
James Remar
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 31, 1953 (age 72)
- Birthplace
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Biography
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.
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Filmography

The Odyssey
Movie · as Tiresias

They Will Kill You
Movie · as The Pig's Head (voice)

Dexter: Resurrection
TV · as Harry Morgan · 20 eps

All's Fair
TV · as Theodore Baskin · 1 ep

IT: Welcome to Derry
TV · as General Francis Shaw · 8 eps

Megalopolis
Movie · as Charles Cothope

Drugstore June
Movie · as Arnold

Transformers One
Movie · as Zeta Prime (voice)

Glowzies
Movie · as Darlus

Oppenheimer
Movie · as Henry Stimson

Paul T. Goldman
TV · as Lt. Newman · 2 eps

The Noel Diary
Movie · as Scott Turner

Dead Reckoning
Movie · as Agent Cantrell

Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables
Movie · as Himself

Fire Over the Atlantic: The Mystery of TWA Flight 800
TV · as Narrator · 6 eps

Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood
Movie · as 'Bounty Law' - 'Ugly Owl'

Creepshow
TV · as Bateman · 1 ep

The Movies That Made Us
TV · as Self · 1 ep

City on a Hill
TV · as Richy Ryan · 1 ep

All You Ever Wished For
Movie · as Gordon Hutton

Speed Kills
Movie · as Meyer Lansky

The Rookie
TV · as Tom Bradford · 1 ep

Black Lightning
TV · as Peter Gambi · 58 eps

Yellowstone
TV · as Kyle Fremont · 1 ep

Magnum P.I.
TV · as Captain Buck Greene · 6 eps

The Blackcoat's Daughter
Movie · as Bill

The Night Watchmen
Movie · as Randall

Can't Buy My Love
Movie · as Rex

Feed
Movie · as Tom

The Saint
Movie · as Arnold Valecross

The Dog Lover
Movie · as Daniel Holloway

Decommissioned
Movie · as David Marino

USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
Movie · as Admiral Parnell

The Shannara Chronicles
TV · as Cephelo, Cephalo · 3 eps

Animal Kingdom
TV · as Detective Andre · 4 eps

Unnatural
Movie · as Martin Nakos

Papa Hemingway in Cuba
Movie · as Santo Trafficante

Eden
Movie · as Coach DaFoe

Code Black
TV · as General Hutch Hutchinson · 1 ep

Persecuted
Movie · as John Luther

Lap Dance
Movie · as Patrick Moore

State of Affairs
TV · as Syd · 1 ep

Gotham
TV · as Frank Gordon · 3 eps

Horns
Movie · as Derrick Perrish

Beware the Batman
TV · as Silver Monkey (voice), Silver Monkey / Mr. Reese (voice) · 2 eps

Django Unchained
Movie · as Butch Pooch / Ace Speck

Ben 10: Omniverse
Movie · as Vilgax (voice)

The Legend of Korra
TV · as Tonraq (voice) · 14 eps

Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Movie · as Sideswipe (voice)

X-Men: First Class
Movie · as US General

Arena
Movie · as Tall Man

Setup
Movie · as William

All Superheroes Must Die
Movie · as Rickshaw

The FP
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Wilfred
TV · as Henry Newman · 2 eps

Franklin & Bash
TV · as Cliff · 1 ep

RED
Movie · as Gabriel Singer

Gun
Movie · as Detective Rogers

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
TV · as Vilgax (voice) · 5 eps

Pound Puppies
TV · as Sarge (voice) · 1 ep

Young Justice
TV · as Icicle Sr. (voice) · 1 ep

Hawaii Five-0
TV · as Elliot Connor · 1 ep

Human Target
TV · as Warden Cole · 1 ep

The Unborn
Movie · as Gordon Beldon

2B
Movie · as Tom Mortlake

National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer
Movie · as Sam Kramer

The Christmas Hope
Movie · as Mark Addison

FlashForward
TV · as James Ermine · 1 ep

NCIS: Los Angeles
TV · as Sterling Bridges · 3 eps

The Vampire Diaries
TV · as Giuseppe Salvatore · 2 eps

Pineapple Express
Movie · as General Bratt

Eli Stone
TV · as Salinsky · 1 ep

Batman: The Brave and the Bold
TV · as Two-Face (voice) · 1 ep

Ben 10: Alien Force
TV · as Vilgax (voice) · 2 eps

Ratatouille
Movie · as Larousse (voice)

