Actor
James Remar
Born 31 December 1953 · 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.
Films and shows
- 2026
They Will Kill You1h 34mThe Pig's Head (voice) - 2025
IT: Welcome to Derry2 seasonsGeneral Francis Shaw - 2025
Dexter: Resurrection2 seasonsHarry Morgan - 2025
It : Bem-vindos a DerryGeneral Shaw - 2024
Drugstore June1h 31mArnold - 2024
Transformers One1h 44mZeta Prime (voice) - 2024
Megalopolis2h 18mCharles Cothope - 2023
Glowzies1h 26mDarlus - 2022
The Noel Diary1h 39mScott Turner - 2020
Dead Reckoning1h 31mAgent Cantrell - 2020
Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables1h 40mHimself - 2018
Speed Kills1h 42mMeyer Lansky - 2018
All You Ever Wished For1h 27mGordon Hutton - 2018
Black Lightning4 seasonsPeter Gambi - 2017
Can't Buy My Love1h 26mRex - 2017
The Blackcoat's Daughter1h 34mBill - 2017
Feed1h 36mTom - 2017
The Saint1h 32mArnold Valecross - 2017
The Night Watchmen1h 30mRandall - 2016
The Dog Lover1h 41mDaniel Holloway - 2016
Decommissioned1h 20mDavid Marino - 2016
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage2h 8mAdmiral Parnell - 2015
Unnatural1h 29mMartin Nakos - 2015
Papa Hemingway in Cuba1h 49mSanto Trafficante - 2015
Eden1h 37mCoach DaFoe - 2014
Persecuted1h 33mJohn Luther - 2014
Lap Dance1h 44mPatrick Moore - 2013
Horns2hDerrick Perrish - 2012
Ben 10: Omniverse45mVilgax (voice) - 2012
Django Unchained2h 45mButch Pooch / Ace Speck - 2011
All Superheroes Must Die1h 18mRickshaw - 2011
Setup1h 25mWilliam - 2011
Arena1h 34mTall Man - 2011
The FP1h 23mNarrator (voice) - 2010
Gun1h 21mDetective Rogers - 2010
RED1h 51mGabriel Singer - 2009
2B1h 32mTom Mortlake - 2009
The Christmas Hope1h 30mMark Addison - 2009
National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer1h 27mSam Kramer - 2009
The Unborn1h 27mGordon Beldon - 2008
Pineapple Express1h 52mGeneral Bratt - 2007
Sharpshooter1h 29mDillon - 2007
The Warriors: Battleground18mSelf - 2007
The Warriors: The Phenomenon15mSelf - 2007
The Warriors: The Beginning15mSelf - 2007
The Warriors: The Way Home18mSelf - 2007
Ratatouille1h 51mLarousse (voice) - 2006
Dexter8 seasonsHarry Morgan - 2004
Ike: Countdown to D-Day1h 29mGeneral Omar Bradley - 2004
American Meltdown2hColonel Boggs - 2004
The Girl Next Door1h 50mHugo Posh - 2004
The Survivors Club1h 25mRoan Griffin - 2004
Blade: Trinity1h 53mRay Cumberland - 2004
North Shore1 seasonVincent Colville - 2004
The Grid1 season - 2003
Betrayal1h 30mAlex Tyler - 2003
Duplex1h 29mChick - 2003
2 Fast 2 Furious1h 48mAgent Markham - 2003
Fear X1h 31mPeter - 2001
Guardian1h 29mDetective Carpenter - 2001
Dying on the Edge1h 25mJackie James - 2000
The Base 2: Guilty as Charged1h 37mLt. Col. Strauss - 2000
Blowback1h 31mJohn Matthew Whitman / Schmidt - 2000
Hellraiser: Inferno1h 40mDr. Paul Gregory - 2000
What Lies Beneath2h 10mWarren Feur - 2000
The Huntress1h 40mTiny Bellows - 2000
The Huntress1 seasonTiny Bellows - 1999
Rites of Passage1h 35mFrank Dabbo - 1999
D.R.E.A.M. Team1h 21mShawn Murphy - 1999Double Frame1h 33m
- 1999
Born Bad1h 29m - 1998
Inferno1h 26mDr. Coleman West - 1998
Psycho1h 44mPatrolman - 1997
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation1h 35mRaiden - 1997
Total Security1 season - 1996
One Good Turn1h 30mSimon Jury - 1996
Robo Warriors1h 29mRay Gibson - 1996
The Quest1h 35mMaxie Devine - 1996
The Phantom1h 40mQuill - 1995
The Surgeon1h 39mDr. Benjamin Hendricks - 1995
Boys on the Side1h 55mAlex - 1995
Wild Bill1h 38mDonnie Lonigan - 1994
Confessions of a Hitman1h 24mBruno Serrano - 1994
Renaissance Man2h 8mCaptain Tom Murdoch - 1994
Miracle on 34th Street1h 54mJack Duff - 1994
Across the Moon1h 28mRattlesnake Jim - 1993
Blink1h 46mThomas Ridgely - 1993
Fatal Instinct1h 30mMax Shady - 1992
Strangers1h 25mBernard (The Last Game) - 1992
Indecency1h 35mMick Clarkson - 1992
The Tigress1h 23mAndrei - 1991
Session Man31mMcQueen - 1991
Wedlock1h 41mSam - 1991Brotherhood of the Gun1h 28mFrank Weir
- 1991
White Fang1h 47mBeauty Smith - 1990
Night Visions1h 35mSergeant Thomas Mackey - 1990
Fatal Charm1h 30mLouis - 1990
Kojak: None So Blind1h 30mWolfgang Reiger - 1990
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie1h 33mPreston (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’) - 1989
Drugstore Cowboy1h 42mGentry - 1989
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars1h 35mJohn Sikes - 1989
Silence Like Glass1h 42m - 1989
The Dream Team1h 53mGianelli - 1987
Rent-a-Cop1h 32mDancer - 1986
Quiet Cool1h 20mJoe Dylanne - 1986
The Clan of the Cave Bear1h 38mCreb - 1986
Band of the Hand1h 49mNestor - 1984
The Cotton Club2h 10mDutch Schultz - 1984
The Mystic Warrior1 seasonPesla - 1982
48 Hrs.1h 36mAlbert Ganz - 1982
Partners1h 33mEdward K. Petersen - 1980
Windwalker1h 48mWindwalker (young) - 1980
The Long Riders1h 40mSam Starr - 1980
Cruising1h 42mGregory - 1979
The Warriors1h 34mAjax - 1978
On the Yard1h 42mLarson
