Aki Aleong

Born: 1934-12-19

Aki Aleong's career has spanned more than 60 years as an actor, singer, writer, producer and activist. He has served on the National Board of the Screen Actors Guild, appointed National Chair of SAG'S EEOC and was a member of the President's Diversity/Affirmative Action Task Force. Aki has also been Executive Director of AIM (Asians in Media), Vice President of The Media Coalition of Los Angeles and President of MANAA (Media Action Network for Asian-Americans). Among Aki's numerous awards is an Honorary Doctorate from New Dimensions University in 2013. Aki's legendary career started on Broadway in "Teahouse of the August Moon" and "The Interview." He went on to star in more than 50 movies and 150 television shows and has worked with Academy Award-winners Frank Sinatra Jr., Marlon Brando, Faye Dunaway, Joanne Woodward, Steve McQueen, Ben Kingsley, John Mills, Ernest Borgnine, Jennifer Connelly and Martin Landau. Aki has worked with Directors William Wyler {3 time Oscar winner}, John Sturges and Martin Ritt. Other notable stars with whom Aki has worked include Roger Moore, Bill Cosby, Peter Lawford, Tony Randall, Gina Lollobrigida, Chuck Norris, Olivia Hussey, Pierce Brosnan and others, many of whom have been the recipients of Golden Globes, DGA, WGA, SAG, Cannes and similar prestigious awards. Aki's career also includes working with prominent Writers/Directors, including John Milius, Lionel Chetwynd, Philip Yordan, Mark Rydell and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Pearl S. Buck. Aki also has experience as a record executive producer/artist. He was Chairman of FORE (The Fraternity of Recording Executives), an organization dedicated to bringing Executives of Color into the Music Industry. His other affiliations include President of Pan World Records and Golden Dragon Publishing companies. He was the National Director of Black Promotion for Polydor/Polygram Records and also worked with Liberty/UA Records and Capitol Records. He also produced records for Columbia Records, Capitol, Liberty/UA, Artista and other prominent labels. Aki, in fact, is the first Asian American to have a Top100 record, which he wrote and co-produced, on the National Charts in the US. Aki's other accomplishments include NAAAP ( National Association of Asian American Professionals) membership, an Advisory Board Member of the US China Aids Foundation and a Judge for the Asian American Teens 2007-2008. Aki is President of MANAA (Media Action Network for Asian Americans), Senior Advisor for Ace Studios Hong Kong and President of Mustard Seed Media Group, for which he wrote, directed and starred in "Chinaman's Chance: America's Yellow Slaves." Aki's extensive background in the entertainment industry also includes the production of a wide variety of movies, videos and documentaries.


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The Hustle

as Asian Store Clerk
Released: 2008-04-05

Disenchanted pest worker and single dad Freddie Manning unintentionally steals and then loses...

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The Cable Guy

as Karaoke Party Guest
Released: 1996-06-10

When recently single Steven moves into his new apartment, cable guy Chip comes to hook him...

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Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

as Principal Elder
Released: 1993-05-07

This film is a glimpse into the life, love and the unconquerable spirit of the legendary Bruce...

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The Quest

as Khao
Released: 1996-04-19

Ghang-gheng, the ancient winner-take-all competition in which the deadliest fighters from around...

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Superhero Movie

as Dalai Lama
Released: 2008-03-28

The team behind Scary Movie takes on the comic book genre in this tale of Rick Riker, a nerdy...

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Braddock: Missing in Action III

as Gen. Quoc
Released: 1988-01-22

When Colonel James Braddock is told that his Asian wife and 12-year-old son are still alive in...

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Fit to Kill

as Chang
Released: 1993-10-27

Buxom do-gooders Donna and Nicole set out to reclaim the stolen Alexa diamond from its hiding...

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Kuffs

as Mr. Chang
Released: 1992-01-10

George Kuffs didn't finish high-school, just lost his job, and his college-age girlfriend is...

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Abduction

as Dao
Released: 2019-03-20

A man steps out of a park fountain in Ho Chi Minh City with no recollection of who he is or...

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Savage Dog

as Tribal Chieftain
Released: 2017-08-04

A story set in Indochina in 1959, a lawless land controlled by the criminal class: Vietnamese...

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House of Sand and Fog

as Tran
Released: 2003-12-19

Behrani, an Iranian immigrant buys a California bungalow, thinking he can fix it up, sell it...

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Pound of Flesh

as Kung
Released: 2015-05-07

In China to donate his kidney to his dying niece, former black-ops agent Deacon awakes the day...

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Never So Few

as Billingsly
Released: 1959-12-07

A U.S. military troop takes command of a band of Burmese guerillas during World War II.

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The Hanoi Hilton

as uncredited
Released: 1987-03-27

Lionel Chetwynd's film documents the horrific struggles that faced American POWs held in the...

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Breaking the Silence

as Dr. Nyquist
Released: 1992-01-14

Drama about an attorney who defends a teenage boy accused of murdering his abusive father and...

