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'{{Infobox actor | image = James Remar 2009.jpg | caption = Remar at a 2009 Golden Globe Awards party | birthname = William James Remar | birthdate = {{Birth date and age|1953|12|31|mf=y}} | birthplace = [[Boston, Massachusetts]], [[United States]] | occupation = [[actor]] }} '''William James Remar''' (born 31 December 1953) is an [[United States|American]] [[actor]]. He has appeared in at least 98 different media projects including 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 Ajax in ''[[The Warriors (film)|The Warriors]]'' and as a homicidal maniac in the early 1980s comedy/thriller ''[[48 Hrs]]''. ==Biography== Remar was born in [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. 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 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 is also well-known for playing real-life 30s-era gangster [[Dutch Schultz]] in the [[1984 in film|1984]] film ''[[The Cotton Club]]''. He also starred in the 1980 film ''[[Windwalker (1980 film)|Windwalker]]'' as the young Windwalker. In 1996, he played one of the main villains in Paramount's big budget action movie ''[[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 footage featuring Remar made it into the final version of the film, when the marines enter the processing station and the camera pans down from the Alien nest, though Remar is not seen in close-up). Other notable 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 the role over from [[Christopher Lambert]]. He then followed this with a role in the 1996 direct-to-video sci-fi movie [[Robo Warriors]]. Remar's guest appearances range from ''[[Pineapple Express (film) | Pineapple Express]]'', ''[[Miami Vice]]'', ''[[Hill Street Blues]]'', ''[[Sex and the City]]'', ''[[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 mini series "The Grid" (2004) as Hudson "Hud" the love interest of Julianna Margulies' character. He also starred as Tiny Bellows on the short-lived [[Television|TV]] series, ''[[The Huntress (TV series)|The Huntress]]''. Since 2006, he 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 [[List of Dexter characters#Harry Morgan|adoptive father]], Harry Morgan. Remar also had a recurring guest role in ''[[Jericho (TV Series)|Jericho]]'' on CBS. He also had a role in the 2009 horror movie ''[[The Unborn (2009 film)|The Unborn]]''. Also in 2009, Toyota's luxury vehicle division [[Lexus]] hired Remar for ad voice-overs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://adage.com/adages/post?article_id=135239|title=Lexus Trades in Sloyan for New Set of Voice-Over Pipes|publisher=''[[ Advertising Age]]''|accessdate=2009-03-19|last=Halliday|first=Jean|date=2009-03-13}}</ref> Remar is married and has two children. ==Video game(s)== *[[The Warriors (video game)]] ==References== {{reflist|colwidth=30em}} == External links == * {{Imdb|0001664}} {{The Warriors}} {{Dexter}} <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]] --> {{Persondata |NAME= Remar, James |ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Remar, William James |SHORT DESCRIPTION=[[Actor]] |DATE OF BIRTH= 1953-12-31 |PLACE OF BIRTH= [[Boston, Massachusetts]] }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Remar, James}} [[Category:The Warriors]] [[Category:1953 births]] [[Category:American film actors]] [[Category:American voice actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Actors from Massachusetts]] [[Category:People from Boston, Massachusetts]] [[ca:James Remar]] [[de:James Remar]] [[es:James Remar]] [[fr:James Remar]] [[it:James Remar]] [[ja:ジェームズ・レマー]] [[pl:James Remar]] [[sv:James Remar]]'