Uli (Die Hard)

Uli is a minor antagonist in the action film, Die Hard. He was a Chinese terrorist who was hired by Hans Gruber to join his terrorist cell, working alongside him during his takeover of Nakatomi Plaza on December the 24th, 1988.
Uli is portrayed by stuntman Al Leong.
== History ==
=== Background ===
Little is known about Uli's background. What is known is that he was a Chinese terrorist who was born on September 30th, 1951. Prior to the events of Die Hard, he was hired by Hans Gruber to join his thirteen-man terrorist cell.
=== Die Hard ===
Uli and the rest of the terrorists cell arrived to the Nakatomi Plaza parking lot in a courier truck.  After securing the hostages on the 30th floor, he helped Heinrich and Marco move missiles on the 35th floor, as well as assisting them on planting C4 charges on the same floor.
Afterwards, Uli relocated to the ground floor with Eddie. When police sergeant Al Powell entered the building, Uli was hidden and waiting by the elevators with his MP5 just in case Powell grew suspicious, although Powell eventually did leave. When the police siege began, Uli was still defending the reception floor when the LAPD SWAT team were entering the building, setting up a defensive perimeter alongside Eddie. During this, Uli sees some candy bars on a nearby food stand and takes a Crunch chocolate bar from it, proceeding to eat it. He also takes a Mars chocolate bar and proceeds to eat that as well. During this, Uli listened to Theo's intel as four SWAT members were about to enter the building. Using this intel, Uli was able to successfully wound two SWAT members following the orders of Hans Gruber.
Later, Uli and Eddie went to guard the hostages on the 30th floor. He then went up to finish setting the C4 using the stolen detonators that Hans Gruber and Karl managed to recover from McClane. He then returned to the 30th floor, where he is ordered by Hans Gruber to gather the hostages and lock them on the roof and return.
Uli escorted all of the hostages to the helipad on the Nakatomi Plaza's roof. After completing the escort, he ran back down the stairs, but the second he opened the door to the stairway, McClane was there ready to ambush him, firing several rounds into his chest, killing him. His corpse was left on the stairway, which was later blown up in the following the explosion on the 35th floor.
=== Personality ===
Not much is known about Uli's personality. What is known is that he was loyal to Hans Gruber, often carrying out his orders.
=== Appearance ===
Uli was a middle-aged man of Chinese descent. He had light skin, brown eyes and black hair. His hair was long, being bald at the top. Uli had a goatee and wore a grey jacket, with black pants and black boots.
=== Abilities ===
Uli was proficient in firearms, as seen when wielding the Heckler and Koch MP5 submachine gun. He was also familiar with explosives, setting up C-4 charges and transporting missiles on the 35th floor.
=== Gallery ===
File:Uli Eating Candybar.webp|Uli eating a Crunch chocolate bar
== Trivia ==
* Uli seems to have a liking for candy bars, as seen when he takes and consumes both a Crunch and Mars chocolate bars when defending the reception floor.
** This scene was actually improvised by actor Al Leong, felling that the scene could've use some comic relief. Leong made sure to ask director John McTiernan for permission, claiming that he didn't want to get in trouble for taking food.
* Uli is the only Asian member in Hans Gruber's terrorist cell.
** Additionally, he is one of three members without any European descent (Eddie is American and Theo is African American).
* Uli has a total of two lines in the entire movie, stemming from the fact that actor Al Leong is a stuntman and not an actor.
* Uli is the eighth member of Hans Gruber's terrorist cell to die, dying at the age of 37.
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