Mike Leeder

Mike Leeder


in Croydon, London, England, UK
Born and raised in the UK, a lifelong fan of Asian films, Leeder has been based in Hong Kong since 1990. In addition to serving as the Far Eastern Editor of Impact magazine, Leeder continues to contribute to such magazines as "Black Belt," "Inside Kung Fu," "Femme Fatales," and many more covering the Asian movie scene. He was also co-writer for "100% Jackie Chan: The Essential Companion," as well as contributing to a number of books on the genre.

He has worked both in front and behind the camera on a number of films and television series in Hong Kong and Asia, and such documentaries as "David Carradine: A Martial Arts Journey," Sony's The Art of Action: Martial Arts in Motion Picture

 (2002), as well as several projects for Discovery Channel, Channel Four, and the Bravo network.

His most recent projects include Jet Li's martial arts epic "Huo Yuan Jia" (aka "Fearless") which saw Leeder working both behind the scenes as casting director, and on the accompanying documentary "The Passion of Martial Arts", and as an a actor playing the role of Referee Randall.

On Brett Ratner's "Rush Hour 3", Leeder served as Asian Casting Director working in association with Ronna Kress on the project. Other credits for Leeder include the movie "The White Wall", "Underground", "The Silencer", "A New Begining" and many more.

Leeder continues to work as a Producer, Consultant and Casting Director for projects in Asia and internationally

- IMDb Mini Biography

Movies for Mike Leeder...

