Acting
James Remar
EN, DE, FR cinema · 113 credits
Born
31 December 1953 (age 72)
Birthplace
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also known as William 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
Filmography
The Odyssey
as Tiresias
They Will Kill You
as The Pig's Head (voice)
Megalopolis
as Charles Cothope
Drugstore June
as Arnold
Transformers One
as Zeta Prime (voice)
Glowzies
as Darlus
Oppenheimer
as Henry Stimson
The Noel Diary
as Scott Turner
Dead Reckoning
as Agent Cantrell
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
as 'Bounty Law' - 'Ugly Owl'
All You Ever Wished For
as Gordon Hutton
Speed Kills
as Meyer Lansky
The Night Watchmen
as Randall
Feed
as Tom
The Saint
as Arnold Valecross
The Dog Lover
as Daniel Holloway
Decommissioned
as David Marino
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
as Admiral Parnell
Unnatural
as Martin Nakos
Papa Hemingway in Cuba
as Santo Trafficante
Eden
as Coach DaFoe
Persecuted
as John Luther
Lap Dance
as Patrick Moore
Horns
as Derrick Perrish
Django Unchained
as Butch Pooch / Ace Speck
Ben 10: Omniverse
as Vilgax (voice)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
as Sideswipe (voice)
X-Men: First Class
as US General
Arena
as Tall Man
Setup
as William
All Superheroes Must Die
as Rickshaw
The FP
as Narrator (voice)
RED
as Gabriel Singer
Gun
as Detective Rogers
The Unborn
as Gordon Beldon
2B
as Tom Mortlake
The Christmas Hope
as Mark Addison
Pineapple Express
as General Bratt
Ratatouille
as Larousse (voice)
Sharpshooter
as Dillon
The Girl Next Door
as Hugo Posh
Ike: Countdown to D-Day
as General Omar Bradley
Blade: Trinity
as Ray Cumberland
The Survivors Club
as Roan Griffin
American Meltdown
as Colonel Boggs
2 Fast 2 Furious
as Agent Markham
Betrayal
as Alex Tyler
Fear X
as Peter
Duplex
as Chick
Guardian
as Detective Carpenter
Dying on the Edge
as Jackie James
What Lies Beneath
as Warren Feur
Hellraiser: Inferno
as Dr. Paul Gregory
The Base 2: Guilty as Charged
as Lt. Col. Strauss
Blowback
as John Matthew Whitman / Schmidt
The Huntress
as Tiny Bellows
Rites of Passage
as Frank Dabbo
Born Bad
Actor
D.R.E.A.M. Team
as Shawn Murphy
Psycho Path
as Self
Inferno
as Dr. Coleman West
Psycho
as Patrolman
The Quest
as Maxie Devine
The Phantom
as Quill
Robo Warriors
as Ray Gibson
One Good Turn
as Simon Jury
Boys on the Side
as Alex
Wild Bill
as Donnie Lonigan
The Surgeon
as Dr. Benjamin Hendricks
Judge Dredd
as Block Warlord (uncredited)
Miracle on 34th Street
as Jack Duff
Renaissance Man
as Captain Tom Murdoch
Confessions of a Hitman
as Bruno Serrano
Across the Moon
as Rattlesnake Jim
Fatal Instinct
as Max Shady
Blink
as Thomas Ridgely
Strangers
as Bernard (The Last Game)
Indecency
as Mick Clarkson
The Tigress
as Andrei
Wedlock
as Sam
White Fang
as Beauty Smith
Session Man
as McQueen
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
as Preston (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’)
Fatal Charm
as Louis
Night Visions
as Sergeant Thomas Mackey
Kojak: None So Blind
as Wolfgang Reiger
Drugstore Cowboy
as Gentry
The Dream Team
as Gianelli
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
as John Sikes
Silence Like Glass
as Charly
Rent-a-Cop
as Dancer
Band of the Hand
as Nestor
Quiet Cool
as Joe Dylanne
The Cotton Club
as Dutch Schultz
48 Hrs.
as Albert Ganz
Partners
as Edward K. Petersen
The Long Riders
as Sam Starr
Windwalker
as Windwalker (young)
Cruising
as Gregory
The Warriors
as Ajax
On the Yard
as Larson