James Lew
James Jene Fae Lew (born September 6, 1952) is an American actor and martial artist. Raised in South Central Los Angeles, James Lew's destiny was to answer a cattle call in Hollywood for the hugely popular Kung Fu (1972) television series. He went on to star in the now collectible Hong Kong film, Young Dragon (1976). He made the move to big budget studio films in 1984. John Carpenter handpicked him as the Martial Arts Choreographer for 20th Century Fox's now cult film, Big Trouble in Little China (1986). Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Steven Seagal, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Mel Gibson, Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Dwayne Johnson, David Carradine, Chuck Norris, Dennis Quaid, Kurt Russell, Madonna, Charlie Sheen, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Kathleen Turner, Sylvester Stallone, Brandon Lee, Snoop Dogg and the list goes on and on. James was voted "Favorite Action Star" by fans of Inside Martial Arts magazine. Internet fans voted him into the Hall of Fame in the Martial Arts History Museum. Inside Kung Fu Magazine inducted him as one of the "Martial Arts Greats" alongside legends as Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, Steven Seagal, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and his longtime friend Jackie Chan. Hit Parader Magazine dubbed him "the king of big-screen martial arts villains." From the deadly killer in Red Sun Rising (1994) to the deadly fighter in the comedy spoof Hot Shots 2 (1993), Lew has proven his chops in both drama and comedy. As a stunt/fight coordinator his creative talents shone in the television series The Crow to recent work on the hit video game, The Matrix: Path of Neo (2005). He handpicked elite members for his company, "Hong Kong Wire Action Team," to bring state of the art action to movies. His formula for longevity in the film industry is diversity, hard work and having a whole lot of fun. Most recently, James Lew wrote, directed and starred in a movie inspired by his personal experiences in the business titled 18 Fingers of Death! (2006). The story follows Buford Lee (James Lew), the most famous unknown "B"-minus, low-budget, martial-arts movie star and Ronald Mack (Maurice Patton), a young black kid from the hood. Together they laugh and bond together on their quest to finally make Buford's break out movie, 18 Fingers of Death! (2006).
After a botched assassination attempt, the mismatched duo finds themselves in Paris, struggling...
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It's vacation time for Carter as he finds himself alongside Lee in Hong Kong wishing for more...
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When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI...
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A group of self-absorbed actors set out to make the most expensive war film ever. After...
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G.I. Joe: Retaliation
as Chinese LeaderFramed for crimes against the country, the G.I. Joe team is terminated by Presidential order....
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The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent,...
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A passenger train has been hijacked by an electronics expert and turned into an untraceable...
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Superhero Movie
as Shaolin Monk (uncredited)Rick Riker is a nerdy teen imbued with superpowers by a radioactive dragonfly. And because every...
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Big Trouble in Little China
as Chang Sing #1Truck driver Jack Burton gets embroiled in a supernatural battle when his best friend Wang Chi's...
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Traffic
as DEA Agent - CalTransAn exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For...
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Officers Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh of the Los Angeles Police Department must stop a...
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Safe
as Underground Casino Guard (uncredited)After a former elite agent rescues a 12-year-old Chinese girl who's been abducted, they find...
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On Deadly Ground
as Mercenary at Aegis 1 (uncredited)Forrest Taft is an environmental agent who works for the Aegis Oil Company in Alaska. Aegis...
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Topper Harley is found to be working as an odd-job-man in a monastery. The CIA want him to lead...
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Into the 9.6-quaked Los Angeles of 2013 comes Snake Plissken. His job: wade through L.A.'s...
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The Replacement Killers
as BodyguardHired assassin John Lee is asked by Chinatown crime boss Terence Wei to murder the young son of...
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Best of the Best
as Sae Jin KwonA team from the United States is going to compete against Korea in a Tae Kwon Do tournament. The...
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Showdown in Little Tokyo
as Yoshida's Man (uncredited)An American with a Japanese upbringing, Chris Kenner is a police officer assigned to the Little...
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An officer for a security agency that regulates time travel, must fend for his life against a...
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as Hotel ManagerAfter he is artificially created, then left for dead by a husband-and-wife team of eccentric...
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The Shadow
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The Perfect Weapon
as CrewcutJeff, a young delinquent, is enrolled by his father in a kenpo school, in the hopes of teaching...
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American Ninja 5
as ViperWhen a scientists daughter is kidnapped, American Ninja, attempts to find her, but this time he...
