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