James Remar

Infobox actor


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birthname = William James Remar
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William James Remar (born December 31 1953) is an American actor. He has appeared in 98 different media projects, either movies, video games or TV shows. He is perhaps most familiar as Richard, the on-off tycoon boyfriend of Kim Cattrall's character in "Sex and the City" and as a homicidal maniac in the early 80s thriller / comedy "48 Hrs".

Remar was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Largely due to his somewhat intimidating physical appearance Remar has spent the majority of his film career playing villains. He is known for his roles as the aggressively sexual and violent character Ajax in the 1979 cult film "The Warriors", as the murdering sociopath Albert Ganz in the 1982 Eddie Murphy hit "48 Hrs." and as real-life 30s-era gangster Dutch Schultz in the 1984 film "The Cotton Club". He also starred in the 1980 film "Windwalker" as the young Windwalker. In 1996, he played one of the main bad guys in Paramount's big budget action movie "The Phantom".

Other notable films include "Drugstore Cowboy", "Fear X", "Boys on the Side", ', "The Quest", "Wedlock", ', ', "2 Fast 2 Furious", "The Girl Next Door" and in 1998 he played the policeman that kept following the woman around in "Psycho", he was also the star of the 1986 film "Quiet Cool". He portrayed the character of Raiden in ', the sequel to the 1995 movie adaptation of "Mortal Kombat", taking the role over from Christopher Lambert. Then later starring in the 1996 direct to video sci-fi movie Robo Warriors.

Remar's guest appearances range from "Miami Vice", "Hill Street Blues", "Sex and the City", "Jericho", "Third Watch", "Justice League Unlimited" and "Battlestar Galactica", as well as appearing as a possessed mental patient in the "X-Files" ninth season episode "Daemonicus". He also starred as Tiny Bellows on the short-lived TV series, "The Huntress". Since 2006, he has co-starred in "Dexter" on Showtime; James was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Dexter Morgan's adoptive father, Harry Morgan. James also has a recurring guest role in "Jericho" on CBS.

Remar is married and has two children.

Video game(s)

*The Warriors (video game)

External links

*imdb name|id=0001664|name=James Remar

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NAME= Remar, James
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Remar, William James
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Actor
DATE OF BIRTH= 1953-12-31
PLACE OF BIRTH= Boston, Massachusetts
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