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Savage Beach
as Agent #1Donna and Taryn are federal drug enforcement agents based in the Hawaiian isles. Upon the...
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Martial Law II: Undercover
as Spencer Hamilton Man (uncredited)Sean and Billie are undercover cops and martial arts masters. Investigating the death of a cop,...
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Martial Law
as Tong MemberAn undercover cop teams up with a martial-arts expert to stop a gang of drug smugglers and car...
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Rapid Fire
as Tau's Men at Laundry (uncredited)College student Jake Lo is pursued by smugglers, mobsters and crooked federal agents after he...
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Excessive Force II: Force on Force
as LeeStacie Randall plays Harley, a Special Forces agent-turned-investigator, who arrives on the...
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Action Jackson
as Martial Arts InstructorVengeance drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power hungry auto magnate who's...
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Cucuy: The Boogeyman
as Beat CopWhen children start disappearing, a rebellious teen under house arrest starts to suspect that a...
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Do or Die
as LewAsian crime boss Kaneshiro captures two voluptuous undercover federal agents, Donna and Nicole....
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The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
as Guard (uncredited)Cosmo Vittelli, the proprietor of a sleazy, low-rent Hollywood cabaret, has a real affection for...
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as Prince SamarkiWhen the police start a crackdown on Yakuza activities, a killer starts killing the cops forcing...
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Going Berserk
as Kung Fu FighterJohn Bourgignon, a drummer-chauffeur engaged to the daughter of a United States senator,...
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Night of the Warrior
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as AkiroMayoral candidate Dr. Rachel Larkin has a dangerous plan for swift justice in the form of a band...
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as TommyIn the tradition of Grindhouse, Kill Bill and Sin City, award-winning comic book writer Ed...
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Aftershock
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as Asian (uncredited)A psychological thriller; Mace Sowell, an ex-intelligence operative and whose past government...
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Ultimate Fights from the Movies
as Knife #1 (Timecop) (archive footage)In their second film compilation following their 'Boogeymen:The Killer Compilation' series,...
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Deadly Target
as Guard #2 (uncredited)A Chinese gangster in Los Angeles escapes on the eve of his deportation to Hong Kong. A...
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Gedo
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Sin
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The Girl from the Naked Eye
as EddieJake is a driver for a seedy escort service operating out of 'The Naked Eye strip club', he's a...
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Made in Chinatown
as LewA young Chinese nobody sets out to become a Don in the Italian Mafia. It turns out that earning...
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Red Sun Rising
as JahoThomas Hoshino is a tough Japanese detective, who lost his partner by a deadly Yakuza killer...
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Balance of Power
as Shinji TakamuraA martial arts expert who runs a dojo for under-privileged kids from a dilapidated warehouse is...
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Ninja Academy
as Ninja TrainerEchoing the comic tone of the "Police Academy" films, Ninja Academy boasts an ensemble cast of...
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18 Fingers of Death!
as Buford LeeThe "buzz" in Hollywood is that, "18 FINGERS OF DEATH!" will kick the butt out of the low budget...
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Private Wars
as ObataA wealthy businessman is trying to "convince" the inhabitants of an old neighborhood to abandon...
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Showdown
as Hit ManKen has just moved from Kansas with his mother. He talks to a girl named Julie, not knowing that...
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as DariusThe year is 2036 and Earth has been invaded: hope lies with the last Robo Warrior - a towering...
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as Karate InstructorA small time con-artist gets between the FBI and a suitcase filled with money.
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as Nighthawk's Gunman #1An L.A. cop investigating the rape and murder of his wife traces the crime to a psycho biker...
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as Karate FighterA former ranger sits in prison awaiting his execution when an international organization frees...
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as Quaid, Windham HenchmanIn this science-fiction action opus, intergalactic extremist Alex Windham has seized control of...
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as Cho SungSecret agent Julie Cosgrove is walking into her most dangerous mission yet.
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The Circuit III: Final Flight
as Spider WebbFollowing his wife's untimely death, Dirk Longstreet adopts a nomadic lifestyle. He preoccupies...
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as HarryAfter unknowingly robbing a money laundering operation the heist crew must avoid mobsters.
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as WooJesse Gavin is an undercover cop, part of an elite police team and highly skilled in lethal...
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The Real Deal
as Black BeltVince Vassar, an infamous Hollywood producer, thinks that the power he wields is limitless. But...
