
About
James Remar
Overview
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
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2025 | Dexter: Resurrection | Actor | Harry Morgan | 83 Very good |
2024 | Megalopolis | Actor | Charles Cothope | 54 Average |
2024 | Transformers One | Actor | Zeta Prime (voice) | 74 Good |
2024 | Drugstore June | Actor | Arnold | 58 Average |
2023 | Glowzies | Actor | Darlus | 58 Average |
2023 | Oppenheimer | Actor | Henry Stimson | 79 Good |
2022 | The Noel Diary | Actor | Scott Turner | 60 Fair |
2020 | Dead Reckoning | Actor | Agent Cantrell | 58 Average |
2020 | Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
2019 | Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood | Actor | 'Bounty Law' - 'Ugly Owl' | 73 Good |
2018 | Speed Kills | Actor | Meyer Lansky | 57 Average |
2018 | All You Ever Wished For | Actor | Gordon Hutton | 58 Average |
2018 | Black Lightning | Actor | Peter Gambi | 69 Fair |
2017 | The Saint | Actor | Arnold Valecross | 56 Average |
2017 | Feed | Actor | Tom | 61 Fair |
2017 | The Blackcoat's Daughter | Actor | Bill | 58 Average |
2017 | Can't Buy My Love | Actor | Rex | 59 Average |
2017 | The Night Watchmen | Actor | Randall | 57 Average |
2016 | USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage | Actor | Admiral Parnell | 58 Average |
2016 | Decommissioned | Actor | David Marino | 57 Average |
2016 | The Dog Lover | Actor | Daniel Holloway | 58 Average |
2015 | Papa Hemingway in Cuba | Actor | Santo Trafficante | 58 Average |
2015 | Unnatural | Actor | Martin Nakos | 57 Average |
2014 | Lap Dance | Actor | Patrick Moore | 56 Average |
2014 | Persecuted | Actor | John Luther | 57 Average |
2013 | Horns | Actor | Derrick Perrish | 62 Fair |
2013 | Eden | Actor | Coach DaFoe | 58 Average |
2012 | Django Unchained | Actor | Butch Pooch / Ace Speck | 81 Very good |
2011 | All Superheroes Must Die | Actor | Rickshaw | 57 Average |
2011 | Setup | Actor | William | 54 Average |
2011 | Arena | Actor | Tall Man | 56 Average |
2011 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Actor | Sideswipe (voice) | 61 Fair |
2011 | X-Men: First Class | Actor | US General | 72 Good |
2011 | The FP | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 58 Average |
2010 | RED | Actor | Gabriel Singer | 66 Fair |
2010 | Gun | Actor | Detective Rogers | 57 Average |
2009 | The Christmas Hope | Actor | Mark Addison | 59 Average |
2009 | National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer | Actor | Sam Kramer | 58 Average |
2009 | 2B | Actor | Tom Mortlake | N/A N/A |
2009 | The Unborn | Actor | Gordon Beldon | 53 Average |
2008 | Pineapple Express | Actor | General Bratt | 65 Fair |
2007 | Sharpshooter | Actor | Dillon | 58 Average |
2007 | The Warriors: The Phenomenon | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2007 | The Warriors: Battleground | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2007 | The Warriors: The Beginning | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2007 | Ratatouille | Actor | Larousse (voice) | 77 Good |
2007 | The Warriors: The Way Home | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2006 | Dexter | Actor | Harry Morgan | 81 Very good |
2004 | Blade: Trinity | Actor | Ray Cumberland | 58 Average |
2004 | The Grid | Actor | 68 Fair |
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2004 | North Shore | Actor | Vincent Colville | 67 Fair |
2004 | American Meltdown | Actor | Colonel Boggs | 58 Average |
2004 | Ike: Countdown to D-Day | Actor | General Omar Bradley | 59 Average |
2004 | The Girl Next Door | Actor | Hugo Posh | 66 Fair |
2004 | The Survivors Club | Actor | Roan Griffin | 58 Average |
2003 | Duplex | Actor | Chick | 60 Fair |
2003 | Betrayal | Actor | Alex Tyler | 58 Average |
2003 | 2 Fast 2 Furious | Actor | Agent Markham | 64 Fair |
