After that, Landham mostly appeared as a tough guy in 80's action movies such as Action Jackson and Lock Up, his booming voice and big figure making him a natural for the parts. Arguably the most prominent role of his career was starring in the original Predator. Premiering in 1987, the classic sci-fi film starred Arnold Schwarzenegger as a gun's blazing military type leading his team through a mission in a South American jungle when they realize they are being hunted by an alien. Among the members of the team was Landham as Billy Sole, a tracker with Native American ancestry. Billy would end up getting killed by the Predator after making his final stand against the hunter in order to buy his surviving teammates time to escape. He did not appear in any of the Predator sequels.