The "Rush Hour" franchise is a series of three Chinese-American martial arts/action-comedy buddy cop films created by Ross LaManna, directed by Brett Ratner, and distributed by New Line Cinema.
 All three films center on a pair of police detectives: a Hong Kong Police Force inspector and an American LAPD detective (portrayed by Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker) who go on a series of misadventures often involving corrupt crime figures.
 The films were released theatrically between 1998 and 2007, and have achieved commercial success and incorporate elements of martial arts, humor, and the buddy cop subgenre.
Signal One (also known as Bullet Down Under) is a 1994 Australian film directed by Rob Stewart and starring Christopher Atkins, Mark Jackson, Richard Carter, and Virginia Hey.
 It is a buddy cop movie.
Blue Streak is a 1999 American buddy cop comedy film directed by Les Mayfield and starring Martin Lawrence, Luke Wilson, Dave Chappelle, Peter Greene, Nicole Ari Parker and William Forsythe.
 It is a remake of the 1965 British film "The Big Job".
 The film was shot on location in California.
 The prime shooting spot was Sony Pictures Studios which is located in Culver City, California.
Cop Out is a 2010 American buddy cop action-comedy film directed and edited by Kevin Smith, written by Mark and Robb Cullen and starring Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan, Kevin Pollak and Seann William Scott.
 The plot revolves around two veteran NYPD partners (Willis and Morgan) on the trail of a stolen, rare, mint-condition baseball card who find themselves up against a relentless, memorabilia-obsessed bloodthirsty gangster.
 This is the first film that Smith directed that he did not also write.
 Upon its release, the film was met with negative reviews by critics and underperformed at the box office.
 It is nevertheless Kevin Smith's highest grossing film.
Martin Fitzgerald Lawrence (born April 16, 1965) is a German-born American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, writer, and voice actor.
American Sharia is a 2015 American buddy cop comedy-drama action film directed by Omar Regan, written by Omar Regan, and stars Omar Regan, Baba Ali and Eric Roberts.
 The film is about rogue government officials using Islamophobia to maintain power while two Muslim police officers attempting to solve a case involving the disappearance of several Muslims.
The Rookie is a 1990 American buddy cop film directed by Clint Eastwood and produced by Howard G. Kazanjian, Steven Siebert and David Valdes.
 It was written from a screenplay conceived by Boaz Yakin and Scott Spiegel.
 The film stars Charlie Sheen, Clint Eastwood, Raúl Juliá, Sônia Braga, Lara Flynn Boyle, and Tom Skerritt.
 Eastwood plays a veteran police officer teamed up with a younger detective played by Sheen ("the rookie"), whose intent is to take down a German crime lord in downtown Los Angeles following months of investigation into an exotic car theft ring.
Alien Nation is a 1988 American buddy cop neo-noir science fiction action film directed by Graham Baker.
 The ensemble cast features James Caan, Mandy Patinkin and Terence Stamp.
 The film depicts the assimilation of the "Newcomers", an alien race settling in Los Angeles, much to the initial dismay of the local population.
 The plot integrates the neo-noir and buddy cop film genres with a science fiction theme, centering on a union between a veteran police investigator (Caan) and an extraterrestrial (Patinkin); the first Newcomer detective.
 The duo probe a criminal underworld attempting to solve a homicide.
Lethal Weapon is an American buddy cop action comedy franchise created by Shane Black that focuses on Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) detectives, Martin Riggs, Roger Murtaugh, and their fast-talking sidekick Leo Getz (who debuts in the second film).
 The franchise consists of four films released during the 1980s and 1990s, as well as a television series in 2016.
 All four films in the series were directed by Richard Donner and also share many of the same core cast members, while the television series recast the main roles with younger actors instead.
Lethal Weapon 4 is a 1998 American buddy cop action comedy film directed and produced by Richard Donner, and starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Chris Rock, and Jet Li (in his American film debut).
 It is the fourth and final installment in the "Lethal Weapon" series.

Question: Who directed the 1999 American buddy cop movie staring a German-born actor born April 16, 1965?
Answer: Les Mayfield