Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
December 31, 1953
Place of Birth:
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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James Remar
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Megalopolis | Charles Cothope |
| 2024 | Drugstore June | Arnold |
| 2024 | Transformers One | Zeta Prime (voice) |
| 2023 | Glowzies | Darlus |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer | Henry Stimson |
| 2022 | The Noel Diary | Scott Turner |
| 2020 | Dead Reckoning | Agent Cantrell |
| 2020 | Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables | Himself |
| 2019 | Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood | 'Bounty Law' - 'Ugly Owl' |
| 2018 | All You Ever Wished For | Gordon Hutton |
| 2018 | Speed Kills | Meyer Lansky |
| 2017 | The Blackcoat's Daughter | Bill |
| 2017 | The Night Watchmen | Randall |
| 2017 | Can't Buy My Love | Rex |
| 2017 | Feed | Tom |
| 2017 | The Saint | Arnold Valecross |
| 2016 | The Dog Lover | Daniel Holloway |
| 2016 | Decommissioned | David Marino |
| 2016 | USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage | Admiral Parnell |
| 2015 | Unnatural | Martin Nakos |
| 2015 | Papa Hemingway in Cuba | Santo Trafficante |
| 2014 | Persecuted | John Luther |
| 2014 | Lap Dance | Patrick Moore |
| 2013 | Horns | Derrick Perrish |
| 2013 | Eden | Coach DaFoe |
| 2012 | Django Unchained | Butch Pooch / Ace Speck |
| 2011 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Sideswipe (voice) |
| 2011 | X-Men: First Class | US General |
| 2011 | Arena | Tall Man |
| 2011 | Setup | William |
| 2011 | All Superheroes Must Die | Rickshaw |
| 2011 | The FP | Narrator (voice) |
| 2010 | RED | Gabriel Singer |
| 2010 | Gun | Detective Rogers |
| 2009 | The Unborn | Gordon Beldon |
| 2009 | 2B | Tom Mortlake |
| 2009 | National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer | Sam Kramer |
| 2009 | The Christmas Hope | Mark Addison |
| 2008 | Pineapple Express | General Bratt |
| 2007 | Ratatouille | Larousse (voice) |
| 2007 | Sharpshooter | Dillon |
| 2007 | The Warriors: The Beginning | Self |
| 2007 | The Warriors: The Way Home | Self |
| 2007 | The Warriors: Battleground | Self |
| 2007 | The Warriors: The Phenomenon | Self |
| 2004 | The Girl Next Door | Hugo Posh |
| 2004 | Ike: Countdown to D-Day | General Omar Bradley |
| 2004 | Blade: Trinity | Ray Cumberland |
| 2004 | The Survivors Club | Roan Griffin |
| 2004 | American Meltdown | Colonel Boggs |
| 2003 | 2 Fast 2 Furious | Agent Markham |
| 2003 | Betrayal | Alex Tyler |
| 2003 | Fear X | Peter |
| 2003 | Duplex | Chick |
| 2001 | Guardian | Detective Carpenter |
| 2001 | Dying on the Edge | Jackie James |
| 2000 | What Lies Beneath | Warren Feur |
| 2000 | Hellraiser: Inferno | Dr. Paul Gregory |
| 2000 | The Base 2: Guilty as Charged | Lt. Col. Strauss |
| 2000 | Blowback | John Matthew Whitman / Schmidt |
| 2000 | The Huntress | Tiny Bellows |
| 1999 | Rites of Passage | Frank Dabbo |
| 1999 | Born Bad | |
| 1999 | D.R.E.A.M. Team | Shawn Murphy |
| 1999 | Double Frame | |
| 1998 | Inferno | Dr. Coleman West |
| 1998 | Psycho | Patrolman |
| 1997 | Mortal Kombat: Annihilation | Raiden |
| 1996 | The Quest | Maxie Devine |
| 1996 | The Phantom | Quill |
| 1996 | Robo Warriors | Ray Gibson |
| 1996 | One Good Turn | Simon Jury |
| 1995 | Boys on the Side | Alex |
| 1995 | Wild Bill | Donnie Lonigan |
| 1995 | The Surgeon | Dr. Benjamin Hendricks |
| 1995 | Judge Dredd | Block Warlord (uncredited) |
| 1994 | Miracle on 34th Street | Jack Duff |
| 1994 | Renaissance Man | Captain Tom Murdoch |
| 1994 | Confessions of a Hitman | Bruno Serrano |
| 1994 | Across the Moon | Rattlesnake Jim |
| 1993 | Fatal Instinct | Max Shady |
| 1993 | Blink | Thomas Ridgely |
| 1992 | Strangers | Bernard (The Last Game) |
| 1992 | Indecency | Mick Clarkson |
| 1992 | The Tigress | Andrei |
