Cast
Brion James
Acting
Cast
Brion James
Known for
Acting
Born
1945-02-20
From
Redlands, California, USA
Died
1999-08-07
Also known as Brian James, Brion Howard 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 54. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brion James, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
★7.9
MOVIE1982
Blade Runner
as Leon
★7.6
MOVIE1997
The Fifth Element
as General Munro
★6.5
MOVIE1989
Tango & Cash
as Requin
★6.7
MOVIE1982
48 Hrs.
as Ben Kehoe
★5.4
MOVIE1992
Nemesis
as Maritz
★7.2
MOVIE1992
The Player
as Joel Levison
★6.8
MOVIE1975
Hard Times
as Man (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1976
Nickelodeon
as Bailiff
★5.9
MOVIE1993
Striking Distance
as Eddie Eiler
★6.2
MOVIE1988
Red Heat
as Streak
★3.2
MOVIE1999
Dirt Merchant
as Detective Harry Ball
★7.0
MOVIE1985
Enemy Mine
as Stubbs
★5.0
MOVIE1996
Evil Obsession
as Stavinski
★5.7
MOVIE1986
Armed and Dangerous
as Anthony Lazarus
★6.0
MOVIE1990
Another 48 Hrs.
as Ben Kehoe
★5.4
MOVIE1996
Precious Find
as Sam Horton
★6.9
MOVIE1985
Silverado
as Hobart
★5.7
MOVIE1977
Blue Sunshine
as Tony
★5.7
MOVIE1982
Hear No Evil
as Billy Boy Burns
★6.6
MOVIE1985
Flesh + Blood
as Karsthans
★6.5
MOVIE1981
The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Crapshooter
★4.7
MOVIE1994
Knight Rider 2010
as Jared
★6.9
MOVIE1976
Bound for Glory
as Pick Up Truck Driver at the Border
★4.7
MOVIE1988
Nightmare at Noon
as The Albino
★6.5
MOVIE1980
Conquest of the Earth
as Willy
MOVIETBA
New Line: Independent Legacies
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE1989
Z-TV
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE1988
Red Scorpion
as Krasnov
★5.9
MOVIE1980
The Jazz Singer
as Man in Bar
★6.9
MOVIE1981
Southern Comfort
as Trapper
★4.3
MOVIE1993
Time Runner
as Neila
★6.0
MOVIE1987
Cherry 2000
as Stacy
★5.7
MOVIE1994
Scanner Cop
as Dr. Hampton
★6.2
MOVIE1987
Love Among Thieves
as Andre
★6.3
MOVIE1997
Snide and Prejudice
as Hermann Goering
★5.5
MOVIE2000
The King Is Alive
as Ashley
★7.0
MOVIE1999
Joseph's Gift
as Frank Childress
★5.8
MOVIE1992
Wishman
as Staten Jack Rose
★6.5
MOVIE1976
Treasure of Matecumbe
as Roustabout
★3.8
MOVIE1994
The Soft Kill
as Ben McCarthy
★5.9
MOVIE1994
Radioland Murders
as Bernie King
★3.2
MOVIE1998
A Place Called Truth
as Hank
★5.8
MOVIE1997
The Underground
as Captain Hilton
★4.0
MOVIE1994
Future Shock
as Jack Porter
★9.0
MOVIE1989
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
as Roy Grimes
★5.9
MOVIE1995
Nature of the Beast
as Sheriff Gordon
★5.4
MOVIE1997
Back in Business
as Emery Ryker
★5.5
MOVIE1978
Corvette Summer
as Wayne's Car Wash Henchman
★5.8
MOVIE1984
A Breed Apart
as Peyton
★4.5
MOVIE1998
Brown's Requiem
as Cathcart
★4.8
MOVIE1995
Steel Frontier
as General J.W. Quantrell
★5.8
MOVIE1996
American Strays
as Oris
★5.9
MOVIE1993
Showdown
as Vice Principal Kowalski
★5.5
MOVIE1985
Crimewave
as Arthur Coddish
★6.2
MOVIE1986
Amazing Stories
as Willie Joe
★4.8
MOVIE1980
Wholly Moses
as Guard at Banquet
★4.3
MOVIE1999
Diplomatic Siege
as Stubbs
★5.4
MOVIE1989
The Horror Show
as Max Jenke
★5.0
MOVIE1987
Steel Dawn
as Tark
★5.0
MOVIE1993
Rio Diablo
as Jake Walker
★7.0
MOVIE1996
Billy Lone Bear
★5.7
MOVIE1988
The Wrong Guys
as Glen Grunski
★6.3
MOVIE1981
Killing at Hell's Gate
as Turkey Jones
★7.7
MOVIE1998
Deadly Ransom
as Bobby Rico
★6.3
MOVIE1988
D.O.A.
