James Remar
Milestones
- Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts
- Birthday: December 31, 1953
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2008
Featured in the comedy "Pineapple Express" with Seth Rogen and James Franco
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2006 to 0000
Cast on the Showtime series "Dexter" as Harry Morgan, Dexter's adoptive father
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2006 to 2007
Had a recurring guest role in the CBS series "Jericho"
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2004 to 2005
Cast as a managing partner of a Hawaiian resort in the short-lived FOX drama "North Shore"
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2004
Played adult film producer, Hugo Posh in the comedy "The Girl Next Door"
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2003
Played Agent Markham, a tough customs agent in the sequel "2 Fast and 2 Furious"
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2002
Featured as a slick hit man who fronts as a pornographer in the Danny DeVito directed "Duplex"
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2001 to 2004
Cast in a recurring role on HBO's "Sex and the City" as Samantha's (Kim Cattrall) on-off tycoon boyfriend, Richard Wright
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2000 to 2001
Had regular role on the USA Network drama "The Huntress"
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1998
Played the policeman that kept following the woman around in "Psycho"
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1997
Played regular role of Frank Cisco in ABC's "Total Security"
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1995
Played a rugged, gentle bartender opposite Mary-Louise Parker in "Boys on the Side"
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1994
Featured in the remake of "Miracle on 34th Street"
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1989
First foreign film, the West German film, "Zwei Frauen/Silence Like Glass"
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1989
First TV-movie, "Desperado: The Outlaw Wars"
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1989
Played a narcotics cop, opposite Matt Dillon in Gus Van Sant's "Drugstore Cowboy"
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1986
First received top billing in the feature "Quiet Cool"
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1985
Returned to stage work, starring opposite Darren McGavin in "California Dog Fight"
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1982
Played murdering sociopath Albert Ganz in the Eddie Murphy hit "48 Hrs."
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1979 to 1980
Acted on Broadway opposite Richard Gere in "Bent"
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1979
Played the aggressively violent character Ajax in the cult film "The Warriors"; first film with director Walter Hill
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1978
Made feature film debut in "On the Yard"
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1970
Left high school at age 15 to tour a with rock band; eventually returned and graduated
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Moved to New York City to attend acting school
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Performed in a touring company of the stage musical "Grease"
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Raised in Newton, Massachusetts