Sharpshooter
Movie · as Dillon

The Warriors: The Beginning
Movie · as Self

The Warriors: The Way Home
Movie · as Self

The Warriors: Battleground
Movie · as Self

The Warriors: The Phenomenon
Movie · as Self

Private Practice
TV · as Dr. Gibson · 1 ep

Jericho
TV · as Jonah Prowse · 5 eps

The Unit
TV · as Reece · 1 ep

Dexter
TV · as Harry Morgan · 96 eps

Thief
TV · as Agent Patterson · 1 ep

Criminal Minds
TV · as Tom Benton · 1 ep

Grey's Anatomy
TV · as Jimmy Evans · 6 eps

American Dad!
TV · as Charles Lindbergh Sr. (voice) · 1 ep

Numb3rs
TV · as Randall Priest · 1 ep

The Girl Next Door
Movie · as Hugo Posh

Ike: Countdown to D-Day
Movie · as General Omar Bradley

Blade: Trinity
Movie · as Ray Cumberland

The Survivors Club
Movie · as Roan Griffin

American Meltdown
Movie · as Colonel Boggs

The Batman
TV · as Black Mask (voice) · 3 eps

North Shore
TV · as Vincent Colville · 20 eps

Battlestar Galactica
TV · as Meier · 2 eps

The Grid
TV · 6 eps

Justice League Unlimited
TV · as Carter Hall (voice), Hawkman / Shadow Thief (voice) · 1 ep

2 Fast 2 Furious
Movie · as Agent Markham

Betrayal
Movie · as Alex Tyler

Fear X
Movie · as Peter

Duplex
Movie · as Chick

Peacemakers
TV · as Cole Hawkins · 1 ep

CSI: Miami
TV · as Quentin Taylor · 1 ep

Without a Trace
TV · as Lucas Vohland · 1 ep

The Twilight Zone
TV · as Alois Hitler · 1 ep

Guardian
Movie · as Detective Carpenter

Dying on the Edge
Movie · as Jackie James

Justice League
TV · as Lead Manhunter (voice) · 2 eps

What Lies Beneath
Movie · as Warren Feur

Hellraiser: Inferno
Movie · as Dr. Paul Gregory

The Base 2: Guilty as Charged
Movie · as Lt. Col. Strauss

Blowback
Movie · as John Matthew Whitman / Schmidt

The Huntress
Movie · as Tiny Bellows

The Huntress
TV · as Tiny Bellows · 28 eps

Strong Medicine
TV · as Guy Falls · 1 ep

Rites of Passage
Movie · as Frank Dabbo

Born Bad
Movie

D.R.E.A.M. Team
Movie · as Shawn Murphy
Double Frame
Movie

Psycho Path
Movie · as Self

Third Watch
TV · as Detective Madjanski · 4 eps

Inferno
Movie · as Dr. Coleman West

Psycho
Movie · as Patrolman

Sex and the City
TV · as Richard Wright · 10 eps

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
Movie · as Raiden

Total Security
TV · 13 eps

The Quest
Movie · as Maxie Devine

The Phantom
Movie · as Quill

Robo Warriors
Movie · as Ray Gibson

One Good Turn
Movie · as Simon Jury

7th Heaven
TV · as James Carver · 2 eps

Nash Bridges
TV · as Mark Lee Page · 1 ep

Boys on the Side
Movie · as Alex

Wild Bill
Movie · as Donnie Lonigan

The Surgeon
Movie · as Dr. Benjamin Hendricks

Judge Dredd
Movie · as Block Warlord (uncredited)

Miracle on 34th Street
Movie · as Jack Duff

Renaissance Man
Movie · as Captain Tom Murdoch

Confessions of a Hitman
Movie · as Bruno Serrano

Across the Moon
Movie · as Rattlesnake Jim

Fatal Instinct
Movie · as Max Shady

Blink
Movie · as Thomas Ridgely

Walker, Texas Ranger
TV · as Keith Bolt · 1 ep

The X-Files
TV · as Josef Kobold · 1 ep

Strangers
Movie · as Bernard (The Last Game)

Indecency
Movie · as Mick Clarkson

The Tigress
Movie · as Andrei

Wedlock
Movie · as Sam

White Fang
Movie · as Beauty Smith
Brotherhood of the Gun
Movie · as Frank Weir

Session Man
Movie · as McQueen

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Movie · as Preston (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’)

Fatal Charm
Movie · as Louis

Night Visions
Movie · as Sergeant Thomas Mackey

Kojak: None So Blind
Movie · as Wolfgang Reiger

Drugstore Cowboy
Movie · as Gentry

The Dream Team
Movie · as Gianelli

Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
Movie · as John Sikes

Silence Like Glass
Movie · as Charly

Tales from the Crypt
TV · as Red Buckley · 1 ep

Rent-a-Cop
Movie · as Dancer

Band of the Hand
Movie · as Nestor

The Clan of the Cave Bear
Movie · as Creb

Quiet Cool
Movie · as Joe Dylanne

The Equalizer
TV · as Tremayne · 1 ep

The Cotton Club
Movie · as Dutch Schultz

Miami Vice
TV · as Robbie Cann · 1 ep

The Mystic Warrior
TV · as Pesla · 2 eps

The Hitchhiker
TV · as Ron · 1 ep

48 Hrs.
Movie · as Albert Ganz

Partners
Movie · as Edward K. Petersen

Hill Street Blues
TV · 2 eps

The Long Riders
Movie · as Sam Starr

Windwalker
Movie · as Windwalker (young)

Cruising
Movie · as Gregory

The Warriors
Movie · as Ajax

On the Yard
Movie · as Larson






