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Mike Leeder

  • Actor
  • Producer
  • Casting Director
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Mike Leeder
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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:

Jet Li in Fearless (2006)
Fearless
7.6
  • Fight Referee
  • 2006
Scott Adkins, Tiger Hu Chen, Michael Jai White, Tony Jaa, Michael Bisping, JeeJa Yanin, and Iko Uwais in Triple Threat (2019)
Triple Threat
5.6
  • Casting Director
  • 2019
Jean-Claude Van Damme in Pound of Flesh (2015)
Pound of Flesh
5.1
  • Boris
  • 2015
Donnie Yen in Ip Man 4: The Finale (2019)
Ip Man 4: The Finale
7.0
  • Casting Department
  • 2019

Credits

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Actor

  • Echo 8
    • Z12
    • Completed
  • Cim hang
    • Javier
    • Post-production
  • Kevin Leslie and Anita Chui in Lockdown (2022)
    Lockdown
    • Honolulu Man
    • 2022
  • Flying Tiger (2018)
    Flying Tiger
    • Bolshoy Mikrofon
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Abduction (2019)
    Abduction
    • The Cleaner
    • 2019
  • Delivery Boy (2019)
    Delivery Boy
    • George
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Donnie Yen in Big Brother (2018)
    Big Brother
    • MMA champion's manager
    • 2018
  • Sylvester Stallone and Dave Bautista in Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018)
    Escape Plan 2: Hades
    • Prisoner (uncredited)
    • 2018
  • Path to the Dream (2018)
    Path to the Dream
    • The White Ghost
    • 2018
  • Mark Dacascos, Matthias Hues, Mike Möller, Brandon Rhea, and Mathis Landwehr in Ultimate Justice (2017)
    Ultimate Justice
    • Joachim 'Joe' Weller
    • 2017
  • Andy Lau and Donnie Yen in Chasing the Dragon (2017)
    Chasing the Dragon
    • Inspector
    • 2017
  • Mike Leeder, Emil Marwa, Adrian Pang, Carla Dunareanu, David Asavanond, Rosalind Pho, Alan Wong, Anvita Gupta, and Haresh Tilani in Sent (2017)
    Sent
    • Bradford (2016)
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2017
  • Aki Aleong in Road to Hell (2017)
    Road to Hell
    • General
    • 2017
  • Hong Kong Shogun (2016)
    Hong Kong Shogun
    • Hong Kong Shogun
    • Short
    • 2016
  • Mission Milano (2016)
    Mission Milano
    • Jake
    • 2016
  • Ross W. Clarkson, Steve Cupani, Mike Leeder, Truong Ngoc Anh, Cuong Ngo, Lâm Vissay, Antony Nguyen, Maria Tran, Trung Ly, Hieu Nguyen, Thiên Nguyen, Cuong Seven, and Marcus Guilhem in Tracer (2016)
    Tracer
    • Mr. Cruise, Crime Lord
    • 2016
  • Helios (2015)
    Helios
    • Younger
    • older Mr. Big
    • 2015

