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

  1. 2026They Will Kill You1h 34mThe Pig's Head (voice)
  2. 2025IT: Welcome to Derry2 seasonsGeneral Francis Shaw
  3. 2025Dexter: Resurrection2 seasonsHarry Morgan
  4. 2025It : Bem-vindos a DerryGeneral Shaw
  5. 2024Drugstore June1h 31mArnold
  6. 2024Transformers One1h 44mZeta Prime (voice)
  7. 2024Megalopolis2h 18mCharles Cothope
  8. 2023Glowzies1h 26mDarlus
  9. 2022The Noel Diary1h 39mScott Turner
  10. 2020Dead Reckoning1h 31mAgent Cantrell
  11. 2020Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables1h 40mHimself
  12. 2018Speed Kills1h 42mMeyer Lansky
  13. 2018All You Ever Wished For1h 27mGordon Hutton
  14. 2018Black Lightning4 seasonsPeter Gambi
  15. 2017Can't Buy My Love1h 26mRex
  16. 2017The Blackcoat's Daughter1h 34mBill
  17. 2017Feed1h 36mTom
  18. 2017The Saint1h 32mArnold Valecross
  19. 2017The Night Watchmen1h 30mRandall
  20. 2016The Dog Lover1h 41mDaniel Holloway
  21. 2016Decommissioned1h 20mDavid Marino
  22. 2016USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage2h 8mAdmiral Parnell
  23. 2015Unnatural1h 29mMartin Nakos
  24. 2015Papa Hemingway in Cuba1h 49mSanto Trafficante
  25. 2015Eden1h 37mCoach DaFoe
  26. 2014Persecuted1h 33mJohn Luther
  27. 2014Lap Dance1h 44mPatrick Moore
  28. 2013Horns2hDerrick Perrish
  29. 2012Ben 10: Omniverse45mVilgax (voice)
  30. 2012Django Unchained2h 45mButch Pooch / Ace Speck
  31. 2011All Superheroes Must Die1h 18mRickshaw
  32. 2011Setup1h 25mWilliam
  33. 2011Arena1h 34mTall Man
  34. 2011The FP1h 23mNarrator (voice)
  35. 2010Gun1h 21mDetective Rogers
  36. 2010RED1h 51mGabriel Singer
  37. 20092B1h 32mTom Mortlake
  38. 2009The Christmas Hope1h 30mMark Addison
  39. 2009National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer1h 27mSam Kramer
  40. 2009The Unborn1h 27mGordon Beldon
  41. 2008Pineapple Express1h 52mGeneral Bratt
  42. 2007Sharpshooter1h 29mDillon
  43. 2007The Warriors: Battleground18mSelf
  44. 2007The Warriors: The Phenomenon15mSelf
  45. 2007The Warriors: The Beginning15mSelf
  46. 2007The Warriors: The Way Home18mSelf
  47. 2007Ratatouille1h 51mLarousse (voice)
  48. 2006Dexter8 seasonsHarry Morgan
  49. 2004Ike: Countdown to D-Day1h 29mGeneral Omar Bradley
  50. 2004American Meltdown2hColonel Boggs
  51. 2004The Girl Next Door1h 50mHugo Posh
  52. 2004The Survivors Club1h 25mRoan Griffin
  53. 2004Blade: Trinity1h 53mRay Cumberland
  54. 2004North Shore1 seasonVincent Colville
  55. 2004The Grid1 season
  56. 2003Betrayal1h 30mAlex Tyler
  57. 2003Duplex1h 29mChick
  58. 20032 Fast 2 Furious1h 48mAgent Markham
  59. 2003Fear X1h 31mPeter
  60. 2001Guardian1h 29mDetective Carpenter
  61. 2001Dying on the Edge1h 25mJackie James
  62. 2000The Base 2: Guilty as Charged1h 37mLt. Col. Strauss
  63. 2000Blowback1h 31mJohn Matthew Whitman / Schmidt
  64. 2000Hellraiser: Inferno1h 40mDr. Paul Gregory
  65. 2000What Lies Beneath2h 10mWarren Feur
  66. 2000The Huntress1h 40mTiny Bellows
  67. 2000The Huntress1 seasonTiny Bellows
  68. 1999Rites of Passage1h 35mFrank Dabbo
  69. 1999D.R.E.A.M. Team1h 21mShawn Murphy
  70. 1999Double Frame1h 33m
  71. 1999Born Bad1h 29m
  72. 1998Inferno1h 26mDr. Coleman West
  73. 1998Psycho1h 44mPatrolman
  74. 1997Mortal Kombat: Annihilation1h 35mRaiden
  75. 1997Total Security1 season
  76. 1996One Good Turn1h 30mSimon Jury
  77. 1996Robo Warriors1h 29mRay Gibson
  78. 1996The Quest1h 35mMaxie Devine
  79. 1996The Phantom1h 40mQuill
  80. 1995The Surgeon1h 39mDr. Benjamin Hendricks
  81. 1995Boys on the Side1h 55mAlex
  82. 1995Wild Bill1h 38mDonnie Lonigan
  83. 1994Confessions of a Hitman1h 24mBruno Serrano
  84. 1994Renaissance Man2h 8mCaptain Tom Murdoch
  85. 1994Miracle on 34th Street1h 54mJack Duff
  86. 1994Across the Moon1h 28mRattlesnake Jim
  87. 1993Blink1h 46mThomas Ridgely
  88. 1993Fatal Instinct1h 30mMax Shady
  89. 1992Strangers1h 25mBernard (The Last Game)
  90. 1992Indecency1h 35mMick Clarkson
  91. 1992The Tigress1h 23mAndrei
  92. 1991Session Man31mMcQueen
  93. 1991Wedlock1h 41mSam
  94. 1991Brotherhood of the Gun1h 28mFrank Weir
  95. 1991White Fang1h 47mBeauty Smith
  96. 1990Night Visions1h 35mSergeant Thomas Mackey
  97. 1990Fatal Charm1h 30mLouis
  98. 1990Kojak: None So Blind1h 30mWolfgang Reiger
  99. 1990Tales from the Darkside: The Movie1h 33mPreston (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’)
  100. 1989Drugstore Cowboy1h 42mGentry
  101. 1989Desperado: The Outlaw Wars1h 35mJohn Sikes
  102. 1989Silence Like Glass1h 42m
  103. 1989The Dream Team1h 53mGianelli
  104. 1987Rent-a-Cop1h 32mDancer
  105. 1986Quiet Cool1h 20mJoe Dylanne
  106. 1986The Clan of the Cave Bear1h 38mCreb
  107. 1986Band of the Hand1h 49mNestor
  108. 1984The Cotton Club2h 10mDutch Schultz
  109. 1984The Mystic Warrior1 seasonPesla
  110. 198248 Hrs.1h 36mAlbert Ganz
  111. 1982Partners1h 33mEdward K. Petersen
  112. 1980Windwalker1h 48mWindwalker (young)
  113. 1980The Long Riders1h 40mSam Starr
  114. 1980Cruising1h 42mGregory
  115. 1979The Warriors1h 34mAjax
  116. 1978On the Yard1h 42mLarson