Cung Le is a Vietnamese-American Sanshou kickboxer, mixed martial artist, and actor.  In 1975 Cung Le and his mother Anne escaped Vietnam by helicopter under heavy gunfire. He ended up in San Jose, California where he learn martial arts.

His mother enrolled him in Taekwondo classes at the age of 10. Cung Le has disciplines in a variety of martial arts, and was undefeated as a professional kickboxer with a record of 17 wins and 0 losses. Cung Le is a three time world champion in kickboxing and also coaches his own team, which is now 11–0 in team competition.

Cung Le began wrestling competitively at age 14 after being inspired by his all time favorite actor Sylvester Stallone in Rocky 1 and earned All-American Honors in his Junior year of High School.