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Brion James
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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.
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The Art of Listening
From the whisper of a surveillance tape to the roar of a wartime beach, these eight films prove that sound is not just heard, it is felt. A chain of masterpiece...
7 films
The Mind's Eye: Crime Films of Obsession and Interiority
From a detective's haunted pursuit to a killer's fractured psyche, this chain traces cinema's most intimate crime stories, where the real action happens inside...
8 films
20 Home Video Releases Every Film Obsessive Should Own
There was a brief, glorious period in the late 1990s and early 2000s when buying a film on home video felt less like acquiring a product and more like being han...
20 films
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The Fifth Element
1997 · General Munro
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See
1995 · Larry Walker
Radioland Murders
1994 · Bernie King
Striking Distance
1993 · Eddie Eiler
Nemesis
1992 · Maritz
The Player
1992 · Joel Levison
Another 48 Hrs.
1990 · Ben Kehoe
Tango & Cash
1989 · Requin
Red Heat
1988 · Streak
D.O.A.
1988 · Detective Ulmer
Cherry 2000
1987 · Stacy
Flesh + Blood
1985 · Karsthans
48 Hrs.
1982 · Ben Kehoe
Blade Runner
1982 · Leon
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1981 · Crapshooter
Nickelodeon
1976 · Bailiff