question: What is the birthdate of this American actor and voice actor, who played on "Sex and the City" and starred in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation?
answer: December 31, 1953
context: Title: James Remar
  Passage: 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 "" (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.
  Title: List of Mortal Kombat media
  Passage: "Mortal Kombat" is a video game franchise originally developed and produced by Midway Games.  The video games are a series of fighting games and several action-adventure games which debuted in North American arcades on October 8, 1992 with the release of "Mortal Kombat", created by Ed Boon and John Tobias.  Mortal Kombat titles have been released on numerous different video game consoles, handheld game consoles, and personal computer platforms and is considered one of the best-selling video game franchises of all time with over 26 million games sold.  The games have appeared on every major video game console produced since its debut including every console created by Sony and Microsoft, every console produced by Sega since the Sega Genesis (as well as the Master System in Europe and South America), and every console produced by Nintendo since the Super NES.
  Title: Johnny Cage
  Passage: Johnny Cage is a fictional character from the "Mortal Kombat" fighting game franchise.  He debuted as one of the series' original seven characters in the first "Mortal Kombat", and has since become a staple of the series.  Created as a parody of martial arts actor and famous karate practitioner Jean-Claude Van Damme, Cage is a cocky and overconfident martial arts film actor who provides the comic relief of the franchise.  He became a more layered character in "Mortal Kombat X", which introduced his and Sonya Blade's daughter Cassie Cage.
  Title: Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
  Passage: Mortal Kombat: Annihilation is a 1997 American martial arts action film directed by John R. Leonetti.  Based on the "Mortal Kombat" series of fighting games, the film is the sequel to 1995's "Mortal Kombat".  It stars Robin Shou, Talisa Soto, Brian Thompson, Sandra Hess, Irina Pantaeva and James Remar.  The storyline was largely an adaptation of "Mortal Kombat 3", following a band of warriors as they attempt to save Earth from the evil Shao Kahn.  Although the story picks up where the last film left off, only two of the lead actors reprised their roles.  It has a 3% approval rating at Rotten Tomatoes and 11/100 at Metacritic.
  Title: Daniel Pesina
  Passage: Daniel Pesina (born December 1, 1959) is an American martial arts expert and a former employee of Midway.  He is the actor who played Johnny Cage and ninjas Sub-Zero, Scorpion, Reptile, Smoke, and Noob Saibot in the video games "Mortal Kombat" and "Mortal Kombat II".  His younger brother Carlos, whom he worked with on the first two "Mortal Kombat" titles, remained with Midway until the company's closure.
  Title: Mortal Kombat: Legacy
  Passage: Mortal Kombat: Legacy is an American web series anthology adapted from the fictional universe of the "Mortal Kombat" video game franchise.  It debuted on Machinima.com's YouTube channel on April 11, 2011.  The second season was released in its entirety on September 26, 2013.
citations: James Remar Mortal Kombat: Annihilation