James Remar
Acting
Born December 31, 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 (111)
The Odyssey
2026
Megalopolis
2024
Transformers One
2024
Drugstore June
2024
Glowzies
2023
Oppenheimer
2023
The Noel Diary
2022
Dead Reckoning
2020
Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables
2020
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019
Speed Kills
2018
All You Ever Wished For
2018
The Saint
2017
Feed
2017
The Blackcoat's Daughter
2017
The Night Watchmen
2017
Can't Buy My Love
2017
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
2016
Decommissioned
2016
The Dog Lover
2016
Papa Hemingway in Cuba
2015
Unnatural
2015
Eden
2015
Lap Dance
2014
Persecuted
2014
Horns
2013
Django Unchained
2012
Ben 10: Omniverse
2012
All Superheroes Must Die
2011
Setup
2011
Arena
2011
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011
X-Men: First Class
2011
The FP
2011
RED
2010
Gun
2010
The Christmas Hope
2009
National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer
2009
2B
2009
The Unborn
2009
Pineapple Express
2008
Sharpshooter
2007
The Warriors: The Beginning
2007
The Warriors: Battleground
2007
The Warriors: The Phenomenon
2007
Ratatouille
2007
The Warriors: The Way Home
2007
Blade: Trinity
2004
American Meltdown
2004
Ike: Countdown to D-Day
2004
The Girl Next Door
2004
The Survivors Club
2004
Duplex
2003
Betrayal
2003
2 Fast 2 Furious
2003
Fear X
2003
Guardian
2001
Dying on the Edge
2001
The Base 2: Guilty as Charged
2000
Hellraiser: Inferno
2000
What Lies Beneath
2000
Blowback
2000
The Huntress
2000
Double Frame
1999
Rites of Passage
1999
D.R.E.A.M. Team
1999
Born Bad
1999
Psycho
1998
Inferno
1998
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
1997
Robo Warriors
1996
The Phantom
1996
The Quest
1996
One Good Turn
1996
Wild Bill
1995
Judge Dredd
1995
Boys on the Side
1995
The Surgeon
1995
Miracle on 34th Street
1994
Across the Moon
1994
Renaissance Man
1994
Confessions of a Hitman
1994
Fatal Instinct
1993
Blink
1993
The Tigress
1992
Indecency
1992
Strangers
1992
Brotherhood of the Gun
1991
Wedlock
1991
White Fang
1991
Session Man
1991
Night Visions
1990
Fatal Charm
1990
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
1990
Kojak: None So Blind
1990
Drugstore Cowboy
1989
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
1989
Silence Like Glass
1989
The Dream Team
1989
Rent-a-Cop
1987
Quiet Cool
1986
Band of the Hand
1986
The Clan of the Cave Bear
1986
The Cotton Club
1984
48 Hrs.
1982
Partners
1982
Windwalker
1980
The Long Riders
1980
Cruising
1980
The Warriors
1979
On the Yard
1978