James Remar
Acting
Born: December 31, 1953 (age 72) · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Highest Rated
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
Django Unchained
2012
Ratatouille
2007
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019
X-Men: First Class
2011
Oppenheimer
2023
Grey's Anatomy
2005
The Vampire Diaries
2009
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011
2 Fast 2 Furious
2003
RED
2010
Dexter
2006
Blade: Trinity
2004
Photos (7)
Movies (105)
The Odyssey
Tiresias
Oppenheimer
Henry Stimson
Django Unchained
Butch Pooch / Ace Speck
Ratatouille
Larousse (voice)
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
'Bounty Law' - 'Ugly Owl'
They Will Kill You
The Pig's Head (voice)
Transformers One
Zeta Prime (voice)
The Girl Next Door
Hugo Posh
Blade: Trinity
Ray Cumberland
RED
Gabriel Singer
48 Hrs.
Albert Ganz
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
Raiden
Megalopolis
Charles Cothope
What Lies Beneath
Warren Feur
Miracle on 34th Street
Jack Duff
Judge Dredd
Block Warlord (uncredited)
Pineapple Express
General Bratt
The Warriors
Ajax
White Fang
Beauty Smith
The Blackcoat's Daughter
Bill
The Quest
Maxie Devine
The Unborn
Gordon Beldon
Duplex
Chick
Psycho
Patrolman
The Cotton Club
Dutch Schultz
The Phantom
Quill
Cruising
Gregory
Horns
Derrick Perrish
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Sideswipe (voice)
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Preston (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’)
The Long Riders
Sam Starr
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
Admiral Parnell
Renaissance Man
Captain Tom Murdoch
Boys on the Side
Alex
Drugstore Cowboy
Gentry
Setup
William
The Saint
Arnold Valecross
Hellraiser: Inferno
Dr. Paul Gregory
Blink
Thomas Ridgely
Wedlock
Sam
Arena
Tall Man
The Noel Diary
Scott Turner
The Clan of the Cave Bear
Creb
Decommissioned
David Marino
Speed Kills
Meyer Lansky
Wild Bill
Donnie Lonigan
Fatal Instinct
Max Shady
The Dream Team
Gianelli
Lap Dance
Patrick Moore
Silence Like Glass
1989
2 Fast 2 Furious
Agent Markham
Fear X
Peter
Ike: Countdown to D-Day
General Omar Bradley
Rites of Passage
Frank Dabbo
The Night Watchmen
Randall
Band of the Hand
Nestor
American Meltdown
Colonel Boggs
Can't Buy My Love
Rex
Sharpshooter
Dillon
All Superheroes Must Die
Rickshaw
Guardian
Detective Carpenter
Gun
Detective Rogers
Dead Reckoning
Agent Cantrell
Feed
Tom
Rent-a-Cop
Dancer
Papa Hemingway in Cuba
Santo Trafficante
Drugstore June
Arnold
Indecency
Mick Clarkson
Ben 10: Omniverse
Vilgax (voice)
Night Visions
Sergeant Thomas Mackey
Eden
Coach DaFoe
Robo Warriors
Ray Gibson
The Dog Lover
Daniel Holloway
Unnatural
Martin Nakos
Betrayal
Alex Tyler
The Surgeon
Dr. Benjamin Hendricks
Quiet Cool
Joe Dylanne
Blowback
John Matthew Whitman / Schmidt
Born Bad
1999
D.R.E.A.M. Team
Shawn Murphy
Windwalker
Windwalker (young)
National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer
Sam Kramer
Fatal Charm
Louis
On the Yard
Larson
Partners
Edward K. Petersen
Confessions of a Hitman
Bruno Serrano
Across the Moon
Rattlesnake Jim
The FP
Narrator (voice)
The Christmas Hope
Mark Addison
Persecuted
John Luther
The Huntress
Tiny Bellows
The Tigress
Andrei
All You Ever Wished For
Gordon Hutton
Dying on the Edge
Jackie James
The Base 2: Guilty as Charged
Lt. Col. Strauss
X-Men: First Class
US General
Strangers
Bernard (The Last Game)
Session Man
McQueen
One Good Turn
Simon Jury
Inferno
Dr. Coleman West
Kojak: None So Blind
Wolfgang Reiger
Glowzies
Darlus
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
John Sikes
The Survivors Club
Roan Griffin
2B
Tom Mortlake
TV Shows (68)
The Rookie
Tom Bradford · 1 eps
Grey's Anatomy
Jimmy Evans · 6 eps
Criminal Minds
Tom Benton · 1 eps
American Dad!