as Detective Ulmer
★5.2
MOVIE1994
Cabin Boy
as Big Teddy
★4.4
MOVIE1997
The Killing Jar
as Dr. Vincent Garret
★5.3
MOVIE1994
The Companion
as Ron Cocheran
★3.8
MOVIE1998
Men in White
as Air Force
★4.2
MOVIE2000
Farewell, My Love
as Renault
★5.2
MOVIE1993
Brain Smasher... A Love Story
as Brown
★4.5
MOVIE2002
The Thief & the Stripper
as Shoe
★5.1
MOVIE1981
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
as Defalice
★6.0
MOVIE1995
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See
as Larry Walker
★5.1
MOVIE1990
Street Asylum
as Reverend Mony
★7.0
MOVIE1983
The Gambler: The Adventure Continues
as Reece
★5.8
MOVIE1999
The Hunter's Moon
as Sheriff Foulkes
★5.5
MOVIE1994
Hong Kong 97
as Simon Alexander
★5.2
MOVIE1978
KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park
as Guard
★7.0
MOVIE1980
Trouble in High Timber Country
as Eddie Rhodes
★4.1
MOVIE1992
Black Magic
as Tom McKay
★6.1
MOVIE1989
Circles in a Forest
as Mr. Patterson
★6.0
MOVIE1994
Art Deco Detective
as Jim Wexler
MOVIE2005
Swimming with Dolphins
★5.5
MOVIE1994
Savage Land
as Cyrus
★4.9
MOVIE1990
Enid Is Sleeping
as Trucker
★3.6
MOVIE1988
Dead Man Walking
as Decker
★7.0
MOVIE1983
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
as Captain Rogers
★5.2
MOVIE1993
The Dark
as Paul Buckner
★9.0
MOVIE1999
Heist
as Caz
★4.7
MOVIE1994
F.T.W.
as Sheriff Rudy Morgan
★7.0
MOVIE1993
Precious Victims
as Agent Jimmy Bivens
★4.7
MOVIE1995
Spitfire
as Tough Guy (uncredited)
★4.5
MOVIE1995
Indecent Behavior III
as Andy Cowens (uncredited)
★4.2
MOVIE1991
Ultimate Desires
as Wolfgang Friedman
★3.7
MOVIE1999
Arthurs Quest
as Trent
★5.2
MOVIE1995
Dominion
as Lynwood
★3.6
MOVIE1992
Frogtown II
as Prof. Tanzer
★5.0
MOVIE1998
Black Sea 213
as Captain Killick
★5.3
MOVIE1997
Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills
as Salvador Dali / Sam
★8.3
MOVIE1998
Jekyll Island
as Lawton Goodyear
★9.0
MOVIE1978
Flying High
as Clyde Boyer
★5.4
MOVIE1990
Mom
as Nestor Duvalier
★3.8
MOVIE1996
Assault on Dome 4
as Chairman
★5.2
MOVIE1995
Cyberjack
as Nassim
★5.7
MOVIE1976
Harry and Walter Go to New York
as Hayseed
★5.0
MOVIE1998
In God's Hands
as Capitaine
★4.1
MOVIE2000
The Operator
as Vernon Woods
★4.1
MOVIE1997
Bombshell
as Donald
★5.3
MOVIE1986
Annihilator
as Alien Leader
★3.0
MOVIE2005
Phoenix Point
as Spider Rico
★5.8
MOVIE1975
The Kansas City Massacre
as Homer Van Meter
★5.5
MOVIE1998
Kai Rabe gegen die Vatikankiller
as Monk
★3.5
MOVIE1989
Mutator
as David Allen
★7.3
MOVIE1999
Malevolence
as Warden Walker
★6.6
MOVIE1976
The Invasion of Johnson County
as Ben Jones