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'{{morefootnotes|date=November 2009}} {{Infobox actor | image = James-Remar-SAG-Awards.jpg | caption = James Remar at the Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on January 23, 2010. | birthname = William James Remar | birthdate = {{Birth date and age|1953|12|31|mf=y}} | birthplace = {{city-state|Boston|Massachusetts}}, [[United States|U.S.]] | Attended John Ward Elementary School in Newton, Mass | Attended Newton High School, Newton, Mass | Briefly played flute in a high school band with guitarist Gary Shepard and drummer Thomas Lawlor, playing one gig only at the Unicorn Coffee House in Boston, Mass, 1969. | occupation = Actor | yearsactive = 1978–present fuck you you fucking fuck }} '''James Remar''' (born December 31, 1953) is an [[United States|American]] [[actor]]. He has appeared in movies, video games, and TV shows. He is perhaps best known as Richard, the on-off tycoon boyfriend of [[Kim Cattrall]]'s character in ''[[Sex and the City]]'', as [[List of characters in The Warriors#Ajax|Ajax]] in ''[[The Warriors (film)|The Warriors]]'', as the homicidal maniac Albert Ganz in the 1982 comedy/thriller ''[[48 Hrs]]'', Dutch Shultz in ''[[The Cotton Club (film)|The Cotton Club]]'', Lord Raiden in ''[[Mortal Kombat: Annihilation]]'' and more recently as [[Harry Morgan (Dexter)|Harry Morgan]] in ''[[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]]''. ==Life and career== Remar was born '''William James Remar''' in {{city-state|Boston|Massachusetts}}. He has spent the majority of his film career playing villains. He is known for his roles as the aggressively sexual and violent character [[List of characters in The Warriors#Ajax|Ajax]] in the [[1979 in film|1979]] cult film ''[[The Warriors (film)|The Warriors]]'' and as the murdering sociopath Albert Ganz in the [[1982 in film|1982]] hit ''[[48 Hrs.]]'' (both movies were directed by [[Walter Hill (filmmaker)|Walter Hill]]). Remar played real-life '30s-era gangster [[Dutch Schultz]] in the [[1984 in film|1984]] film ''[[The Cotton Club (film)|The Cotton Club]]''. He starred in the 1980 film ''[[Windwalker (1980 film)|Windwalker]]'' as the young Windwalker. He also portrayed a gay man in the 1980 film ''[[Cruising (film)|Cruising]]''. In 1996, he played Quill, one of the main villains in ''[[The Phantom (film)|The Phantom]]''. Remar was cast as Corporal Hicks in the 1986 science-fiction/horror film ''[[Aliens (film)|Aliens]]'' (co-produced by Walter Hill), but was replaced by [[Michael Biehn]] shortly after filming began due to "creative differences" with director [[James Cameron]]. (At least one piece of footage featuring Remar made it into the final version of the film, when the Marines enter the processing station and the camera tilts down from the Alien nest, though Remar is not seen in close-up.) Other films include ''[[Drugstore Cowboy]]'', ''[[Fear X]]'', ''[[Boys on the Side]]'', ''[[Hellraiser: Inferno]]'', ''[[The Quest]]'', ''[[Wedlock (film)|Wedlock]]'', ''[[Tales from the Darkside: The Movie]]'', ''[[Blade: Trinity]]'', ''[[2 Fast 2 Furious]]'', ''[[The Girl Next Door (2004 film)|The Girl Next Door]]'' and in [[1998 in film|1998]] he played the policeman that kept following the woman around in ''[[Psycho (1998 film)|Psycho]]'', he was also the star of the 1986 film ''[[Quiet Cool]]''. He portrayed the character of Raiden in ''[[Mortal Kombat: Annihilation]]'', the sequel to the 1995 movie adaptation of ''[[Mortal Kombat (film)|Mortal Kombat]]'', taking over the role from [[Christopher Lambert]]. He then followed this with a role in the 1996 direct-to-video science fiction movie ''[[Robo Warriors]]''. Remar's other appearances include the the TV series ''[[Miami Vice]]'', ''[[Hill Street Blues]]'', ''[[Sex and the City]]'', ''[[Tales from the Crypt]]'', ''[[Jericho (TV series)|Jericho]]'', ''[[Third Watch]]'', ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' and ''[[Battlestar Galactica (re-imagining)|Battlestar Galactica]]'', as well as appearing as a possessed mental patient in the ''[[X-Files]]'' ninth season episode "Daemonicus". He was in the miniseries ''The Grid'' (2004) as Hudson "Hud", the love interest of Julianna Margulies' character. He starred as Tiny Bellows on the short-lived television series, ''[[The Huntress (TV series)|The Huntress]]''. He had a recurring guest role in the television series ''[[Jericho (TV series)|Jericho]]'' on CBS. Since 2006, Remar has co-starred in ''[[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]]'' on Showtime. Remar was nominated for a [[Saturn Award]] for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of [[Dexter Morgan]]'s adoptive father, [[List of Dexter characters#Harry Morgan|Harry Morgan]].<ref>[http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/36252/paleyfest-2010-dexter-panel-reveals-a-few-clues-season-five Paleyfest 2010: Dexter Panel Reveals a Few Clues for Season Five]</ref> He also had a role in the 2009 horror movie ''[[The Unborn (2009 film)|The Unborn]]'' (this film also had actor [[C.S. Lee]], who portrays [[Vince Masuka]] in ''[[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]]''). In 2010, he did a guest role as Giuseppe Salvatore in ''[[The Vampire Diaries (TV series)|The Vampire Diaries]]''.<ref>{{cite news | first=William | last=Keck |title=Dexter's Dad Does Vampire Diaries | date=November 20, 2009 | url=http://www.tvguidemagazine.com/kecks-exclusives/dexters-dad-does-diaries-3316.html | work=TV Guide Magazine | accessdate=May 17, 2010}}</ref> Remar is currently portraying a recurring character on ''[[FlashForward]]''. He plays James Irskan, who is a General for a [[Black operation|black-ops]] military contractor. He also voiced [[Vilgax]] in [[Ben 10: Alien Force]]. He is scheduled to guest star in ''[[Private Practice]]'' in 2010, playing a physician named Gibby who works with Doctors Without Borders.<ref>[http://primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk/james-remar-to-star-in-private-practice-season-4/ James Remar to star in Private Practice season 4]</ref> ==References== {{reflist|colwidth=30em}} == External links == {{Commonscat|James Remar}} * {{imdb|1664}} <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]] --> {{Persondata |NAME= Remar, James |ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Remar, William James |SHORT DESCRIPTION=[[Actor]] |DATE OF BIRTH= December 31, 1953 |PLACE OF BIRTH= [[Boston, Massachusetts]] }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Remar, James}} [[Category:1953 births]] [[Category:Actors from Massachusetts]] [[Category:American film actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:American voice actors]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Boston, Massachusetts]] [[ca:James Remar]] [[de:James Remar]] [[es:James Remar]] [[fr:James Remar]] [[it:James Remar]] [[nl:James Remar]] [[no:James Remar]] [[ja:ジェームズ・レマー]] [[pl:James Remar]] [[pt:James Remar]] [[ru:Ремар, Джеймс]] [[fi:James Remar]] [[sv:James Remar]]'