Brion James

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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.

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Films Featuring Brion James

The Fifth Element

19977.6

Blade Runner

19827.9

48 Hrs.

19826.7

Arthurs Quest

19993.7

Cyberjack

19955.2

The King Is Alive

20005.5

Armed and Dangerous

19865.7

The Player

19927.2

Bombshell

19974.1

Striking Distance

19935.9

The Wrong Guys

19885.7

Crimewave

19855.5

Another 48 Hrs.

19906.0

Radioland Murders

19945.9

Nemesis

19925.4

Enemy Mine

19857.0

Southern Comfort

19816.9

Brain Smasher... A Love Story

19935.2

Cabin Boy

19945.2

Flesh + Blood

19856.6

Red Scorpion

19886.0

Tango & Cash

19896.5

Corvette Summer

19785.5

Steel Dawn

19875.0

The Hunter's Moon

19995.8

Mutator

19893.5

Assault on Dome 4

19963.7

In God's Hands

19985.0

The Horror Show

19895.4

Knight Rider 2010

19944.7

Precious Find

19965.4

Cherry 2000

19875.9

Brown's Requiem

19984.5

Steel Frontier

19954.8

Time Runner

19934.3

Nightmare at Noon

19884.7

Swimming with Dolphins

Swimming with Dolphins

2005

Back in Business

19975.4

Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.

19815.1

Deadly Ransom

19987.7

Showdown

19935.8

The Underground

19975.3

The Soft Kill

19943.8

American Strays

19965.8

The Dark

19935.2

Circles in a Forest

19896.1

Hong Kong 97

19945.5

Dead Man Walking

19883.6

Annihilator

19865.3

The Operator

20004.1

The Companion

19945.3

The Gambler: The Adventure Continues

19837.0

Street Asylum

19905.1

Frogtown II

19923.6

Red Heat

19886.2

Savage Land

19945.5

Trouble in High Timber Country

19807.0

Black Magic

19924.1

Flying High

19789.0

Love Among Thieves

19876.2

Hard Times

19756.8

Mom

19905.4

Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills

19975.3

Ultimate Desires

19914.2

Phoenix Point

20053.0

Dominion

19955.2

The Invasion of Johnson County

19766.6

Rio Diablo

19935.0

Snide and Prejudice

19976.3

Kai Rabe gegen die Vatikankiller

19985.5

Nickelodeon

19766.1

Dirt Merchant

19993.2

Desperado: The Outlaw Wars

19899.0

Scanner Cop

19945.7

Future Shock

19944.0

Evil Obsession

19966.3

Z-TV

1989

Jekyll Island

19988.3

Nature of the Beast

19955.9

Black Sea 213

19985.0

Blue Sunshine

19775.7

Heist

19989.0

Men in White

19983.8

Conquest of the Earth

19806.5

Art Deco Detective

19946.0

D.O.A.

19886.3

A Breed Apart

19845.9

A Place Called Truth

19983.3

Sketch Artist II: Hands That See

19956.0

The Kansas City Massacre

19755.8

Killing at Hell's Gate

19816.3

The Postman Always Rings Twice

19816.5

Spitfire

19954.7

Hear No Evil

19825.7

Silverado

19857.0

Indecent Behavior III

19954.5

Precious Victims

19937.0

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

19837.0

Wishman

19925.8

The Killing Jar

19974.4

Bound for Glory

19766.9

Farewell, My Love

20004.2

Enid Is Sleeping

19904.9

Amazing Stories

19866.1

Diplomatic Siege

19994.3

Wholly Moses

19804.7

The Jazz Singer

19805.9

Treasure of Matecumbe

19766.5

Billy Lone Bear

19967.0

F.T.W.

19944.7

Joseph's Gift

19997.0

Harry and Walter Go to New York

19765.7

The Thief & the Stripper

20024.5

KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park

19785.2

Malevolence

19997.3

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