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

• 2005Phoenix Point — Spider Rico
• 2005Swimming with Dolphins
• 2002The Thief & the Stripper — Shoe
• 2000Farewell, My Love — Renault
• 2000The King Is Alive — Ashley
• 2000The Operator — Vernon Woods
• 1999Arthurs Quest — Trent
• 1999Diplomatic Siege — Stubbs
• 1999Dirt Merchant — Detective Harry Ball
• 1999Joseph's Gift — Frank Childress
• 1999Malevolence — Warden Walker
• 1999The Hunter's Moon — Sheriff Foulkes
• 1998A Place Called Truth — Hank
• 1998Amazing Stories: The Movie III — Willie Joe
• 1998Black Sea 213 — Captain Killick
• 1998Brown's Requiem — Cathcart
• 1998Deadly Ransom — Bobby Rico
• 1998Heist — Caz
• 1998In God's Hands — Capitaine
• 1998Jekyll Island — Lawton Goodyear
• 1998Kai Rabe gegen die Vatikankiller — Monk
• 1998Men in White — Air Force
• The Magnificent Seven — Stuart James
• 1997Back in Business — Emery Ryker
• 1997Bombshell — Donald
• 1997Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills — Salvador Dali / Sam, Associate Producer
• 1997Snide and Prejudice — Hermann Goering
• 1997The Fifth Element — General Munro
• 1997The Killing Jar — Dr. Vincent Garret
• 1997The Underground — Captain Hilton
• 1996American Strays — Oris
• 1996Assault on Dome 4 — Chairman
• 1996Billy Lone Bear
• 1996Evil Obsession — Stavinski
• Millennium — Sheriff Bowman
• 1996Precious Find — Sam Horton
• Superman: The Animated Series — Parasite / Rudy Jones (voice), Parasite (voice)
• The Sentinel — Warren Chapel
• 1995Cyberjack — Nassim
• 1995Dominion — Lynwood
• 1995Indecent Behavior III — Andy Cowens (uncredited)
• 1995Nature of the Beast — Sheriff Gordon
• 1995Sketch Artist II: Hands That See — Larry Walker
• 1995Spitfire — Tough Guy (uncredited)
• 1995Steel Frontier — General J.W. Quantrell
• The Marshal
• 1994Art Deco Detective — Jim Wexler
• 1994Cabin Boy — Big Teddy
• 1994F.T.W. — Sheriff Rudy Morgan
• 1994Future Shock — Jack Porter
• 1994Hong Kong 97 — Simon Alexander
• 1994Knight Rider 2010 — Jared
• 1994Radioland Murders — Bernie King
• 1994Savage Land — Cyrus
• 1994Scanner Cop — Dr. Hampton
• 1994The Companion — Ron Cocheran
• 1994The Soft Kill — Ben McCarthy
• 1993Brain Smasher... A Love Story — Brown
• 1993Precious Victims — Agent Jimmy Bivens
• 1993Rio Diablo — Jake Walker
• 1993Showdown — Vice Principal Kowalski
• 1993Striking Distance — Eddie Eiler
• 1993The Dark — Paul Buckner
• 1993Time Runner — Neila
• Walker, Texas Ranger — Rafer Cobb
• Batman: The Animated Series — Additional Voices (voice), Irving (voice)
• 1992Black Magic — Tom McKay
• 1992Frogtown II — Prof. Tanzer
• Highlander: The Series — Armand Thorne
• 1992Nemesis — Maritz
• Renegade — Eli Starke
• 1992The Player — Joel Levison
• 1992Wishman — Staten Jack Rose
• 1991Ultimate Desires — Wolfgang Friedman
• 1990Another 48 Hrs. — Ben Kehoe
• 1990Enid Is Sleeping — Trucker
• 1990Mom — Nestor Duvalier
• 1990Street Asylum — Reverend Mony
• 1989Circles in a Forest — Mr. Patterson
• 1989Desperado: The Outlaw Wars — Roy Grimes
• 1989Mutator — David Allen
• Tales from the Crypt — Steve Dixon
• 1989Tango & Cash — Requin
• 1989The Horror Show — Max Jenke
• 1988D.O.A. — Detective Ulmer
• 1988Dead Man Walking — Decker
• 1988Nightmare at Noon — The Albino
• 1988Red Heat — Streak
• 1988Red Scorpion — Krasnov
• 1988The Wrong Guys — Glen Grunski
• 1987Cherry 2000 — Stacy
• 1987Love Among Thieves — Andre
• 1987Steel Dawn — Tark
• 1986Amazing Stories — Willie Joe
• 1986Annihilator — Alien Leader
• 1986Armed and Dangerous — Anthony Lazarus
• Matlock — Mr. Grock
• Sidekicks
• Sledge Hammer! — Felix Ridel, Don Merrill
• Amazing Stories — Willie Joe
• 1985Crimewave — Arthur Coddish
• 1985Enemy Mine — Stubbs
• 1985Flesh + Blood — Karsthans
• 1985Silverado — Hobart
• 1984A Breed Apart — Peyton
• Hunter — Thomas Duffy, Jeff Wadsworth
• Miami Vice — Edward Reese
• The A-Team — Ryder, David Plout
• 1983The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez — Captain Rogers
• 1983The Gambler: The Adventure Continues — Reece
• The Gambler: The Adventure Continues — Reece
• The Hitchhiker — Lionel
• 198248 Hrs. — Ben Kehoe
• American Playhouse — Captain Rogers
• 1982Blade Runner — Leon
• 1982Hear No Evil — Billy Boy Burns
• 1981Killing at Hell's Gate — Turkey Jones
• 1981Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. — Defalice
• 1981Southern Comfort — Trapper
• 1981The Postman Always Rings Twice — Crapshooter
• 1980Conquest of the Earth — Willy
• Galactica 1980 — Willy
• 1980The Jazz Singer — Man in Bar
• 1980Trouble in High Timber Country — Eddie Rhodes
• When the Whistle Blows
• 1980Wholly Moses — Guard at Banquet
• Big Shamus, Little Shamus — Denker
• 1978Corvette Summer — Wayne's Car Wash Henchman
• 1978Flying High — Clyde Boyer
• 1978KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park — Guard
• Mork & Mindy — George
• 1977Blue Sunshine — Tony
• CHiPs — Billy Joe Ackerman, Monk Adler
• Roots — Slaver
• The Incredible Hulk — Al
• 1976Bound for Glory — Pick Up Truck Driver at the Border
• 1976Harry and Walter Go to New York — Hayseed
• 1976Nickelodeon — Bailiff
• Quincy, M.E. — Henry Moeller
• 1976The Invasion of Johnson County — Ben Jones
• 1976Treasure of Matecumbe — Roustabout
• 1975Hard Times — Man (uncredited)
• 1975The Kansas City Massacre — Homer Van Meter
• Little House on the Prairie
• The Rockford Files — Clamshell
• The Waltons — Henry Ferris Jr.
• The F.B.I.
• Gunsmoke — Joe Barnes

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 1989Z-TV — Self
• New Line: Independent Legacies — Self (archive footage)