Movie Credits
Phoenix Point	(2003)
Farewell, My Love	(2001)
[ Adam Baldwin ][ Robert Culp ][ Phillip Rhys ]
The King Is Alive	(2000)
[ Bruce Davison ]
The Operator	(2000)
[ Stephen Tobolowsky ]
Diplomatic Siege	(1999)
[ Tom Berenger ][ Uwe Ochsenknecht ][ Peter Weller ]
Foolish	(1999)
[ Andrew Dice Clay ][ Eddie Griffin ][ Bill Nunn ][ Frank Sivero ][ Bill Duke ]
Arthur's Quest	(1999)
[ Eric Christian Olsen ][ Clint Howard ]
Dirt Merchant	(1999)
[ David Faustino ][ Anthony Michael Hall ][ Danny Masterson ][ Lee Arenberg ][ Carlos Alazraqui ]
The Hunter's Moon	(1999)
[ Keith Carradine ][ Andrew Hawkes ][ Burt Reynolds ][ Pat Hingle ]
A Place Called Truth	(1998)
[ Anthony Addabbo ]
Black Sea 213	(1998)
[ Anthony Addabbo ][ Timothy Bottoms ]
Brown's Requiem	(1998)
[ Brad Dourif ][ Christopher Meloni ][ Tobin Bell ][ Michael Rooker ][ Kevin Corrigan ]
The Thief & the Stripper	(1998)
[ Corey Feldman ][ Martin Kove ][ Michael Madsen ][ Todd Bridges ]
Joseph's Gift	(1998)
[ Joseph Bottoms ][ Martin Kove ][ Angus MacFadyen ][ John Saxon ][ Sam Bottoms ]
Jekyll Island	(1998)
[ Everett McGill ]
One Day Out West	(1998)
Kai Rabe gegen die Vatikankiller	(1998)
[ Heinz Hoenig ][ Jan Josef Liefers ][ Huub Stapel ][ Steffen Wink ]
Men in White	(1998)
[ Barry Bostwick ][ George Kennedy ][ Thomas F. Wilson ][ Carlos Bernard ][ M. Emmet Walsh ]
Heist	(1998)
[ Anthony Guidera ][ James Russo ][ Robert Pastorelli ][ Glenn Plummer ]
Border to Border	(1998)
[ Ron Jeremy ][ Curtis Armstrong ][ Rick Hoffman ][ Jonathan Silverman ][ Abraham Benrubi ]
In God's Hands	(1998)
The Underground	(1997)
[ Jeff Fahey ][ Kane Hodder ]
Lucas: Part 1	(1997)
[ Haley Joel Osment ]
Two's a Crowd	(1997)
The Setting Son	(1997)
Back in Business	(1997)
[ Michael Clarke Duncan ]
Snide and Prejudice	(1997)
[ Joseph Bottoms ][ Angus MacFadyen ][ Rene Auberjonois ][ Jeffrey Combs ][ Armin Shimerman ]
The Fifth Element	(1997)
[ Ian Holm ][ Gary Oldman ][ Luke Perry ][ Bruce Willis ][ Chris Tucker ]
Blade Runner	(1997)
[ Stephen Root ][ Vincent Schiavelli ][ William Sanderson ][ Jeff Garlin ]
Deadly Ransom	(1997)
[ Francesco Quinn ]
Precious Find	(1996)
[ Anthony Guidera ][ Rutger Hauer ]
Assault on Dome 4	(1996)
[ Bruce Campbell ]
American Strays	(1996)
[ Luke Perry ][ Scott Plank ][ Eric Roberts ][ James Russo ][ John Savage ]
The Killing Jar	(1996)
[ Xander Berkeley ][ Carlos Bernard ][ Wes Studi ][ M. Emmet Walsh ][ Tom Bower ]
Marco Polo: Haperek Ha'aharon	(1996)
[ Peter Firth ]
Bombshell	(1996)
[ Martin Hewitt ][ David Packer ][ Henry Thomas ][ Frank Whaley ][ James DuMont ]
Billy Lone Bear	(1996)
[ Frank Stallone ]
Feeding Time	(1996)
Cyberjack	(1995)
[ Michael Dudikoff ]
Steel Frontier	(1995)
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See	(1995)
[ Jeff Fahey ][ Jonathan Silverman ][ James Tolkan ][ Glenn Morshower ]
Dominion	(1995)
[ Richard Riehle ][ Glenn Morshower ][ Leif Garrett ]
Malevolence	(1995)
[ Alan Vint ][ Tom Bower ]
Evil Obsession	(1995)
[ Corey Feldman ][ Mark Derwin ]
The Nature of the Beast	(1995)
[ Eric Roberts ][ Lance Henriksen ][ Victor Salva ][ Sasha Jenson ]
The Companion	(1994)
[ Bryan Cranston ][ Bruce Greenwood ][ Tracey Walter ]
Savage Land	(1994)
[ Corbin Bernsen ][ Collin Bernsen ][ Martin Kove ][ Graham Greene ]
Knight Rider 2010	(1994)
[ Nicky Katt ]
Cabin Boy	(1994)
