James Remar
Acting • Born 1953-12-31
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.
Filmography
179 credits
48 Hrs.
Movie • 1982
Albert Ganz
Drugstore Cowboy
Movie • 1989
Gentry
2 Fast 2 Furious
Movie • 2003
Agent Markham
Ratatouille
Movie • 2007
Larousse (voice)
Wedlock
Movie • 1991
Sam
The Cotton Club
Movie • 1984
Dutch Schultz
Pineapple Express
Movie • 2008
General Bratt
Miracle on 34th Street
Movie • 1994
Jack Duff
The Girl Next Door
Movie • 2004
Hugo Posh
What Lies Beneath
Movie • 2000
Warren Feur
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Movie • 1990
Preston (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’)
Ike: Countdown to D-Day
Movie • 2004
General Omar Bradley
The Warriors
Movie • 1979
Ajax
Sharpshooter
Movie • 2007
Dillon
Renaissance Man
Movie • 1994
Captain Tom Murdoch
White Fang
Movie • 1991
Beauty Smith
The Quest
Movie • 1996
Maxie Devine
Hellraiser: Inferno
Movie • 2000
Dr. Paul Gregory
Fatal Instinct
Movie • 1993
Max Shady
Boys on the Side
Movie • 1995
Alex
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
Movie • 1997
Raiden
Band of the Hand
Movie • 1986
Nestor
The Phantom
Movie • 1996
Quill
The Clan of the Cave Bear
Movie • 1986
Creb
The Unborn
Movie • 2009
Gordon Beldon
Strangers
Movie • 1992
Bernard (The Last Game)
Blade: Trinity
Movie • 2004
Ray Cumberland
The Dream Team
Movie • 1989
Gianelli
The Long Riders
Movie • 1980
Sam Starr
Robo Warriors
Movie • 1996
Ray Gibson
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Movie • 2011
Sideswipe (voice)
RED
Movie • 2010
Gabriel Singer
Wild Bill
Movie • 1995
Donnie Lonigan
Rites of Passage
Movie • 1999
Frank Dabbo
The Survivors Club
Movie • 2004
Roan Griffin
X-Men: First Class
Movie • 2011
US General
Betrayal
Movie • 2003
Alex Tyler
Django Unchained
Movie • 2012
Butch Pooch / Ace Speck
Rent-a-Cop
Movie • 1987
Dancer
Arena
Movie • 2011
Tall Man
Setup
Movie • 2011
William
Quiet Cool
Movie • 1986
Joe Dylanne
All Superheroes Must Die
Movie • 2011
Rickshaw
The Base 2: Guilty as Charged
Movie • 2000
Lt. Col. Strauss
2B
Movie • 2009
Tom Mortlake
Blowback
Movie • 2000
John Matthew Whitman / Schmidt
The Surgeon
Movie • 1995
Dr. Benjamin Hendricks
Horns
Movie • 2013
Derrick Perrish
Born Bad
Movie • 1999
Indecency
Movie • 1992
Mick Clarkson
D.R.E.A.M. Team
Movie • 1999
Shawn Murphy
The Tigress
Movie • 1992
Andrei
Glowzies
Movie • 2023
Darlus
Persecuted
Movie • 2014
John Luther
Gun
Movie • 2010
Detective Rogers
Blink
Movie • 1993
Thomas Ridgely
Partners
Movie • 1982
Edward K. Petersen
Fear X
Movie • 2003
Peter
Confessions of a Hitman
Movie • 1994
Bruno Serrano
Megalopolis
Movie • 2024
Charles Cothope
Fatal Charm
Movie • 1990
Louis
The Huntress
Movie • 2000
Tiny Bellows
Lap Dance
Movie • 2014
Patrick Moore
Guardian
Movie • 2001
Detective Carpenter
The Blackcoat's Daughter
Movie • 2017
Bill
Windwalker
Movie • 1980
Windwalker (young)
Oppenheimer
Movie • 2023
Henry Stimson
The Noel Diary
Movie • 2022
Scott Turner
Brotherhood of the Gun
Movie • 1991
Frank Weir
Drugstore June
Movie • 2024
Arnold
National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer
Movie • 2009
Sam Kramer
Unnatural
Movie • 2015
Martin Nakos
Duplex
Movie • 2003
Chick
Session Man
Movie • 1991
McQueen
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
Movie • 1989
John Sikes
Papa Hemingway in Cuba
Movie • 2015
Santo Trafficante
The Dog Lover
Movie • 2016
Daniel Holloway
The Night Watchmen
Movie • 2017
Randall
Decommissioned
Movie • 2016
David Marino
Cruising
Movie • 1980
Gregory
Transformers One
Movie • 2024
Zeta Prime (voice)
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
Movie • 2016
Admiral Parnell
Can't Buy My Love
Movie • 2017
Rex
Night Visions
Movie • 1990
Sergeant Thomas Mackey
One Good Turn
Movie • 1996
Simon Jury
Double Frame
Movie • 1999
Feed
Movie • 2017
Tom
Inferno
Movie • 1998
Dr. Coleman West
The Saint
