James Remar
James Remar Trivia
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James' eye color is gray, but appears blue in some pictures.
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James' height is 5'10½".
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James's performance in Dexter landed him a nomination for a Saturn Award, for Best Supporting Actor in a Television Program.
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James first TV show appearance was on the show The Incredible Hulk, playing a police officer.
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He voiced Ajax in the video game The Warriors along with all his other co-stars from the cult classic movie The Warriors.
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After his role in The Warriors, James became a very prominent movie star in Hollywood.
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When auditioning for the role of Ajax in The Warriors, he impressed Walter Hill (The director) by lifting a heavy coffee table.
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James was originally cast as Hicks in Aliens (1986), but had to be replaced early into filming. He can be seen from the back as the marines walk along a corridor, but only because the in-camera miniature of the set had been junked, and too expensive to re-shoot.
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James became even more popular for the recurring TV role of Richard, the compulsively philandering jet-set boyfriend of Kim Cattrall, in Sex and the City (1998).
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James made an impressive Broadway debut playing Richard Gere's lover in Bent in 1979.
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He trained at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse.
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James was originally cast as Cpl. Hicks in the movie Aliens but was fired by James Cameron shortly after shooting began.
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James enjoys photography, scuba diving, and tennis in his spare time.
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James is married and has two children.
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At the age of 15, James dropped out of high school to tour country with rock band. He eventually returned and graduated.
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In 1978, James made his feature film debut in the movie On the Yard.
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James decided to become an actor at the age of seven years old after seeing the movie Spartacus for the first time.
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James was born in Boston, MA but raised in Newton, MA.
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James performed with a touring company for the musical Grease.
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James's last name Remar is a Spanish word which means to row and it is pronounced REH-mahr.
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After playing Ajax in the movie The Warriors, James gained a minor cult following.
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James was in the movies Blade: Trinity and he played Ray Cumberland; 2 Fast 2 Furious and was Agent Markham; Betrayal as Alex Tyler; Fear X as Peter; Down with the Joneses as Vic; Dying on the Edge as Jackie James.
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He shares his birthday with child star Geri Reischl, who portrayed "Jan" in *The Brady Bunch Variety Hour.* She and Remar are precisely six years apart in age.
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Many of the characters James played are vicious and cocky.
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He played Ajax in the classic 1979 movie The Warriors.
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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.
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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.
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James: Any good actor is a character actor.
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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.
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James: I have difficulty also with the popular phrase "terrorist." I think that the term empowers them and emboldens them. I believe that the press should have changed the characterization of people who commit murder without showing their faces. They're criminals and they're cowards. If you have a cause or something you want to promote in a violent manner, then let us know who you are. I don't think blowing people up in marketplaces anonymously really helps anything. It's just an act of sickness.
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