Charles Lindbergh Sr. (voice) · 1 eps
Dexter
Harry Morgan · 96 eps
Hawaii Five-0
Elliot Connor · 1 eps
CSI: Miami
Quentin Taylor · 1 eps
Yellowstone
Kyle Fremont · 1 eps
The Vampire Diaries
Giuseppe Salvatore · 2 eps
The X-Files
Josef Kobold · 1 eps
NCIS: Los Angeles
Sterling Bridges · 3 eps
Miami Vice
Robbie Cann · 1 eps
Young Justice
Icicle Sr. (voice) · 1 eps
Without a Trace
Lucas Vohland · 1 eps
Sex and the City
Richard Wright · 10 eps
Third Watch
Detective Madjanski · 4 eps
Magnum P.I.
Captain Buck Greene · 6 eps
The Legend of Korra
Tonraq (voice) · 14 eps
Gotham
Frank Gordon · 3 eps
Numb3rs
Randall Priest · 1 eps
Animal Kingdom
Detective Andre · 4 eps
Battlestar Galactica
Meier · 2 eps
Hill Street Blues
2 eps
Strong Medicine
Guy Falls · 1 eps
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Two-Face (voice) · 1 eps
Nash Bridges
Mark Lee Page · 1 eps
Private Practice
Dr. Gibson · 1 eps
IT: Welcome to Derry
General Francis Shaw · 8 eps
The Unit
Reece · 1 eps
Tales from the Crypt
Red Buckley · 1 eps
Walker, Texas Ranger
Keith Bolt · 1 eps
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
Vilgax (voice) · 5 eps
Franklin & Bash
Cliff · 1 eps
Ben 10: Alien Force
Vilgax (voice) · 2 eps
The Equalizer
Tremayne · 1 eps
Justice League Unlimited
Carter Hall (voice) · 1 eps
Justice League Unlimited
Hawkman / Shadow Thief (voice) · 1 eps
The Batman
Black Mask (voice) · 3 eps
Black Lightning
Peter Gambi · 58 eps
Pound Puppies
Sarge (voice) · 1 eps
Dexter: Resurrection
Harry Morgan · 10 eps
All's Fair
Theodore Baskin · 1 eps
7th Heaven
James Carver · 2 eps
Human Target
Warden Cole · 1 eps
Justice League
Lead Manhunter (voice) · 2 eps
The Twilight Zone
Alois Hitler · 1 eps
Creepshow
Bateman · 1 eps
The Hitchhiker
Ron · 1 eps
FlashForward
James Ermine · 1 eps
Jericho
Jonah Prowse · 5 eps
Beware the Batman
Silver Monkey (voice) · 2 eps
Beware the Batman
Silver Monkey / Mr. Reese (voice) · 1 eps
Code Black
General Hutch Hutchinson · 1 eps
City on a Hill
Richy Ryan · 1 eps
Eli Stone
Salinsky · 1 eps
The Shannara Chronicles
Cephelo · 3 eps
The Shannara Chronicles
Cephalo · 4 eps
Wilfred
Henry Newman · 2 eps
The Huntress
Tiny Bellows · 28 eps
Thief
Agent Patterson · 1 eps
North Shore
Vincent Colville · 20 eps
Total Security
13 eps
Peacemakers
Cole Hawkins · 1 eps
Paul T. Goldman
Lt. Newman · 2 eps
The Grid
6 eps
The Mystic Warrior
Pesla · 2 eps
Fire Over the Atlantic: The Mystery of TWA Flight 800
Narrator · 6 eps
State of Affairs
Syd · 1 eps
