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