
Aki Aleong
Acting
🎂 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.
Cast credits(91)

1990

Restaurant Manager
2000

Yang Chee
1995

Li Trang
1995

1983

Sadao
1950

Ah Sing
1962

Colonel Quoc
1984

1994

Yoshi Sakaii
1993

Senator Hidoshi
1994

Dr. King
1961

Judge Sanford Nozaki
1986

1955

Dr. Sui-Lin
1963

Akada
1963

Dr. Frank
1999

Nobby
1961

1982

Sam Sheong
1959

Chief Yuka (segment "Tribal Curse")
1997

Army General Tran
1993

Kwai Chang
1993

Mike Shiga
1961

1983

1987

1987

1988

1998

Mr. Chiang
1984

Kim Hopu
1959

Dalai Lama
2008

1998

Tao
1988

Arthur Nishibue
1962

1999

Karaoke Party Guest
1996

1982

Khao
1996

Dr. Arnold Kuay
1998

Gyatso
2003

Dr. Sammy Lee
1997

Principal Elder
1993

Aki
2022

1989

Dao
2019

Dau
1960

Quynh
1988

Asian Store Clerk
2008

Tran
2003

Tribal Chieftain
2017

Chang
1993

Kung
2015

Shoul Lee
1960

Danny Koo
1960

Mr. Chang
1992

Xiong
1994

Chang
1997

Gen. Quoc
1988

Dr. Nyquist
1992

Col. Mitamura
1989

Billingsly
1959

Leongsing
2008

MIG Pilot
1958

Iko
1957

1986

Dr. Shin
1994

Pathologist
1992

Doctor Yuki Tano
2021

Fred Ling
2003

Mr. Ko
2000

Hiroshi
1992

Doctor
2014

Kyoto
1990

Dr. James Tanaka
2004

Japanese Buyer #1
1984

Chinese Businessman
1976

Mr. Pham
2004

1987

Elderly Victim
2019

Seaman Ronald Davayo
1963

Grandpa
1992
Tapioca

Tobago Hospital Patient
2021

Gallery Speaker
1994

Uncle Shumai
2024

Cyrus Quincy Wong
1957

Abe
2017

Uncle Shumai
2024

Prophet
2017

Agent X
2010