James Remar
Acting
- Born:
- 1953-12-31
- Place of birth:
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Odyssey
They Will Kill You
All's Fair
IT: Welcome to Derry
Dexter: Resurrection
Megalopolis
Transformers One
Drugstore June
Glowzies
Oppenheimer
Paul T. Goldman
The Noel Diary
Dead Reckoning
Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables
Fire Over the Atlantic: The Mystery of TWA Flight 800
The Movies That Made Us
Creepshow
Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood
City on a Hill
Speed Kills
The Rookie
Magnum P.I.
All You Ever Wished For
Yellowstone
Black Lightning
The Saint
Feed
The Blackcoat's Daughter
The Night Watchmen
Can't Buy My Love
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
Decommissioned
The Dog Lover
Animal Kingdom
The Shannara Chronicles
Papa Hemingway in Cuba
Unnatural
Code Black
Eden
Lap Dance
State of Affairs
Gotham
Persecuted
Horns
Beware the Batman
Django Unchained
Ben 10: Omniverse
The Legend of Korra
All Superheroes Must Die
Setup
Arena
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Wilfred
X-Men: First Class
Franklin & Bash
The FP
Young Justice
RED
Pound Puppies
Hawaii Five-0
Gun
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
Human Target
The Christmas Hope
National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer
FlashForward
NCIS: Los Angeles
The Vampire Diaries
2B
The Unborn
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Pineapple Express
Ben 10: Alien Force
Eli Stone
Sharpshooter
Private Practice
The Warriors: The Beginning
The Warriors: Battleground
The Warriors: The Phenomenon
Ratatouille
The Warriors: The Way Home
Dexter
Jericho
Thief
The Unit
Criminal Minds
Grey's Anatomy
American Dad!
Numb3rs
Blade: Trinity
Battlestar Galactica
The Batman
Justice League Unlimited
The Grid
North Shore
American Meltdown
Ike: Countdown to D-Day
The Girl Next Door
The Survivors Club
Duplex
Betrayal
Peacemakers
2 Fast 2 Furious
Fear X
Without a Trace
CSI: Miami
The Twilight Zone
Justice League
Guardian
Dying on the Edge
The Base 2: Guilty as Charged
Hellraiser: Inferno
The Huntress
Strong Medicine
What Lies Beneath
Blowback
The Huntress
Double Frame
Rites of Passage
D.R.E.A.M. Team
Third Watch
Psycho Path
Born Bad
Psycho
Inferno
Sex and the City
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
Total Security
Robo Warriors
7th Heaven
The Phantom
The Quest
Nash Bridges
One Good Turn
Wild Bill
Judge Dredd
Boys on the Side
The Surgeon
Miracle on 34th Street
Across the Moon
Renaissance Man
Confessions of a Hitman
Fatal Instinct
Blink
The X-Files
Walker, Texas Ranger
The Tigress
Indecency
Strangers
Brotherhood of the Gun
Wedlock
White Fang
Session Man
Night Visions
Fatal Charm
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Kojak: None So Blind
Drugstore Cowboy
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
Silence Like Glass
Tales from the Crypt
The Dream Team
Rent-a-Cop
Quiet Cool
Band of the Hand
The Clan of the Cave Bear
The Equalizer
The Cotton Club
Miami Vice
The Mystic Warrior
The Hitchhiker
48 Hrs.
Partners
Hill Street Blues
Windwalker
The Long Riders
Cruising
The Warriors
On the Yard