James Remar

James Remar (January 2010)

William James Remar (born December 31, 1953 in Boston , Massachusetts ) is an American actor .

biography

He was already fond of acting in school. When he was 20, he decided to become an actor and studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City , starring in several off-Broadway plays and student films the following year . In 1978 he made his cinema debut in the prison drama Im Gefängnishof . He achieved fame in America through the cult film The Warriors . Subsequently, he was initially cast primarily as a villain, but in films such as Two Women by Carl Schenkel (1989) and Carl Reiner's Crazy Instinct (1993) he was able to show a broader range of his acting skills. Remar also starred in numerous television series, including recurring roles such as the rich seducer in Sex and the City and as the protagonist's adoptive father in Dexter . His work includes around 170 film and television productions.

Remar is married with two children.

In 2012 Remar received the Life Career Award at the Saturn Awards . Together with the rest of the cast of the series Dexter , he has been nominated four times at the Screen Actors Guild Awards .

Filmography (selection)

James Remar (January 2009)

• 1978: Nightmare behind bars / In the prison yard (On the Yard)
• 1979: The Warriors (The Warriors)
• 1979: Long Riders (The Long Riders)
• 1980: Cruising
• 1980: The Legacy of the Indian (Windwalker)
• 1982: 48 Hours (48 Hours)
• 1982: Two crazy guys on a hot track (Partners)
• 1984: Cotton Club (The Cotton Club)
• 1985: Ayla and the Clan Of The Cave Bear
• 1986: The Merciless Clique (Band Of The Hand)
• 1986: Quiet Cool (Quiet Cool)
• 1987: Rent-a-Cop
• 1989: The Dream Team (The Dream Team)
• 1989: Drugstore Cowboy
• 1989: two women
• 1990: Stories from the shadows (Tales From The Darkside: The Movie)
• 1990: Fatal Charm (Fatal Charm)
• 1990: Wes Craven's Night Vision (Night Visions)
• 1991: Wolfsblut (White Fang)
• 1991: Session Man (short film)
• 1991: Wedlock
• 1991: Fallen Angels
• 1991: Tales from the Crypt ( Tales from the Crypt , TV series, episode 3x06)
• 1992: The Tigress
• 1992: The Scent of Death (Indecency)
• 1993: Crazy Instinct (Fatal Instinct)
• 1993: Blink
• 1994: Across The Moon
• 1994: Mr. Bill (Renaissance Man)
• 1994: Confessions Of A Hit Man
• 1994: The Miracle of Manhattan (Miracle On 34th Street)
• 1994: Exquisite Tenderness
• 1995: Coffee, Milk and Sugar (Boys on the Side)
• 1995: Wild Bill
• 1995: Judge Dredd
• 1996: Robo Warriors - The Battle of the Battle Giants (Robo Warriors)
• 1996: The Quest - The Challenge (The Quest)
• 1996: The Phantom (The Phantom)
• 1997: Mortal Kombat 2 - Annihilation
• 2000: Hellraiser V - Inferno (Hellraiser: Inferno)
• 2000: What Lies Beneath (What Lies Beneath)
• 2001–2004: Sex and the City (TV series, 12 episodes)
• 2002: The Twilight Zone (TV series)
• 2003: Betrayal - Death is their business (Betrayal)
• 2003: Fear X
• 2003: The Schreck Apartment (Duplex)
• 2003: 2 Fast 2 Furious
• 2004: Blade: Trinity
• 2004: The Girl Next Door
• 2005: Battlestar Galactica (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 2006: CSI: Miami (TV series)
• 2006–2007: Jericho - The Attack ( Jericho , TV series, 6 episodes)
• 2006-2013: Dexter (TV series, 68 episodes)
• 2007: Sharpshooter - The Final Order (Sharpshooter)
• 2008: Pineapple Express
• 2009: Criminal Minds (episode 4x17)
• 2009: The Unborn
• 2009: The Vampire Diaries (TV series)
• 2010: RED - Older, Harder, Better (RED - Retired. Extremely Dangerous)
• 2011: Arena
• 2011: X-Men: First decision
• 2011: Transformers 3 ( Transformers: Dark of the Moon , voice)
• 2011: Set Up
• 2012: Django Unchained
• 2013: Horns
• 2013–2014: Wilfred (TV series, 5 episodes)
• 2013–2014: Grey's Anatomy (TV series, 6 episodes)
• 2014: Persecuted (Persecuted)
• 2014–2015: State of Affairs (TV series, 9 episodes)
• 2015: The Devil's Daughter (February)
• 2016: USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
• 2016: The Shannara Chronicles (TV series, 7 episodes)
• 2017: The Path (TV series, 8 episodes)
• 2017: Gotham (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 2018: Speed ​​Kills
• 2018–2019: Magnum PI (TV series, 3 episodes)
• since 2018: Black Lightning (TV series)
• 2019: Animal Kingdom (TV series, 4 episodes)
• 2019: City on a Hill (TV series, 5 episodes)
• 2019: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Web links

Commons : James Remar  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• James Remar in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Alumni ( Memento of the original from July 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at neighborhoodplayhouse.org , accessed April 24, 2012  
2. ↑ James Remar Biography (1953-) on filmreference.com (English), accessed April 24, 2012