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.
Acting (107 movies)
48 Hrs.
1982
Drugstore Cowboy
1989
2 Fast 2 Furious
2003
Ratatouille
2007
Wedlock
1991
The Cotton Club
1984
Pineapple Express
2008
Miracle on 34th Street
1994
The Girl Next Door
2004
What Lies Beneath
2000
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
1990
Ike: Countdown to D-Day
2004
The Warriors
1979
Sharpshooter
2007
Renaissance Man
1994
White Fang
1991
The Quest
1996
Hellraiser: Inferno
2000
Fatal Instinct
1993
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
1997
Boys on the Side
1995
Band of the Hand
1986
The Phantom
1996
The Clan of the Cave Bear
1986
The Unborn
2009
Strangers
1992
Blade: Trinity
2004
The Dream Team
1989
The Long Riders
1980
Robo Warriors
1996
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011
RED
2010
Wild Bill
1995
Rites of Passage
1999
The Survivors Club
2004
X-Men: First Class
2011
Betrayal
2003
Django Unchained
2012
Rent-a-Cop
1987
Arena
2011
Setup
2011
Quiet Cool
1986
All Superheroes Must Die
2011
The Base 2: Guilty as Charged
2000
2B
2009
Blowback
2000
The Surgeon
1995
Horns
2013
Indecency
1992
D.R.E.A.M. Team
1999
The Tigress
1992
Glowzies
2023
Persecuted
2014
Gun
2010
Blink
1993
Partners
1982
Fear X
2003
The Mystic Warrior
1984
Confessions of a Hitman
1994
Megalopolis
2024
Fatal Charm
1990
The Huntress
2000
Lap Dance
2014
Guardian
2001
The Blackcoat's Daughter
2017
Windwalker
1980
Oppenheimer
2023
The Noel Diary
2022
Drugstore June
2024
National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer
2009
Unnatural
2015
Duplex
2003
Session Man
1991
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
1989
Papa Hemingway in Cuba
2015
The Dog Lover
2016
The Night Watchmen
2017
Decommissioned
2016
Cruising
1980
Transformers One
2024
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
2016
Can't Buy My Love
2017
Night Visions
1990
One Good Turn
1996
Feed
2017
Inferno
1998
The Saint
2017
The Christmas Hope
2009
Across the Moon
1994
Psycho
1998
All You Ever Wished For
2018
Dead Reckoning
2020
Speed Kills
2018
Judge Dredd
1995
Eden
2015
The Warriors: The Beginning
2007
The Warriors: The Way Home
2007
Kojak: None So Blind
1990
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019
The FP
2011
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