Producer

  • Echo 8
    • associate producer
    • Completed
  • City of Blood
    • co-producer
    • In Development
  • Neon Grindhouse: Hong Kong
    • producer
    • In Production
  • Noriko: The Hong Kong Dead
    • producer
    • In Production
  • Zombasians
    • producer
    • Pre-production
  • Femme Fatales: Seen & Unheard
    • associate producer
    • Post-production
    • TV Movie
  • Gus and Chloe (2021)
    Gus and Chloe
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2021
  • Purple Key - Oh Monica
    • producer
    • Music Video
    • 2021
  • Mefaun: KKSLDR
    • producer
    • Music Video
    • 2021
  • Dertie Basset - Needing You
    • executive producer
    • Music Video
    • 2021
  • Korma-Acidalius
    • producer
    • Music Video
    • 2021
  • Michaela Schaffrath, Stefan Morawietz, Denis Lyons, Kathrin Höhne, and Bartholomäus Kowalski in Jack Walker (2021)
    Jack Walker
    • associate producer
    • 2021
  • John Hannah, Scott Adkins, Tommy Flanagan, Elliot James Langridge, and Sally Collett in The Intergalactic Adventures of Max Cloud (2020)
    The Intergalactic Adventures of Max Cloud
    • executive producer
    • 2020
  • Captured (2020)
    Captured
    • producer
    • 2020
  • Abduction (2019)
    Abduction
    • co-producer
    • 2019
  • Richard Norton, Craig Anderson, Maria Tran, Gemma Laurelle, Khanh Trieu, Clariza Vicente, Debby Liman, Nick Sambrizzi, Steven Oliver, Phillip Kane, Alvon Junior, Johnny Do, Quan Tran, Ken Wang, Anthony Huynh, Will Catherwood, and Sam Davey in Tiger Cops
    Tiger Cops
    • associate producer
    • TV Series
  • Mark Griffin, Iván Kamarás, Jason Tobin, Bryan Larkin, and Julian Gaertner in Dead End (2017)
    Dead End
    • associate producer
    • Short
    • 2017
  • Mark Dacascos, Matthias Hues, Mike Möller, Brandon Rhea, and Mathis Landwehr in Ultimate Justice (2017)
    Ultimate Justice
    • executive producer
    • 2017
  • Brad Thornton, Ellie Church, and Mayling Ng in Interstellar Civil War: Shadows of the Empire (2017)
    Interstellar Civil War: Shadows of the Empire
    • associate producer
    • 2017
  • One Million K(l)icks (2015)
    One Million K(l)icks
    • executive producer
    • 2015
  • Jean-Claude Van Damme in Pound of Flesh (2015)
    Pound of Flesh
    • co-producer
    • 2015

Casting Director

  • The Modelizer
    • Casting Director (Hong Kong Casting Director)
    • Post-production
  • Expired (2022)
    Expired
    • Casting Director (Casting Director Hong Kong)
    • 2022
  • Scott Adkins, Tiger Hu Chen, Michael Jai White, Tony Jaa, Michael Bisping, JeeJa Yanin, and Iko Uwais in Triple Threat (2019)
    Triple Threat
    • Casting Director
    • 2019
  • Abduction (2019)
    Abduction
    • Casting Director
    • 2019
  • Go Back to China (2019)
    Go Back to China
    • Casting Director
    • 2019
  • Michael Ironside, J. Adam Brown, Arne MacPherson, Stephen Eric McIntyre, Michael Eklund, Muriel Hogue, Bernice Liu, Aaron Hughes, Aaron Merke, Andrea del Campo, Tom Young, Aidan Ritchie, and Linnea Moffat in The Hitman Never Dies (2017)
    The Hitman Never Dies
    • Casting Director (casting director hong kong)
    • 2017
  • Mark Griffin, Iván Kamarás, Jason Tobin, Bryan Larkin, and Julian Gaertner in Dead End (2017)
    Dead End
    • Casting Director
    • Short
    • 2017
  • Andy Lau and Donnie Yen in Chasing the Dragon (2017)
    Chasing the Dragon
    • Casting Director
    • 2017
  • Aaron Pedersen and Alex Russell in Goldstone (2016)
    Goldstone
    • Casting Director (Casting Director Hong Kong)
    • 2016
  • The Man with the Iron Fists 2 (2015)
    The Man with the Iron Fists 2
    • Casting Director (as Mike Leder)
    • Video
    • 2015
  • Grace (2014)
    Grace
    • Casting Director
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2014
  • Joan Chen, Maeve Dermody, Don Hany, Alaric, Michael Dorman, Pamelyn Chee, Chin Han, and Ario Bayu in Serangoon Road (2013)
    Serangoon Road
    • Casting Director
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2013
  • True Legend (2010)
    True Legend
    • Casting Director (uncredited)
    • 2010
  • Bodyguard: A New Beginning (2008)
    Bodyguard: A New Beginning
    • Casting Director
    • 2008
  • Jet Li in Fearless (2006)
    Fearless
    • Casting Director
    • 2006
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    Won the Best Shouty Foreign Actor Award at the 2019 Golden Wolf Awards.
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