Brion James

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: Acting

Born: Redlands, California, USA, 1945-02-20

Died: 1999-08-07

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1975	Hard Times	Man (uncredited)	67
2	1975	The Kansas City Massacre	Homer Van Meter	47
3	1976	Harry and Walter Go to New York	Hayseed	55
4	1976	Treasure of Matecumbe	Roustabout	66
5	1976	The Invasion of Johnson County	Ben Jones	65
6	1976	Bound for Glory	Pick Up Truck Driver at the Border	68
7	1976	Nickelodeon	Bailiff	60
8	1977	Blue Sunshine	Tony	56
9	1978	Corvette Summer	Wayne's Car Wash Henchman	54
10	1978	Flying High	Clyde Boyer	0
11	1978	KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park	Guard	53
12	1980	Wholly Moses	Guard at Banquet	47
13	1980	Trouble in High Timber Country	Eddie Rhodes	0
14	1980	The Jazz Singer	Man in Bar	59
15	1980	Conquest of the Earth	Willy	63
16	1981	The Postman Always Rings Twice	Crapshooter	65
17	1981	Southern Comfort	Trapper	69
18	1981	Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.	Defalice	45
19	1981	Killing at Hell's Gate	Turkey Jones	60
20	1982	Blade Runner	Leon	79
21	1982	Hear No Evil	Billy Boy Burns	40
22	1982	48 Hrs.	Ben Kehoe	67
23	1983	The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez	Captain Rogers	68
24	1983	The Gambler: The Adventure Continues	Reece	68
25	1984	A Breed Apart	Peyton	57
26	1985	Crimewave	Arthur Coddish	55
27	1985	Silverado	Hobart	70
28	1985	Flesh + Blood	Karsthans	66
29	1985	Enemy Mine	Stubbs	69
30	1986	Annihilator	Alien Leader	50
31	1986	Amazing Stories	Willie Joe	67
32	1986	Armed and Dangerous	Anthony Lazarus	56
33	1987	Love Among Thieves	Andre	63
34	1987	Steel Dawn	Tark	50
35	1987	Cherry 2000	Stacy	60
36	1988	D.O.A.	Detective Ulmer	63
37	1988	The Wrong Guys	Glen Grunski	56
38	1988	Red Heat	Streak	62
39	1988	Nightmare at Noon	The Albino	47
40	1988	Dead Man Walking	Decker	36
41	1988	Red Scorpion	Krasnov	59
42	1989	Z-TV	Self	0
43	1989	The Horror Show	Max Jenke	54
44	1989	Mutator	David Allen	36
45	1989	Circles in a Forest	Mr. Patterson	78
46	1989	Desperado: The Outlaw Wars	Roy Grimes	95
47	1989	Tango & Cash	Requin	65
48	1990	Enid Is Sleeping	Trucker	48
49	1990	Street Asylum	Reverend Mony	50
50	1990	Another 48 Hrs.	Ben Kehoe	60
51	1990	Mom	Nestor Duvalier	55
52	1991	Ultimate Desires	Wolfgang Friedman	28
53	1992	The Player	Joel Levison	72
54	1992	Wishman	Staten Jack Rose	43
55	1992	Black Magic	Tom McKay	33
56	1992	Frogtown II	Prof. Tanzer	35
57	1992	Nemesis	Maritz	54
58	1993	Rio Diablo	Jake Walker	52
59	1993	Time Runner	Neila	45
60	1993	Showdown	Vice Principal Kowalski	58
61	1993	Striking Distance	Det. Eddie Eiler	59
62	1993	Precious Victims	Agent Jimmy Bivens	70
63	1993	The Dark	Paul Buckner	49
64	1993	Brain Smasher... A Love Story	Brown	52
65	1994	Cabin Boy	Big Teddy	51
66	1994	Future Shock	Jack Porter	40
67	1994	Knight Rider 2010	Jared	46
68	1994	F.T.W.	Sheriff Rudy Morgan	47
69	1994	Scanner Cop	Dr. Hampton	58
70	1994	Savage Land	Cyrus	0
71	1994	Art Deco Detective	Jim Wexler	52
72	1994	The Companion	Ron Cocheran	55
73	1994	Radioland Murders	Bernie King	60
