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James Remar

James Remar

Born: 1953-12-31 • Boston, Massachusetts, USA

William James Remar (born December 31, 1953) is an American actor. Some of his best known film roles are as Ajax in The Warriors (1979), as homicidal maniac Albert Ganz in 48 Hrs. (1982), as Dutch Schultz in The Cotton Club (1984), and as Lord Raiden in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997). He has had smaller roles in many other notable films, including Drugstore Cowboy (1989), Boys on the Side (1995), Judge Dredd (1995), Psycho (1998), What Lies Beneath (2000), 2 Fast 2 Furious (2002), Blade: Trinity (2004), Ratatouille (2007), Pineapple Express (2008), RED (2010), X-Men: First Class (2011), Django Unchained (2012), Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), Oppenheimer (2023), and Megalopolis (2024). He was originally cast as Corporal Hicks in Aliens (1986) before being replaced by Michael Biehn.

On television, Remar's recurring roles include Richard Wright, the on-off tycoon boyfriend of Samantha in Sex and the City (2001 - 2004), Harry Morgan in Dexter (2006 - 2013) and Dexter: Resurrection (2025 - present), the voice of Vilgax in Ben 10 (2009 - 2012), Tonraq in The Legend of Korra (2013 - 2014), and Peter Gambi in Black Lightning (2018 - 2021). He also voices Executor Hideo in the Destiny video game series.

Remar has been married to Atsuko Remar since 1984. They have two children.

