Brion James

Highest Rated: 100% The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1982)

Lowest Rated: 0% In God's Hands (1998)

Birthday: Feb 20, 1945

Birthplace: Not Available

Actor Brion James launched his career in television and feature films and on television in the mid '70s. With his piercing eyes and cruel smile, the versatile, 6' 3"James, usually portrays assorted eccentric bad-guys, urban scum, and red-necks. One of his most memorable roles was Leon, an android in Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982). As his father owned a movie theater in Beaumont, California, James spent most of his life around movies . Following high school, James moved to New York City where he became a cook and butler for Stella Adler, a renowned drama coach. While in the Big Apple, James also appeared off-Broadway, and as a stand-up comedian. In 1973, he returned to Los Angeles to become a full time actor with the philosophy that he would never turn down a job. James's strategy has worked, and since then he has appeared in over 100 TV shows and 70 features.

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Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
No Score Yet	Snide & Prejudice	Goering	—	2001
60%	The King Is Alive	Ashley	—	2001
No Score Yet	The Hunter's Moon	Sheriff Foulkes	—	2001
45%	The Operator	Vernon	—	2000
50%	Brown's Requiem	Haywood	—	2000
No Score Yet	Un Peligroso Rescate	Bobby Rico	—	2000
No Score Yet	Farewell, My Love	Renault	—	2000
No Score Yet	Diplomatic Siege	Stubbs	—	1999
No Score Yet	Arthur's Quest	Trent	—	1999
No Score Yet	Heist	Caz	—	1999
No Score Yet	Joseph's Gift	Frank Childress	—	1999
No Score Yet	Dirt Merchant	Detective Harry Ball	—	1999
0%	In God's Hands	Captain	—	1998
No Score Yet	A Place Called Truth	Hank	—	1998
No Score Yet	The Setting Son	Junior	—	1997
No Score Yet	The Underground	Captain Hilton	—	1997
71%	The Fifth Element	Gen. Munro	—	1997
No Score Yet	Back in Business	Emory Ryker	—	1997
No Score Yet	The Killing Jar	Dr. Vincent Garret	—	1997
No Score Yet	Bombshell	Donald	—	1997
No Score Yet	Evil Obsession	Stavinski	—	1997
No Score Yet	American Strays	Oris	—	1996
No Score Yet	Precious Find	Sam	—	1996
No Score Yet	The Nature of the Beast	Sheriff Gordon	—	1995
No Score Yet	The Soft Kill	Ben McCarthy	—	1995
No Score Yet	Cyberjack	Nassim	—	1995
No Score Yet	Steel Frontier	General J.W. Quantrell	—	1995
No Score Yet	Sketch Artist II	Walker	—	1995
No Score Yet	Malevolence	Warden Walker	—	1995
No Score Yet	Terminal Virus	Actor	—	1995
No Score Yet	Hong Kong '97	Simon Alexander	—	1994
24%	Radioland Murders	Bernie	—	1994
No Score Yet	Savage Land	Cyrus	—	1994
No Score Yet	The Dark	Paul Buckner	—	1994
No Score Yet	Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills	Sam/Salvador Dali	—	1994
No Score Yet	F.T.W. (The Last Ride)	Sheriff Rudy Morgan	—	1994
No Score Yet	Knight Rider 2010	Jared	—	1994
46%	Cabin Boy	Big Teddy	—	1994
No Score Yet	The Companion	Ron Cocheran	—	1994
No Score Yet	Scanner Cop	Dr. Hampton	—	1994
No Score Yet	Precious Victims	Agent Jimmy Bivens	—	1993
No Score Yet	Showdown	Asst. Principal	—	1993
18%	Striking Distance	Det. Eddie Eiler	—	1993
No Score Yet	Time Runner	Neila	—	1993
No Score Yet	Brainsmasher...A Love Story	Actor	—	1993
No Score Yet	Rio Diablo	Jake	—	1993
No Score Yet	Future Shock	Actor	—	1993
No Score Yet	Frogtown II	Prof. Tanzer	—	1993
No Score Yet	Nemesis	Maritz	—	1993
98%	The Player	Joel Levison	—	1992
No Score Yet	Black Magic	Tom McKay	—	1992
No Score Yet	Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story	Bruce Munster	—	1992
18%	Another 48 Hrs.	Ben Kehoe	—	1990
No Score Yet	Enid Is Sleeping	Trucker	—	1990
No Score Yet	Street Asylum	Reverend Mony	—	1990
No Score Yet	Beyond the Silhouette	Wolfgang Friedman	—	1990
33%	Tango & Cash	Courier/Requin	—	1989
No Score Yet	Mom	Nestor Duvalier	—	1989
0%	The Horror Show	Max Jenke	—	1989
9%	Red Scorpion	Krasnov	—	1989
No Score Yet	Mutator (Time of the Beast)	David Allen	—	1989
No Score Yet	Dead Man Out	Actor	—	1989
No Score Yet	Desperado: The Outlaw Wars	Actor	—	1989
92%	Evil Angels (A Cry in the Dark)	Cliff Murchison	—	1988
62%	Red Heat	Streak	—	1988
61%	D.O.A.	Det. Ulmer	—	1988
43%	Cherry 2000	Stacy	—	1988
No Score Yet	The Wrong Guys	Glen Grunski	—	1988
No Score Yet	Dead Man Walking	Dekker	—	1988
No Score Yet	Nightmare at Noon	The Albino	—	1987
No Score Yet	Steel Dawn	Tark	—	1987
No Score Yet	Love Among Thieves	Andre	—	1987
11%	Armed and Dangerous	Anthony Lazarus	—	1986
No Score Yet	Crimewave	Coddish	—	1986
59%	Enemy Mine	Stubbs	—	1985
81%	Flesh & Blood (Flesh+Blood) (The Rose and the Sword)	Karthans	—	1985
77%	Silverado	Hobart [uncredited]	$33.3M	1985
No Score Yet	A Breed Apart	Huey Miller	—	1984
93%	48 HRS	Kehoe	—	1982
100%	The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez	Capt. Rogers	—	1982
90%	Blade Runner	Leon	—	1982
91%	Blade Runner (The Final Cut)	Leon	$0.3M	1982
77%	The Postman Always Rings Twice	Crapshooter	—	1981
88%	Southern Comfort	Trapper	—	1981
No Score Yet	Killing at Hell's Gate	Actor	—	1981
14%	Wholly Moses!	Guard at Banquet	—	1980
57%	Corvette Summer	Jeff	—	1978
14%	Nickelodeon	Bailiff	—	1976
No Score Yet	Treasure of Matecumbe	Roustabout	—	1976
57%	Harry and Walter Go to New York	Hayseed	—	1976
80%	Blue Sunshine	Tony	—	1976

