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James Remar

Highest Rated: 97% Drugstore Cowboy (1989)

Lowest Rated: 0% Band of the Hand (1986)

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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Highest rated movies

97% 85% Drugstore Cowboy
Watchlist 96% 87% Ratatouille Watchlist 92% 69% 48 HRS. Watchlist
88% 88% The Warriors
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87% 92% Django Unchained
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86% 66% The Night Watchmen
Watchlist 86% 70% Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood Watchlist
81% 73% The Long Riders
Watchlist 77% 52% The Blackcoat's Daughter Watchlist
74% 57% The Cotton Club
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James Remar

James Remar THE WARRIORS, Brian Tyler, Michael Beck, James Remar, David Harris, Marcellino Sanchez, 1979. (c) Paramount Pictures. Dexter, James Remar, 'The Dark... Whatever', Season 7, Ep. #10, 12/02/2012, ©SHO Dexter, James Remar, 'Sunshine And Frosty Swirl', Season 7, Ep. #2, 10/07/2012, ©SHO Dexter, James Remar, 'Monkey In A Box', Season 8, Ep. #11, 09/15/2013, ©SHO Dexter, James Remar, 'Goodbye Miami', Season 8, Ep. #10, 09/08/2013, ©SHO Dexter, Michael C Hall (L), James Remar (R), 'Goodbye Miami', Season 8, Ep. #10, 09/08/2013, ©SHO Dexter, Michael C Hall (L), James Remar (R), 'Make Your Own Kind Of Music', Season 8, Ep. #9, 08/25/2013, ©SHO Dexter, James Remar, 'Dress Code', Season 8, Ep. #7, 08/11/2013, ©SHO Dexter, James Remar, 'Every Silver Lining', Season 8, Ep. #2, 07/07/2013, ©SHO View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Glowzies Unknown (Character) - 2024
46% 35% Megalopolis Unknown (Character) $7.4M 2024
55% 48% Drugstore June Unknown (Character) - 2024
73% 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% 29% Speed Kills Meyer Lansky (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet 56% The Big Grab Rex (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet 40% 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% 53% The Dog Lover Daniel Holloway (Character) - 2016
77% 52% The Blackcoat's Daughter Bill (Character) $20.0K 2015
11% 54% 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
41% 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
57% 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 23% 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/Schmidt (Character) - 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 19% Exquisite Tenderness Dr. Benjamin Hendricks (Character) - 1995
65% 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% 40% Fatal Instinct Max Shady (Character) $7.6M 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Tigress Andrei (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet 60% 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
0% 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
49% 48% Cruising Gregory (Character) - 1980
88% 88% The Warriors Ajax (Character) - 1979

TV

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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% 49% Black Lightning Peter Gambi (Character) 2018-2021
No Score Yet 63% NCIS: Los Angeles Admiral Sterling Bridges (Guest Star) 2017-2018
77% 68% Gotham Frank Gordon (Guest Star) 2017
No Score Yet 90% American Dad! Film Actor (Guest Voice) 2016
79% 79% 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% 76% Beware the Batman Silver Monkey (Guest Voice) 2013-2014
84% 72% 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 79% Private Practice Dr. Gibson (Guest Star) 2010
80% 78% FlashForward James Ermine (Guest Star) 2010
No Score Yet 93% Numb3ers Unknown (Guest Star) 2010
No Score Yet 83% Criminal Minds Unknown (Guest Star) 2009
85% 77% The Unit Unknown (Guest Star) 2009
60% 100% Eli Stone Salinsky (Guest Star) 2008
54% 85% 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% 80% Sex and the City Richard Wright (Guest Star) 2001-2002 2004
No Score Yet 75% Without a Trace Unknown (Guest Star) 2003
50% 77% The Twilight Zone Unknown (Character) 2002
74% 86% 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% 90% 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% 89% Miami Vice Robbie Cann (Guest Star) 1985
97% 85% Hill Street Blues Cooper (Guest Star) 1981