I watched him first in Crimewave a16d0nd Bladerunner. He stuck in my head from then on. But I was revisiting those films just now and I too didn't know he'd died. RIP Mr James.

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I was just watching Blade Runner today and checked IMDB to see what the actors had been doing recently. Like so many others here I was shocked to see that Brion had passed away. RIP
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wow, old thread, but I just found out now in 2013. I hadnt seen him for a while but he always popped in and out so I never considered him being gone. I found out while reading an interview with him in the new Fangoria, about Crimewave. My favourite was the horror show, released here in Australia strangely as House 3. Ill miss seeing you buddy, RIP.

The magazine Psychotronic ran an obit piece on Brion James when he died, so I knew about his unfortunate untimely end since it occured.
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I just found out right now. I watched Tango & Cash for the first time in years and saw it when I clicked on his bio. I had absolutely no idea he was dead.
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I had no idea he had passed away eitherI thought he just retired from acting. Sad to hear about his passing because he was a great character actor. He pops up in so much stuff. I was just watching something with him and just decided to pop in here to see how much work he did. I knew it would be a lot but wow, he just so much.
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I know he was such a memorable actor in everything he did, he was easy to identify to people cos he had done so much. Love the stuff he did and it is a shame he had died so soon!
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I had just moved back to Los Angeles after graduating from UC Berkeley, and my roommate at the time was an actor who knew Brion. So he told me he was going to a friend's funeral. I asked him who it was, and when he told me, I insisted on going too. I was struck dumb because I had known Brion from his roles in Blade Runner, Enemy Mine, and The Fifth Element. I couldn't believe how many famous actors I saw at his memorial service. Tim Robbins was there with his wife Susan Sarandon, Bruce Willis was there with Demi Moore, I saw Mark Hamill on the other side of the room, Dean Stockwell, Milla Jov5b4ovich was sitting next to Bruce, Greta Scacchi, Harrison Ford was there with his wife, Lou Gossett was there, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, Fred Ward, Dennis Quaid was there with Meg Ryan, Joanna Cassidy, Rutger Hauer, Whoopi Goldberg, Kurt Russell, Sylvester Stallone, Peter Boyle, Gary Oldman, Gina Gershon, Brian-Doyle Murray, Ian Holm, Vincent D'Onofrio (whom I actually had met before and I gave a dirty look to because of the way he treated a director friend of mine an his wife when he was in their movie with Gregory Hines), Chris Elliot, Jim Gammon, Nick Nolte, Arnold Shwarzenegger, Eddie Murphy, Chris Tucker, Darryl Hannah, Mathieu Kassovitz, Bernie Casey, Tiny Lister, Sidney Pollack was there with his brother Bernie, Larry Fishburne, Jim Belushi, Jane Kaczmarek was there with her husband Brad Whitford, Melanie Griffith was there with her husband Antonio Banderas, Jack Nicholson was hanging out in the back of the room with sunglasses on, I think he was crying, Angelica Huston was there standing next to him with her arm around him hugging him. I was just agog at how many faces I recognized. There were a lot of people there who remembered working with Brion. Tim Thomerson was there sitting up in the first row, he was also wearing sunglasses, he also looked like he'd been crying.
My roommate and I sat down next to Sean Young. There were a lot of faces I recognized but couldn't put a name to. The only reason I got into that memor1c84ial service at all was because I was with my roommate who had been on the admission list and was allowed to bring a guest. It was so weird because with that many industry insiders in the room, the atmosphere was markedly different. There were no photographers or papparazzi outside, it was like they didn't know about it at all. I'll never forget that memorial service.

I found out today, only 13 years too late. As other said its hard to see he died, because you see him in movies. He was a really good actor I think. He played the bad guys so well!

Hard to believe he passed so long ago, I swear I had seen him in movies recently, but, I guess they were older. Too bad he is gone, he was always a good go to villian. R.I.P.

damn, this thread is 4 years old and just found out he passed away today! I also didnt know he grew up in Beaumont, CA which is where I live now. Crazy stuff. I didnt think anyone did anything remotely big at all coming out of this town.

Same as everyone else, I'm surprised and saddened to find he had passed away.
Just watched his episode of The Sentinel tonight. He was typically great as a psycho.
But, from all his roles, my favourite is his second episode of Sledge Hammer. So funny, so different to how we usually see him. It really stuck in my mind.
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Yeah same here, was watching Tango & Cash and wondered what mr TIME TO DIE was up to. Was and am gutted to hear of his passing.
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Same here. Just watched Another 48Hrs and thought I'd check him out as I hadn't seen him for111c a while. They don't make those menacing bad guys like Brion any more!

Just finished watching Blade Runner, and i too didn't know he died 12 years ago, damn
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Guilty. Watched Steel Dawn this morning (don't judge me!!! LMAO) and was wondering what Brion had done lately only to discover what everyone else in here apparently found out the same way I just did. I hate to stereotype actors that I really like, but Brion will always be Leon from Blade Runner. The intensity that he brought to that role carried through every performance he did thereafter whether it be something a bit more comical such at The Fifth Element or as Max Jenke in The Horror Show. I'm saddened that I didn't know sooner because he truly was one of my favorites. I'm gladdened to see that all you guys felt the same way that I do about him. It's a bit late but rest in peace Leon

There's a very good 1995 interview with Brion James from Psychotronic Video.com in which he discusses his childhood growing up with movies, early acting days, playing villains, his long-term alcohol and drug use, and eventual sobriety unfortunately too late for his body:
http://www.psychotronic.com/site/brion_james

i didint really know he was dead either. RIP

A very under rated, yet well appreciated actor. Peace be with you.

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Sad that he passed away. Reading the IMDB quotes from him it seems like he pissed off some of the Hollywood powers and suffered for it in his career

Same here, just found out about it now, watched the scene with him in BladeRunner when they are running the test and one guy in the comments said he passed away.
RIP. Sad to hear. Great actor!