Filmography
The Odyssey poster
The Odyssey
2026
Megalopolis poster
Megalopolis
2024 • Charles Cothope
Transformers One poster
Transformers One
2024 • Zeta Prime (voice)
Drugstore June poster
Drugstore June
2024 • Arnold
Glowzies poster
Glowzies
2023 • Darlus
Oppenheimer poster
Oppenheimer
2023 • Henry Stimson
The Noel Diary poster
The Noel Diary
2022 • Scott Turner
Dead Reckoning poster
Dead Reckoning
2020 • Agent Cantrell
No Image
Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables
2020 • Himself
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood poster
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019 • 'Bounty Law' - 'Ugly Owl'
Speed Kills poster
Speed Kills
2018 • Meyer Lansky
All You Ever Wished For poster
All You Ever Wished For
2018 • Gordon Hutton
The Saint poster
The Saint
2017 • Arnold Valecross
Feed poster
Feed
2017 • Tom
The Blackcoat's Daughter poster
The Blackcoat's Daughter
2017 • Bill
The Night Watchmen poster
The Night Watchmen
2017 • Randall
Can't Buy My Love poster
Can't Buy My Love
2017 • Rex
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage poster
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
2016 • Admiral Parnell
Decommissioned poster
Decommissioned
2016 • David Marino
The Dog Lover poster
The Dog Lover
2016 • Daniel Holloway
Papa Hemingway in Cuba poster
Papa Hemingway in Cuba
2015 • Santo Trafficante
Unnatural poster
Unnatural
2015 • Martin Nakos
Eden poster
Eden
2015 • Coach DaFoe
Lap Dance poster
Lap Dance
2014 • Patrick Moore
Persecuted poster
Persecuted
2014 • John Luther
Horns poster
Horns
2013 • Derrick Perrish
Django Unchained poster
Django Unchained
2012 • Butch Pooch / Ace Speck
All Superheroes Must Die poster
All Superheroes Must Die
2011 • Rickshaw
Setup poster
Setup
2011 • William
Arena poster
Arena
2011 • Tall Man
Transformers: Dark of the Moon poster
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011 • Sideswipe (voice)
X-Men: First Class poster
X-Men: First Class
2011 • US General
The FP poster
The FP
2011 • Narrator (voice)
RED poster
RED
2010 • Gabriel Singer
Gun poster
Gun
2010 • Detective Rogers
The Christmas Hope poster
The Christmas Hope
2009 • Mark Addison
National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer poster
National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer
2009 • Sam Kramer
2B poster
2B
2009 • Tom Mortlake
The Unborn poster
The Unborn
2009 • Gordon Beldon
Pineapple Express poster
Pineapple Express
2008 • General Bratt
Sharpshooter poster
Sharpshooter
2007 • Dillon
The Warriors: The Beginning poster
The Warriors: The Beginning
2007 • Self
The Warriors: Battleground poster
The Warriors: Battleground
2007 • Self
The Warriors: The Phenomenon poster
The Warriors: The Phenomenon
2007 • Self
Ratatouille poster
Ratatouille
2007 • Larousse (voice)
The Warriors: The Way Home poster
The Warriors: The Way Home
2007 • Self
Blade: Trinity poster
Blade: Trinity
2004 • Ray Cumberland
American Meltdown poster
American Meltdown
2004 • Colonel Boggs
Ike: Countdown to D-Day poster
Ike: Countdown to D-Day
2004 • General Omar Bradley
The Girl Next Door poster
The Girl Next Door
2004 • Hugo Posh
The Survivors Club poster
The Survivors Club
2004 • Roan Griffin
Duplex poster
Duplex
2003 • Chick
Betrayal poster
Betrayal
2003 • Alex Tyler
2 Fast 2 Furious poster
2 Fast 2 Furious
2003 • Agent Markham
Fear X poster
Fear X
2003 • Peter
Guardian poster
Guardian
2001 • Detective Carpenter
Dying on the Edge poster
Dying on the Edge
2001 • Jackie James
The Base 2: Guilty as Charged poster
The Base 2: Guilty as Charged
2000 • Lt. Col. Strauss
Hellraiser: Inferno poster
Hellraiser: Inferno
2000 • Dr. Paul Gregory
What Lies Beneath poster
What Lies Beneath
2000 • Warren Feur
Blowback poster
Blowback
2000 • John Matthew Whitman / Schmidt
The Huntress poster
The Huntress
2000 • Tiny Bellows
No Image
Double Frame
1999
Rites of Passage poster
Rites of Passage
1999 • Frank Dabbo
D.R.E.A.M. Team poster
D.R.E.A.M. Team
1999 • Shawn Murphy
Born Bad poster
Born Bad
1999
Psycho poster
Psycho
1998 • Patrolman
Inferno poster
Inferno
1998 • Dr. Coleman West
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation poster
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
1997 • Raiden
Robo Warriors poster
Robo Warriors
1996 • Ray Gibson
The Phantom poster
The Phantom
1996 • Quill
The Quest poster
The Quest
1996 • Maxie Devine
One Good Turn poster
One Good Turn
1996 • Simon Jury
Wild Bill poster
Wild Bill
1995 • Donnie Lonigan
Judge Dredd poster
Judge Dredd
1995 • Block Warlord (uncredited)
Boys on the Side poster
Boys on the Side
1995 • Alex
The Surgeon poster
The Surgeon
1995 • Dr. Benjamin Hendricks
Miracle on 34th Street poster
Miracle on 34th Street
1994 • Jack Duff
Across the Moon poster
Across the Moon
1994 • Rattlesnake Jim
Renaissance Man poster
Renaissance Man
1994 • Captain Tom Murdoch
Confessions of a Hitman poster
Confessions of a Hitman
1994 • Bruno Serrano
Fatal Instinct poster
Fatal Instinct
1993 • Max Shady
Blink poster
Blink
1993 • Thomas Ridgely
The Tigress poster
The Tigress
1992 • Andrei
Indecency poster
Indecency
1992 • Mick Clarkson
Strangers poster
Strangers
1992 • Bernard (The Last Game)
No Image
Brotherhood of the Gun
1991 • Frank Weir
Wedlock poster
Wedlock
1991 • Sam
White Fang poster
White Fang
1991 • Beauty Smith
Session Man poster
Session Man
1991 • McQueen
Night Visions poster
Night Visions
1990 • Sergeant Thomas Mackey
Fatal Charm poster
Fatal Charm
1990 • Louis
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie poster
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
1990 • Preston (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’)
Kojak: None So Blind poster
Kojak: None So Blind
1990 • Wolfgang Reiger
Drugstore Cowboy poster
Drugstore Cowboy
1989 • Gentry
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars poster
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
1989 • John Sikes
Silence Like Glass poster
Silence Like Glass
1989
The Dream Team poster
The Dream Team
1989 • Gianelli
Rent-a-Cop poster
Rent-a-Cop
1987 • Dancer
Quiet Cool poster
Quiet Cool
1986 • Joe Dylanne