Sonny Landham career, Landham was an actor in pornographic films. He then became a mainstream movie actor and appeared in a number of Hollywood films, including "The Warriors" (as a subway policeman whose leg gets broken by a baseball bat-wielding Michael Beck), "Predator", "48 Hrs.", "Lock Up" and "Action Jackson". In 2003, Landham ran in the Republican Party primary election for the post of Governor of Kentucky, hoping to repeat the success of his "Predator" castmates Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. He based his candidacy on opposition to an amendment which endorsed the Kentucky Family Court, saying his
Politics of Minnesota His wife, Sheila, and daughter, Marcia, also died in the crash. They had two other grown children, David and Mark, who now co-chair the Wellstone Action nonprofit group. Jesse Ventura (born July 15, 1951, as James George Janos), also known as "The Body", "The Mind", and "Governor Body", is an American politician, Navy SEAL member, professional wrestler, actor, and radio talk show host. In the Minnesota gubernatorial election of 1998 he was elected the 38th Governor of Minnesota and served from January 4, 1999 to January 6, 2003 without seeking a second term. Ventura ran as a candidate for the