Brion James
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Brion Howard James (February 20, 1945 – August 7, 1999) was an American character actor. Known for playing the character of Leon Kowalski in the movie Blade Runner, James portrayed a variety of colorful roles in well-known American films such as 48 Hrs., Another 48 Hours, Tango & Cash, Silverado, Red Heat, The Player and The Fifth Element. James' commanding screen presence and formidable physique at 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall usually resulted in his casting as a heavy, appearing more frequently in lower budget horror and action films throughout the 1980s and 1990s. James appeared in more than 100 films before he died of a heart attack aged 54. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brion James, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
The Fifth Element (1997)
as General Munro
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Blade Runner (1982)
as Leon
48 Hrs. (1982)
as Ben Kehoe
Red Heat (1988)
as Streak
Tango & Cash (1989)
as Requin
Striking Distance (1993)
as Eddie Eiler
Silverado (1985)
as Hobart
The Player (1992)
as Joel Levison
Conquest of the Earth (1980)
as Willy
Another 48 Hrs. (1990)
as Ben Kehoe
Nemesis (1992)
as Maritz
Hard Times (1975)
as Man (uncredited)
Flesh + Blood (1985)
as Karsthans
Enemy Mine (1985)
as Stubbs
Red Scorpion (1988)
as Krasnov
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
as Crapshooter
Armed and Dangerous (1986)
as Anthony Lazarus
Southern Comfort (1981)
as Trapper
Blue Sunshine (1977)
as Tony
Cherry 2000 (1987)
as Stacy
Knight Rider 2010 (1994)
as Jared
Dirt Merchant (1999)
as Detective Harry Ball
Nickelodeon (1976)
as Bailiff
Evil Obsession (1996)
as Stavinski
Crimewave (1985)
as Arthur Coddish
Treasure of Matecumbe (1976)
as Roustabout
Showdown (1993)
as Vice Principal Kowalski
Radioland Murders (1994)
as Bernie King
Precious Find (1996)
as Sam Horton
Nightmare at Noon (1988)
as The Albino
D.O.A. (1988)
as Detective Ulmer
New Line: Independent Legacies (—)
as Self (archive footage)
Corvette Summer (1978)
as Wayne's Car Wash Henchman
A Breed Apart (1984)
as Peyton
The Horror Show (1989)
as Max Jenke
Z-TV (1989)
as Self
Love Among Thieves (1987)
as Andre
Brain Smasher... A Love Story (1993)
as Brown
Snide and Prejudice (1997)
as Hermann Goering
Hear No Evil (1982)
as Billy Boy Burns
The Jazz Singer (1980)
as Man in Bar
Brown's Requiem (1998)
as Cathcart
Amazing Stories (1986)
as Willie Joe
Time Runner (1993)
as Neila
Bound for Glory (1976)
as Pick Up Truck Driver at the Border
Diplomatic Siege (1999)
as Stubbs
Steel Dawn (1987)
as Tark
Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976)
as Hayseed
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1983)
as Captain Rogers
The Wrong Guys (1988)
as Glen Grunski
The Gambler: The Adventure Continues (1983)
as Reece
American Strays (1996)
as Oris
The Underground (1997)
as Captain Hilton
Men in White (1998)
as Air Force
The Soft Kill (1994)
as Ben McCarthy
Savage Land (1994)
as Cyrus
Wholly Moses (1980)
as Guard at Banquet
Enid Is Sleeping (1990)
as Trucker
Back in Business (1997)
as Emery Ryker
Nature of the Beast (1995)
as Sheriff Gordon
The King Is Alive (2000)
as Ashley
Scanner Cop (1994)
as Dr. Hampton
Future Shock (1994)
as Jack Porter
Mom (1990)
as Nestor Duvalier
Killing at Hell's Gate (1981)
as Turkey Jones
The Killing Jar (1997)
as Dr. Vincent Garret
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars (1989)
as Roy Grimes
In God's Hands (1998)
as Capitaine
Wishman (1992)
as Staten Jack Rose
Indecent Behavior III (1995)
as Andy Cowens (uncredited)
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See (1995)
as Larry Walker
Rio Diablo (1993)
as Jake Walker
The Kansas City Massacre (1975)
as Homer Van Meter
Cyberjack (1995)
as Nassim
KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park (1978)
as Guard
Steel Frontier (1995)
as General J.W. Quantrell
Spitfire (1995)
as Tough Guy (uncredited)
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. (1981)
as Defalice
Farewell, My Love (2000)
as Renault
The Companion (1994)
as Ron Cocheran
Precious Victims (1993)
as Agent Jimmy Bivens
Billy Lone Bear (1996)
Actor
Bombshell (1997)
as Donald
Cabin Boy (1994)
as Big Teddy
The Thief & the Stripper (2002)
as Shoe
Frogtown II (1992)
as Prof. Tanzer
Deadly Ransom (1998)
as Bobby Rico
Annihilator (1986)
as Alien Leader
Hong Kong 97 (1994)
as Simon Alexander
A Place Called Truth (1998)
as Hank
The Hunter's Moon (1999)
as Sheriff Foulkes
Assault on Dome 4 (1996)
as Chairman
F.T.W. (1994)
as Sheriff Rudy Morgan
Dead Man Walking (1988)
as Decker
Circles in a Forest (1989)
as Mr. Patterson
Black Magic (1992)
as Tom McKay
Street Asylum (1990)
as Reverend Mony
Flying High (1978)
as Clyde Boyer
Joseph's Gift (1999)
as Frank Childress
Mutator (1989)
as David Allen
Swimming with Dolphins (2005)
Actor
The Dark (1993)
as Paul Buckner
Black Sea 213 (1998)
as Captain Killick
Ultimate Desires (1991)
as Wolfgang Friedman
Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills (1997)
as Salvador Dali / Sam
The Invasion of Johnson County (1976)
as Ben Jones
Jekyll Island (1998)
as Lawton Goodyear
Malevolence (1999)
as Warden Walker
The Operator (2000)
as Vernon Woods
Dominion (1995)
as Lynwood
Trouble in High Timber Country (1980)
as Eddie Rhodes
Art Deco Detective (1994)
as Jim Wexler
Arthurs Quest (1999)
as Trent
Heist (1999)
as Caz
Kai Rabe gegen die Vatikankiller (1998)
as Monk
Phoenix Point (2005)
as Spider Rico