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James Remar

Milestones

  • Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts
  • Birthday: December 31, 1953
  • 2008

    Featured in the comedy "Pineapple Express" with Seth Rogen and James Franco

  • 2006 to 0000

    Cast on the Showtime series "Dexter" as Harry Morgan, Dexter's adoptive father

  • 2006 to 2007

    Had a recurring guest role in the CBS series "Jericho"

  • 2004 to 2005

    Cast as a managing partner of a Hawaiian resort in the short-lived FOX drama "North Shore"

  • 2004

    Played adult film producer, Hugo Posh in the comedy "The Girl Next Door"

  • 2003

    Played Agent Markham, a tough customs agent in the sequel "2 Fast and 2 Furious"

  • 2002

    Featured as a slick hit man who fronts as a pornographer in the Danny DeVito directed "Duplex"

  • 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

  • 2000 to 2001

    Had regular role on the USA Network drama "The Huntress"

  • 1998

    Played the policeman that kept following the woman around in "Psycho"

  • 1997

    Played regular role of Frank Cisco in ABC's "Total Security"

  • 1995

    Played a rugged, gentle bartender opposite Mary-Louise Parker in "Boys on the Side"

  • 1994

    Featured in the remake of "Miracle on 34th Street"

  • 1989

    First foreign film, the West German film, "Zwei Frauen/Silence Like Glass"

  • 1989

    First TV-movie, "Desperado: The Outlaw Wars"

  • 1989

    Played a narcotics cop, opposite Matt Dillon in Gus Van Sant's "Drugstore Cowboy"

  • 1986

    First received top billing in the feature "Quiet Cool"

  • 1985

    Returned to stage work, starring opposite Darren McGavin in "California Dog Fight"

  • 1982

    Played murdering sociopath Albert Ganz in the Eddie Murphy hit "48 Hrs."

  • 1979 to 1980

    Acted on Broadway opposite Richard Gere in "Bent"

  • 1979

    Played the aggressively violent character Ajax in the cult film "The Warriors"; first film with director Walter Hill

  • 1978

    Made feature film debut in "On the Yard"

  • 1970

    Left high school at age 15 to tour a with rock band; eventually returned and graduated

  • Moved to New York City to attend acting school

  • Performed in a touring company of the stage musical "Grease"

  • Raised in Newton, Massachusetts

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