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Brion James

Brion James

Acting February 20, 1945 (54 years old) August 7, 1999 Redlands, California, USA

Biography

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.

Movies 117

Blade Runner 7.9

Blade Runner

as Leon

1982
The Fifth Element 7.6

The Fifth Element

as General Munro

1997
48 Hrs. 6.7

48 Hrs.

as Ben Kehoe

1982
Tango & Cash 6.5

Tango & Cash

as Requin

1989
Silverado 6.9

Silverado

as Hobart

1985
Red Heat 6.2

Red Heat

as Streak

1988
The Player 7.2

The Player

as Joel Levison

1992
Striking Distance 5.9

Striking Distance

as Eddie Eiler

1993
The Postman Always Rings Twice 6.5

The Postman Always Rings Twice

as Crapshooter

1981
Enemy Mine 7.0

Enemy Mine

as Stubbs

1985
Flesh + Blood 6.6

Flesh + Blood

as Karsthans

1985
Another 48 Hrs. 6.0

Another 48 Hrs.

as Ben Kehoe

1990
The Gambler: The Adventure Continues 7.0

The Gambler: The Adventure Continues

as Reece

1983
Nemesis 5.4

Nemesis

as Maritz

1992
Armed and Dangerous 5.6

Armed and Dangerous

as Anthony Lazarus

1986
Hard Times 6.8

Hard Times

as Man (uncredited)

1975
Cherry 2000 5.9

Cherry 2000

as Stacy

1987
Southern Comfort 6.8

Southern Comfort

as Trapper

1981
Red Scorpion 6.0

Red Scorpion

as Krasnov

1988
Bound for Glory 6.9

Bound for Glory

as Pick Up Truck Driver at the Border

1976
D.O.A. 6.3

D.O.A.

as Detective Ulmer

1988
The Horror Show 5.4

The Horror Show

as Max Jenke

1989
Crimewave 5.5

Crimewave

as Arthur Coddish

1985
Steel Dawn 5.0

Steel Dawn

as Tark

1987
KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park 5.2

KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park

as Guard

1978
The Jazz Singer 5.9

The Jazz Singer

as Man in Bar

1980
Hong Kong 97 5.5

Hong Kong 97

as Simon Alexander

1994
Nickelodeon 6.0

Nickelodeon

as Bailiff

1976
Blue Sunshine 5.8

Blue Sunshine

as Tony

1977
The Wrong Guys 5.7

The Wrong Guys

as Glen Grunski

1988
Nature of the Beast 5.9

Nature of the Beast

as Sheriff Gordon

1995
Showdown 6.2

Showdown

as Vice Principal Kowalski

1993
Corvette Summer 5.5

Corvette Summer

as Wayne's Car Wash Henchman

1978
Conquest of the Earth 6.5

Conquest of the Earth

as Willy

1980
Harry and Walter Go to New York 5.6

Harry and Walter Go to New York

as Hayseed

1976
Scanner Cop 5.7

Scanner Cop

as Dr. Hampton

1994
Radioland Murders 5.8

Radioland Murders

as Bernie King

1994
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez 7.0

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

as Captain Rogers

1983
In God's Hands 5.0

In God's Hands

as Capitaine

1998
Amazing Stories 6.1

Amazing Stories

as Willie Joe

1986
Annihilator 5.3

Annihilator

as Alien Leader

1986
Frogtown II 3.7

Frogtown II

as Prof. Tanzer

1992
Rio Diablo 5.0

Rio Diablo

as Jake Walker

1993
The Hunter's Moon 5.8

The Hunter's Moon

as Sheriff Foulkes

1999
Cyberjack 5.4

Cyberjack

as Nassim

1995
F.T.W. 4.7

F.T.W.

as Sheriff Rudy Morgan

1994
Knight Rider 2010 4.5

Knight Rider 2010

as Jared

1994
The King Is Alive 5.5

The King Is Alive

as Ashley

2000
Evil Obsession 6.2

Evil Obsession

as Stavinski

1996
The Kansas City Massacre 5.8

The Kansas City Massacre

as Homer Van Meter

1975
Assault on Dome 4 3.7

Assault on Dome 4

as Chairman

1996
Treasure of Matecumbe 6.5

Treasure of Matecumbe

as Roustabout

1976
A Breed Apart 5.9

A Breed Apart

as Peyton

1984
A Place Called Truth 3.2

A Place Called Truth

as Hank

1998
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. 5.0

Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.