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as SelfStory of Al Leong, the greatest henchman in film history.
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as ChanTony, the new kid at school, befriends gang leader Young, whose top rival is Chan. When Young...
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Deep Core
as Lou ChangA powerful laser machine rips the core of the earth causing earthquakes and tsunamis, and only...
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Cage II: The Arena of Death
as ChinAfter being tricked into thinking his best friend, and caretaker is dead, Vietnam Vet, and...
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Star Raiders: The Adventures of Saber Raine
as SinjinSaber Raine is hired to guide three elite soldiers on a rescue mission to recover a prince and...
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Ballistica
as Chinese Guard #1A man has been trained in a deadly form of hand-to-hand combat using ballistics and firearms. He...
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as Shao LungA blitzkrieg of blazing Brucesploitation action! A group of ruthless gangsters will do anything...
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Raven: Return of the Black Dragons
as Black Dragon HenchmanRaven is a ninja, a former member of the Black Dragons clan and also a former Special Forces...
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Ulterior Motives
as Yakuza #5A private eye becomes the bodyguard of a beautiful reporter being pursued by a Japanese mob.
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Breakout
as Cap RuchA fallen war hero, wrongfully committed to a mental Asylum, finds out how precious life truly is...
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For Life or Death
as Kaan WooA man named Kaan Woo (James Lew) is escaping his dark past, having been involved with a cult of...
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Zodiac America 2: Evil Destroyer
as uncreditedA couple of white guys team up with an Asian guy to bring opium into Hong Kong... which also...
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as ND Man #1CSI: Miami follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as...
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as Security GuardAfter many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a...
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as Asian ThugHe's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a...
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as Bloodhound TeepBabylon 5 is a five-mile long space station located in neutral space. Built by the Earth...
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as Anad CheneradWhen Buy More computer geek Chuck Bartowski unwittingly downloads a database of government...
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Murder, She Wrote
as CambodianAn unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...
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Family Matters
as Man in BarA long-running dramedy centering on the Winslow family, a middle-class African American family...
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Entourage
as uncreditedFilm star Vince Chase navigates the vapid terrain of Los Angeles with a close circle of friends...
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Walker, Texas Ranger
as TigerModern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in...
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T. J. Hooker
as Ton Li / Asian ThugSergeant Thomas Jefferson Hooker is a tough-as-nails veteran police officer with the LCPD who...
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Strong Medicine
as CopThe lives of staff in the womens' health clinic of a fictitious hospital in Philadelphia.
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Childrens Hospital
as MosuraA hospital isn't a place for lazy people. It's a place for smart people who take care of people...
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Power Rangers
as WarriorA team of teenagers with attitude are recruited to save Angel Grove from the evil witch, Rita...
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Weird Science
as uncreditedGary Wallace, a teenager who dreams of beautiful women and a cheerful life, and his only friend,...
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Growing Pains
as Movie Villain #2Fatherhood has taken on a whole new meaning for Jason Seaver, who has assumed the chores of...
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Eve
as uncreditedEve is an American sitcom starring Eve, Jason Winston George, Ali Landry, Natalie Desselle-Reid,...
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She Spies
as Asian Thug / Bodyguard (uncredited)She Spies is an action-adventure television show that ran from September 9, 2002 until May 17,...
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Nowhere Man
as Thug with knifeThomas Veil is a documentary photographer who, in the course of one evening, seemingly has his...
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Mortal Kombat: Legacy
as Shang Tsung (uncredited)The first season of Mortal Kombat Legacy is a prequel to the original game, explaining the...
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Alias
as Quan LiSydney Bristow, an agent who has been tricked to believe she is working for the U.S. government,...
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Death Valley
as Man on street (uncredited)A year ago, vampires, werewolves and zombies mysteriously descended upon the streets of...
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Nasty Boys
as Fighter / Karate class fighter (uncredited)The Nasty Boys is a television action drama series based on the real life Narcotics Officers of...
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I'm Dying Up Here
as Sensei PhilSet in LA’s celebrated, infamous stand-up comedy scene of the 1970s, this series delves into the...
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Roseanne
as uncreditedA working-class family struggles to get by on a limited income in the fictional town of Lanford,...
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Marker
as uncreditedMarker is an American hour long television drama that premiered on the UPN on March 20, 1995. It...
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Beauty and the Beast
as uncreditedBeauty and the Beast is an American drama series which first aired on CBS in 1987. Creator Ron...
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