Echo 8
Title: Echo 8
Character: Z12
Released: February 13, 2024
Type: Movie
An assassin flashes between a nightmarish dream and her reality at a secret underground organization. When her latest mission involves killing a grieving mother, she discovers her target is closer to home than she realizes.
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I Did It My Way
Title: I Did It My Way
Character: Javier Escobar
Released: December 29, 2023
Type: Movie
In the new century, the fight against drugs faces an unprecedented and difficult challenge! Under the deep and complex dark network, an invisible war is being waged in Hong Kong...... Typhoon signal was hoisted in Hong Kong. Under the cover of the fierce wind, four tons of methamphetamine were entering Hong Kong, pending to be sold on the dark network. A cyber revelry of druggies was about to be unveiled, and a storm was brewing in the quiet Victoria Harbour. Police had to arrest the “boss” behind the scenes and nip the “drug network” in the bud in no time, that pushed their undercover intelligence to the narrow road. In the center of the storm, undercover agents, police officers, drug lords, black, white, and gray entangled.
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Enter the Clones of Bruce
Title: Enter the Clones of Bruce
Character: Self
Released: December 22, 2023
Type: Movie
Get ready to play a game of death … and another … and another. The wild documentary Enter the Clones of Bruce dives into the Bruce Lee exploitation craze.
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Royal Warriors & Yes, Madam! Location Video
Title: Royal Warriors & Yes, Madam! Location Video
Character: Self
Released: January 23, 2023
Type: Movie
Mike Leeder and Arne Venema visit the shooting locations seen in Yes, Madam! (1985) and Royal Warriors (1986), showing how they have changed in the intervening years. Included as a bonus feature on Eureka's 2023 Blu-ray release of Royal Warriors.
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The Audition
Title: The Audition
Character: Honolulu Man
Released: October 24, 2022
Type: Movie
In the midst of a global pandemic, an actor who enters an audition must pass a series of tests in order to keep those around him alive.
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Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
Title: Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
Character: Self
Released: August 14, 2019
Type: Movie
The fantastic story of how an ancient martial art, Chinese kung fu, conquered the world through the hundreds of films that were produced in Hong Kong over the decades, transformed Western action cinema and inspired the birth of cultural movements such as blaxploitation, hip hop music, parkour and Wakaliwood cinema.
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Abduction
Title: Abduction
Character: The Cleaner
Released: March 20, 2019
Type: Movie
A man steps out of a park fountain in Ho Chi Minh City with no recollection of who he is or where he came from. As he wanders through the city, piecing together clues to his past, he is relentlessly pursued by mysterious figures.
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Big Brother
Title: Big Brother
Character: Big Mike MMA Manager
Released: August 16, 2018
Type: Movie
A soldier-turned-high school teacher uses unusual methods to reach to a class of poor students, while dealing with a greedy entrepreneur and his gang of fighters as well as the government.
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Escape Plan 2: Hades
Title: Escape Plan 2: Hades
Character: Prisoner (uncredited)
Released: June 5, 2018
Type: Movie
Ray Breslin manages an elite team of security specialists trained in the art of breaking people out of the world's most impenetrable prisons. When his most trusted operative, Shu Ren, is kidnapped and disappears inside the most elaborate prison ever built, Ray must track him down with the help of some of his former friends.
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Path to the Dream
Title: Path to the Dream
Released: April 20, 2018
Type: Movie
Two brothers, experts in martial arts, have to separate their paths due to a fight in which one of them is badly wounded. Years later they are reunited in a world where organized crime controls everything.
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Ultimate Justice
Title: Ultimate Justice
Character: Joachim 'Joe' Weller
Released: October 3, 2017
Type: Movie
A team of Special Ops elite soldiers, led by Captain Gus, formed a strong allegiance in battle. Gus is forced to bring the team back into action including a persuasive ex-priest Andreas "Doc" Clemens and fighter Benjamin Scholz when their ex-Commander's daughter is kidnapped. However, the teams' loyalties are tested when a member is framed for shooting another member. Together, Gus and the team must use all their skills in weaponry, martial arts, brute force and technology. The mission to track down the force behind the kidnapping causes the team to sacrifice their lives to uncover the truth, save the daughter and deliver justice - ultimate justice!
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Road to Hell
Title: Road to Hell
Character: General
Released: February 1, 2017
Type: Movie
He's spent his life killing for the mob, leaving countless bodies in his wake, but now it's time to make amends as the road to hell draws to a close.
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Tracer
Title: Tracer
Character: Mr. Cruise, Crime Lord
Released: April 22, 2016
Type: Movie
An international drug cartel has set its sights on Vietnam, and its up to Vietnam's toughest female cop to bring them to justice once and for all.
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Pound of Flesh
Title: Pound of Flesh
Character: Boris
Released: May 7, 2015
Type: Movie
In China to donate his kidney to his dying niece, former black-ops agent Deacon awakes the day before the operation to find he is the latest victim of organ theft. Stitched up and pissed-off, Deacon descends from his opulent hotel in search of his stolen kidney and carves a blood-soaked path through the darkest corners of the city. The clock is ticking for his niece and with each step he loses blood.
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Helios
Title: Helios
Character: Younger MR. BIG / Older MR. BIG
Released: April 30, 2015
Type: Movie
Wanted criminal "Helios" and his assistant stole a quantity of uranium and plan to produce weapons of mass destruction. They are planning to trade with a terrorist organization in Hong Kong. Chief Inspector Lee Yinming and Inspector Fan Kaming lead the Counter Terrorism Response Unit of the Hong Kong Police Force. Along with a Chinese senior official, a physics professor, and two South Korean weapon experts, they hope to defuse a crisis sufficient to destroy the world.
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Rise of the Legend
Title: Rise of the Legend
Character: Slave boss
Released: November 20, 2014
Type: Movie
In 1868 during the late Qing Dynasty, rampant corruption on the Imperial Court inflicts much suffering in people's lives. For years, the Black Tiger’s fearsome boss Lei Gong has been trying to get rid of the leader of the Northern Sea. One of his latest recruits is Fei, a fearless fighter who takes the Northern Sea leader’s head after a fierce fight. Just as Lei Gong believes he has total control of the port, a new gang called the Orphans rises in power. Led by Fei’s childhood friend Huo, the Orphans are out to eliminate all the criminal power from the port…
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Nightfall
Title: Nightfall
Character: British Senior CID officer
Released: March 15, 2012
Type: Movie
Inspector Lam investigates the brutal murder of Tsui, a famous musician. Wong, the designated suspect, just spent 20 years in jail for the murder of Tsui's daughter but has always claimed his innocence.
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Bodyguard: A New Beginning
Title: Bodyguard: A New Beginning
Character: Kurtz
Released: January 1, 2008
Type: Movie
Leung is the bodyguard of a Chinese Triad boss, Wong, to whom his loyalty is unrivaled. Living in Hong Kong, Wong requests that his bodyguard travel to the UK to protect a young British woman, whose true identity is known only by Wong himself. Even Wong's son, Yuen, is kept in the dark, which leads to a betrayal that threatens to destroy the family and all that his father has worked hard to protect.
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Fearless
Title: Fearless
Character: Fight Referee
Released: January 26, 2006
Type: Movie
Huo Yuan Jia became the most famous martial arts fighter in all of China at the turn of the 20th Century. Huo faced personal tragedy but ultimately fought his way out of darkness, defining the true spirit of martial arts and also inspiring his nation. The son of a great fighter who didn't wish for his child to follow in his footsteps, Huo resolves to teach himself how to fight - and win.
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Chinese Box
Title: Chinese Box
Character: Partygoer
Released: November 14, 1997
Type: Movie
The story of Hong Kong, from New Year's Day to June 30th, 1997, when the British left their colony and turned it over to the People's Republic of China.
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Fist of Legend
Title: Fist of Legend
Character: Tournament Referee
Released: December 22, 1994
Type: Movie
Chen Zhen, a Chinese engineering student in Kyoto, who braves the insults and abuse of his Japanse fellow students for his local love Mitsuko Yamada, daughter of the director, returns in 1937 to his native Shangai, under Japanse protectorate -in fact military occupation- after reading about the death of his kung-fu master Hou Ting-An in a fight against the Japanese champion Ryuichi Akutagawa.
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The Green Hornet
Title: The Green Hornet
Character: Mercenary
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
A Chinese reporter (Esther Kwan) attempts to find out the identity of a masked crime-fighter.
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City Hunter
Title: City Hunter
Character: Casino Patron
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
A self-indulgent private investigator winds up on a cruise ship full of rich patrons, gorgeous women, murderous terrorists, and scarce food.
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Once Upon a Time in China II
Title: Once Upon a Time in China II
Character: Extra
Released: April 16, 1992
Type: Movie
Wong Fei-Hung faces the White Lotus Society, a fanatical cult seeking to drive the Europeans out of China through violence, even attacking Chinese who follow Western ways. Wong must also defend Dr. Sun Yat Sen, a revolutionary, from the military.
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Once Upon a Time in China
Title: Once Upon a Time in China
Character: Western Restaurant Guest
Released: August 15, 1991
Type: Movie
Set in late 19th century Canton, this martial arts film depicts the stance taken by the legendary martial arts hero Wong Fei-Hung against foreign forces' plundering of China.
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Mission of Condor
Title: Mission of Condor
Character: Western Thug (uncredited)
Released: June 7, 1991
Type: Movie
A beautiful detective is assigned to bring down a gang of drug traffickers.