
James Remar
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
Credits
- 2025 · Dexter: Resurrection as Harry Morgan
- 2024 · Megalopolis as Charles Cothope
- 2024 · Transformers One as Zeta Prime (voice)
- 2023 · Oppenheimer as Henry Stimson
- 2019 · The Movies That Made Us as Self
- 2019 · Creepshow as Bateman
- 2019 · Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood as 'Bounty Law' - 'Ugly Owl'
- 2019 · City on a Hill as Richy Ryan
- 2018 · The Rookie as Tom Bradford
- 2018 · Magnum P.I. as Captain Buck Greene
- 2018 · Yellowstone as Kyle Fremont
- 2018 · Black Lightning as Peter Gambi
- 2017 · The Saint as Arnold Valecross
- 2016 · Animal Kingdom as Detective Andre
- 2016 · The Shannara Chronicles as Cephelo
- 2016 · The Shannara Chronicles as Cephalo
- 2015 · Code Black as General Hutch Hutchinson
- 2014 · Gotham as Frank Gordon
- 2013 · Horns as Derrick Perrish
- 2013 · Beware the Batman as Silver Monkey (voice)
- 2013 · Beware the Batman as Silver Monkey / Mr. Reese (voice)
- 2012 · Django Unchained as Butch Pooch / Ace Speck
- 2012 · The Legend of Korra as Tonraq (voice)
- 2011 · Transformers: Dark of the Moon as Sideswipe (voice)
- 2011 · Wilfred as Henry Newman
- 2011 · Franklin & Bash as Cliff
- 2010 · Young Justice as Icicle Sr. (voice)
- 2010 · RED as Gabriel Singer
- 2010 · Pound Puppies as Sarge (voice)
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as Elliot Connor
- 2010 · Ben 10: Ultimate Alien as Vilgax (voice)
- 2010 · Human Target as Warden Cole
- 2009 · FlashForward as James Ermine
- 2009 · NCIS: Los Angeles as Sterling Bridges
- 2009 · The Unborn as Gordon Beldon
- 2008 · Batman: The Brave and the Bold as Two-Face (voice)
- 2008 · Pineapple Express as General Bratt
- 2008 · Eli Stone as Salinsky
- 2007 · Private Practice as Dr. Gibson
- 2007 · Ratatouille as Larousse (voice)
- 2006 · Dexter as Harry Morgan
- 2006 · Jericho as Jonah Prowse
- 2006 · The Unit as
- 2005 · Criminal Minds as Tom Benton
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Jimmy Evans
- 2005 · American Dad! as Charles Lindbergh Sr. (voice)
- 2005 · Numb3rs as Randall Priest
- 2004 · Blade: Trinity as Ray Cumberland
- 2004 · Battlestar Galactica as Meier
- 2004 · The Batman as Black Mask (voice)
- 2004 · Justice League Unlimited as Carter Hall (voice)
- 2004 · Justice League Unlimited as Hawkman / Shadow Thief (voice)
- 2004 · The Girl Next Door as Hugo Posh
- 2003 · Duplex as Chick
- 2002 · Without a Trace as Lucas Vohland
- 2002 · CSI: Miami as Quentin Taylor
- 2002 · The Twilight Zone as Alois Hitler
- 2001 · Justice League as Lead Manhunter (voice)
- 2000 · The Base 2: Guilty as Charged as Lt. Col. Strauss
- 2000 · Hellraiser: Inferno as Dr. Paul Gregory
- 2000 · The Huntress as Tiny Bellows
- 2000 · Strong Medicine as Guy Falls
- 2000 · What Lies Beneath as Warren Feur
- 1999 · Third Watch as Detective Madjanski
- 1998 · Sex and the City as Richard Wright
- 1997 · Mortal Kombat: Annihilation as Raiden
- 1996 · 7th Heaven as James Carver
- 1996 · The Phantom as Quill
- 1996 · The Quest as Maxie Devine
- 1995 · Judge Dredd as Block Warlord (uncredited)
- 1994 · Miracle on 34th Street as Jack Duff
- 1993 · Fatal Instinct as Max Shady
- 1993 · The X-Files as Josef Kobold
- 1993 · Walker, Texas Ranger as Keith Bolt
- 1991 · White Fang as Beauty Smith
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Red Buckley
- 1987 · Rent-a-Cop as Dancer
- 1986 · Quiet Cool as Joe Dylanne
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Tremayne
- 1984 · The Cotton Club as Dutch Schultz
- 1984 · Miami Vice as
- 1983 · The Hitchhiker as Ron
- 1982 · 48 Hrs. as Albert Ganz
- 1981 · Hill Street Blues as
