Acting

Steve James

Born February 19, 1952 · New York City, New York

Died December 18, 1993 · aged 41

Steven Wall James (February 19, 1952 – December 18, 1993) was an American actor and stunt performer. He was best-known for his roles in 1980s action films, often from Cannon Films, such as the American Ninja series, The Delta Force (1986), The Exterminator (1980), and Avenging Force (1986). He also portrayed Kung Fu Joe in the 1988 comedy/spoof film I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, and its 1990 television…

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Weird Science

Weird Science · 1985

MovieComedyFantasy

Two unpopular teenagers, Gary and Wyatt, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Their desperation to be liked leads them to "create" a woman via their computer. Their living and breathing creation is a gorgeous woman, Lisa, whose purpose is to boost their confidence level by putting them into situations which require Gary and Wyatt to act like men.

Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters · 1984

MovieComedyFantasy

After losing their university jobs, three parapsychologists start a ghost-catching business in New York City and uncover a supernatural threat that could destroy the world.

The Warriors

The Warriors · 1979

MovieActionThriller

Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus' death. Before you know it, the cops and every gangbanger in town is hot on the Warriors' trail.

Dressed to Kill

Dressed to Kill · 1980

Dressed to Kill

MovieThrillerMystery

After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation. While the police thinks she is the murderer, the real killer is intent on silencing her only witness.

The Brother from Another Planet

The Brother from Another Planet · 1984

The Brother from Another Planet

MovieComedyScience Fiction

A mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem.

Weekend at Bernie's II

Weekend at Bernie's II · 1993

Weekend at Bernie's II

MovieComedyCrime

Everybody's favorite stiff is back! Working fools Larry Wilson and Richard Parker have uncovered a dirty, little secret: Their former boss, Bernie Lomax, embezzled $2 million and placed it in a safe deposit box in the Caribbean. Now, the boys are ready to go after the loot, but they can't do it alone -- they need poor Bernie's help. Can the buddies give their ex-boss new life?

The Delta Force

The Delta Force · 1986

The Delta Force

MovieActionThriller

A 707 aircraft jetliner, en route from Athens to Rome and then to New York City, is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists, who demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What the terrorists don't realize is that an elite team of commandos have been called in to eliminate all terrorists on the jetliner.

The Player

The Player · 1992

MovieMysteryDrama

A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?

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Weird Science

Weird Science · 1985

MovieComedyFantasy

Two unpopular teenagers, Gary and Wyatt, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Their desperation to be liked leads them to "create" a woman via their computer. Their living and breathing creation is a gorgeous woman, Lisa, whose purpose is to boost their confidence level by putting them into situations which require Gary and Wyatt to act like men.

Guy at Table (uncredited)

Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters · 1984

MovieComedyFantasy

After losing their university jobs, three parapsychologists start a ghost-catching business in New York City and uncover a supernatural threat that could destroy the world.

Stunts

The Warriors

The Warriors · 1979

MovieActionThriller

Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus' death. Before you know it, the cops and every gangbanger in town is hot on the Warriors' trail.

Baseball Fury

Dressed to Kill

Dressed to Kill · 1980

Dressed to Kill

MovieThrillerMystery

After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation. While the police thinks she is the murderer, the real killer is intent on silencing her only witness.

Stunts

The Brother from Another Planet

The Brother from Another Planet · 1984

The Brother from Another Planet

MovieComedyScience Fiction

A mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem.

Stunt Coordinator

Weekend at Bernie's II

Weekend at Bernie's II · 1993

Weekend at Bernie's II

MovieComedyCrime

Everybody's favorite stiff is back! Working fools Larry Wilson and Richard Parker have uncovered a dirty, little secret: Their former boss, Bernie Lomax, embezzled $2 million and placed it in a safe deposit box in the Caribbean. Now, the boys are ready to go after the loot, but they can't do it alone -- they need poor Bernie's help. Can the buddies give their ex-boss new life?

Henry

The Delta Force

The Delta Force · 1986

The Delta Force

MovieActionThriller

A 707 aircraft jetliner, en route from Athens to Rome and then to New York City, is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists, who demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What the terrorists don't realize is that an elite team of commandos have been called in to eliminate all terrorists on the jetliner.

Bobby

The Player

The Player · 1992

MovieMysteryDrama

A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?

Steve James

To Live and Die in L.A.

To Live and Die in L.A. · 1985

To Live and Die in L.A.

MovieCrimeThriller

When his longtime partner on the force is killed, reckless U.S. Secret Service agent Richard Chance vows revenge, setting out to nab dangerous counterfeit artist Eric Masters.

Jeff Rice

American Ninja

American Ninja · 1985

MovieActionAdventure

Joe Armstrong, an orphaned drifter with little respect for much other than martial arts, finds himself on an American Army base in the Philippines after a judge gives him a choice of enlistment or prison. On one of his first missions driving a convoy, his platoon is attacked by a group of rebels who try to steal the weapons the platoon is transporting and kidnap the base colonel's daughter.

Cpl. Curtis Jackson

Mask

A significantly deformed but highly intelligent teenage boy and his biker gang mother attempt to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances.