| 1991 | Wedlock | Sam |
| 1991 | White Fang | Beauty Smith |
| 1991 | Brotherhood of the Gun | Frank Weir |
| 1991 | Session Man | McQueen |
| 1990 | Tales from the Darkside: The Movie | Preston (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’) |
| 1990 | Fatal Charm | Louis |
| 1990 | Night Visions | Sergeant Thomas Mackey |
| 1990 | Kojak: None So Blind | Wolfgang Reiger |
| 1989 | Drugstore Cowboy | Gentry |
| 1989 | The Dream Team | Gianelli |
| 1989 | Desperado: The Outlaw Wars | John Sikes |
| 1989 | Silence Like Glass | |
| 1987 | Rent-a-Cop | Dancer |
| 1986 | Band of the Hand | Nestor |
| 1986 | The Clan of the Cave Bear | Creb |
| 1986 | Quiet Cool | Joe Dylanne |
| 1984 | The Cotton Club | Dutch Schultz |
| 1984 | The Mystic Warrior | Pesla |
| 1982 | 48 Hrs. | Albert Ganz |
| 1982 | Partners | Edward K. Petersen |
| 1980 | The Long Riders | Sam Starr |
| 1980 | Windwalker | Windwalker (young) |
| 1980 | Cruising | Gregory |
| 1979 | The Warriors | Ajax |
| 1978 | On the Yard | Larson |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Dexter: Resurrection | Harry Morgan |
| 2023 | Paul T. Goldman | Lt. Newman |
| 2020 | Fire Over the Atlantic: The Mystery of TWA Flight 800 | Narrator |
| 2019 | Creepshow | Bateman |
| 2019 | The Movies That Made Us | Self |
| 2019 | City on a Hill | Richy Ryan |
| 2018 | The Rookie | Tom Bradford |
| 2018 | Black Lightning | Peter Gambi |
| 2018 | Yellowstone | Kyle Fremont |
| 2018 | Magnum P.I. | Captain Buck Greene |
| 2016 | The Shannara Chronicles | Cephelo |
| 2016 | The Shannara Chronicles | Cephalo |
| 2016 | Animal Kingdom | Detective Andre |
| 2015 | Code Black | General Hutch Hutchinson |
| 2014 | State of Affairs | Syd |
| 2014 | Gotham | Frank Gordon |
| 2013 | Beware the Batman | Silver Monkey / Mr. Reese (voice) |
| 2013 | Beware the Batman | Silver Monkey (voice) |
| 2012 | The Legend of Korra | Tonraq (voice) |
| 2011 | Wilfred | Henry Newman |
| 2011 | Franklin & Bash | Cliff |
| 2010 | Ben 10: Ultimate Alien | Vilgax (voice) |
| 2010 | Pound Puppies | Sarge (voice) |
| 2010 | Young Justice | Icicle Sr. (voice) |
| 2010 | Hawaii Five-0 | Elliot Connor |
| 2010 | Human Target | Warden Cole |
| 2009 | FlashForward | James Ermine |
| 2009 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Sterling Bridges |
| 2008 | Eli Stone | Salinsky |
| 2008 | Batman: The Brave and the Bold | Two-Face (voice) |
| 2007 | Private Practice | Dr. Gibson |
| 2006 | Jericho | Jonah Prowse |
| 2006 | The Unit | |
| 2006 | Dexter | Harry Morgan |
| 2005 | Criminal Minds | Tom Benton |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Jimmy Evans |
| 2005 | American Dad! | Charles Lindbergh Sr. (voice) |
| 2005 | Numb3rs | Randall Priest |
| 2004 | The Batman | Black Mask (voice) |
| 2004 | North Shore | Vincent Colville |
| 2004 | Battlestar Galactica | Meier |
| 2004 | The Grid | |
| 2004 | Justice League Unlimited | Carter Hall (voice) |
| 2004 | Justice League Unlimited | Hawkman / Shadow Thief (voice) |
| 2003 | Peacemakers | Cole Hawkins |
| 2002 | CSI: Miami | Quentin Taylor |
| 2002 | Without a Trace | Lucas Vohland |
| 2002 | The Twilight Zone | Alois Hitler |
| 2001 | Justice League | Lead Manhunter (voice) |
| 2000 | The Huntress | Tiny Bellows |
| 2000 | Strong Medicine | Guy Falls |
| 1999 | Third Watch | Detective Madjanski |
| 1998 | Sex and the City | Richard Wright |
| 1997 | Total Security | |
| 1996 | 7th Heaven | James Carver |
| 1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Keith Bolt |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Josef Kobold |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Red Buckley |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Tremayne |
| 1984 | Miami Vice | |
| 1984 | The Mystic Warrior | Pesla |
| 1983 | The Hitchhiker | Ron |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues | |
| IT: Welcome to Derry |