Brion James

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1945-02-20 (54 years old)

Deathday

1999-08-07

Place of Birth

Redlands, California, USA

Brion James

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...

Acting

1997

The Fifth Element

as General Munro

1982

1982

48 Hrs.

as Ben Kehoe

1999

1995

Cyberjack

as Nassim

2000

1986

Armed and Dangerous

as Anthony Lazarus

1992

The Player

as Joel Levison

1997

Bombshell

as Donald

1993

Striking Distance

as Det. Eddie Eiler

1988

The Wrong Guys

as Glen Grunski

1985

Crimewave

as Arthur Coddish

1990

Another 48 Hrs.

as Ben Kehoe

1994

Radioland Murders

as Bernie King

1992

Nemesis

as Maritz

1985

Enemy Mine

as Stubbs

1981

1994

Cabin Boy

as Big Teddy

1985

Flesh + Blood

as Karsthans

1988

Red Scorpion

as Krasnov

1989

Tango & Cash

as Requin

1978

Corvette Summer

as Wayne's Car Wash Henchman

1987

Steel Dawn

as Tark

1999

The Hunter's Moon

as Sheriff Foulkes

1989

Mutator

as David Allen

1996

1998

In God's Hands

as Capitaine

1989

The Horror Show

as Max Jenke

1994

1996

Precious Find

as Sam Horton

1987

Cherry 2000

as Stacy

1998

Brown's Requiem

as Cathcart

1995

Steel Frontier

as General J.W. Quantrell

1993

Time Runner

as Neila

1988

Nightmare at Noon

as The Albino

1997

Back in Business

as Emery Ryker

1981

1998

Deadly Ransom

as Bobby Rico

1993

Showdown

as Vice Principal Kowalski

1997

The Underground

as Captain Hilton

1994

The Soft Kill

as Ben McCarthy

1996

1993

The Dark

as Paul Buckner

1989

Circles in a Forest

as Mr. Patterson

1994

Hong Kong 97

as Simon Alexander

1988

1986

Annihilator

as Alien Leader

2000

The Operator

as Vernon Woods

1994

The Companion

as Ron Cocheran

1990

Street Asylum

as Reverend Mony

1992

Frogtown II

as Prof. Tanzer

1988

Red Heat

as Streak

1994

Savage Land

as Cyrus

1992

Black Magic

as Tom McKay

1978

Flying High

as Clyde Boyer

1987

1975

Hard Times

as Man (uncredited)

1990

Mom

as Nestor Duvalier

1997

1991

Ultimate Desires

as Wolfgang Friedman

2005

Phoenix Point

as Spider Rico

1995

Dominion

as Lynwood

1993

Rio Diablo

as Jake Walker

1997

Snide and Prejudice

as Hermann Goering

1976

Nickelodeon

as Bailiff

1999

Dirt Merchant

as Detective Harry Ball

1994

Scanner Cop

as Dr. Hampton

1994

Future Shock

as Jack Porter

1996

Evil Obsession

as Stavinski

1989

Z-TV

as Self

1998

Jekyll Island

as Lawton Goodyear

1995

Nature of the Beast

as Sheriff Gordon

1998

Black Sea 213

as Captain Killick

1977

1999

Heist

as Caz

1998

Men in White

as Air Force

1994

Art Deco Detective

as Jim Wexler

1988

D.O.A.

as Detective Ulmer

1984

A Breed Apart

as Peyton

1975

The Kansas City Massacre

as Homer Van Meter

1981

Killing at Hell's Gate

as Turkey Jones

1995

Spitfire

as Tough Guy (uncredited)

1982

Hear No Evil

as Billy Boy Burns

1985

Silverado

as Hobart

1995

Indecent Behavior III

as Andy Cowens (uncredited)

1993

Precious Victims

as Agent Jimmy Bivens

1983

1992

Wishman

as Staten Jack Rose

1997

The Killing Jar

as Dr. Vincent Garret

1976

Bound for Glory

as Pick Up Truck Driver at the Border

2000

1990

1986

Amazing Stories

as Willie Joe

1999

1980

Wholly Moses

as Guard at Banquet

1980

The Jazz Singer

as Man in Bar

1976

1994

F.T.W.

as Sheriff Rudy Morgan

1999

Joseph's Gift

as Frank Childress

1999

Malevolence

as Warden Walker

Production

1997

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