<Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> Actor, voice actor </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1978--present </Td> </Tr> <P> William James Remar (born December 31, 1953), is an American actor and voice actor . He played Richard, the on - off tycoon boyfriend of Kim Cattrall's character in Sex and the City, Ajax in The Warriors (1979), homicidal maniac Albert Ganz in the thriller 48 Hrs. (1982), gangster Dutch Schultz in The Cotton Club (1984), Lord Raiden in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997), Giuseppe Salvatore in The CW TV series The Vampire Diaries, Jack Duff in Miracle on 34th Street (1994), and Harry Morgan in the Showtime TV series Dexter . Since 2009, he has done voiceover work in ads for Lexus luxury cars . James Remar also studied acting at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City . </P> <P> Remar was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Elizabeth Mary, a mental health state official originally from West Kirby, England, and S. Roy Remar, an attorney . His paternal grandparents were Russian Jewish immigrants (the family name was originally "Remarman"). </P>

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