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Fred Gwynne, Bob Hoskins, James Remar, and John P. Ryan in The Cotton Club (1984)

James Remar and Marvin Jones III in Black Lightning (2018)

James Remar, Marvin Jones III, and Charlbi Dean in Black Lightning (2018)

Leonardo DiCaprio and James Remar in Django Unchained (2012)

James Remar and Deborah Van Valkenburgh in The Warriors (1979)

James Remar and Jery Hewitt in The Warriors (1979)

James Remar, Bill Anagnos, Leon Delaney, Jery Hewitt, Harry Madsen, and Rob Ryder in The Warriors (1979)

James Remar, David Harris, and Terry Michos in The Warriors (1979)

James Remar and Michael Beck in The Warriors (1979)

James Remar and Dorsey Wright in The Warriors (1979)

James Remar, Michael Beck, David Harris, Tom McKitterick, Terry Michos, Marcelino Sánchez, Brian Tyler, Thomas G. Waites, and Dorsey Wright in The Warriors (1979)

James Remar and Poppy Drayton in The Shannara Chronicles (2016)

James Remar in The Shannara Chronicles (2016)

James Remar and Michael C. Hall in Dexter (2006)

James Remar in Battlestar Galactica (2004)

James Remar and Justin Chambers in Grey's Anatomy (2005)

James Remar, Justin Chambers, Kevin McKidd, and Camilla Luddington in Grey's Anatomy (2005)

James Remar, Justin Chambers, Kevin McKidd, James Pickens Jr., and Camilla Luddington in Grey's Anatomy (2005)

James Remar and Katherine Kirkpatrick in Dexter (2006)

James Remar, Scott Michael Morgan, and Dave Chittick in Dexter (2006)

James Remar, Michael C. Hall, C.S. Lee, David Zayas, and Jennifer Carpenter in Dexter (2006)

James is a rugged, intense character player with leading man good looks. Having first gained recognition in 1979 as Ajax, in his second film, The Warriors (1979). That same year he garnered acclaim on Broadway with Richard Gere in the concentration camp drama "Bent".

In a career spanning nearly four decades, James has run the gamut of roles and solid career choices. Ranging from the psychopaths, Dutch Schultz in 'Francis Copolla''s The Cotton Club (1984) and 'Albert Ganz' in Walter Hill's 48 Hrs. (1982) to Samantha's lover, the billionaire playboy, Richard Wright, in the HBO series Sex and the City (1998)." James has also garnered roles which highlight a more vulnerable side, such as his guitarist who gets a break in the Oscar-winning short, Session Man (1991) or his artist who falls in love with a gargoyle come to life in the best segment of the horror anthology, Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990) and as Mary Louise Parker's lover in Boys on the Side.

In the hit Showtime series Dexter (2006). James starred alongside Michael C. Hall where he played Dexter's wise, compassionate, adoptive father, Harry Morgan. Grey's Anatomy fans have recently enjoyed seeing James as Karev's long-lost Dad. While remaining active with top feature films James enjoys the distinction of being the only actor to die twice, as two different characters in Quentin Tarintino's smash hit Django Unchained.

James won the 8th annual SAG award as a member of the Outstanding Comedy Ensemble for his work in Sex and the City. As a member of the ensemble cast of Dexter, James has been nominated for the SAG award and the Emmy. In recognition for his work in Sci-Fi Fantasy and Horror James was honored with the Saturn Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013.

In early 2019 James completed Season Two of CW's Black Lightning (2018) where he co-stars as Peter Gambi. Reunited with Quentin Tarantino James appears in the highly anticipated Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)

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