2003 | Fear X | Actor | Peter | 58 Average |
2001 | Guardian | Actor | Detective Carpenter | 58 Average |
2001 | Dying on the Edge | Actor | Jackie James | 58 Average |
2000 | The Base 2: Guilty as Charged | Actor | Lt. Col. Strauss | 58 Average |
2000 | Hellraiser: Inferno | Actor | Dr. Paul Gregory | 56 Average |
2000 | The Huntress | Actor | Tiny Bellows | 68 Fair |
2000 | What Lies Beneath | Actor | Warren Feur | 62 Fair |
2000 | Blowback | Actor | John Matthew Whitman / Schmidt | 58 Average |
2000 | The Huntress | Actor | Tiny Bellows | N/A N/A |
1999 | Double Frame | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1999 | Rites of Passage | Actor | Frank Dabbo | 58 Average |
1999 | D.R.E.A.M. Team | Actor | Shawn Murphy | 58 Average |
1999 | Born Bad | Actor | 58 Average |
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1998 | Psycho | Actor | Patrolman | 53 Average |
1998 | Inferno | Actor | Dr. Coleman West | 58 Average |
1997 | Mortal Kombat: Annihilation | Actor | Raiden | 48 Bad |
1997 | Total Security | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1996 | Robo Warriors | Actor | Ray Gibson | 58 Average |
1996 | The Phantom | Actor | Quill | 55 Average |
1996 | The Quest | Actor | Maxie Devine | 60 Fair |
1996 | One Good Turn | Actor | Simon Jury | 58 Average |
1995 | Wild Bill | Actor | Donnie Lonigan | 58 Average |
1995 | Judge Dredd | Actor | Block Warlord (uncredited) | 58 Average |
1995 | Boys on the Side | Actor | Alex | 60 Fair |
1995 | The Surgeon | Actor | Dr. Benjamin Hendricks | 58 Average |
1994 | Miracle on 34th Street | Actor | Jack Duff | 65 Fair |
1994 | Across the Moon | Actor | Rattlesnake Jim | 58 Average |
1994 | Renaissance Man | Actor | Captain Tom Murdoch | 59 Average |
1994 | Confessions of a Hitman | Actor | Bruno Serrano | 58 Average |
1993 | Fatal Instinct | Actor | Max Shady | 57 Average |
1993 | Blink | Actor | Thomas Ridgely | 59 Average |
1992 | The Tigress | Actor | Andrei | 58 Average |
1992 | Indecency | Actor | Mick Clarkson | 58 Average |
1992 | Strangers | Actor | Bernard (The Last Game) | 58 Average |
1991 | Brotherhood of the Gun | Actor | Frank Weir | 59 Average |
1991 | Wedlock | Actor | Sam | 58 Average |
1991 | White Fang | Actor | Beauty Smith | 63 Fair |
1991 | Session Man | Actor | McQueen | 58 Average |
1990 | Night Visions | Actor | Sergeant Thomas Mackey | 58 Average |
1990 | Fatal Charm | Actor | Louis | 58 Average |
1990 | Tales from the Darkside: The Movie | Actor | Preston (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’) | 60 Fair |
1990 | Kojak: None So Blind | Actor | Wolfgang Reiger | 59 Average |
1989 | Drugstore Cowboy | Actor | Gentry | 65 Fair |
1989 | Desperado: The Outlaw Wars | Actor | John Sikes | 59 Average |
1989 | Silence Like Glass | Actor | 58 Average |
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1989 | The Dream Team | Actor | Gianelli | 59 Average |
1987 | Rent-a-Cop | Actor | Dancer | 57 Average |
1986 | Quiet Cool | Actor | Joe Dylanne | 58 Average |
1986 | Band of the Hand | Actor | Nestor | 59 Average |
1986 | The Clan of the Cave Bear | Actor | Creb | 57 Average |
1984 | The Cotton Club | Actor | Dutch Schultz | 61 Fair |
1984 | The Mystic Warrior | Actor | Pesla | 58 Average |
1984 | The Mystic Warrior | Actor | Pesla | 69 Fair |
1982 | 48 Hrs. | Actor | Albert Ganz | 64 Fair |
1982 | Partners | Actor | Edward K. Petersen | 58 Average |
1980 | Windwalker | Actor | Windwalker (young) | 58 Average |
1980 | The Long Riders | Actor | Sam Starr | 61 Fair |
1980 | Cruising | Actor | Gregory | 62 Fair |
1979 | The Warriors | Actor | Ajax | 73 Good |
1978 | On the Yard | Actor | Larson | 58 Average |
Dexter | Actor | Harry Morgan | N/A N/A |
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IT: Welcome to Derry | Actor | N/A N/A |