In 1983, Bush won a nomination for a CanadianGenie Award in the category of "Best Performance by a Foreign Actor" for his role in the feature filmHard Feelings. Bush's introduction to cinema began five years earlier in 1977 when he landed a recurring role on the CBSsitcomGood Times. Bush later acted in other television episodics and miniseries, including Roots, before joining the cast of the rock musicalHair in 1979, in which he performed a solo. Bush also performed in other musical dramas, including the TV seriesFame and the feature film Streets of Fire. Bush's most notable contributions to cinema were his performances in such box-office blockbusters as Lethal Weapon, Hollywood Shuffle, Die Hard and Colors. Colors, an American cult classic, sparked a friendship between Bush and director Dennis Hopper and Hopper directed Bush in a total of three feature films: Colors, Chasers, and Catchfire. Bush was cast in the 1989 James Bond feature film Licence to Kill, starring Timothy Dalton. Bush's character Hawkins is an ally of James Bond. By 1990, Bush had become a veteran of stage, television and motion pictures. He was hand-picked by William Peter Blatty to perform opposite George C. Scott, who portrayed a lieutenant in the horror filmThe Exorcist III, written and directed by Blatty; Bush played his sergeant. Bush has acted opposite Sylvester Stallone in Demolition Man. Bush also played actor Todd Bridges' father in Building Bridges, an autobiographicalshort film about the rise and fall of the child star of Diff'rent Strokes. In 1994, Bush was cast in the role of Balrog in the action/comedy Street Fighter, directed by Steven E. de Souza. The ensemble cast also included Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kylie Minogue, Ming-Na and Raúl Juliá. To prepare for his role, Bush trained with kickboxing champion Benny Urquidez in Bangkok, Thailand, and Brisbane, Australia. Writer/producer Dean Devlin and Bush worked together on two television series. Bush and actor Robert Davi co-starred in three films together. Bush has worked on two of Steven E. de Souza's films. Bush has guest-starred in a total of five projects on which Nicholas Corea is credited as either a writer, producer or director. More than 35 feature films in which Bush has appeared have been archived as Turner Classic Movies, including Street Fighter. Bush and actor Clarence Gilyard played brothers on Walker, Texas Ranger and co-starred in the film Die Hard. The Walker, Texas Ranger episode "Brothers in Arms" was written specifically for Bush by friend, Nicholas Corea, while Corea lay on his deathbed. Bush viewed the episode privately with Corea's widow. In 1991, Bush met his future wife, Sharon Crews, on the set of Freejack, a science fiction feature that stars Emilio Estevez, Rene Russo and Mick Jagger. Crews was on assignment for Black Entertainment Television to interview Bush, et al., during the Atlanta, Georgia, location filming.
