# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brion-james
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:14:51.067Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brion-james"
name: "Brion James"
slug: "brion-james"
description: "Brion Howard James was an American character actor. He portrayed Leon Kowalski in Blade Runner (1982) and appeared in Southern Comfort (1981), 48 Hrs. (1982), Silverado (1985), Red Heat (1988), Tango & Cash (1989), Another 48 Hrs. (1990), The Player (1992), and The Fifth Element (1997). James was frequently cast as an antagonist, appearing more frequently in lower-budget horror and action films and TV shows throughout the 1980s and 1990s. James appeared in more than 100 films before his death in 1999 at the age of 54."
tagline: "American actor (1945–1999)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/aa/Brion_james.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1945-02-20"
deathDate: "1999-08-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump