Everything about James Remar totally explained
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 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, where he did his best to stop
Billy Zane's superhero. In what would have been one of his very few major non-villain film roles, Remar was originally cast as Corporal Dwayne Hicks in the
1986 blockbuster hit sequel
Aliens. However he was fired over "creative differences" by director
James Cameron only a few days after filming began and replaced with Cameron-favorite actor
Michael Biehn. Remar can still be seen in the film during a shot where the Marines are walking through the complex, but the audience can't tell it's him because his back is to the camera and he's in full costume.
Other notable films include
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.
Remar's guest appearances range from
Hill Street Blues,
Sex and the City,
Third Watch,
Justice League Unlimited and
Battlestar Galactica. He also starred as Tiny Bellows on the short-lived
TV series,
The Huntress. Since 2006, he's 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. James also has a recurring guest role in
Jericho on CBS.
Remar is married and has two children.
Video game(s)
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