Movie • 2017
Arnold Valecross
The Christmas Hope
Movie • 2009
Mark Addison
Across the Moon
Movie • 1994
Rattlesnake Jim
Psycho
Movie • 1998
Patrolman
All You Ever Wished For
Movie • 2018
Gordon Hutton
Dead Reckoning
Movie • 2020
Agent Cantrell
Speed Kills
Movie • 2018
Meyer Lansky
Judge Dredd
Movie • 1995
Block Warlord (uncredited)
Eden
Movie • 2015
Coach DaFoe
The Warriors: The Beginning
Movie • 2007
Self
The Warriors: The Way Home
Movie • 2007
Self
Kojak: None So Blind
Movie • 1990
Wolfgang Reiger
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Movie • 2019
'Bounty Law' - 'Ugly Owl'
The FP
Movie • 2011
Narrator (voice)
On the Yard
Movie • 1978
Larson
American Meltdown
Movie • 2004
Colonel Boggs
Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables
Movie • 2020
Himself
The Warriors: Battleground
Movie • 2007
Self
The Warriors: The Phenomenon
Movie • 2007
Self
Silence Like Glass
Movie • 1989
Dying on the Edge
Movie • 2001
Jackie James
The Odyssey
Movie • 2026
Ben 10: Omniverse
Movie • 2012
Vilgax (voice)
Third Watch
TV • 1999
Detective Madjanski
Eli Stone
TV • 2008
Salinsky
Jericho
TV • 2006
Jonah Prowse
CSI: Miami
TV • 2002
Quentin Taylor
The Batman
TV • 2004
Black Mask (voice)
North Shore
TV • 2004
Vincent Colville
Miami Vice
TV • 1984
Robbie Cann
The Unit
TV • 2006
Tales from the Crypt
TV • 1989
Red Buckley
Battlestar Galactica
TV • 2004
Meier
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV • 1993
Keith Bolt
Hill Street Blues
TV • 1981
Without a Trace
TV • 2002
Lucas Vohland
Criminal Minds
TV • 2005
Tom Benton
The X-Files
TV • 1993
Josef Kobold
The Equalizer
TV • 1985
Tremayne
7th Heaven
TV • 1996
James Carver
The Huntress
TV • 2000
Tiny Bellows
The Shannara Chronicles
TV • 2016
Cephelo
The Shannara Chronicles
TV • 2016
Cephalo
Animal Kingdom
TV • 2016
Detective Andre
The Hitchhiker
TV • 1983
Ron
The Grid
TV • 2004
FlashForward
TV • 2009
James Ermine
Total Security
TV • 1997
Wilfred
TV • 2011
Henry Newman
Paul T. Goldman
TV • 2023
Lt. Newman
Dexter
TV • 2006
Harry Morgan
Justice League
TV • 2001
Lead Manhunter (voice)
Justice League Unlimited
TV • 2004
Carter Hall (voice)
Justice League Unlimited
TV • 2004
Hawkman / Shadow Thief (voice)
Creepshow
TV • 2019
Bateman
The Rookie
TV • 2018
Tom Bradford
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
TV • 2010
Vilgax (voice)
Pound Puppies
TV • 2010
Sarge (voice)
Young Justice
TV • 2010
Icicle Sr. (voice)
The Twilight Zone
TV • 2002
Alois Hitler
The Movies That Made Us
TV • 2019
Self
NCIS: Los Angeles
TV • 2009
Sterling Bridges
Black Lightning
TV • 2018
Peter Gambi
Code Black
TV • 2015
General Hutch Hutchinson
Franklin & Bash
TV • 2011
Cliff
Fire Over the Atlantic: The Mystery of TWA Flight 800
TV • 2020
Narrator
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Jimmy Evans
The Mystic Warrior
TV • 1984
Pesla
Yellowstone
TV • 2018
Kyle Fremont
Sex and the City
TV • 1998
Richard Wright
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Charles Lindbergh Sr. (voice)
Peacemakers
TV • 2003
Cole Hawkins
Strong Medicine
TV • 2000
Guy Falls
Hawaii Five-0
TV • 2010
Elliot Connor
City on a Hill
TV • 2019
Richy Ryan
Magnum P.I.
TV • 2018
Captain Buck Greene
State of Affairs
TV • 2014
Syd
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
TV • 2008
Two-Face (voice)
Beware the Batman
TV • 2013
Silver Monkey (voice)
Beware the Batman
TV • 2013
Silver Monkey / Mr. Reese (voice)
Private Practice
TV • 2007
Dr. Gibson
Dexter: Resurrection
TV • 2025
Harry Morgan
Gotham
TV • 2014
Frank Gordon
Human Target
TV • 2010
Warden Cole
Numb3rs
TV • 2005
Randall Priest
The Legend of Korra
TV • 2012
Tonraq (voice)
All's Fair
TV • 2025
Theodore Baskin
Nash Bridges
TV • 1996
Mark Lee Page
Ben 10: Alien Force
TV • 2008
Vilgax (voice)
IT: Welcome to Derry
TV • 2025
General Francis Shaw
The Vampire Diaries
TV • 2009
Giuseppe Salvatore