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