
Brion James
Born: 1945-02-20
Place of Birth: Redlands, California, USA
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.
Known For

The Fifth Element

Blade Runner

Amazing Stories

Tango & Cash

Red Heat

Cabin Boy

Mutator

Steel Frontier

Black Magic

Nemesis

American Strays

Red Scorpion

48 Hrs.

Dominion

Wholly Moses

Showdown

Blue Sunshine

Mom

The Companion

Spitfire

Silverado

Diplomatic Siege

Bombshell

Steel Dawn

Cyberjack

Precious Victims

Jekyll Island

Time Runner

Frogtown II

The Dark

Another 48 Hrs.

Precious Find

Striking Distance

Street Asylum

The Player

Wishman

Flesh + Blood

Enemy Mine

Dirt Merchant

Evil Obsession

Armed and Dangerous

Malevolence

The Postman Always Rings Twice

Crimewave

Southern Comfort

Brain Smasher... A Love Story

D.O.A.

Hear No Evil

Cherry 2000

A Breed Apart

Hard Times

Knight Rider 2010

F.T.W.

The Hunter's Moon

The Horror Show

The Jazz Singer

Love Among Thieves

Scanner Cop

Nickelodeon

Corvette Summer

Art Deco Detective

Radioland Murders

Farewell, My Love

Indecent Behavior III

Treasure of Matecumbe

KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park

Nightmare at Noon

The Wrong Guys

The Killing Jar

Brown's Requiem

Circles in a Forest

Joseph's Gift

Bound for Glory

Sketch Artist II: Hands That See

The Gambler: The Adventure Continues

Conquest of the Earth

Enid Is Sleeping

Savage Land

Billy Lone Bear

Men in White

Rio Diablo

Hong Kong 97

The Underground

Nature of the Beast

The Soft Kill

Assault on Dome 4

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills

Harry and Walter Go to New York

In God's Hands

Black Sea 213

A Place Called Truth

Annihilator

Dead Man Walking

Deadly Ransom

The Operator

Trouble in High Timber Country

Back in Business

The King Is Alive

Snide and Prejudice

Desperado: The Outlaw Wars

Future Shock

Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.

Flying High

Heist

Kai Rabe gegen die Vatikankiller

Arthurs Quest

The Kansas City Massacre

Ultimate Desires

The Invasion of Johnson County

The Thief & the Stripper

Phoenix Point
