Birthday
1945/02/20
Day of death
1999/08/07 (54 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Redlands, California, USA
Also know as
Brian James, بریون جیمز
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 frequent...Read more
(1997) The Fifth Element
as General Munro
(1982) Blade Runner
as Leon
(1982) 48 Hrs.
as Ben Kehoe
(1999) Arthurs Quest
as Trent
(1995) Cyberjack
as Nassim
(2000) The King Is Alive
as Ashley
(1986) Armed and Dangerous
as Anthony Lazarus
(1992) The Player
as Joel Levison
(1997) Bombshell
as Donald
(1993) Striking Distance
as Det. Eddie Eiler
(1988) The Wrong Guys
as Glen Grunski
(1985) Crimewave
as Arthur Coddish
(1990) Another 48 Hrs.
as Ben Kehoe
(1994) Radioland Murders
as Bernie King
(1992) Nemesis
as Maritz
(1985) Enemy Mine
as Stubbs
(1981) Southern Comfort
as Trapper
(1993) Brain Smasher... A Love Story
as Brown
(1994) Cabin Boy
as Big Teddy
(1985) Flesh + Blood
as Karsthans
(1988) Red Scorpion
as Krasnov
(1989) Tango & Cash
as Requin
(1978) Corvette Summer
as Wayne's Car Wash Henchman
(1987) Steel Dawn
as Tark
(1999) The Hunter's Moon
as Sheriff Foulkes
(1989) Mutator
as David Allen
(1996) Assault on Dome 4
as Chairman
(1998) In God's Hands
as Capitaine
(1989) The Horror Show
as Max Jenke
(1994) Knight Rider 2010
as Jared
(1996) Precious Find
as Sam Horton
(1987) Cherry 2000
as Stacy
(1998) Brown's Requiem
as Cathcart
(1995) Steel Frontier
as General J.W. Quantrell
(1993) Time Runner
as Neila
(1988) Nightmare at Noon
as The Albino
(2005) Swimming with Dolphins
as ---
(1997) Back in Business
as Emery Ryker
(1981) Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
as Defalice
(1998) Deadly Ransom
as Bobby Rico
(1993) Showdown
as Vice Principal Kowalski
(1997) The Underground
as Captain Hilton
(1994) The Soft Kill
as Ben McCarthy
(1996) American Strays
as Oris
(1993) The Dark
as Paul Buckner
(1989) Circles in a Forest
as Mr. Patterson
(1994) Hong Kong 97
as Simon Alexander
(1988) Dead Man Walking
as Decker
(1986) Annihilator
as Alien Leader
(2000) The Operator
as Vernon Woods
(1994) The Companion
as Ron Cocheran
(1983) The Gambler: The Adventure Continues
as Reece
(1990) Street Asylum
as Reverend Mony
(1992) Frogtown II
as Prof. Tanzer
(1988) Red Heat
as Streak
(1994) Savage Land
as Cyrus
(1980) Trouble in High Timber Country
as Eddie Rhodes
(1992) Black Magic
as Tom McKay
(1978) Flying High
as Clyde Boyer
(1987) Love Among Thieves
as Andre
(1975) Hard Times
as Man (uncredited)
(1990) Mom
as Nestor Duvalier
(1997) Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills
as Salvador Dali / Sam
(1991) Ultimate Desires
as Wolfgang Friedman
(2005) Phoenix Point
as Spider Rico
(1995) Dominion
as Lynwood
(1976) The Invasion of Johnson County
as Ben Jones
(1993) Rio Diablo
as Jake Walker
(1997) Snide and Prejudice
as Hermann Goering
(1998) Kai Rabe gegen die Vatikankiller
as Monk
(1976) Nickelodeon
as Bailiff
(1999) Dirt Merchant
as Detective Harry Ball
(1989) Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
as Roy Grimes
(1994) Scanner Cop
as Dr. Hampton
(1994) Future Shock
as Jack Porter
(1996) Evil Obsession
as Stavinski
(1989) Z-TV
as Self
(1995) Nature of the Beast
as Sheriff Gordon
(1977) Blue Sunshine
as Tony
(1998) Jekyll Island
as Lawton Goodyear
(1998) Black Sea 213
as Captain Killick
(1999) Heist
as Caz
(1998) Men in White
as Air Force
(1980) Conquest of the Earth
as Willy
(1994) Art Deco Detective
as Jim Wexler
(1988) D.O.A.
