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Acting

James Lew

Career: Active from 1976 to 2021, busiest in 1996 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 8
top three billing

Average score: 43/100

Highest rated: Private Wars
57/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 128 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

James Lew Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Historical
0.8, average 2.6
Melancholy
2.9, average 4.7
Pathos
3.8, average 5.3
Psychological
4.3, average 5.5

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Martial Arts Action 3
Coming-of-Age 2
Fast-Paced 2
Urban Crime 2
Exploitation 2
Political Intrigue 2
Sci-Fi Action 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

152

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

4 titles · average score 51

Dominique

49

Fight Choreographer

Booba

Stunt Coordinator

Made in Chinatown

46

as Kane

Mulan

59

Stunts

2010s

27 titles · average score 49

Avengers: Endgame

85

Stunts

Escape Plan 2: Hades

21

Stunt Coordinator

Star Raiders: The Adventures of Saber Raine

29

as Sinjin

Mr. Right

55

Fight Choreographer

as Abbot Xiao

Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser

23

Stunt Coordinator

Olympus Has Fallen

53

Stunts

G.I. Joe: Retaliation

43

as Chinese Leader

Battleship

45

Stunt Double

Safe

58

as Underground Casino Guard (uncredited)

Inception

83

Stunts

Killers

33

Fight Choreographer

2000s

40 titles · average score 56

Tropic Thunder

71

as Flaming Dragon Compound Person (uncredited)

Get Smart

57

Fight Choreographer

Superhero Movie

37

as Shaolin Monk (uncredited)

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

59

Stunts

Rush Hour 3

46

as Triad Assassin (uncredited)

18 Fingers of Death!

29

as Buford Lee

Collateral

78

Stunts

The Last Samurai

69

Stunts

Kung Pow: Enter the Fist

41

Stunts

CSI: Miami

67

TV show · as ND Man #1

Rush Hour 2

59

as Triad Gangster (uncredited)

Planet of the Apes

46

Stunts

1990s

58 titles · average score 50

Rush Hour

67

as Juntao's Man in Los Angeles (uncredited)

For Life or Death

as Kaan Woo

Escape from L.A.

52

as Hershe Gang Member

Kazaam

24

Stunts

Midnight Man

49

as Prince Samarki

Under Siege 2: Dark Territory

48

as Mercenary (uncredited)

Private Wars

57

as Obata

Frasier

85

TV show · as Security Guard

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

47

Fight Choreographer

Double Impact

46

Stunt Coordinator, Martial Arts Choreographer

Showdown in Little Tokyo

46

as Yoshida's Man (uncredited)

Aftershock

35

as Mr. James

1980s

18 titles · average score 53

Family Matters

60

TV show · as Man in Bar

Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects

23

Stunts

They Live

72

Stunts

Roseanne

71

TV show

Big Trouble in Little China

66

as Chang Sing #1

Los Angeles Streetfighter

46

as Chan

MacGyver

77

TV show · as Asian Thug

Growing Pains

70

TV show · as Movie Villain #2

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as Cambodian

Girls of the White Orchid

54

Stunts

T. J. Hooker

42

TV show · as Asian Thug / Ton Li

They Call Me Bruce?

51

Stunt Double

1970s

5 titles · average score 72

Young Dragon

as Shao Lung

The Fantastic Seven

Stunts

Big Time

as Karate Instructor

Enforcer from Death Row

as Karate Fighter

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

72

as Guard (uncredited)