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Farewell to the King

as Col. Mitamura
Released: 1989-03-03

An American soldier who escapes the execution of his comrades by Japanese soldiers in Borneo...

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X-Treme Fighter

as Dr. James Tanaka
Released: 2004-01-01

A well-meaning genius creates a virtual reality game that leaves his grandson trapped within...

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Operation Bikini

as Seaman Ronald Davayo
Released: 1963-03-26

The film takes place aboard an American submarine in the Pacific during World War II. The sub's...

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The Hunters

as MIG Pilot
Released: 1958-09-01

With its electrifying flight sequences and high-powered cast, The Hunters is a mesmerizing film...

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Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story

as Dr. Sammy Lee
Released: 1997-03-19

Breaking the Surface is about the tough times Greg Louganis had on his way to becoming one of...

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Deadly Target

as Xiong
Released: 1994-01-01

A Chinese gangster in Los Angeles escapes on the eve of his deportation to Hong Kong. A...

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Beverly Hills Madam

as uncredited
Released: 1986-04-06

A bordello catering to rich and wealthy clients, run by Lil Hutton experiences a series of...

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Out for Blood

as Hiroshi
Released: 1992-12-16

A lawyer's family is murdered by drug smugglers, and he is beaten and left for dead, but...

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Motorcycle Gang

as Cyrus Quincy Wong
Released: 1957-10-22

A troublemaker returns to town only to find his old tearaway pals have joined a supervised...

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The Independent

as Mr. Ko
Released: 2000-11-10

A notorious B-movie director tries for a comeback by seeking out the film rights to the life...

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The Force

as Dr. Shin
Released: 1994-02-21

When a police officer is killed in the line of duty, his soul enters into the body of a young...

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Over the Brooklyn Bridge

as Japanese Buyer #1
Released: 1984-03-02

A put-upon Jewish deli owner in Brooklyn dreams of getting out from underneath the thumb of his...

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Dragonfight

as Kyoto
Released: 1990-06-05

In the future, large corporations earn millions of dollars by staging gladiatorial fights to the...

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Perfect Assassins

as Dr. Arnold Kuay
Released: 1998-11-13

When deadly terrorists strike, an FBI man, who is an expert on terrorist mentality, hunts their...

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Lewis & Clark & George

as Chang
Released: 1997-01-21

A sultry woman joins an illiterate killer and a brainy hacker, both escaped convicts, to search...

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Miss America: Behind the Crown

as Grandpa
Released: 1992-09-21

Carolyn Sapp, Miss America 1992 (and a non-actress), plays herself in this drama based on her...

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No Down Payment

as Iko
Released: 1957-10-30

The marital difficulties of four couples living in a southern California housing development...

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From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One

as Pathologist
Released: 1992-11-29

In the first of a potential series of films inspired by the real-life experiences of Los Angeles...

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Ass Clowns: Constipated

as Tobago Hospital Patient
Released: 2021-07-04

The film follows the antics of Froggie and Muta as they go from one hysterical adventure to the...

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In3Dragon

as Aki
Released: 2022-10-07

A million years ago, one of the dragons fell in forbidden love with a woman; now, the battle for...

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RoboWoman

as Elderly Victim
Released: 2019-04-11

On her last day at a temp agency, Vivica Stevens is attacked, beaten and left for dead by a...

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Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance

as Leongsing
Released: 2008-05-14

1870's America. A Chinese immigrant falsely accused of murdering a white woman is viciously...

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Jugular Wine: A Vampire Odyssey

as Gallery Speaker
Released: 1994-01-01

An anthropologist on a sea voyage to Alaska is bitten by a beautiful vampire while aboard the...

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Devil's Express

as Chinese Businessman
Released: 1976-08-18

Luke and his friend Rodan take a break from the city streets to train in kung fu in China....

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Missing Brendan

as Mr. Pham
Released: 2004-10-26

George takes a trip to Vietnam to find his missing son. George's son Bob and Bob's son Patrick...

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Absolute Vow

as Prophet
Released: 2017-10-24

In 1,000 BC, a virgin and her friends venture into the hills, to grieve and ponder the grim fate...

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Internal Affairs

as Quynh
Released: 1988-11-06

A skilled police detective in a case involving the strange, sadistic murder of a young...

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Agents of Secret Stuff

as Agent X
Released: 2010-11-24

A teenage spy is assigned on a mission to attend a high school to protect a schoolgirl who is...

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Road to Hell

as Abe
Released: 2017-02-01

He's spent his life killing for the mob, leaving countless bodies in his wake, but now it's time...

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JAG

as Yang Chee
First aired: 1995-09-23

Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge...

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JAG

as Li Trang
First aired: 1995-09-23

Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge...

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Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Restaurant Manager
First aired: 2000-10-15

The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe...

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L.A. Law

as Judge Sanford Nozaki
First aired: 1986-09-15

L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from...