[ Alfred Molina ][ Andy Richter ][ Chris Elliott ][ Brian Doyle-Murray ][ Jim Cummings ]
Art Deco Detective	(1994)
The Dark	(1994)
The Soft Kill	(1994)
[ Corbin Bernsen ]
Scanner Cop	(1994)
Spitfire	(1994)
[ Lance Henriksen ]
F.T.W.	(1994)
[ Peter Berg ][ Mickey Rourke ]
Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills	(1994)
[ Barry Humphries ]
Hong Kong 97	(1994)
[ Robert Patrick ]
Radioland Murders	(1994)
[ Brian Benben ][ Corbin Bernsen ][ Joey Lawrence ][ Peter MacNicol ][ Christopher Lloyd ]
Nemesis	(1993)
[ Olivier Gruner ][ Thomas Jane ][ Jackie Earle Haley ][ Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa ][ Sven-Ole Thorsen ]
Future Shock	(1993)
[ Collin Bernsen ][ Martin Kove ][ Bill Paxton ][ Greg Grunberg ]
Time Runner	(1993)
[ Mark Hamill ]
Frogtown II	(1993)
[ Lou Ferrigno ]
Brain Smasher... A Love Story	(1993)
[ Andrew Dice Clay ]
Precious Victims	(1993)
[ Frederic Forrest ][ Robby Benson ][ Glenn Morshower ][ Noah Emmerich ]
Showdown	(1993)
[ Ashby Adams ][ Billy Blanks ][ Troy Donahue ]
Striking Distance	(1993)
[ Bruce Willis ][ Tom Sizemore ][ Dennis Farina ][ John Mahoney ][ Robert Pastorelli ]
Rio Diablo	(1993)
[ Stacy Keach ][ Bruce Greenwood ][ Michael G. Hagerty ]
The Joker's Wild	(1992)
Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story	(1992)
The Player	(1992)
[ Peter Gallagher ][ Jeremy Piven ][ Tim Robbins ][ Vincent D'Onofrio ][ Fred Ward ]
Black Magic	(1992)
[ Anthony Lapaglia ][ Judge Reinhold ]
Ultimate Desires	(1992)
Wishman	(1991)
[ Geoffrey Lewis ][ Paul Gleason ]
Another 48 Hrs.	(1990)
[ Bernie Casey ][ Eddie Murphy ][ Nick Nolte ]
Enid Is Sleeping	(1990)
[ Judge Reinhold ][ Jeffrey Jones ][ Michael J. Pollard ]
Street Asylum	(1990)
[ Wings Hauser ]
Mom	(1990)
Circles in a Forest	(1990)
[ Arnold Vosloo ]
Tango & Cash	(1989)
[ Billy Blanks ][ Jack Palance ][ Kurt Russell ][ Sylvester Stallone ][ Clint Howard ]
Mutator	(1989)
The Horror Show	(1989)
[ Lance Henriksen ][ Kane Hodder ][ Lawrence Tierney ][ Lewis Arquette ]
Red Scorpion	(1989)
[ Dolph Lundgren ][ M. Emmet Walsh ][ Little Richard ]
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars	(1989)
[ Brad Dourif ][ Whip Hubley ][ James Remar ][ Deep Roy ][ Geoffrey Lewis ]
Dead Man Walking	(1988)
[ Wings Hauser ][ Jeffrey Combs ]
Nightmare at Noon	(1988)
[ Wings Hauser ][ George Kennedy ][ Hans Zimmer ]
Red Heat	(1988)
[ James Belushi ][ Arnold Schwarzenegger ][ Laurence Fishburne ][ Peter Boyle ][ Michael G. Hagerty ]
The Wrong Guys	(1988)
[ John Calvin ][ John Goodman ][ Jonathan Brandis ][ Ernie Hudson ][ Richard Belzer ]
Renegade	(1988)
D.O.A.	(1988)
[ Billy Idol ][ Dennis Quaid ][ Daniel Stern ][ Robert Knepper ][ John Hawkes ]
On My Honor	(1988)
Cherry 2000	(1987)
[ Laurence Fishburne ][ Ben Johnson ][ Harry Carey Jr. ]
Steel Dawn	(1987)
[ Patrick Swayze ][ Arnold Vosloo ]
Love Among Thieves	(1987)
[ Robert Wagner ][ Jerry Orbach ][ Patrick Bauchau ]
Annihilator	(1986)
[ Mark Lindsay Chapman ][ Geoffrey Lewis ]
The Trial: Part 1	(1986)
If I Had a Little Hammer	(1986)
Armed and Dangerous	(1986)
[ Bruce Kirby ][ John Candy ][ Eugene Levy ][ Robert Loggia ][ Tommy 'Tiny' Lister ]
Enemy Mine	(1985)
[ Dennis Quaid ][ Barry Stokes ][ Louis Gossett Jr. ]
Flesh & Blood	(1985)
[ Rutger Hauer ][ Bruno Kirby ]
Silverado	(1985)
[ John Cleese ][ Kevin Costner ][ Jeff Fahey ][ Jeff Goldblum ][ Kevin Kline ]
