Sonny Landham

Sonny Landham

actor, stunts, director

Sonny Landham was born on Feb 11, 1941 in USA. Sonny Landham's big-screen debut came with The Lost Man directed by Robert Alan Aurthur in 1969, strarring . Sonny Landham is known for Predator directed by John McTiernan, Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as Dutch and Carl Weathers as Dillon. The upcoming new movie Sonny Landham plays is Mental Scars which will be released on Dec 15, 2009.

An actor with a powerful physique, booming voice and who has played several "Native American" characters, Sonny Landham first broke into mainstream film with a bit part as a police officer in the subway. He ends up getting tripped when Michael Beck throws the baseball bat at his legs, in Walter Hill's gang film Les Guerriers de la nuit (1979), then other minor roles in Sans retour (1981) & Poltergeist (1982), before Walter Hill cast him in his first decent role as James Remar's gun happy, criminal partner in the high voltage hit 48 heures (1982). Landham continued to turn up in high testosterone films of the mid 1980s including the action sci-fi film Predator (1987), alongside Sylvester Stallone in Haute Sécurité (1989), and being hurled out a window by Carl Weathers in Action Jackson (1988). His career on screen wound down during the 1990s, but he still managed to crop up in several roles taking advantage of his strong physical presence.

  • Birthday

    Feb 11, 1941
  • Place of Birth

    Canton, Georgia, USA

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