as Defalice

1981
Circles in a Forest 6.1

Circles in a Forest

as Mr. Patterson

1989
The Invasion of Johnson County 6.6

The Invasion of Johnson County

as Ben Jones

1976
Spitfire 4.8

Spitfire

as Tough Guy (uncredited)

1995
Brain Smasher... A Love Story 5.3

Brain Smasher... A Love Story

as Brown

1993
Wholly Moses 4.7

Wholly Moses

as Guard at Banquet

1980
Mom 5.4

Mom

as Nestor Duvalier

1990
Cabin Boy 5.2

Cabin Boy

as Big Teddy

1994
Kai Rabe gegen die Vatikankiller 5.5

Kai Rabe gegen die Vatikankiller

as Monk

1998
Time Runner 4.4

Time Runner

as Neila

1993
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See 6.0

Sketch Artist II: Hands That See

as Larry Walker

1995
The Companion 5.3

The Companion

as Ron Cocheran

1994
Indecent Behavior III 4.5

Indecent Behavior III

as Andy Cowens (uncredited)

1995
American Strays 5.8

American Strays

as Oris

1996
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars 9.0

Desperado: The Outlaw Wars

as Roy Grimes

1989
Steel Frontier 4.8

Steel Frontier

as General J.W. Quantrell

1995
Precious Find 5.4

Precious Find

as Sam Horton

1996
The Dark 5.1

The Dark

as Paul Buckner

1993
Back in Business 5.4

Back in Business

as Emery Ryker

1997
Hear No Evil 5.7

Hear No Evil

as Billy Boy Burns

1982
Diplomatic Siege 4.3

Diplomatic Siege

as Stubbs

1999
Future Shock 3.9

Future Shock

as Jack Porter

1994
Nightmare at Noon 4.7

Nightmare at Noon

as The Albino

1988
Trouble in High Timber Country 7.0

Trouble in High Timber Country

as Eddie Rhodes

1980
The Thief & the Stripper 4.5

The Thief & the Stripper

as Shoe

2002
Men in White 3.8

Men in White

as Air Force

1998
Killing at Hell's Gate 6.2

Killing at Hell's Gate

as Turkey Jones

1981
The Killing Jar 4.4

The Killing Jar

as Dr. Vincent Garret

1997
Street Asylum 5.1

Street Asylum

as Reverend Mony

1990
Joseph's Gift 7.0

Joseph's Gift

as Frank Childress

1999
New Line: Independent Legacies

New Line: Independent Legacies

as Self (archive footage)

