James Remar's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Dexter Harry Morgan Sex and the City Richard Wri… North Shore Vincent Col… The Huntress Tiny Bellows Total Security Frank Cisco

Main Movie Roles 2009 - Endless Bummer 2009 - The Unborn 2008 - Pineapple Express 2007 - Ratatouille 2004 - The Girl Next Door 2004 - Blade Trinity 2003 - Duplex 2003 - 2 Fast 2 Furious 2000 - What Lies Beneath 1998 - Psycho 1997 - Mortal Kombat 2: Annihilation 1996 - The Phantom 1996 - The Quest 1995 - Boys on the Side 1995 - Wild Bill 1995 - Judge Dredd 1994 - Miracle on 34th Street 1994 - Renaissance Man 1994 - Blink 1993 - Fatal Instinct 1991 - Wedlock 1989 - The Dream Team 1989 - Drugstore Cowboy 1986 - Band of the Hand 1986 - The Clan of the Cave Bear 1984 - The Cotton Club 1982 - 48 Hrs. 1980 - Cruising 1980 - The Long Riders 1979 - The Warriors

BIOGRAPHY:

Rugged, intense character player with average-guy good looks and a slightly squinty stare, adept at vicious, sometimes psychopathic roles. Remar gained recognition as a punk who gets chained to a park bench by a woman cop in his second film, The Warriors (1979). That same year he garnered acclaim on Broadway as Richard Gere's lover in the concentration camp drama "Bent". Remar subsequently kept busy primarily in features, playing gangster Dutch Schultz in Francis Ford Coppola's The Cotton Club (1984), one of the Neanderthals in The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986), and an experienced military officer who doubts the power of Shakespeare in Renaissance Man (1994). Remar has occasionally garnered roles which highlight a more vulnerable side, such as his guitarist who gets a break in the Oscar-winning short, Session Man (1991) (TV) or his artist who falls in love with a gargoyle come to life in the best segment of the horror anthology, Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990). Remar is, in fact, still best known for his galvanizing performances as a homicidal maniac escaped from prison in 48 Hrs. (1982) and as a no-nonsense cop in Drugstore Cowboy (1989). Remar sent up some of his earlier roles in the half-baked spoof Fatal Instinct (1993), as a killer released from prison out to get Armand Assante.


TRIVIA:

• Decided to become an actor at the age of seven years old after seeing the movie _Spartacus (1960)_ (qv).
• He has been known to sing on film sets between takes.
• Made an impressive Broadway debut playing 'Richard Gere' (qv)'s lover in "Bent" in 1979.
• Gained a minor cult following after playing "Ajax" in _The Warriors (1979)_ (qv).
• Most of Remar's characters are vicious and cocky, if not evil; in real life, however, he is a proud father and a loving husband.
• He has worked 4 times with actor 'Mario Van Peebles' (qv) in the movies: _The Cotton Club (1984)_ (qv), _Blowback (2000)_ (qv), _Guardian (2001)_ (qv) and _Sharpshooter (2007) (TV)_ (qv).
• Actor-trained at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse.
• The actress who handcuffed him to that park bench in _The Warriors (1979)_ (qv) was 'Mercedes Ruehl' (qv), also in her second film. One of Reuhl's friends, who was a Washington Post Reporter, wrote about seeing the film and being disappointed at her friend's harsh role.