James Remar
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.
178 acting credits
Acting · 178
The Rookie
2018
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Criminal Minds
2005
Yellowstone
2018
American Dad!
2005
CSI: Miami
2002
Dexter
2006
The Vampire Diaries
2009
Hawaii Five-0
2010
The X-Files
1993
Private Practice
2007
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
Without a Trace
2002
They Will Kill You
2026
Gotham
2014
Animal Kingdom
2016
Young Justice
2010
Third Watch
1999
Miami Vice
1984
Sex and the City
1998
Hill Street Blues
1981
Numb3rs
2005
Magnum P.I.
2018
Battlestar Galactica
2004
Strong Medicine
2000
The Equalizer
1985
The Legend of Korra
2012
Nash Bridges
1996
IT: Welcome to Derry
2025
Oppenheimer
2023
The Unit
2006
The Odyssey
2026
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
1997
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
2010
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
2008
Ben 10: Alien Force
2008
7th Heaven
1996
The Batman
2004
Ratatouille
2007
Pound Puppies
2010
Franklin & Bash
2011
Black Lightning
2018
Justice League Unlimited
2004
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019
The Twilight Zone
2002
The Hitchhiker
1983
Django Unchained
2012
Eli Stone
2008
Jericho
2006
FlashForward
2009
Creepshow
2019
The Girl Next Door
2004
Human Target
2010
Dexter: Resurrection
2025
Transformers One
2024
Justice League
2001
Code Black
2015
The Shannara Chronicles
2016
Beware the Batman
2013
City on a Hill
2019
Wilfred
2011
RED
2010
The Movies That Made Us
2019
All's Fair
2025
Blade: Trinity
2004
The Huntress
2000
The Warriors
1979
Judge Dredd
1995
North Shore
2004
What Lies Beneath
2000
Pineapple Express
2008
Megalopolis
2024
Peacemakers
2003
48 Hrs.
1982
Cruising
1980
Paul T. Goldman
2023
The Unborn
2009
Horns
2013
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011
Total Security
1997
The Phantom
1996
The Quest
1996
Miracle on 34th Street
1994
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
1990
Duplex
2003
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
2016
The Grid
2004
Psycho
1998
2 Fast 2 Furious
2003
White Fang
1991
The Cotton Club
1984
Wedlock
1991
The Long Riders
1980
Boys on the Side
1995
Drugstore Cowboy
1989
Hellraiser: Inferno
2000
The Clan of the Cave Bear
1986
The Saint
2017
Arena
2011
Renaissance Man
1994
Gun
2010
Wild Bill
1995
The Dream Team
1989
Setup
2011
Blink
1993
Fatal Instinct
1993
The Blackcoat's Daughter
2017
Speed Kills
2018
Feed
2017
The Mystic Warrior
1984
Fear X
2003
Band of the Hand
1986
The Noel Diary
2022
Rites of Passage
1999
Blowback
2000
Dead Reckoning
2020
Windwalker
1980
Partners
1982
Guardian
2001
The Night Watchmen
2017
Lap Dance
2014
Papa Hemingway in Cuba
2015
Fatal Charm
1990
Eden
2015
Fire Over the Atlantic: The Mystery of TWA Flight 800
2020
State of Affairs
2014
Unnatural
2015
Betrayal
2003
Decommissioned
2016
Sharpshooter
2007
Ike: Countdown to D-Day
2004
Can't Buy My Love
2017
National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer
2009
Indecency
1992
Rent-a-Cop
1987
Session Man
1991
Persecuted
2014
The Dog Lover
2016
Drugstore June
2024
The FP
2011
Across the Moon
1994
Inferno
1998
Robo Warriors
1996
Quiet Cool
1986
Ben 10: Omniverse
2012
American Meltdown
2004
All Superheroes Must Die
2011
Brotherhood of the Gun
1991
Kojak: None So Blind
1990
Dying on the Edge
2001
2B
2009
Strangers
1992
The Tigress
1992
The Surgeon
1995
D.R.E.A.M. Team
1999
One Good Turn
1996
X-Men: First Class
2011
All You Ever Wished For
2018
The Christmas Hope
2009
Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables
2020
The Base 2: Guilty as Charged
2000
The Huntress
2000
The Warriors: The Way Home
2007
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
1989
On the Yard
1978
Glowzies
2023
The Warriors: The Phenomenon
2007
Confessions of a Hitman
1994
Silence Like Glass
1989
Night Visions
1990
Born Bad
1999
The Survivors Club
2004
The Warriors: The Beginning
2007
Double Frame
1999
The Warriors: Battleground
2007
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