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James Remar

James Remar

Known for
Acting
Born
Dec 31, 1953 (age 72)
Place of birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Credits
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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

MovieRated 8.2

Django Unchained

2012Movie

Butch Pooch / Ace Speck

MovieRated 7.8

Ratatouille

2007Movie

Larousse (voice)

MovieRated 7.4

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019Movie

'Bounty Law' - 'Ugly Owl'

MovieRated 7.3

X-Men: First Class

2011Movie

US General

MovieRated 8.0

Oppenheimer

2023Movie

Henry Stimson

TVRated 8.2

Grey's Anatomy

2005TV

Jimmy Evans

Filmography

MovieRated 8.0

The Odyssey

2026Movie

Tiresias

MovieRated 6.9

They Will Kill You

2026Movie

The Pig's Head (voice)

TVRated 4.8

All's Fair

2025TV

Theodore Baskin

TVRated 8.2

IT: Welcome to Derry

2025TV

General Francis Shaw

TVRated 8.5

Dexter: Resurrection

2025TV

Harry Morgan

MovieRated 5.1

Megalopolis

2024Movie

Charles Cothope

MovieRated 8.0

Transformers One

2024Movie

Zeta Prime (voice)

MovieRated 5.7

Drugstore June

2024Movie

Arnold

MovieRated 6.0

Glowzies

2023Movie

Darlus

MovieRated 8.0

Oppenheimer

2023Movie

Henry Stimson

TVRated 6.3

Paul T. Goldman

2023TV

Lt. Newman

MovieRated 6.3

The Noel Diary

2022Movie

Scott Turner

MovieRated 5.7

Dead Reckoning

2020Movie

Agent Cantrell

Movie

Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables

2020Movie

Himself

TV

Fire Over the Atlantic: The Mystery of TWA Flight 800

2020TV

Narrator

TVRated 7.3

The Movies That Made Us

2019TV

Self

TVRated 7.4

Creepshow

2019TV

Bateman

MovieRated 7.4

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019Movie

'Bounty Law' - 'Ugly Owl'

TVRated 7.3

City on a Hill

2019TV

Richy Ryan

MovieRated 5.4

Speed Kills

2018Movie

Meyer Lansky

TVRated 8.5

The Rookie

2018TV

Tom Bradford

TVRated 7.5

Magnum P.I.

2018TV

Captain Buck Greene

MovieRated 4.7

All You Ever Wished For

2018Movie

Gordon Hutton

TVRated 8.3

Yellowstone

2018TV

Kyle Fremont

TVRated 6.9

Black Lightning

2018TV

Peter Gambi

MovieRated 5.4

The Saint

2017Movie

Arnold Valecross

MovieRated 6.9

Feed

2017Movie

Tom

MovieRated 5.9

The Blackcoat's Daughter

2017Movie

Bill

MovieRated 5.0

The Night Watchmen

2017Movie

Randall

MovieRated 6.0

Can't Buy My Love

2017Movie

Rex

MovieRated 5.9

USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage

2016Movie

Admiral Parnell

MovieRated 3.2

Decommissioned

2016Movie

David Marino

MovieRated 6.3

The Dog Lover

2016Movie

Daniel Holloway

TVRated 7.8

Animal Kingdom

2016TV

Detective Andre

TVRated 7.0

The Shannara Chronicles

2016TV

Cephelo, Cephalo

MovieRated 5.4

Papa Hemingway in Cuba

2015Movie

Santo Trafficante

MovieRated 4.0

Unnatural

2015Movie

Martin Nakos

TVRated 7.8

Code Black

2015TV

General Hutch Hutchinson

MovieRated 5.2

Eden

2015Movie

Coach DaFoe

MovieRated 4.2

Lap Dance

2014Movie

Patrick Moore

TVRated 5.6

State of Affairs

2014TV

Syd

TVRated 7.6

Gotham

2014TV

Frank Gordon

MovieRated 4.2

Persecuted

2014Movie

John Luther

MovieRated 6.3

Horns

2013Movie

Derrick Perrish

TVRated 7.3

Beware the Batman

2013TV

Silver Monkey (voice), Silver Monkey / Mr. Reese (voice)

MovieRated 8.2

Django Unchained

2012Movie

Butch Pooch / Ace Speck

MovieRated 6.0

Ben 10: Omniverse

2012Movie

Vilgax (voice)

TVRated 8.2

The Legend of Korra

2012TV

Tonraq (voice)

MovieRated 4.2

All Superheroes Must Die

2011Movie

Rickshaw

MovieRated 4.8

Setup

2011Movie

William

MovieRated 5.2

Arena

2011Movie

Tall Man

MovieRated 6.2

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

2011Movie

Sideswipe (voice)

