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