- 1980 · The Long Riders as Sam Starr
- 1980 · Cruising as Gregory
- 1979 · The Warriors as Ajax
- Future · IT: Welcome to Derry as
- 2024 · Drugstore June as Arnold
- 2023 · Glowzies as Darlus
- 2023 · Paul T. Goldman as Lt. Newman
- 2022 · The Noel Diary as Scott Turner
- 2020 · Dead Reckoning as Agent Cantrell
- 2020 · Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables as Himself
- 2020 · Fire Over the Atlantic: The Mystery of TWA Flight 800 as Narrator
- 2018 · Speed Kills as Meyer Lansky
- 2018 · All You Ever Wished For as Gordon Hutton
- 2017 · Feed as Tom
- 2017 · The Blackcoat's Daughter as Bill
- 2017 · The Night Watchmen as Randall
- 2017 · Can't Buy My Love as Rex
- 2016 · USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage as Admiral Parnell
- 2016 · Decommissioned as David Marino
- 2016 · The Dog Lover as Daniel Holloway
- 2015 · Papa Hemingway in Cuba as Santo Trafficante
- 2015 · Unnatural as Martin Nakos
- 2014 · Lap Dance as Patrick Moore
- 2014 · State of Affairs as Syd
- 2014 · Persecuted as John Luther
- 2013 · Eden as Coach DaFoe
- 2011 · All Superheroes Must Die as Rickshaw
- 2011 · Setup as William
- 2011 · Arena as Tall Man
- 2011 · X-Men: First Class as US General
- 2011 · The FP as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · Gun as Detective Rogers
- 2009 · The Christmas Hope as Mark Addison
- 2009 · National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer as Sam Kramer
- 2009 · 2B as Tom Mortlake
- 2007 · Sharpshooter as Dillon
- 2007 · The Warriors: The Phenomenon as Self
- 2007 · The Warriors: The Beginning as Self
- 2007 · The Warriors: Battleground as Self
- 2007 · The Warriors: The Way Home as Self
- 2004 · The Grid as
- 2004 · North Shore as Vincent Colville
- 2004 · American Meltdown as Colonel Boggs
- 2004 · Ike: Countdown to D-Day as General Omar Bradley
- 2004 · The Survivors Club as Roan Griffin
- 2003 · Betrayal as Alex Tyler
- 2003 · Peacemakers as Cole Hawkins
- 2003 · 2 Fast 2 Furious as Agent Markham
- 2003 · Fear X as Peter
- 2001 · Guardian as Detective Carpenter
- 2001 · Dying on the Edge as Jackie James
- 2000 · Blowback as John Matthew Whitman / Schmidt
- 2000 · The Huntress as Tiny Bellows
- 1999 · Double Frame as
- 1999 · Rites of Passage as Frank Dabbo
- 1999 · D.R.E.A.M. Team as Shawn Murphy
- 1999 · Born Bad as
- 1998 · Psycho as Patrolman
- 1998 · Inferno as Dr. Coleman West
- 1997 · Total Security as
- 1996 · Robo Warriors as Ray Gibson
- 1996 · One Good Turn as Simon Jury
- 1995 · Wild Bill as Donnie Lonigan
- 1995 · Boys on the Side as Alex
- 1995 · The Surgeon as Dr. Benjamin Hendricks
- 1994 · Across the Moon as Rattlesnake Jim
- 1994 · Renaissance Man as Captain Tom Murdoch
- 1994 · Confessions of a Hitman as Bruno Serrano
- 1993 · Blink as Thomas Ridgely
- 1992 · The Tigress as Andrei
- 1992 · Indecency as Mick Clarkson
- 1992 · Strangers as Bernard (The Last Game)
- 1991 · Brotherhood of the Gun as Frank Weir
- 1991 · Wedlock as Sam
- 1991 · Session Man as McQueen
- 1990 · Night Visions as Sergeant Thomas Mackey
- 1990 · Fatal Charm as Louis
- 1990 · Tales from the Darkside: The Movie as Preston (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’)
- 1990 · Kojak: None So Blind as Wolfgang Reiger
- 1989 · Drugstore Cowboy as Gentry
- 1989 · Desperado: The Outlaw Wars as John Sikes
- 1989 · Silence Like Glass as
- 1989 · The Dream Team as Gianelli
- 1986 · Band of the Hand as Nestor
- 1986 · The Clan of the Cave Bear as Creb
- 1984 · The Mystic Warrior as Pesla
- 1984 · The Mystic Warrior as Pesla
- 1982 · Partners as Edward K. Petersen
- 1980 · Windwalker as Windwalker (young)
- 1978 · On the Yard as Larson