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James Remar

William James Remar (born 31 December 1953) is an American actor and voice actor.

He played Harry Morgan, a homicide detective and Dexter Morgan's adoptive father, in the Showtime series DEXTER.

Appearances[]

Remar co-starred in all eight seasons and was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Although credited for all 96 episodes, Remar only appeared in 68 episodes, and did not appear in the series finale.

Career[]

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 and as the murdering sociopath Albert Ganz in the 1982 hit 48 Hrs. both directed by Walter Hill. Remar played real-life '30s-era gangster Dutch Schultz in the 1984 film The Cotton Club. He starred in the 1980 film Windwalker as the young Windwalker. He also portrayed a gay man in the 1980 film Cruising. In 1996, he played Quill, one of the main villains in The Phantom.

Remar was cast as Corporal Hicks in the 1986 science-fiction/horror 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 notable films include Drugstore Cowboy, Fear X, Boys on the Side, Hellraiser: Inferno, The Quest, Wedlock, Tales from the Darkside: The Movie, Blade: Trinity, 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 Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, the sequel to the 1995 movie adaptation of Mortal Kombat, taking over the role from Cristopher Lambert. He then followed this with a role in the 1996 direct-to-video science fiction movie Robo Warriors.

Remar's guest appearances range from Pineapple Express, Miami Vice, Hill Street Blues, Sex and the City, 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 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. He had a recurring guest role in the television series Jericho on CBS.

In 2010, he did a guest role as Giuseppe Salvatore in The Vampire Diaries. Remar was a recurring character on FlashForward. He played James Irskan, who is a General for a black-ops military contractor.

He also voiced Vilgax in Ben 10: Alien Force.

Film

His film credits include roles in Dead Reckoning (2020); Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood (2019); Speed Kills (2018); All You Ever Wished For (2018); Speed Kills (2018); Feed (2017); The Night Watchmen (2017); USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016); The Dog Lover (2016); Decommissioned (2016); Papa Hemingway in Cuba (2015); Unnatural (2015); The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015); State of Affairs (2014); Eden (2014); Lap Dance (2014); Persecuted (2014); All Superheroes Must Die (2011); Arena (2011); Horns (2013); Django Unchained (2012); Transformers: The Ride - 3D (2011, (voice); Setup (2011); Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011, voice); X-Men: First Class (2011); The FP (2011, Narrator); RED (2010); Gun (2010); Young Justice (2010);  Endless Bummer (2009); 2B (2009); The Unborn (2009); Pineapple Express (2008); Jericho (2006); Ratatouille (2007, voice); Blade: Trinity (2004); The Girl Next Door (2004); Down with the Joneses (2003); Duplex (2003); 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003); Betrayal (2003); Fear X (2003); Guardian (2001); Hellraiser: Inferno (2000); Blowback (2000); What Lies Beneath (2000); Rites of Passage (1999); Sex and the City (1998); Psycho (1998); Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997); Born Bad (1997); The Phantom (1996); The Quest (1996); One Good Turn (1996); Wild Bill (1995); Judge Dredd (1995, uncredited); Boys on the Side (1995); The Surgeon (1995); Miracle on 34th Street (1994); Across the Moon (1994); Renaissance Man (1994); Confessions of a Hitman (1994); Blink (1993); Fatal Instinct (1993); Die Tigerin (1992); Wedlock (1991); White Fang (1991); Fatal Charm (1990); Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990); Drugstore Cowboy (1989); Silence Like Glass (1989); The Dream Team (1989); Rent-a-Cop (1987); Quiet Cool (1986); Band of the Hand (1986); The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986); The Cotton Club (1984); 48 Hrs. (1982); Partners (1982); Windwalker (1980); The Long Riders (1980); Cruising (1980); The Warriors (1979); and On the Yard (1978).

TV Movies

His TV movie credits include roles in The Saint (2017); Can't Buy My Love (2017); Hatfields & McCoys (2013); The Christmas Hope (2009); Sharpshooter (2007); Meltdown (2004); Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2004); The Survivors Club (2004); Guilty as Charged (2000); D.R.E.A.M. Team (1999); Inferno (1998); Robo Warriors (1996); Indecency (1992); Strangers (1992); Brotherhood of the Gun (1991); Night Visions (1990); Kojak: None So Blind (1990); Desperado: The Outlaw Wars (1989); The Mystic Warrior (1984); and Sex and the City: A Farewell (1980).

Shorts

His shorts include Session Man (1991).

Television

His TV credits include roles in The Rookie; Creepshow; Black Lightning; Grey's Anatomy; Magnum P.I.; City on a Hill; Animal Kingdom; NCIS: Los Angeles; The Equalizer; The Path; Gotham; Code Black; American Dad!; Motive; The Shannara Chronicles; State of Affairs; The Legend of Korra; Franklin & Bash; Wilfred; From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series; Beware the Batman; The Vampire Diaries; Ben 10: Ultimate Alien; Newsreaders; Pound Puppies; Young Justice; Hawaii Five-0; Human Target; Private Practice; Batman: The Brave and the Bold; Ben 10: Alien Force; Flashforward; Numb3rs; The Spectacular Spider-Man; Criminal Minds; The Unit; Eli Stone; The Batman; Jericho; Thief (Mini Series); CSI: Miami; Justice League Unlimited; North Shore; Battlestar Galactica; The Grid (Mini Series); Sex and the City; Without a Trace; Peacemakers; Third Watch; Justice League; Strong Medicine; The Huntress; 7th Heaven; Nash Bridges; 18 Wheels of Justice; Walker, Texas Ranger; Total Security; Tales from the Crypt; Crime Story; The Hitchhiker; Miami Vice; Hill Street Blues; The Twilight Zone; and The X-Files.

Video Games

  • 2022: Destiny 2: The Witch Queen (voice)
  • 2017: Destiny 2 (voice)
  • 2014: Destiny (voice)
  • 2011: Killzone 3 (voice)
  • 2010: Batman: The Brave and the Bold - The Videogame (voice)
  • 2005: The Warriors (voice)

Podcast Series

  • The Lamb (2021)

Personal Life[]

He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up in Newton, Mass. He attended John Ward Elementary School and Newton North High School. His family surname was originally "Remarman." His paternal grandparents were Russian Jewish immigrants, while his mother was English. He has two children from his first marriage to Atsuko Remar. He is currently married to Yuka Kojima.

Trivia[]

  • James Remar had a role in the 2009 horror movie The Unborn, which also had actor C.S. Lee who portrayed Vince Masuka on DEXTER.
  • He decided to become an actor at the age of seven years old after seeing the movie Spartacus (1960).

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