Brion James

Acting · Born 1945-02-20 in 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.

Filmography

• The Fifth Element as General Munro
• Blade Runner as Leon
• The Player as Joel Levison
• Enemy Mine as Stubbs
• Silverado as Hobart
• 48 Hrs. as Ben Kehoe
• Arthurs Quest as Trent
• Cyberjack as Nassim
• The King Is Alive as Ashley
• Armed and Dangerous as Anthony Lazarus

TV

• Sledge Hammer! as Felix Ridel
• Little House on the Prairie
• Tales from the Crypt as Steve Dixon
• Superman: The Animated Series as Parasite / Rudy Jones (voice)
• Millennium as Sheriff Bowman
• Superman: The Animated Series as Parasite (voice)
• Batman: The Animated Series as Irving (voice)
• Batman: The Animated Series as Additional Voices (voice)
• The Rockford Files as Clamshell
• The A-Team as Ryder