The Soft Kill 3.8

The Soft Kill

as Ben McCarthy

1994
Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills 5.2

Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills

as Salvador Dali / Sam

1997
Deadly Ransom 7.7

Deadly Ransom

as Bobby Rico

1998
The Underground 5.3

The Underground

as Captain Hilton

1997
Brown's Requiem 4.5

Brown's Requiem

as Cathcart

1998
Heist 9.0

Heist

as Caz

1998
Bombshell 4.1

Bombshell

as Donald

1997
Ultimate Desires 4.2

Ultimate Desires

as Wolfgang Friedman

1991
Snide and Prejudice 6.3

Snide and Prejudice

as Hermann Goering

1997
Dead Man Walking 3.6

Dead Man Walking

as Decker

1988
Wishman 5.8

Wishman

as Staten Jack Rose

1992
Farewell, My Love 4.2

Farewell, My Love

as Renault

2000
Dominion 5.2

Dominion

as Lynwood

1995
Flying High 9.0

Flying High

as Clyde Boyer

1978
Black Magic 3.9

Black Magic

as Tom McKay

1992
Z-TV

Z-TV

as Self

1989
Love Among Thieves 6.2

Love Among Thieves

as Andre

1987
Savage Land 5.5

Savage Land

as Cyrus

1994
Amazing Stories: The Movie III 2.0

Amazing Stories: The Movie III

as Willie Joe

1998
Phoenix Point 3.0

Phoenix Point

as Spider Rico

2005
Dirt Merchant 3.2

Dirt Merchant

as Detective Harry Ball

1999
Enid Is Sleeping 4.9

Enid Is Sleeping

as Trucker

1990
Art Deco Detective 6.0

Art Deco Detective

as Jim Wexler

1994
Malevolence 7.3

Malevolence

as Warden Walker

1999
Mutator 3.5

Mutator

as David Allen

1989
The Operator 4.1

The Operator

as Vernon Woods

2000
Precious Victims 7.0

Precious Victims

as Agent Jimmy Bivens

1993
Black Sea 213 5.0

Black Sea 213

as Captain Killick

1998
Arthurs Quest 3.9

Arthurs Quest

as Trent

1999
Jekyll Island 8.2

Jekyll Island

as Lawton Goodyear

1998
Billy Lone Bear 7.0

Billy Lone Bear

1996
Swimming with Dolphins

Swimming with Dolphins

2005

TV Shows 40

Little House on the Prairie 8.0

Little House on the Prairie

1974
Miami Vice 7.5

Miami Vice

as Edward Reese

1984
The Waltons 7.1

The Waltons

as Henry Ferris Jr.

1972
The A-Team 7.5

The A-Team

as Ryder

1983
The A-Team 7.5

The A-Team

as David Plout

1983
The Rockford Files 7.6

The Rockford Files

as Clamshell

1974
Quincy, M.E. 7.5

Quincy, M.E.

as Henry Moeller

1976
Batman: The Animated Series 8.6

Batman: The Animated Series

as Irving (voice)

1992
Batman: The Animated Series 8.6

Batman: The Animated Series

as Additional Voices (voice)

1992
Walker, Texas Ranger 7.0

Walker, Texas Ranger

as Rafer Cobb

1993
Renegade 6.8

Renegade

as Eli Starke

1992
Highlander: The Series 7.4

Highlander: The Series

as Armand Thorne

1992
Matlock 7.0

Matlock

as Mr. Grock

1986
American Playhouse 6.6

American Playhouse

as Captain Rogers

1982
The Incredible Hulk 7.2

The Incredible Hulk

as Al

1977
Hunter 7.1

Hunter

as Thomas Duffy

1984
Hunter 7.1

Hunter

as Jeff Wadsworth

1984
Superman: The Animated Series 7.7

Superman: The Animated Series

as Parasite / Rudy Jones (voice)

1996
Superman: The Animated Series 7.7

Superman: The Animated Series

as Parasite (voice)

1996
The F.B.I. 5.6

The F.B.I.

1965
Tales from the Crypt 8.0

Tales from the Crypt

as Steve Dixon

1989
Millennium 7.7

Millennium

as Sheriff Bowman

1996
Gunsmoke 6.7

Gunsmoke

as Joe Barnes

1955
The Sentinel 7.2

The Sentinel

as Warren Chapel

1996
Mork & Mindy 7.1

Mork & Mindy

as George

1978
Amazing Stories 7.5

Amazing Stories

as Willie Joe

1985
The Hitchhiker 6.2

The Hitchhiker

as Lionel

1983
Sledge Hammer! 8.0

Sledge Hammer!

as Felix Ridel

1986
Sledge Hammer! 8.0

Sledge Hammer!

as Don Merrill

1986
CHiPs 6.8

CHiPs

as Billy Joe Ackerman

1977
CHiPs 6.8

CHiPs

as Monk Adler

1977
Roots 7.4

Roots

as Slaver

1977
The Magnificent Seven 6.6

The Magnificent Seven

as Stuart James

1998
Sidekicks 6.4

Sidekicks

1986
The Marshal 6.0

The Marshal

1995
Galactica 1980 6.1

Galactica 1980

as Willy

1980
The Gambler: The Adventure Continues 6.0

The Gambler: The Adventure Continues

as Reece

1983
When the Whistle Blows 5.0

When the Whistle Blows

1980
Big Shamus, Little Shamus 7.0

Big Shamus, Little Shamus

1979
Big Shamus, Little Shamus 7.0

Big Shamus, Little Shamus

as Denker

1979

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