Birth Day: 1952-09-30
Place of birth: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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).
Credits
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As Osho -
As Self -
As Himself -
As Self -
As Al -
As Evil Doctor -
As Yang Sze -
As Uli in Die Hard (archive footage) -
As Bar Thug (uncredited) -
As Asian Training Master -
As Wu's Thug No. 2 -
As Japanese Fishing Boat Crewman -
As Terence Wei Gunman (uncredited) -
As Wah Sing Ku Triad Member -
As Black Dragon Henchman -
As Hershe Gang Member -
As Tibetan Driver -
As Triad Lieutenant #1 -
As Car Mechanic (uncredited) -
As Lewis -
As Guard -
As Raven (uncredited) (archiveFootage) -
As Vivaldi Gunmen (uncredited) -
As Chinese Gunman #9 -
As Asian Thug Robber -
As Kick Boxing Fight Crowd Member (uncredited) -
As Raven -
As Minh -
As Man in Croc-Pit Bar -
As Yoshida's Man (uncredited) -
As Bruce -
As Fighter (uncredited) -
As Luggage Salesman -
As Tiger Joe -
As Sato's Yakuza Assassin -
As Genghis Khan -
As Fu -
As Uli -
As Dellaplane's Chauffeur -
As Photographer -
As Handcuffed Gang Leader (uncredited) -
As Asian Revolutionary (uncredited) -
As Endo -
As Long Hair -
As Chinese Laborer #2 -
As Wing Kong Hatchet Man -
As Henchman (uncredited) -
As Bodyguard -
As Vietnamese Soldier (uncredited) -
As Cook -
As Mt. Joy Cheerleader -
As Vietnamese -
As Circus Performer (uncredited) -
As Al