Biography
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William James Remar (b. December 31 1953 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA) is an American actor. He has acted in 98 different media projects, either movies, video games or TV shows.
He is well known for his role as Ajax in the 1979 cult film The Warriors, as Albert Ganz in the 1982 hit 48 Hrs. and as Dutch Schultz in the 1984 film The Cotton Club.
In 1996, he played one of the main bad guys in Paramount's big budget action movie The Phantom, where he did his best to stop Billy Zane's superhero.
His other films include Fear X, Boys on the Side, Hellraiser: Inferno, Deadlock, Blade: Trinity, 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Girl Next Door and in 1998 he played the policeman that kept following the woman around in Psycho.
He portrayed the character of Lord Raiden in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, the sequel to the 1995 movie adaptation of Mortal Kombat, taking the role over from Christopher Lambert.
James Remar's guest appearances range from Hill Street Blues, Sex and the City, Third Watch, Justice League Unlimited and Battlestar Galactica. He also starred on the short-lived TV series called The Huntress as Tiny Bellows.
Currently, he is starring in two TV series that debuted in 2006: Dexter on Showtime and Jericho on CBS.
Remar is married and has two children, including a daughter named Josephine and a son named Jaben.
Trivia
- His last name is a Spanish word which means "to row". It is pronounced REH-mahr.
- Was originlly cast as Corporal Dwayne Hicks in Aliens but was fired by director James Cameron a few days after filming over "creative differences" and replaced by Michael Biehn. Remar can still be seen in the film during a shot where the Marines are walking through the complex, but the audience cannot tell it's him because his back is to the camera and he is in full costume.
External links
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