TVRated 7.5

Wilfred

2011TV

Henry Newman

MovieRated 7.3

X-Men: First Class

2011Movie

US General

TVRated 7.3

Franklin & Bash

2011TV

Cliff

MovieRated 5.0

The FP

2011Movie

Narrator (voice)

TVRated 8.4

Young Justice

2010TV

Icicle Sr. (voice)

MovieRated 6.7

RED

2010Movie

Gabriel Singer

TVRated 5.3

Pound Puppies

2010TV

Sarge (voice)

TVRated 7.7

Hawaii Five-0

2010TV

Elliot Connor

MovieRated 5.2

Gun

2010Movie

Detective Rogers

TVRated 8.2

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien

2010TV

Vilgax (voice)

TVRated 7.2

Human Target

2010TV

Warden Cole

MovieRated 6.2

The Christmas Hope

2009Movie

Mark Addison

MovieRated 4.7

National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer

2009Movie

Sam Kramer

TVRated 7.0

FlashForward

2009TV

James Ermine

TVRated 7.5

NCIS: Los Angeles

2009TV

Sterling Bridges

TVRated 8.3

The Vampire Diaries

2009TV

Giuseppe Salvatore

MovieRated 5.0

2B

2009Movie

Tom Mortlake

MovieRated 5.2

The Unborn

2009Movie

Gordon Beldon

TVRated 7.6

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

2008TV

Two-Face (voice)

MovieRated 6.6

Pineapple Express

2008Movie

General Bratt

TVRated 8.3

Ben 10: Alien Force

2008TV

Vilgax (voice)

TVRated 6.8

Eli Stone

2008TV

Salinsky

MovieRated 4.6

Sharpshooter

2007Movie

Dillon

TVRated 7.5

Private Practice

2007TV

Dr. Gibson

MovieRated 6.0

The Warriors: The Beginning

2007Movie

Self

MovieRated 7.0

The Warriors: Battleground

2007Movie

Self

MovieRated 6.0

The Warriors: The Phenomenon

2007Movie

Self

MovieRated 7.8

Ratatouille

2007Movie

Larousse (voice)

MovieRated 6.0

The Warriors: The Way Home

2007Movie

Self

TVRated 8.2

Dexter

2006TV

Harry Morgan

TVRated 7.4

Jericho

2006TV

Jonah Prowse

TVRated 6.6

Thief

2006TV

Agent Patterson

TVRated 7.4

The Unit

2006TV

Reece

TVRated 8.3

Criminal Minds

2005TV

Tom Benton

TVRated 8.2

Grey's Anatomy

2005TV

Jimmy Evans

TVRated 7.0

American Dad!

2005TV

Charles Lindbergh Sr. (voice)

TVRated 7.0

Numb3rs

2005TV

Randall Priest

MovieRated 5.9

Blade: Trinity

2004Movie

Ray Cumberland

TVRated 8.2

Battlestar Galactica

2004TV

Meier

TVRated 8.0

The Batman

2004TV

Black Mask (voice)

TVRated 8.3

Justice League Unlimited

2004TV

Carter Hall (voice), Hawkman / Shadow Thief (voice)

TVRated 6.5

The Grid

2004TV

TVRated 6.0

North Shore

2004TV

Vincent Colville

MovieRated 5.4

American Meltdown

2004Movie

Colonel Boggs

MovieRated 6.5

Ike: Countdown to D-Day

2004Movie

General Omar Bradley

MovieRated 6.8

The Girl Next Door

2004Movie

Hugo Posh

MovieRated 7.3

The Survivors Club

2004Movie

Roan Griffin

MovieRated 6.1

Duplex

2003Movie

Chick

MovieRated 4.2

Betrayal

2003Movie

Alex Tyler

TVRated 7.5

Peacemakers

2003TV

Cole Hawkins

MovieRated 6.5

2 Fast 2 Furious

2003Movie

Agent Markham

MovieRated 5.8

Fear X

2003Movie

Peter

TVRated 7.2

Without a Trace

2002TV

Lucas Vohland

TVRated 7.7

CSI: Miami

2002TV

Quentin Taylor

TVRated 7.2

The Twilight Zone

2002TV

Alois Hitler

TVRated 8.2

Justice League

2001TV

Lead Manhunter (voice)