Crimewave	(1985)
[ Bruce Campbell ][ Joel Coen ][ Ted Raimi ]
A Breed Apart	(1984)
[ Rutger Hauer ][ Powers Boothe ][ Donald Pleasence ]
The Taxicab Wars	(1983)
Kenny Rogers as The Gambler: The Adventure Continues	(1983)
[ Harold Gould ]
Big Daddy	(1982)
48 Hrs.	(1982)
[ Chris Mulkey ][ Eddie Murphy ][ Nick Nolte ][ James Remar ][ David Patrick Kelly ]
Hear No Evil	(1982)
[ Bernie Casey ][ Gil Gerard ][ Wings Hauser ]
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez	(1982)
[ Bruce McGill ][ Alan Vint ][ Edward James Olmos ][ Ned Beatty ][ Barry Corbin ]
Blade Runner	(1982)
[ Harrison Ford ][ Rutger Hauer ][ Ridley Scott ][ Edward James Olmos ][ M. Emmet Walsh ]
Killing at Hell's Gate	(1981)
The Postman Always Rings Twice	(1981)
[ Jack Nicholson ][ Christopher Lloyd ][ John Cho ][ Michael Lerner ][ David Mamet ]
Southern Comfort	(1981)
[ Keith Carradine ][ Peter Coyote ][ Powers Boothe ][ Fred Ward ]
Trouble in High Timber Country	(1980)
[ Edward Albert ][ Eddie Albert ][ Martin Kove ][ Michael J. Fox ]
Wholly Moses!	(1980)
[ Dudley Moore ][ John Ritter ][ Richard Pryor ][ Dom DeLuise ]
Conquest of the Earth	(1980)
[ William Daniels ][ Lorne Greene ][ Barry Van Dyke ][ Robert Reed ]
Drive, Lady, Drive: Part 1	(1979)
Drive, Lady, Drive: Part 2	(1979)
[ Leon Isaac Kennedy ][ Bruce Glover ]
KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park	(1978)
[ Gene Simmons ][ Bill Hudson ]
Flying High	(1978)
Corvette Summer	(1978)
[ Mark Hamill ][ Danny Bonaduce ]
Nickelodeon	(1976)
[ Brian Keith ][ Ryan O'Neal ][ Burt Reynolds ][ John Ritter ][ M. Emmet Walsh ]
Bound for Glory	(1976)
[ Tony Becker ][ David Carradine ][ Randy Quaid ][ David R. Ellis ][ M. Emmet Walsh ]
Treasure of Matecumbe	(1976)
[ Vic Morrow ][ Peter Ustinov ][ Dick Van Patten ]
Harry and Walter Go to New York	(1976)
[ James Caan ][ Elliott Gould ][ Michael Caine ][ Burt Young ][ Charles Durning ]
Blue Sunshine	(1976)
The Kansas City Massacre	(1975)
[ Gary Sandy ][ Harris Yulin ][ James Gammon ]
Hard Times	(1975)
[ Charles Bronson ][ Bruce Glover ][ Strother Martin ]

Born February 20, 1945, in Redlands, California, the family lived in Beaumont, California, where his parents "Jimmy" and Ida Mae James, built and operated a movie theater, where stars such as Gene Autry would stop by. Graduating from Beaumont High School in 1962, Brion attended San Diego State University, majoring in Theater Arts. Upon graduation he relocated to New York to study acting, working a variety of jobs to support himself in the early years. He also did a stint in the National Guard. He and fellow actor Tim Thomerson, a friend since childhood, he served in the army together and have made several films together. A veteran of over 100 television and 120+ movie roles, James is best remembered for roles such as the replicant Leon in Blade Runner (1982), Gen. Munro in The Fifth Element (1997), Big Teddy in Cabin Boy (1994), Max Jenke in The Horror Show (1989) (his personal favorite) as well as countless other parts in films like Southern Comfort (1981), The Player (1992), Tango & Cash (1989), 48 Hrs. (1982), Another 48 Hrs. (1990), Enemy Mine (1985) and Silverado (1985). Brion is survived by two brothers, Craig James of Scottsdale, Arizona, Chester James of Beaumont, California and their families.