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Beverly Hills, 90210

as uncredited
First aired: 1990-10-04

Follow the lives of a group of teenagers living in the upscale, star-studded community of...

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The A-Team

as uncredited
First aired: 1983-01-23

A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune...

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Babylon 5

as Senator Hidoshi
First aired: 1994-01-26

Babylon 5 is a five-mile long space station located in neutral space. Built by the Earth...

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Jake and the Fatman

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-09-26

Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L....

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Walker, Texas Ranger

as Yoshi Sakaii
First aired: 1993-04-21

Modern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in...

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Scarecrow and Mrs. King

as uncredited
First aired: 1983-10-03

Scarecrow and Mrs. King is an American television series that aired from October 3, 1983, to May...

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Robert Montgomery Presents

as Sadao
First aired: 1950-01-30

Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC...

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War of the Worlds

as Tao
First aired: 1988-10-07

Humanity must resume its war against the Martians when they revive after decades of hibernation...

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The Outer Limits

as Dr. Sui-Lin
First aired: 1963-09-16

The Outer Limits is an anthology tv series of self-contained sci-fi-horror stories, sometimes...

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The Outer Limits

as Akada
First aired: 1963-09-16

The Outer Limits is an anthology tv series of self-contained sci-fi-horror stories, sometimes...

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Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

as Kwai Chang
First aired: 1993-01-27

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues is a spin-off of the 1972–1975 television series Kung Fu. David...

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Tour of Duty

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-09-24

The trials of a U.S. Army platoon serving in the field during the Vietnam War.

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Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

as Chief Yuka (segment "Tribal Curse")
First aired: 1998-11-04

Can you tell the difference between fact and fiction? Several stories of strange, mysterious and...

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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

as uncredited
First aired: 1955-09-06

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of...

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Adventures in Paradise

as Kim Hopu
First aired: 1959-10-05

Adventures in Paradise is an American television series created by James Michener which ran on...

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Airwolf

as Colonel Quoc
First aired: 1984-01-22

As part of a deal with an intelligence agency to look for his missing brother, a renegade pilot...

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seaQuest DSV

as Army General Tran
First aired: 1993-09-12

In the early 21st century, mankind has colonized the oceans. The United Earth Oceans...

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Roswell

as Dr. Frank
First aired: 1999-10-06

Bizarre things start happening in the little New Mexico town where UFOs were spotted in 1947....

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L.A. Heat

as uncredited
First aired: 1999-03-15

L.A. Heat is an American action series starring Wolf Larson and Steven Williams as Los Angeles...

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Tales of the Gold Monkey

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-09-22

In a backwater corner of the South Pacific in 1938, a young American adventurer and his ragtag...

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Veritas: The Quest

as Gyatso
First aired: 2003-01-27

Veritas: The Quest is a television program that aired in 2003. It follows a rebellious but...

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Mancuso, F.B.I.

as uncredited
First aired: 1989-10-13

Mancuso, F.B.I. is a crime drama which was aired by NBC as part of its 1989-90...

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The Case of the Dangerous Robin

as Dau
First aired: 1960-10-18

The Case of the Dangerous Robin is an American crime drama series which aired in syndication...

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Martial Law

as uncredited
First aired: 1998-09-26

Martial Law is an American/Canadian crime drama that aired on CBS from 1998 to 2000, and was...

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The Virginian

as Ah Sing
First aired: 1962-09-19

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...

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Dr. Kildare

as Dr. King
First aired: 1961-09-27

The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession,...

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Chicago Hope

as uncredited
First aired: 1994-09-18

Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran...

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V

as Mr. Chiang
First aired: 1984-10-26

Once again, Earth is the battleground. But now the aliens whose human guise hides their true...

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Ben Casey

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-10-02

Ben Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was...

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Hawaiian Eye

as Sam Sheong
First aired: 1959-10-07

Private Eyes Tom Lopaka and Tracy Steele are based out of Hawaiian Village Resort where they...

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Hazel

as Mike Shiga
First aired: 1961-09-28

Hazel is an American sitcom about a fictional live-in maid named Hazel Burke and her employers,...

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Cagney & Lacey

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-03-25

Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing...

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Seven Days

as uncredited
First aired: 1998-10-07

"Ever wish you could live your last week all over again? Well, my name's Frank B. Parker, and I...

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China Beach

as uncredited
First aired: 1988-04-26

Dateline: November 1967. Within klicks of Danang, Vietnam, sits a U.S. Army base, bar and...

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Sam Benedict

as uncredited
First aired: 1962-09-15

Sam Benedict is an American legal drama that aired on NBC from September 1962 to March 1963. The...

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The Islanders

as Shoul Lee
First aired: 1960-10-02

The Islanders is an American adventure television series which aired on ABC from 1960 to 1961,...

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The Islanders

as Danny Koo
First aired: 1960-10-02

The Islanders is an American adventure television series which aired on ABC from 1960 to 1961,...

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