Hospital Intern

The Wanderers

The Wanderers · 1979

The streets of the Bronx are owned by '60s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is lived. Philip Kaufman tells his take on the novel by Richard Price about the history of the Italian-American gang ‘The Wanderers.’

Stunts

The Flamingo Kid

The Flamingo Kid · 1984

The Flamingo Kid

MovieComedyDrama

Brooklyn teenager Jeffrey Willis, thoroughly unhappy with his modest homestead, embraces the other-world aspects of his summer job at the posh Flamingo Club. He spurns his father in favor of the patronage of smooth-talking Phil Brody and is seduced by the ample bikini charms of club member Carla Samson. But thanks to a couple of late-summer hard lessons, the teen eventually realizes that family should always come first.

Renaldo

Johnny Be Good

Johnny Be Good · 1988

It's recruiting time and despite being short and scrawny, Johnny Walker is America's hottest young football prospect. His dilemma: should he take one of the many offers from college talent scouts or should he attend the local state college with his girlfriend and give up his football career?

Coach Ned Sanders

The Land That Time Forgot

The Land That Time Forgot · 1974

The Land That Time Forgot

MovieScience FictionAction

During World War I, a German U-boat sinks a British passenger ship and takes the survivors aboard. After getting lost in fog, the submarine surfaces near the unknown island of Caprona, a lost world where they find dinosaurs and Neanderthals.

First Sto-Lu

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka · 1988

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

MovieComedyAction

Jack Spade returns from the army in his old ghetto neighbourhood when his brother, June Bug, dies. Jack declares war on Mr. Big, powerful local crimelord. His army is led by John Slade, his childhood idol who used to fight bad guys in the 70s.

Kung Fu Joe

Hollywood Shuffle

Hollywood Shuffle · 1987

Hollywood Shuffle

Aspiring actor and hot-dog stand employee Bobby Taylor catches the ire of his grandmother for auditioning for a role in the regrettably titled exploitation film "Jivetime Jimmy's Revenge." When Tinseltown Studios casts Taylor in the title role, he has a series of conflicted dreams satirizing African-American stereotypes in Hollywood, and must reconcile his career goals with his desire to remain a positive role model for his little brother.

Hood #3

Hanky Panky

Hanky Panky · 1982

MovieMysteryAction

Naïve Michael Jordon is drawn into a web of government secrets when a girl carrying a mysterious package gets into a taxi with him. When she's later murdered, Michael becomes the chief suspect and goes on the run.

Stunts

American Ninja 2: The Confrontation

American Ninja 2: The Confrontation · 1987

American Ninja 2: The Confrontation

On a remote Caribbean island, Army Ranger Joe Armstrong investigates the disappearance of several marines, which leads him to The Lion, a super-criminal who has kidnapped a local scientist and mass-produced an army of mutant Ninja warriors.

Sgt. Curtis Jackson

The Wiz

The Wiz · 1978

MovieFantasyFamily

Dorothy Gale, a shy kindergarten teacher, is swept away to the magic land of Oz where she embarks on a quest to return home.

Stunts

Arthur

MovieComedyDrama

Arthur is a 30-year-old child who will inherit $750 million if he complies with his family's demands and marries the woman of their choosing.

Man Outside Tie Store (uncredited)

He Knows You're Alone

He Knows You're Alone · 1980

He Knows You're Alone

MovieHorrorThriller

A reluctant bride-to-be is stalked by a serial killer who only kills brides and the people around them. While her friends get whacked one by one, a hard-boiled renegade cop whose bride had been killed years before tries to hunt the killer down before it is too late.

Stunts

Fort Apache, the Bronx

Fort Apache, the Bronx · 1981

Fort Apache, the Bronx

MovieCrimeDrama

From the sight of a police officer this movie depicts the life in New York's infamous South Bronx. In the center is "Fort Apache", as the officers call their police station, which really seems like an outpost in enemy's country. The story follows officer Murphy, who seems to be a tough cynic, but in truth he's a moralist with a sense for justice.

Stunts

Ragtime

Ragtime · 1981

MovieDramaHistory

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.

Stunts

T. J. Hooker

T. J. Hooker · 1982

SeriesDramaCrime

Sergeant Thomas Jefferson Hooker is a tough-as-nails veteran police officer with the LCPD who turns his back on a gold badge and goes back to patrolling the streets and training recruits. Along with his young partners in blue, Hooker take on Lake City's toughest criminals.

Coach Cassius Isley

Moonlighting

Moonlighting · 1985

SeriesComedyDrama

After being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in a detective agency. Together they solve various cases, while getting comfortable with each other.

Mohammed 'Boogaloo' Brown

The Atlanta Child Murders

The Atlanta Child Murders · 1985

The Atlanta Child Murders

The Atlanta Child Murders is a TV miniseries that aired on February 10 and 12, 1985 on CBS. Inspired by true events, the miniseries examines the so-called "Atlanta child murders" of the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Policeman #1

Fatal Vision

Fatal Vision · 1984

A retiree spends nine years relentlessly seeking to prove that his son-in-law, a former Green Beret Army doctor, murdered his pregnant wife and two daughters.

U.S. Marshal