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
No Score Yet	Walker, Texas Ranger 1993-2001	Rafer Cobb	1997
No Score Yet	Miami Vice 1984-1990	Reese	1988
No Score Yet	The A-Team 1983-1987	Ryder Dave Plout	1985 1983
No Score Yet	Dukes of Hazzard 1979-1985	Jenkins Capt. Slater	1984 1982
No Score Yet	Little House on the Prairie 1974-1984	Amos	1982
No Score Yet	Quincy, M.E. 1976-1983	Harry Moeller	1982
No Score Yet	The Jeffersons 1975-1985	Dirty Dog	1980
No Score Yet	The Rockford Files 1974-1980	Clamshell	1977
No Score Yet	Gunsmoke 1955-1975	Joe Barnes	1975
No Score Yet	The Waltons 1972-1981	Henry Ferris Jr.	1974 1973
No Score Yet	American Playhouse 1982-1996	Rogers

QUOTES FROM Brion James CHARACTERS

Leon	WAKE UP, TIME TO DIE!!!!
Leon	WAKE UP, TIME TO DIE!

Leon	My Mother...let me tell you about my Mother!

Leon	nothing is worse than having an itch...you can never scratch
Leon	Nothing is worse than having an itch you can never scratch!

Leon	Time to Die
Leon	Time to Die!

General Munro

The Mondoshawans never fully trusted the human race.

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