Steve James
Acting
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Steve James, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: February 19, 1952
Place of Birth: New York City, New York
Known For
The Warriors
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.
Moonlighting
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.
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.
The Player
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
To Live and Die in L.A.
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.
Muggable Mary: Street Cop
Mary is a single mother with a disabled child who makes a living as a undercover cop catching johns, muggers, and rapists.
Enter the Game of Death
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.
The Brother from Another Planet
A mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem.
Weird Science
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.
Fatal Vision
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.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Antoine Pike
as Marcus / Drew Washington
as Self (interviewee)
as Henry
as Steve James
as Eastland
as Aliu
as Kung Fu Joe
as Logan Blade
as Maj. Samuel Quentin
as Curtis Jackson
as Kung Fu Joe
as Robinson
as Coach Ned Sanders
as Sgt. Curtis Jackson
as Hood #3
as Larry Richards
as Bud Raines
as Johnston
as Bobby
as Jeff Rice
as Cpl. Curtis Jackson
as Guy at Table (uncredited)
as Hospital Intern
as Mohammed 'Boogaloo' Brown
as Policeman #1
as Renaldo
as U.S. Marshal
as Odell
as Dr. Bennett
as Ptl. Gibbons
as Soldier's Force
as Coach Cassius Isley
as Park Slasher - Rapist
as Man Outside Tie Store (uncredited)
as Dude
as Michael Jefferson
as Young Man
as Baseball Fury
as Black Martial Artist
as Police Officer
as First Sto-Lu