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Gender: Male
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts
Birthday: 12-31-1953
Birth Name: William James Remar
James RemarMore Photos American actor William James Remar was born on December 31, 1953 in Boston, Massachusetts. Remar is married and has two children. His first major role as an actor was in the 1979 movie ‘The Warriors’. Due to his threatening physical appearance Remar enjoyed playing the role of the villain in many of his movies. He guest starred on several TV shows such as Battlestar Galactica, Sex and the City...

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Eli Stone
Praying for Time
Thursday 20 March 2008 on ABC

Eli has a vision of an earthquake in San Francisco. Dr.Chen helps Eli realise that the quake is in the region where his client is planning on building a shopping mall by evicting the residents from their home. Eli understands that the only way to protect the people is by his client evicting the...

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James' eye color is blue. (edit)
James' height is 5'10½". (edit)
James's performance in Dexter landed him a nomination for a Saturn Award, for Best Supporting Actor in a Television Program. (edit)
James first TV show appearance was on the show The Incredible Hulk, playing a police officer. (edit)
He voiced Ajax in the video game The Warriors along with all his other co-stars from the cult classic movie The Warriors. (edit)

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James: (On Ben Stiller and Drew Barrymore) Ben's awesome, Drew's awesome. I've worked with her before. They are both really, really wonderful, professional, authentic people. (edit)
James: That's why I take on a variety of roles. I've played everything from a gay dancer in Cruising (1980) to Dutch Schultz in The Cotton Club (1984). James Remar is a student of life. I'm expressing myself by acting. I'm learning about myself and making a living. I hope to do much more of it, so I can contribute my share to the world. (edit)
James: Any good actor is a character actor. (edit)
James: I have had ghostly experiences throughout my life. One time when I was about 11 there was this electronic sound and a being crossed from one side of the room to the other. I have never forgotten it and it was 35 years ago. There was this sound and this terrifying presence and I was completely awake. I found some of the on-set experiences frightening because of that.
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James: People often confuse me with my characters. They think I'm a bad guy or something because I play them on TV. I've had all kinds of people stop me on the street, and they think I really am Ganz from 48 Hours or that I've killed people. But I haven't. I am somewhat antisocial, but I'm not tough. I'm really kind of a wimp. A cream puff. (edit)

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Dexter
Harry
North Shore
Vincent Colville
The Huntress
Warren "Tiny" Bellows
Total Security
Frank Cisco
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Jericho
Jonah Prowse
Sex and the City
Richard Wright
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1MMs
Severance Pay
7th Heaven
Are (2)
James
7th Heaven
Chances (1)
James
18 Wheels of Justice
Wages of Sin
Gabriel/Mitch Davis
Battlestar Galactica (2003)
Home, Part 2
Meier
Battlestar Galactica (2003)
Home, Part 1
Meier
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