Mike Leeder

Biography

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

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Known For

The Green Hornet
The Green Hornet
Road to Hell
Road to Hell
The Audition
The Audition
Pound of Flesh
Pound of Flesh

Filmography

2024 Echo 8
as Z12
2023 I Did It My Way
as Javier Escobar
2023 Enter the Clones of Bruce
as Self
2023 Royal Warriors & Yes, Madam! Location Video
as Self
2022 The Audition
as Honolulu Man
2019 Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
as Self
2019 Abduction
as The Cleaner
2018 Big Brother
as Big Mike MMA Manager
2018 Escape Plan 2: Hades
as Prisoner (uncredited)
2018 Path to the Dream
as
2017 Ultimate Justice
as Joachim 'Joe' Weller
2017 Road to Hell
as General
2016 Tracer
as Mr. Cruise, Crime Lord
2015 Pound of Flesh
as Boris
2015 Helios
as Younger MR. BIG / Older MR. BIG
2014 Rise of the Legend
as Slave Boss
2012 Nightfall
as British Senior CID officer
2008 Bodyguard: A New Beginning
as Kurtz
2006 Fearless
as Fight Referee
1997 Chinese Box
as Partygoer