James Remar

Acting

1953-12-31 · 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.

Filmography

Theaters

The Odyssey

2026 · Movie

They Will Kill You

2026 · Movie

All's Fair

2025 · Series

IT: Welcome to Derry

2025 · Series

Dexter: Resurrection

2025 · Series

Megalopolis

2024 · Movie

Transformers One

2024 · Movie

Drugstore June

2024 · Movie

Glowzies

2023 · Movie

Oppenheimer

2023 · Movie

Paul T. Goldman

2023 · Series

The Noel Diary

2022 · Movie

Dead Reckoning

2020 · Movie

Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables

2020 · Movie

Fire Over the Atlantic: The Mystery of TWA Flight 800

2020 · Series

The Movies That Made Us

2019 · Series

Creepshow

2019 · Series

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019 · Movie

City on a Hill

2019 · Series

Speed Kills

2018 · Movie

The Rookie

2018 · Series

Magnum P.I.

2018 · Series

All You Ever Wished For

2018 · Movie

Yellowstone

2018 · Series

Black Lightning

2018 · Series

The Saint

2017 · Movie

Feed

2017 · Movie

The Blackcoat's Daughter

2017 · Movie

Can't Buy My Love

2017 · Movie

The Night Watchmen

2017 · Movie

USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage

2016 · Movie

Decommissioned

2016 · Movie

The Dog Lover

2016 · Movie

Animal Kingdom

2016 · Series

The Shannara Chronicles

2016 · Series

Papa Hemingway in Cuba

2015 · Movie

Unnatural

2015 · Movie

Code Black

2015 · Series

Eden

2015 · Movie

Lap Dance

2014 · Movie

State of Affairs

2014 · Series

Gotham

2014 · Series

Persecuted

2014 · Movie

Horns

2013 · Movie

Beware the Batman

2013 · Series

Django Unchained

2012 · Movie

Ben 10: Omniverse

2012 · Movie

The Legend of Korra

2012 · Series

All Superheroes Must Die

2011 · Movie

Setup

2011 · Movie

Arena

2011 · Movie

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

2011 · Movie

Wilfred

2011 · Series

Franklin & Bash

2011 · Series

X-Men: First Class

2011 · Movie

The FP

2011 · Movie

Young Justice

2010 · Series

RED

2010 · Movie

Pound Puppies

2010 · Series

Hawaii Five-0

2010 · Series

Gun

2010 · Movie

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien

2010 · Series

Human Target

2010 · Series

The Christmas Hope

2009 · Movie

National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer

2009 · Movie

FlashForward

2009 · Series

NCIS: Los Angeles

2009 · Series

The Vampire Diaries

2009 · Series

2009 · Movie

The Unborn

2009 · Movie

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

2008 · Series

Pineapple Express

2008 · Movie

Ben 10: Alien Force

2008 · Series

Eli Stone

2008 · Series

Sharpshooter

2007 · Movie

Private Practice

2007 · Series

The Warriors: The Phenomenon

2007 · Movie

The Warriors: Battleground

2007 · Movie

The Warriors: The Beginning

2007 · Movie

Ratatouille

2007 · Movie

The Warriors: The Way Home

2007 · Movie

Dexter

2006 · Series

Jericho

2006 · Series

Thief

2006 · Series

The Unit

2006 · Series

Criminal Minds

2005 · Series

Grey's Anatomy

2005 · Series

American Dad!

2005 · Series

Numb3rs

2005 · Series

Blade: Trinity

2004 · Movie

Battlestar Galactica

2004 · Series

The Batman

2004 · Series

Justice League Unlimited

2004 · Series

The Grid

2004 · Series

North Shore

2004 · Series

American Meltdown

2004 · Movie

Ike: Countdown to D-Day

2004 · Movie

The Girl Next Door

2004 · Movie

The Survivors Club

2004 · Movie

Duplex

2003 · Movie

Betrayal

2003 · Movie

Peacemakers

2003 · Series

2 Fast 2 Furious

2003 · Movie

Fear X

2003 · Movie

Without a Trace

2002 · Series

CSI: Miami

2002 · Series

The Twilight Zone

2002 · Series

Justice League

2001 · Series

Guardian

2001 · Movie

Dying on the Edge

2001 · Movie

The Base 2: Guilty as Charged

2000 · Movie

Hellraiser: Inferno

2000 · Movie

The Huntress

2000 · Series

Strong Medicine

2000 · Series

What Lies Beneath

2000 · Movie

Blowback

2000 · Movie

The Huntress

2000 · Movie

Double Frame

1999 · Movie

Rites of Passage

1999 · Movie

D.R.E.A.M. Team

1999 · Movie

Third Watch

1999 · Series

Psycho Path

1999 · Movie

Born Bad

1999 · Movie

Psycho

1998 · Movie

Inferno

1998 · Movie

Sex and the City

1998 · Series

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

1997 · Movie

Total Security

1997 · Series

Robo Warriors

1996 · Movie

7th Heaven

1996 · Series

The Phantom

1996 · Movie

The Quest

1996 · Movie

Nash Bridges

1996 · Series

One Good Turn

1996 · Movie

Wild Bill

1995 · Movie

Judge Dredd

1995 · Movie

Boys on the Side

1995 · Movie

The Surgeon

1995 · Movie

Miracle on 34th Street

1994 · Movie

Across the Moon

1994 · Movie

Renaissance Man

1994 · Movie

Confessions of a Hitman

1994 · Movie

Fatal Instinct

1993 · Movie

Blink

1993 · Movie

The X-Files

1993 · Series

Walker, Texas Ranger

1993 · Series

The Tigress

1992 · Movie

Indecency

1992 · Movie

Strangers

1992 · Movie

Brotherhood of the Gun

1991 · Movie

Wedlock

1991 · Movie

White Fang

1991 · Movie

Session Man

1991 · Movie

Night Visions

1990 · Movie

Fatal Charm

1990 · Movie

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

1990 · Movie

Kojak: None So Blind

1990 · Movie

Drugstore Cowboy

1989 · Movie

Desperado: The Outlaw Wars

1989 · Movie

Silence Like Glass

1989 · Movie

Tales from the Crypt

1989 · Series

The Dream Team

1989 · Movie

Rent-a-Cop

1987 · Movie

Quiet Cool

1986 · Movie

Band of the Hand

1986 · Movie

The Clan of the Cave Bear

1986 · Movie

The Equalizer

1985 · Series

The Cotton Club

1984 · Movie

Miami Vice

1984 · Series

The Mystic Warrior

1984 · Series

The Hitchhiker

1983 · Series

48 Hrs.

1982 · Movie

Partners

1982 · Movie

Hill Street Blues

1981 · Series

Windwalker

1980 · Movie

The Long Riders

1980 · Movie

Cruising

1980 · Movie

The Warriors

1979 · Movie

On the Yard

1978 · Movie