Born in St. Louis to Chinese-American parents and raised in Los Angeles, he honed his martial-arts expertise in the Five Animal Styles under Grandmaster Ark Yuey Wong in Chinatown. Leveraging that skill set, he became a recognizable henchman in 1980s and 1990s action cinema, appearing in Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, and John Carpenter’s Big Trouble in Little China and They Live. He also delivered a me…
