Steve James

Steve James

Born: February 19, 1952
Died: December 18, 1993
in New York City, New York
Steve James (February 19, 1952 – December 18, 1993) was an American actor, stunt man and martial artist. He starred mostly in low-budget action films such as the American Ninja series, The Delta Force (1986), The Exterminator (1980), and Enter the Game of Death (1978). James also portrayed Kung Fu Joe in the 1988 film comedy/spoof I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, and its 1990 television pilot spinoff Hammer, Slammer, and Slade.

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Title: DC's Legends of Tomorrow
Character: Bus Driver
Released: January 21, 2016
Type: TV
When heroes alone are not enough ... the world needs legends. Having seen the future, one he will desperately try to prevent from happening, time-traveling rogue Rip Hunter is tasked with assembling a disparate group of both heroes and villains to confront an unstoppable threat — one in which not only is the planet at stake, but all of time itself. Can this ragtag team defeat an immortal threat unlike anything they have ever known?
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M.A.N.T.I.S.
Title: M.A.N.T.I.S.
Character: Antoine Pike
Released: January 24, 1994
Type: Movie
A brilliant, wheelchair-bound scientist invents a form of exo-skeleton called the Mechanically Augmented Neuro Transmitter Interception System (M.A.N.T.I.S.) that turns him into a superhero and gives him the ability to fight the crime wave that is engulfing his city.
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Bloodfist V: Human Target
Title: Bloodfist V: Human Target
Character: Marcus / Drew Washington
Released: January 19, 1994
Type: Movie
Don "The Dragon" Wilson struggles to regain his memory, not knowing who to trust, or even which side he's fighting on.
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Cinema of Vengeance
Title: Cinema of Vengeance
Character: Himself (interviewee)
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
A documentary study of martial arts films and their leading protagonists. Included are profiles of such artists as Bruce Lee, Cynthia Rothrock, Jackie Chan, Jean-Claude Van Damme and John Woo favourite Chow Yun Fat.
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Weekend at Bernie's II
Title: Weekend at Bernie's II
Character: Henry
Released: July 9, 1993
Type: Movie
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?
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The Player
Title: The Player
Character: Steve James
Released: April 3, 1992
Type: Movie
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
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McBain
Title: McBain
Character: Eastland
Released: September 20, 1991
Type: Movie
Santos attempts to lead a people's revolt in Colombia to overthrow the Presidente. When his revolt fails and he is killed, his sister Christina goes to New York to find McBain, a lieutenant Santos rescued during the Vietnam War. McBain agrees to help, recruits his old war buddies, raises some cash by killing a few drug dealers, then leads an attack to topple the Colombian government.
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Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
Title: Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
Character: Kung Fu Joe
Released: December 15, 1990
Type: Movie
After he retires from the police force, a veteran cop is framed for robbery but his friends, a rookie and three ex-cops, come to his rescue.
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Street Hunter
Title: Street Hunter
Character: Logan Blade
Released: November 2, 1990
Type: Movie
Logan Blade is a tough police officer who has to confront a gang led by ruthless Colonel Walsh.
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Mister Johnson
Title: Mister Johnson
Character: Aliu
Released: September 8, 1990
Type: Movie
In 1923 British Colonial Nigeria, Mister Johnson is an oddity -- an educated black man who doesn't really fit in with the natives or the British. He works for the local British magistrate, and considers himself English, though he has never been to England. He is always scheming, trying to get ahead, which lands him in a lot of hot water.
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Riverbend
Title: Riverbend
Character: Maj. Samuel Quentin
Released: May 1, 1989
Type: Movie
A black major (Steve James) and his men are on the run from a rigged court martial and hide out in a small Georgia town where a cruel white sheriff is terrorizing the black population. Together with one strong-willed woman they formulate a bold plan to fight for freedom and human rights.
