
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)
- 2024 · Drugstore June as Arnold
- 2023 · Glowzies as Darlus
- 2023 · Oppenheimer as Henry Stimson
- 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
- 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 · Speed Kills as Meyer Lansky
- 2018 · The Rookie as Tom Bradford
- 2018 · Magnum P.I. as Captain Buck Greene
- 2018 · All You Ever Wished For as Gordon Hutton
- 2018 · Yellowstone as Kyle Fremont
- 2018 · Black Lightning as Peter Gambi
- 2017 · The Saint as Arnold Valecross
- 2017 · Feed as Tom
- 2017 · The Blackcoat's Daughter as Bill
- 2017 · Can't Buy My Love as Rex
- 2017 · The Night Watchmen as Randall
- 2016 · USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage as Admiral Parnell
- 2016 · Decommissioned as David Marino
- 2016 · The Dog Lover as Daniel Holloway
- 2016 · Animal Kingdom as Detective Andre
- 2016 · The Shannara Chronicles as Cephelo
- 2016 · The Shannara Chronicles as Cephalo
- 2015 · Papa Hemingway in Cuba as Santo Trafficante
- 2015 · Unnatural as Martin Nakos
- 2015 · Code Black as General Hutch Hutchinson
- 2014 · Lap Dance as Patrick Moore
- 2014 · State of Affairs as Syd
- 2014 · Gotham as Frank Gordon
- 2014 · Persecuted as John Luther
- 2013 · Horns as Derrick Perrish
- 2013 · Eden as Coach DaFoe
- 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 · All Superheroes Must Die as Rickshaw
- 2011 · Setup as William
- 2011 · Arena as Tall Man
- 2011 · Transformers: Dark of the Moon as Sideswipe (voice)
- 2011 · Wilfred as Henry Newman
- 2011 · Franklin & Bash as Cliff
- 2011 · X-Men: First Class as US General
- 2011 · The FP as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · Gun as Detective Rogers
- 2010 · Ben 10: Ultimate Alien as Vilgax (voice)
- 2010 · Human Target as Warden Cole
- 2009 · The Christmas Hope as Mark Addison
- 2009 · National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer as Sam Kramer
- 2009 · FlashForward as James Ermine
- 2009 · NCIS: Los Angeles as Sterling Bridges
- 2009 · 2B as Tom Mortlake
- 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 · Sharpshooter as Dillon
- 2007 · Private Practice as Dr. Gibson
- 2007 · The Warriors: The Phenomenon as Self
- 2007 · The Warriors: The Beginning as Self
- 2007 · The Warriors: Battleground as Self
- 2007 · Ratatouille as Larousse (voice)
- 2007 · The Warriors: The Way Home as Self
- 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 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 Girl Next Door as Hugo Posh
- 2004 · The Survivors Club as Roan Griffin
- 2003 · Duplex as Chick
- 2003 · Betrayal as Alex Tyler
- 2003 · Peacemakers as Cole Hawkins
- 2003 · 2 Fast 2 Furious as Agent Markham
- 2003 · Fear X as Peter
- 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)
- 2001 · Guardian as Detective Carpenter
- 2001 · Dying on the Edge as Jackie James
- 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
- 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 · Third Watch as Detective Madjanski
- 1999 · Born Bad as
- 1998 · Psycho as Patrolman
- 1998 · Inferno as Dr. Coleman West
- 1998 · Sex and the City as Richard Wright
- 1997 · Mortal Kombat: Annihilation as Raiden
- 1997 · Total Security as
- 1996 · Robo Warriors as Ray Gibson
- 1996 · 7th Heaven as James Carver
- 1996 · The Phantom as Quill
- 1996 · The Quest as Maxie Devine
- 1996 · One Good Turn as Simon Jury
- 1995 · Wild Bill as Donnie Lonigan
- 1995 · Judge Dredd as Block Warlord (uncredited)
- 1995 · Boys on the Side as Alex
- 1995 · The Surgeon as Dr. Benjamin Hendricks
- 1994 · Miracle on 34th Street as Jack Duff
- 1994 · Across the Moon as Rattlesnake Jim
- 1994 · Renaissance Man as Captain Tom Murdoch
- 1994 · Confessions of a Hitman as Bruno Serrano
- 1993 · Fatal Instinct as Max Shady
- 1993 · Blink as Thomas Ridgely
- 1993 · The X-Files as Josef Kobold
- 1993 · Walker, Texas Ranger as Keith Bolt
- 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 · White Fang as Beauty Smith
- 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 · Tales from the Crypt as Red Buckley
- 1989 · The Dream Team as Gianelli
- 1987 · Rent-a-Cop as Dancer
- 1986 · Quiet Cool as Joe Dylanne
- 1986 · Band of the Hand as Nestor
- 1986 · The Clan of the Cave Bear as Creb
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Tremayne
- 1984 · The Cotton Club as Dutch Schultz
- 1984 · Miami Vice as
- 1984 · The Mystic Warrior as Pesla
- 1984 · The Mystic Warrior as Pesla
- 1983 · The Hitchhiker as Ron
- 1982 · 48 Hrs. as Albert Ganz
- 1982 · Partners as Edward K. Petersen
- 1981 · Hill Street Blues as
- Future · IT: Welcome to Derry as
- 1980 · Windwalker as Windwalker (young)
- 1980 · The Long Riders as Sam Starr
- 1980 · Cruising as Gregory
- 1979 · The Warriors as Ajax
- 1978 · On the Yard as Larson