bong'
- 'Chonky'
- Height5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- 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).
- IMDb mini biography by: firehouse44
- Short stature.
- Frequently plays mercenaries who are killed by Hollywood's biggest stars (eg. Bruce Willis, Mel Gibson etc.)
- Long wavy black hair and Fu Manchu mustache.
- Former Beverly Hills Pro/Am Karate Soft Forms Champion.
- He originally started as a Camera Grip, but a director asked him did he do martial arts, and would he teach these 4 kids some moves on film. He said sure, and then when the shot was about to be filmed, the Director asked him to go do the moves with them on camera, which is how he got started in the business.
From ComicCon interview by Flicks And The City. - Practices Sil Lum Kuen (Northern Shaolin kung fu).
- He is trained in Karate, Wushu, Northern Shaolin Kung Fu, Taekwondo, Kali, and Brazilian Jiu-jitsu.
- He was considered for the role of Shang Tsung in Mortal Kombat. But Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, the top choice for the role, was cast.
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