74	1994	The Soft Kill	Ben McCarthy	23
75	1994	Hong Kong 97	Simon Alexander	56
76	1995	Spitfire	Tough Guy (uncredited)	46
77	1995	Sketch Artist II: Hands That See	Larry Walker	60
78	1995	Steel Frontier	General J.W. Quantrell	50
79	1995	Dominion	Lynwood	40
80	1995	Cyberjack	Nassim	53
81	1995	Nature of the Beast	Sheriff Gordon	59
82	1995	Indecent Behavior III	Andy Cowens (uncredited)	42
83	1996	Billy Lone Bear		60
84	1996	Precious Find	Sam Horton	52
85	1996	American Strays	Oris	55
86	1996	Evil Obsession	Stavinski	60
87	1996	Assault on Dome 4	Chairman	36
88	1997	The Fifth Element	General Munro	76
89	1997	Snide and Prejudice	Hermann Goering	80
90	1997	The Killing Jar	Dr. Vincent Garret	45
91	1997	Back in Business	Emery Ryker	54
92	1997	Bombshell	Donald	42
93	1997	Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills	Salvador Dali / Sam	37
94	1997	The Underground	Captain Hilton	60
95	1998	Black Sea 213	Captain Killick	50
96	1998	Jekyll Island	Lawton Goodyear	87
97	1998	In God's Hands	Capitaine	51
98	1998	A Place Called Truth	Hank	30
99	1998	Men in White	Air Force	36
100	1998	Deadly Ransom	Bobby Rico	60
101	1998	Brown's Requiem	Cathcart	50
102	1998	Kai Rabe gegen die Vatikankiller	Monk	50
103	1999	Joseph's Gift	Frank Childress	0
104	1999	Malevolence	Warden Walker	60
105	1999	Arthurs Quest	Trent	32
106	1999	Heist	Caz	0
107	1999	Dirt Merchant	Detective Harry Ball	31
108	1999	The Hunter's Moon	Sheriff Foulkes	57
109	1999	Diplomatic Siege	Stubbs	42
110	2000	Farewell, My Love	Renault	30
111	2000	The Operator	Vernon Woods	38
112	2000	The King Is Alive	Ashley	60
113	2002	The Thief & the Stripper	Shoe	30
114	2005	Phoenix Point	Spider Rico	22
115	2005	Swimming with Dolphins		0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1955	Gunsmoke	Joe Barnes	66
2	1965	The F.B.I.		56
3	1972	The Waltons	Henry Ferris Jr.	71
4	1974	Little House on the Prairie		80
5	1974	The Rockford Files	Clamshell	75
6	1976	Quincy, M.E.	Henry Moeller	75
7	1977	Roots	Slaver	74
8	1977	CHiPs	Billy Joe Ackerman	68
9	1977	CHiPs	Monk Adler	68
10	1977	The Incredible Hulk	Al	72
11	1978	Mork & Mindy	George	71
12	1979	Big Shamus, Little Shamus		50
13	1980	Galactica 1980	Willy	61
14	1980	When the Whistle Blows		50
15	1983	The A-Team	Ryder	75
16	1983	The A-Team	David Plout	75
17	1983	The Hitchhiker	Lionel	61
18	1983	The Gambler: The Adventure Continues	Reece	50
19	1984	Miami Vice	Edward Reese	74
20	1984	Hunter	Lt. Jeff Wadsworth / Thomas Duffy	72
21	1985	Amazing Stories	Willie Joe	75
22	1986	Matlock	Mr. Grock	72
23	1986	Sledge Hammer!	Felix Ridel	79
24	1986	Sidekicks		60
25	1989	Tales from the Crypt	Steve Dixon	80
26	1992	Batman: The Animated Series	Irving (voice)	85
27	1992	Batman: The Animated Series	Additional Voices (voice)	85
28	1992	Renegade	Eli Starke	66
29	1992	Highlander: The Series	Armand Thorne	74
30	1993	Walker, Texas Ranger	Rafer Cobb	70
31	1995	The Marshal		57
32	1996	The Sentinel	Warren Chapel	71
33	1996	Superman: The Animated Series	Parasite / Rudy Jones (voice)	76
34	1996	Superman: The Animated Series	Parasite (voice)	76
35	1996	Millennium	Sheriff Bowman	77
36	1997	Todd McFarlane's Spawn		79