Ninja Steve James

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"I don't like getting beat up much in films, but Jackie [Chan] could beat me up anytime. My first influence was Bruce Lee, and then I saw Jackie afterwards, and it was entirely different. When people ask me who I think is the best action star, I don't say Stallone, I don't say Schwarzenegger, I say Jackie. He's my influence, I learn from him, that's why I'm here."

Steve James was an actor, stuntman and martial artist whose contributions to Americas action filmography have gone too long unsung. Most recognizable to many fans as Corporal Curtis Jackson in the American Ninja series of films, James made contributions to over forty films as an actor and many additional works as a stuntman.
Steve was writing several new scripts with his partner, John A. Gallagher. Their last joint venture was a feature called 'Street Hunter' that he starred in as well as co-wrote & choreographed the fight scenes.
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