MovieRated 5.8

Guardian

2001Movie

Detective Carpenter

MovieRated 6.0

Dying on the Edge

2001Movie

Jackie James

MovieRated 4.6

The Base 2: Guilty as Charged

2000Movie

Lt. Col. Strauss

MovieRated 5.4

Hellraiser: Inferno

2000Movie

Dr. Paul Gregory

TVRated 5.6

The Huntress

2000TV

Tiny Bellows

TVRated 7.4

Strong Medicine

2000TV

Guy Falls

MovieRated 6.4

What Lies Beneath

2000Movie

Warren Feur

MovieRated 4.7

Blowback

2000Movie

John Matthew Whitman / Schmidt

MovieRated 7.0

The Huntress

2000Movie

Tiny Bellows

MovieRated 6.0

Double Frame

1999Movie

MovieRated 5.5

Rites of Passage

1999Movie

Frank Dabbo

MovieRated 5.4

D.R.E.A.M. Team

1999Movie

Shawn Murphy

TVRated 7.9

Third Watch

1999TV

Detective Madjanski

MovieRated 7.2

Psycho Path

1999Movie

Self

MovieRated 5.3

Born Bad

1999Movie

MovieRated 5.1

Psycho

1998Movie

Patrolman

MovieRated 4.3

Inferno

1998Movie

Dr. Coleman West

TVRated 7.4

Sex and the City

1998TV

Richard Wright

MovieRated 4.6

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

1997Movie

Raiden

TVRated 7.0

Total Security

1997TV

MovieRated 5.5

Robo Warriors

1996Movie

Ray Gibson

TVRated 6.4

7th Heaven

1996TV

James Carver

MovieRated 5.3

The Phantom

1996Movie

Quill

MovieRated 6.2

The Quest

1996Movie

Maxie Devine

TVRated 6.6

Nash Bridges

1996TV

Mark Lee Page

MovieRated 5.0

One Good Turn

1996Movie

Simon Jury

MovieRated 5.7

Wild Bill

1995Movie

Donnie Lonigan

MovieRated 5.9

Judge Dredd

1995Movie

Block Warlord (uncredited)

MovieRated 6.4

Boys on the Side

1995Movie

Alex

MovieRated 5.1

The Surgeon

1995Movie

Dr. Benjamin Hendricks

MovieRated 6.8

Miracle on 34th Street

1994Movie

Jack Duff

MovieRated 4.2

Across the Moon

1994Movie

Rattlesnake Jim

MovieRated 6.1

Renaissance Man

1994Movie

Captain Tom Murdoch

MovieRated 6.3

Confessions of a Hitman

1994Movie

Bruno Serrano

MovieRated 5.5

Fatal Instinct

1993Movie

Max Shady

MovieRated 6.1

Blink

1993Movie

Thomas Ridgely

TVRated 8.4

The X-Files

1993TV

Josef Kobold

TVRated 7.0

Walker, Texas Ranger

1993TV

Keith Bolt

MovieRated 4.3

The Tigress

1992Movie

Andrei

MovieRated 5.5

Indecency

1992Movie

Mick Clarkson

MovieRated 3.2

Strangers

1992Movie

Bernard (The Last Game)

MovieRated 6.5

Brotherhood of the Gun

1991Movie

Frank Weir

MovieRated 5.8

Wedlock

1991Movie

Sam

MovieRated 6.7

White Fang

1991Movie

Beauty Smith

MovieRated 6.0

Session Man

1991Movie

McQueen

MovieRated 4.6

Night Visions

1990Movie

Sergeant Thomas Mackey

MovieRated 5.5

Fatal Charm

1990Movie

Louis

MovieRated 6.2

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

1990Movie

Preston (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’)

MovieRated 6.3

Kojak: None So Blind

1990Movie

Wolfgang Reiger

MovieRated 7.1

Drugstore Cowboy

1989Movie

Gentry

MovieRated 9.0

Desperado: The Outlaw Wars

1989Movie

John Sikes

MovieRated 7.0

Silence Like Glass

1989Movie

Charly

TVRated 8.0

Tales from the Crypt

1989TV

Red Buckley

MovieRated 6.1

The Dream Team

1989Movie

Gianelli

MovieRated 4.7

Rent-a-Cop

1987Movie

Dancer

MovieRated 6.8

Quiet Cool

1986Movie

Joe Dylanne

MovieRated 6.3

Band of the Hand

1986Movie

Nestor

MovieRated 5.3

The Clan of the Cave Bear

1986Movie

Creb

TVRated 7.2

The Equalizer

1985TV

Tremayne

MovieRated 6.5

The Cotton Club

1984Movie

Dutch Schultz

TVRated 7.4

Miami Vice

1984TV

Robbie Cann

TVRated 6.2

The Mystic Warrior

1984TV

Pesla

TVRated 6.2

The Hitchhiker

1983TV

Ron

MovieRated 6.7

48 Hrs.

1982Movie

Albert Ganz

MovieRated 5.5

Partners

1982Movie

Edward K. Petersen

TVRated 7.6

Hill Street Blues

1981TV

MovieRated 6.3

Windwalker

1980Movie

Windwalker (young)

MovieRated 6.7

The Long Riders

1980Movie

Sam Starr

MovieRated 6.6

Cruising

1980Movie

Gregory

MovieRated 7.7

The Warriors

1979Movie

Ajax

MovieRated 6.0

On the Yard

1978Movie

Larson

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