 Tong Po is mistakenly billed as playing himself (on the films  credits). In fact Michel Qissi (qv) played the villainous Thai for  this film and its sequel _Kickboxer 2: The Road Back (1991)_ (qv).  Kamel Krifa (qv) played the character in the 4th. Qissi can also  be seen in two other Van Damme movies, _Bloodsport (1988)_ (qv) and  _Lionheart (1990)_ (qv). In Bloodsport Qissi is the fighter that  gets his leg broken by Chong Li. In Lionheart (AWOL) Qissi plays  Moustafe who alongside another legionnaire is trying to bring Lyon  from America back to Africa.