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James Remar
Highest Rated: 97% Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
Lowest Rated: Not Available
Birthday: Dec 31, 1953
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
A much-sought-after actor who played a variety of characters - but chiefly psychopathic villains - James Remar added emotional depth and complexity to each of his many film and television projects. Remar first gained notice as the crazed gangster Ajax in Walter Hill's cult classic "The Warriors" (1979), before he earned respect as a psychotic prison escapee in the blockbuster action comedy "48 HRS" (1982). From there, he appeared in a number of notable films like "The Cotton Club" (1984), "Clan of the Cave Bear" (1986) and "Drugstore Cowboy" (1989), but struggled a bit to find another memorable character. After showing his softer side in "Renaissance Man" (1994) and "Boys on the Side" (1995), Remar turned more to television and scored with a recurring role as billionaire playboy Richard Wright, who romanced Kim Cattrall before breaking her heart on "Sex and the City" (HBO, 1998-2004). Remar bounced back and forth between television and features, before gaining both stability and further acclaim with a long-running role as Harry Morgan, adoptive father and mentor to Michael C. Hall's titular serial killer on "Dexter" (Showtime, 2006-13). As he continued to play that role, Remar racked up credits both on animated and live-action projects, which allowed him to distance himself from the sleazy villains of days past in order to expand upon his long and esteemed career.
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| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44% | 51% | Drugstore June | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Megalopolis | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
| 69% | 63% | The Noel Diary | Unknown (Character) | - | 2022 |
| 17% | 0% | Dead Reckoning | Agent Cantrell (Character) | - | 2019 |
| 86% | 70% | Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood | Ugly Owl Hoot on Bounty Law (Character) | $142.4M | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | 29% | All You Ever Wished For | Gordon Hutton (Character) | - | 2019 |
| 0% | 30% | Speed Kills | Meyer Lansky (Character) | - | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | 56% | The Big Grab | Rex (Character) | - | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Can't Buy My Love | Rex (Character) | - | 2017 |
| 86% | 66% | The Night Watchmen | Randall (Character) | - | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 75% | Feed | Tom (Character) | - | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Decommissioned | David Marino (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 20% | 52% | The Dog Lover | Daniel Holloway (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 75% | 51% | The Blackcoat's Daughter | Bill (Character) | $20.0K | 2015 |
| 11% | 53% | Papa: Hemingway in Cuba | Santo Trafficante (Character) | $1.1M | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | 11% | Unnatural | Martin Nakos (Character) | - | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | 24% | Eden | Coach Defore (Character) | - | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | 22% | Lap Dance | Patrick Moore (Character) | - | 2014 |
| 0% | 58% | Persecuted | John Luther (Character) | $1.6M | 2014 |
| 42% | 49% | Horns | Derrick Perrish (Character) | $164.5K | 2013 |
| 87% | 92% | Django Unchained | Ace (Character) | $162.8M | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 24% | Vs. | Rickshaw (Character) | - | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | 27% | Arena | Agent McCarty (Character) | - | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | 17% | Set Up | William (Character) | - | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | 25% | Gun | Det. Rogers (Character) | - | 2010 |
| 72% | 72% | Red | Gabriel Loeb (Character) | $90.4M | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 8% | Endless Bummer | Sam Kramer (Character) | - | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 74% | The Christmas Hope | Mark Addison (Character) | - | 2009 |
| 10% | 30% | The Unborn | Gordon Beldon (Character) | $42.6M | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 2B | Unknown (Character) | - | 2009 |
| 68% | 73% | Pineapple Express | Gen. Bratt (Character) | $87.3M | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | Sharpshooter | Dillon (Character) | - | 2007 |
| 96% | 87% | Ratatouille | Larousse (Voice) | $206.4M | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | Meltdown | Colonel Boggs (Character) | - | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | Ike: Countdown to D-Day | Gen. Omar Bradley (Character) | - | 2004 |
| 24% | 58% | Blade: Trinity | Ray Cumberland (Character) | $52.4M | 2004 |
| 56% | 69% | The Girl Next Door | Hugo Posh (Character) | $14.6M | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Survivor's Club | Roan Griffin (Character) | - | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | Betrayal | Alex Tyler (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 58% | 39% | Fear X | Peter (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 35% | 40% | Duplex | Chick (Character) | $9.7M | 2003 |
| 37% | 50% | 2 Fast 2 Furious | Agent Markham (Character) | $127.1M | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 44% | Guardian | Detective Carpenter (Character) | - | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Double Frame | Det. Tim Follett (Character) | - | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 17% | Guilty as Charged | Lt. Col. Strauss (Character) | - | 2000 |
| 47% | 58% | What Lies Beneath | Warren Feur (Character) | $155.4M | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | 18% | Blowback |
John Matthew Whitman/ |
- | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | 69% | Rites of Passage | Frank Dabbo (Character) | - | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | D.R.E.A.M. Team | Shawn Murphy (Character) | - | 1999 |
| 41% | 28% | Psycho | Patrolman (Character) | $21.5M | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inferno | Dr. Coleman West (Character) | - | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | 21% | Born Bad | Sheriff Larabee (Character) | - | 1998 |
