James Lew
Born in Escalon, California, USA — Sep 06 1952
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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 V…
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CSI: Miami
ND Man #1
Babylon 5
Bloodhound Teep
Star Trek: Voyager
Crew
Frasier
Security Guard
Chuck
Anad Chenerad
Murder, She Wrote
Cambodian
Family Matters
Man in Bar
MacGyver
Asian Thug
Strong Medicine
Cop
Entourage
T. J. Hooker
Asian Thug
Westworld
Crew
Walker, Texas Ranger
Tiger
Inception
Crew
Avengers: Endgame
Crew
Power Rangers
Warrior
Childrens Hospital
Mosura
Nowhere Man
Thug with knife
Weird Science
Eve
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Crew
Growing Pains
Movie Villain #2
Rush Hour
Juntao's Man in Los Angeles (uncredited)
Roseanne
The Last Samurai
Crew
Mulan
Crew
Traffic
DEA Agent - CalTrans
Alias
Quan Li
Battleship
Crew
Rush Hour 2
Triad Gangster (uncredited)
Star Trek
Romulan (uncredited)
Tropic Thunder
Flaming Dragon Compound Person (uncredited)
Safe
Underground Casino Guard (uncredited)
Collateral
Crew
Planet of the Apes
Crew
I'm Dying Up Here
Sensei Phil
Nasty Boys
Fighter / Karate class fighter (uncredited)
Rush Hour 3
Triad Assassin (uncredited)
Death Valley
Man on street (uncredited)
Lethal Weapon 4
Freighter's Captain
Big Trouble in Little China
Chang Sing #1
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Chinese Leader
Olympus Has Fallen
Crew
Marker
Double Impact
Crew
Dominique
Crew
Get Smart
Crew
They Live
Crew
Superhero Movie
Shaolin Monk (uncredited)
Savage Beach
Agent #1
Escape from L.A.
Hershe Gang Member
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
Crew
Escape Plan 2: Hades
Crew
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
Mercenary (uncredited)
Timecop
Knife #1
The Shadow
Mongol
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Kick Boxer Opponent
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Crew
Impostor
Crew
Mr. Right
Crew
On Deadly Ground
Mercenary at Aegis-1 (uncredited)
Killers
Crew
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Knife #1 (Timecop) (archive footage)
Showdown in Little Tokyo
Yoshida's Man (uncredited)
Action Jackson
Martial Arts Instructor
The Martial Arts Kid
Crew
Rapid Fire
Tau's Men at Laundry (uncredited)
Best of the Best
Sae Jin Kwon
The Replacement Killers
Bodyguard
Blue Tiger
Crew
LArceny
Crew
Extraction
Crew
Deep Core
Lou Chang
Frankenstein
Hotel Manager
Ballistic
Woo
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
Crew
Kazaam
Crew
Double Tap
Crew
Do or Die
Lew
Undercover Blues
Novacek's Man
Why Me?
Crew
Deadly Target
Guard #2 (uncredited)
Gedo
James
Black Dynamite
Crew
The Real Deal
Black Belt
Guns
Ninja #1
Going Berserk
Kung Fu Fighter
Angel of Death
Tommy
Streets of Blood
Crew
Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser
Crew
Midnight Man
Prince Samarki
Sin
Leo Thamaree
Hijacked
Crew
Martial Law II: Undercover
Spencer Hamilton Man (uncredited)
High Voltage
Harry
Showdown
Hit Man
Night Hunter
Tom Cutter
Ring of Fire
Crew
Red Sun Rising
Jaho
For Life or Death
Kaan Woo
Martial Law
Tong Member
Mad Families
Crew
Girls of the White Orchid
Crew
Mortal Kombat: Rebirth
Shang Tsung (uncredited)
Ring of Steel
Asian Fighter
The Perfect Weapon
Crewcut
Safe House
Asian (uncredited)
Forbidden Warrior
Crew
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Guard (uncredited)
Private Wars
Obata
Flight of the Living Dead
Crew
Cucuy: The Boogeyman
Beat Cop
Underdog Kids
Directing
Instinct to Kill
Crew
Ballistica
Chinese Guard #1
The Girl from the Naked Eye
Eddie
Boogie Boy
Jason
Black Salt
Abbot Xiao
Night of the Warrior
Hector Sabatei
Mission of Justice
Akiro
Beauty and the Beast
Tong #3
Raven: Return of the Black Dragons
Black Dragon Henchman
Tough and Deadly
Thug
Excessive Force II: Force on Force
Lee
Outside the Law
Cho Sung
The Girl Gets Moe
Crew
Young Dragon
Shao Lung
Elwood
Big O
Ninja Academy
Ninja Trainer
They Call Me Bruce?
Crew
Killpoint
Nighthawk's Gunman #1
Assault on Dome 4
Quaid, Windham Henchman
Big Time
Karate Instructor
Robo Warriors
Darius
Made in Chinatown
Lew
Cage II: The Arena of Death
Chin
Maximum Impact
Crew
Aftershock
Mr. James
Zodiac America 2: Evil Destroyer
American Ninja 5
Viper
Balance of Power
Shinji Takamura
18 Fingers of Death!
Buford Lee
No Rules
Crew
Ulterior Motives
Yakuza #5
The Circuit III: Street Monk
Spider Webb
The Fantastic Seven
Crew
Shira: The Vampire Samurai
Xu
Los Angeles Streetfighter
Chan
Henchman: The Al Leong Story
Self
Dark Vengeance
Crew
Dark World
Crew
Star Raiders: The Adventures of Saber Raine
Sinjin
Breakout
Cap Ruch
BOOBA
Crew
American Bistro
Crew
Enforcer from Death Row
Karate Fighter
Evil Destroyer