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American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt
Title: American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt
Character: Curtis Jackson
Released: February 24, 1989
Type: Movie
Jackson is back, and now he has a new partner, karate champion Sean, as they must face a deadly terrorist known as "The Cobra", who has infected Sean with a virus. Sean and Jackson have no choice but to fight the Cobra and his bands of ninjas.
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I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Title: I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Character: Kung Fu Joe
Released: November 10, 1988
Type: Movie
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.
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Hero and the Terror
Title: Hero and the Terror
Character: Robinson
Released: August 26, 1988
Type: Movie
Danny O'Brien is back in action fighting the notorious Simon Moon, also known as The Terror. Three years earlier O'Brien had single-handedly captured The Terror and was called Hero by the people of L.A. Now Simon has escaped and has started killing women again, and O'Brien is the only man who can stop him.
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C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf
Title: C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf
Released: May 23, 1988
Type: Movie
The Counter Assault Tactical (C.A.T.) Squad investigates a spy who is supplying plutonium to the Sjambok, a racist South African paramilitary group that is working on a nuclear bomb. The American government, too, is investigating Sjambok, using the top-secret spy plane Python Wolf. When one of the members of the C.A.T. Squad is shot down over South Africa during another mission, his squad leader undertakes a rescue operation to bring his friend back home.
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Johnny Be Good
Title: Johnny Be Good
Character: Coach Ned Sanders
Released: March 22, 1988
Type: Movie
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?
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American Ninja 2: The Confrontation
Title: American Ninja 2: The Confrontation
Character: Sgt. Curtis Jackson
Released: May 1, 1987
Type: Movie
On a remote Caribbean island, Army Ranger Joe Armstrong saves an old friend from the clutches of "The Lion", an evil super-criminal who has kidnapped a local scientist and mass-produced an army of mutant Ninja warriors.
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Hollywood Shuffle
Title: Hollywood Shuffle
Character: Hood #3
Released: March 20, 1987
Type: Movie
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.
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Avenging Force
Title: Avenging Force
Character: Larry Richards
Released: September 13, 1986
Type: Movie
Martial arts expert Matt Hunter was one of the most promising operatives in Army intelligence until his parents were killed by terrorists, and he retired to the family's farm in Louisiana to take care of his 12-year-old sister Sara and their grandfather Jimmy. Larry Richards, a black man running for the Senate, is one of Matt's best friends. Larry has become the target of The Pentangle, a racist organization led by a man named Glastenbury, and Glastenbury doesn't want Larry to be elected. In an attempt on Larry's life during a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, The Pentangle kills one of Larry's sons. Matt lets Larry, his wife Daisy, and his other son move to the remotely located farm so they can hide from Glastenbury and the Pentangle, but the Pentangle strikes again, setting the farmhouse on fire. Matt and Sara escape as the only survivors. Then the Pentangle kidnaps Sara, sending Matt on a mission to rescue Sara from Glastenbury and the Pentangle
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C.A.T. Squad
Title: C.A.T. Squad
Character: Bud Raines
Released: July 27, 1986
Type: Movie
When terrorists start killing scientists who are working on NATO's laser defense program, an elite team, the Counter Assault Tactical (C.A.T.) Squad, is brought in to stop the killers.
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P.O.W. The Escape
Title: P.O.W. The Escape
Character: Johnston
Released: April 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Col. Cooper leads a group of American P.O.W.s, battling their way to freedom as Saigon falls to the Viet Cong.
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The Delta Force
Title: The Delta Force
Character: Bobby
Released: February 14, 1986
Type: Movie
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.
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To Live and Die in L.A.
Title: To Live and Die in L.A.
Character: Jeff Rice
Released: November 1, 1985
Type: Movie
A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.
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American Ninja
Title: American Ninja
Character: Cpl. Curtis Jackson
Released: August 30, 1985
Type: Movie
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.
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Weird Science
Title: Weird Science
Character: Guy At Table
Released: August 1, 1985
Type: Movie
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.