| 4% | 24% | Mortal Kombat Annihilation | Lord Rayden (Character) | $35.9M | 1997 |
| 14% | 36% | The Quest | Maxie Devine (Character) | $21.6M | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One Good Turn | Simon Jury (Character) | - | 1996 |
| 44% | 31% | The Phantom | Quill (Character) | $17.3M | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Robo Warriors | Ray Gibson (Character) | - | 1996 |
| 73% | 68% | Boys on the Side | Alex (Character) | $22.2M | 1995 |
| 46% | 27% | Wild Bill | Donnie Lonigan (Character) | $2.1M | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 9% | Exquisite Tenderness | Dr. Benjamin Hendricks (Character) | - | 1995 |
| 67% | 51% | Blink | Thomas Ridgely (Character) | $16.7M | 1994 |
| 60% | 62% | Miracle on 34th Street | Jack Duff (Character) | $17.2M | 1994 |
| 12% | 53% | Renaissance Man | Captian Tom Murdock (Character) | $24.2M | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Confessions of a Hitman | Bruno Serrano (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 14% | Across the Moon | Rattlesnake Jim (Character) | - | 1994 |
| 17% | 41% | Fatal Instinct | Max Shady (Character) | $7.6M | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Tigress | Andrei (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | 56% | Fatal Charm | Louis (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Indecency | Mick Clarkson (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 36% | Wedlock | Sam (Character) | - | 1991 |
| 67% | 63% | White Fang | Beauty Smith (Character) | $34.6M | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Session Man | McQueen (Character) | - | 1991 |
| 46% | 45% | Tales From the Darkside: The Movie | Preston (segment "Lover's Vow") (Character) | $15.4M | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tales From the Darkside | Unknown (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Night Visions | Sergeant Thomas Mackey (Character) | - | 1990 |
| 50% | 61% | The Dream Team | Gianelli (Character) | $26.8M | 1989 |
| 97% | 85% | Drugstore Cowboy | Gentry (Character) | $4.2M | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | Silence Like Glass | Charly (Character) | - | 1989 |
| 8% | 17% | Rent-A-Cop | Dancer (Character) | $294.3K | 1988 |
| 0% | 59% | Band of the Hand | Nestor (Character) | $4.9M | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | 53% | Quiet Cool | Joe Dylanne (Character) | $1.3M | 1986 |
| 10% | 47% | The Clan of the Cave Bear | Creb (Character) | $251.9K | 1986 |
| 74% | 57% | The Cotton Club | Dutch Schultz (Character) | - | 1984 |
| 92% | 69% | 48 HRS. | Albert Ganz (Character) | - | 1982 |
| 81% | 73% | The Long Riders | Sam Starr (Character) | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Correva Del Vento | Windwalker as a young man (Character) | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | Windwalker | Windwalker as a young man (Character) | - | 1980 |
| 51% | 48% | Cruising | Gregory (Character) | - | 1980 |
| 88% | 88% | The Warriors | Ajax (Character) | - | 1979 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 84% | Magnum P.I. | Captain Buck Greene; Michael Rady: HPD Det. Chris Childs (Guest Star) | 2019 2023 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | AMC+ Fan Experience | Unknown (Character) | 2021 |
| 92% | 50% | Black Lightning | Peter Gambi (Character) | 2018-2021 |
| No Score Yet | 66% | NCIS: Los Angeles | Admiral Sterling Bridges (Guest Star) | 2017-2018 |
| 77% | 67% | Gotham | Frank Gordon (Guest Star) | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 91% | American Dad! | Film Actor (Guest Voice) | 2016 |
| 79% | 80% | The Shannara Chronicles | Cephelo (Character) | 2016 |
| 28% | 66% | State of Affairs | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014-2015 |
| 89% | 79% | The Legend of Korra | Tonraq (Guest Voice) | 2013-2014 |
| 61% | 84% | Franklin & Bash | Cliff (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | 85% | From Dusk Till Dawn | Gecko Father (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| 82% | 74% | Beware the Batman | Silver Monkey (Guest Voice) | 2013-2014 |
| 84% | 73% | Grey's Anatomy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013-2014 |
| 86% | 72% | The Vampire Diaries | Giuseppe Salvatore (Guest Star) | 2010 2013 |
| 71% | 81% | Dexter | Harry Morgan (Character) | 2006-2013 |
| No Score Yet | 69% | Hawaii Five-0 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | 81% | Private Practice | Dr. Gibson (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| 80% | 77% | FlashForward | James Ermine (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 93% | Numb3ers | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 85% | Criminal Minds | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| 85% | 72% | The Unit | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| 60% | 100% | Eli Stone | Salinsky (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| 54% | 83% | Jericho | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006-2007 |
| No Score Yet | 65% | CSI: Miami | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
| 95% | 94% | Battlestar Galactica |
Meier (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2005 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | North Shore | Vincent Colville (Character) | 2004-2005 |
| 70% | 78% | Sex and the City | Richard Wright (Guest Star) | 2001-2002 2004 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Without a Trace | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
| 50% | 73% | The Twilight Zone | Unknown (Character) | 2002 |
| 74% | 85% | The X-Files | Josef Kobold (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nash Bridges | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Walker, Texas Ranger | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
| 82% | 97% | Tales From the Crypt | Unknown (Character) | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hitchhiker | Unknown (Character) | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Equalizer | Tremayne (Guest Star) | 1987 |
| 71% | 85% | Miami Vice | Robbie Cann (Guest Star) | 1985 |
| 97% | No Score Yet | Hill Street Blues | Cooper (Guest Star) | 1981 |