Al Leong
Biography
Al Leong is an American actor, martial artist, and stuntman who became one of Hollywood's henchmen of choice in the 1980s and 1990s, often credited as Asian Bad Guy. Born in St. Louis, he built his screen reputation on small but memorable action roles, including Die Hard (1988), Death Warrant (1990), Rapid Fire (1992), and the comedy Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989), in which he played Genghis Khan. He also worked with director John Carpenter on They Live and on Big Trouble in Little China, and appeared on television in shows such as Knight Rider, T. J. Hooker, and 24. His martial arts training came from the 5 Animal Styles under Grandmaster Ark Yuey Wong, and the Martial Arts History Museum's Hall of Fame inducted him in 2014. He also did stunt work on films such as The Golden Child, Last Action Hero, Godzilla, Planet of the Apes, and Daredevil, and wrote and directed Daddy Tell Me a Story.
74years old
Turns 75 on September 30in 349 days
- Born St. Louis
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
- Also credited as Albert Leong
Movie Career
- Films
- 13
- Career span
- 36 years1983 to 2019
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Early training
Al Leong trained in the 5 Animal Styles under Grandmaster Ark Yuey Wong in Chinatown, Los Angeles, a martial arts foundation that shaped his screen work.
Behind the camera
In 2003, Leong starred in screenwriter David Callaham's five-minute short "Writer's Reel," lampooning himself and the Hollywood actor and director reel tradition; it was accepted into several short film festivals.
Behind the camera
Al Leong was the writer and director of Daddy Tell Me a Story, which was made on a low budget.
Behind the award
In 2014, Al Leong was inducted into the Martial Arts History Museum Hall of Fame, an honor recognizing his place in martial arts history.
Al Leong movies on Netflix
In Search of the Last Action Heroesas Himself
Awesome Asian Bad Guysas Al (2013)
Escape from L.A.as Hershe Gang Member
Deadly Targetas Guard
Double Dragonas Lewis
The Shadowas Tibetan Driver
Martial Outlawas Asian Thug Robber
Rapid Fireas Minh
Dark Angelas Luggage Salesman
Death Warrantas Bruce
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventureas Genghis Khan
Die Hardas Uli
Twilight Zone: The Movieas Vietnamese (Segment #1)
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure1989 Adventure, Comedy, Music, Romance, Sci-Fias Genghis Khan
IMDb rating 6.9151K votes
Most often with
Five actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.






Films together
George Cheung2 films together, 1994 to 2014
George Cheung's page Awesome Asian Bad Guys2014IMDb rating 6.2Leong as Al (2013)Cheung as George (2013)
Deadly Target1994IMDb rating 5.1Leong as GuardCheung as Man #2
Larry Hankin2 films together, 1990 to 1994
Larry Hankin's page The Shadow1994IMDb rating 6.1Leong as Tibetan DriverHankin as Taxi Driver
Death Warrant1990IMDb rating 5.7Leong as BruceHankin as Mayerson
Ron Yuan2 films together, 1994
Ron Yuan's page Deadly Target1994IMDb rating 5.1Leong as GuardYuan as Lucky
Double Dragon1994IMDb rating 4.0Leong as LewisYuan as Ninja Wraith
Matthias Hues2 films together, 1990 to 2019
Matthias Hues's page In Search of the Last Action Heroes2019IMDb rating 7.2Leong as HimselfHues as Himself
Dark Angel1990IMDb rating 6.1Leong as Luggage SalesmanHues as Bad Alien - Talec
Jeff Imada2 films together, 1994 to 1996
Jeff Imada's page Escape from L.A.1996IMDb rating 5.7Leong as Hershe Gang MemberImada as Saigon Shadow
Double Dragon1994IMDb rating 4.0Leong as LewisImada as Huey
Box office
What Al Leong's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$374 million
9 of the 13 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 13 films: 9 worldwide figure; 4 figure not found.
- 9Worldwide figure
- 4Figure not found
Top grosser

Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$141M37.7% of the total
- 2$48M12.9% of the total
- 3$47M12.5% of the total
- 4$42M11.3% of the total
- 5$41M10.8% of the total
- 6$29M7.9% of the total
- 7$14M3.8% of the total
- 8$9.2M2.5% of the total
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