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Mask
Title: Mask
Character: Hospital Intern
Released: March 8, 1985
Type: Movie
A boy with a massive facial skull deformity and his biker gang mother attempt to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances.
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Title: Moonlighting
Character: Mohammed 'Boogaloo' Brown
Released: March 3, 1985
Type: TV
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.
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Title: The Atlanta Child Murders
Character: Policeman #1
Released: February 10, 1985
Type: TV
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.
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Title: Fatal Vision
Character: U.S. Marshal
Released: November 18, 1984
Type: TV
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. Based on the Fatal Vision controversy, and the book of the same name, about the murders of the wife and daughters of U.S. Army officer Jeffrey R. MacDonald at Fort Bragg in 1970.
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The Brother from Another Planet
Title: The Brother from Another Planet
Character: Odell
Released: September 7, 1984
Type: Movie
An alien slave crash-lands in New York City while being pursued by two Men in Black bounty hunters. His attempt to find a place for himself on Earth parallels that of the immigrant experience.
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Abuse
Title: Abuse
Character: Dr. Bennett
Released: March 1, 1983
Type: Movie
Brutally abused by his parents, teenage Thomas finds comfort in associating with a film director who is making a documentary about physical child abuse. The two fall in love, and the elder is faced with the decision of either running away with Thomas or focusing on his career and thereby letting the boy possibly be beaten to death.
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The Soldier
Title: The Soldier
Character: Soldier's Force
Released: June 1, 1982
Type: Movie
Terrorists take over a plutonium bomb and threaten to detonate it in a Saudi Arabian oil field. A special anti-terrorist unit is sent in to stop them.
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Vigilante
Title: Vigilante
Character: Ptl. Gibbons
Released: May 18, 1982
Type: Movie
New York City factory worker Eddie Marino is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadistic street gang brutally assaults his wife and murders his child. When a corrupt judge sets the thugs free, he goes berserk and vows revenge.
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Muggable Mary: Street Cop
Title: Muggable Mary: Street Cop
Character: Park Slasher - Rapist
Released: February 25, 1982
Type: Movie
Mary is a single mother with a disabled child who makes a living as a undercover cop catching johns, muggers, and rapists.
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Arthur
Title: Arthur
Character: Man Outside Tie Store (uncredited)
Released: July 17, 1981
Type: Movie
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.
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Times Square
Title: Times Square
Character: Dude
Released: October 17, 1980
Type: Movie
When a 13-year-old girl befriends a defiant antisocial child of the streets, the mismatched runaways set off to the Big Apple to find their own adventure.
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The Exterminator
Title: The Exterminator
Character: Michael Jefferson
Released: September 10, 1980
Type: Movie
When a man's best friend is killed on the streets of New York, he transforms into a violent killer, turning New York into a war zone.
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He Knows You're Alone
Title: He Knows You're Alone
Character: Young Man
Released: August 29, 1980
Type: Movie
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.
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The Warriors
Title: The Warriors
Character: Baseball Fury
Released: February 1, 1979
Type: Movie
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.
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Enter the Game of Death
Title: Enter the Game of Death
Character: Black Martial Artist
Released: November 2, 1978
Type: Movie
It's approaching World War 2 and China is expecting to be invaded by Germany and Japan. Mr Ang is hired by a Chinese group who are after a "secret document." Many other groups want to get their hands on it as well. It's on the top floor of a tower and Ang must fight his way to the top.
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Obsessed
Title: Obsessed
Character: Police Officer
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: Movie
A psycho stalks and violates women at gunpoint. One woman is determined to stop him.
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The Land That Time Forgot
Title: The Land That Time Forgot
Character: First Sto-Lu
Released: August 13, 1974
Type: Movie
During World War I, a German U-boat sinks a British ship and takes the survivors on board. After it takes a wrong turn, the submarine takes them to the unknown land of Caprona, where they find dinosaurs and neanderthals.