James Lew
Actor
Born September 6, 1952 in Escalon, California, USA
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.
Filmography
BOOBA
Dominique
Made in Chinatown
Lew
Mulan
American Bistro
Avengers: Endgame
Henchman: The Al Leong Story
Self
Cucuy: The Boogeyman
Beat Cop
Escape Plan 2: Hades
Maximum Impact
I'm Dying Up Here
Sensei Phil
Star Raiders: The Adventures of Saber Raine
Sinjin
Mad Families
Westworld
Breakout
Cap Ruch
Mr. Right
Frankenstein
Hotel Manager
Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser
Underdog Kids
The Martial Arts Kid
Elwood
Big O
Extraction
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Chinese Leader
Olympus Has Fallen
Hijacked
The Girl from the Naked Eye
Eddie
Safe
Underground Casino Guard (uncredited)
Battleship
Death Valley
Man on street (uncredited)
Inception
Mortal Kombat: Rebirth
Shang Tsung (uncredited)
Killers
Ballistica
Chinese Guard #1
Black Dynamite
Angel of Death
Tommy
Streets of Blood
Star Trek
Romulan (uncredited)
Childrens Hospital
Mosura
Tropic Thunder
Flaming Dragon Compound Person (uncredited)
Get Smart
Superhero Movie
Shaolin Monk (uncredited)
Dark World
Chuck
Anad Chenerad
Rush Hour 3
Triad Assassin (uncredited)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Flight of the Living Dead
The Circuit III: Street Monk
Spider Webb
18 Fingers of Death!
Buford Lee
Shira: The Vampire Samurai
Xu
No Rules
Collateral
Entourage
LArceny
Forbidden Warrior
The Last Samurai
Eve
Sin
Leo Thamaree
The Real Deal
Black Belt
Sting of the Black Scorpion
Tong Leader
CSI: Miami
ND Man #1
Outside the Law
Cho Sung
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Knife #1 (Timecop) (archive footage)
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
Impostor
Instinct to Kill
Alias
Quan Li
Rush Hour 2
Triad Gangster (uncredited)
Planet of the Apes
Traffic
DEA Agent - CalTrans
Strong Medicine
Cop
Deep Core
Lou Chang
Fatal Blade
James
Rush Hour
Juntao's Man in Los Angeles (uncredited)
Lethal Weapon 4
Freighter's Captain
Safe House
Asian (uncredited)
Boogie Boy
Jason
The Replacement Killers
Bodyguard
High Voltage
Harry
The Girl Gets Moe
Double Tap
Assault on Dome 4
Quaid, Windham Henchman
Robo Warriors
Darius
Escape from L.A.
Hershe Gang Member
Kazaam
Balance of Power
Shinji Takamura
Night Hunter
Tom Cutter
For Life or Death
Kaan Woo
Excessive Force II: Force on Force
Lee
Nowhere Man
Thug with Knife
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
Mercenary (uncredited)
Midnight Man
Prince Samarki
Ballistic
Woo
Tough and Deadly
Thug
Marker
Star Trek: Voyager
Cage II: The Arena of Death
Chin
Timecop
Knife #1
Red Sun Rising
Jaho
The Shadow
Mongol
Blue Tiger
Ring of Steel
Asian Fighter
Weird Science
On Deadly Ground
Mercenary at Aegis-1 (uncredited)
Babylon 5
Bloodhound Teep
Deadly Target
Guard #2 (uncredited)
Private Wars
Obata
Showdown
Hit Man
Frasier
Security Guard
Undercover Blues
Novacek's Man
Power Rangers
Warrior
Dark Vengeance
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Kick Boxer Opponent
Walker, Texas Ranger
Tiger
American Ninja 5
Viper
Ulterior Motives
Yakuza #5
Mission of Justice
Akiro
Rapid Fire
Tau's Men at Laundry (uncredited)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Raven: Return of the Black Dragons
Black Dragon Henchman
Ring of Fire
Martial Law II: Undercover
Spencer Hamilton Man (uncredited)
Showdown in Little Tokyo
Yoshida's Man (uncredited)
Double Impact
Do or Die
Lew
Night of the Warrior
Hector Sabatei
The Perfect Weapon
Crewcut
Guns
Ninja #1
Aftershock
Mr. James
Martial Law
Tong Member
Nasty Boys
Fighter / Karate class fighter (uncredited)
Why Me?
Best of the Best
Sae Jin Kwon
Savage Beach
Agent #1
Family Matters
Man in Bar
Ninja Academy
Ninja Trainer
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
They Live
Roseanne
Action Jackson
Martial Arts Instructor
Zodiac Power 2: Evil Destroyer
Big Trouble in Little China
Chang Sing #1
MacGyver
Asian Thug
Growing Pains
Movie Villain #2
Los Angeles Streetfighter
Chan
Murder, She Wrote
Cambodian
Killpoint
Nighthawk's Gunman #1
Girls of the White Orchid
Going Berserk
Kung Fu Fighter
They Call Me Bruce?
T. J. Hooker
Asian Thug
Young Dragon
Shao Lung
The Fantastic Seven
Big Time
Karate Instructor
Enforcer from Death Row
Karate Fighter
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Guard (uncredited)