as Detective Ulmer
(1984) A Breed Apart
as Peyton
(1998) A Place Called Truth
as Hank
(1995) Sketch Artist II: Hands That See
as Larry Walker
(1975) The Kansas City Massacre
as Homer Van Meter
(1981) Killing at Hell's Gate
as Turkey Jones
(1981) The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Crapshooter
(1995) Spitfire
as Tough Guy (uncredited)
(1982) Hear No Evil
as Billy Boy Burns
(1985) Silverado
as Hobart
(1995) Indecent Behavior III
as Andy Cowens (uncredited)
(1993) Precious Victims
as Agent Jimmy Bivens
(1983) The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
as Captain Rogers
(1992) Wishman
as Staten Jack Rose
(1997) The Killing Jar
as Dr. Vincent Garret
(1976) Bound for Glory
as Pick Up Truck Driver at the Border
(2000) Farewell, My Love
as Renault
(1990) Enid Is Sleeping
as Trucker
(1986) Amazing Stories
as Willie Joe
(1999) Diplomatic Siege
as Stubbs
(1980) Wholly Moses
as Guard at Banquet
(1980) The Jazz Singer
as Man in Bar
(1976) Treasure of Matecumbe
as Roustabout
(1996) Billy Lone Bear
as ---
(1994) F.T.W.
as Sheriff Rudy Morgan
(1999) Joseph's Gift
as Frank Childress
(1976) Harry and Walter Go to New York
as Hayseed
(2002) The Thief & the Stripper
as Shoe
(1978) KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park
as Guard
(1999) Malevolence
as Warden Walker
(1986) Sledge Hammer!
as Felix Ridel
(1983) The A-Team
as Ryder
(1974) Little House on the Prairie
as ---
(1986) Matlock
as Mr. Grock
(1984) Miami Vice
as Edward Reese
(1989) Tales from the Crypt
as Steve Dixon
(1976) Quincy, M.E.
as Henry Moeller
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Joe Barnes
(1993) Walker, Texas Ranger
as Rafer Cobb
(1996) Superman: The Animated Series
as Parasite / Rudy Jones (voice)
(1996) Millennium
as Sheriff Bowman
(1986) Sidekicks
as ---
(1984) Hunter
as Lt. Jeff Wadsworth / Thomas Duffy
(1972) The Waltons
as Henry Ferris Jr.
(1980) Galactica 1980
as Willy
(1997) Spawn
as ---
(1983) The Hitchhiker
as Lionel
(1995) The Marshal
as ---
(1980) When the Whistle Blows
as ---
(1979) Big Shamus, Little Shamus
as ---
(1996) Superman: The Animated Series
as Parasite (voice)
(1992) Batman: The Animated Series
as Additional Voices (voice)
(1992) Batman: The Animated Series
as Irving (voice)
(1985) Amazing Stories
as Willie Joe
(1974) The Rockford Files
as Clamshell
(1983) The A-Team
as David Plout
(1978) Mork & Mindy
as George
(1977) CHiPs
as Billy Joe Ackerman
(1977) Roots
as Slaver
(1977) CHiPs
as Monk Adler
(1992) Highlander: The Series
as Armand Thorne
(1977) The Incredible Hulk
as Al
(1983) The Gambler: The Adventure Continues
as Reece
(1996) The Sentinel
as Warren Chapel
(1992) Renegade
as Eli Starke
(1965) The F.B.I.
as ---