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.
Filmography · 176
The Odyssey
2026 · Tiresias
The Rookie
2018 · Tom Bradford
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · Jimmy Evans
Criminal Minds
2005 · Tom Benton
Dexter
2006 · Harry Morgan
Yellowstone
2018 · Kyle Fremont
American Dad!
2005 · Charles Lindbergh Sr....
CSI: Miami
2002 · Quentin Taylor
Hawaii Five-0
2010 · Elliot Connor
The Vampire Diaries
2009 · Giuseppe Salvatore
The X-Files
1993 · Josef Kobold
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009 · Sterling Bridges
Young Justice
2010 · Icicle Sr. (voice)
Without a Trace
2002 · Lucas Vohland
Oppenheimer
2023 · Henry Stimson
Gotham
2014 · Frank Gordon
Battlestar Galactica
2004 · Meier
Miami Vice
1984 · Robbie Cann
Animal Kingdom
2016 · Detective Andre
Strong Medicine
2000 · Guy Falls
Sex and the City
1998 · Richard Wright
Numb3rs
2005 · Randall Priest
Hill Street Blues
1981
The Legend of Korra
2012 · Tonraq (voice)
Magnum P.I.
2018 · Captain Buck Greene
IT: Welcome to Derry
2025 · General Francis Shaw
Private Practice
2007 · Dr. Gibson
Ratatouille
2007 · Larousse (voice)
Third Watch
1999 · Detective Madjanski
The Unit
2006 · Reece
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
2008 · Two-Face (voice)
Nash Bridges
1996 · Mark Lee Page
Django Unchained
2012 · Butch Pooch / Ace Spec...
The Equalizer
1985 · Tremayne
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019 · 'Bounty Law' - 'Ugly O...
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Red Buckley
Black Lightning
2018 · Peter Gambi
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993 · Keith Bolt
Franklin & Bash
2011 · Cliff
All's Fair
2025 · Theodore Baskin
Ben 10: Alien Force
2008 · Vilgax (voice)
Dexter: Resurrection
2025 · Harry Morgan
They Will Kill You
2026 · The Pig's Head (voice)
Transformers One
2024 · Zeta Prime (voice)
The Hitchhiker
1983 · Ron
The Twilight Zone
2002 · Alois Hitler
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
2010 · Vilgax (voice)
Jericho
2006 · Jonah Prowse
Creepshow
2019 · Bateman
Justice League Unlimited
2004 · Carter Hall (voice)
The Batman
2004 · Black Mask (voice)
Pound Puppies
2010 · Sarge (voice)
7th Heaven
1996 · James Carver
Human Target
2010 · Warden Cole
Blade: Trinity
2004 · Ray Cumberland
The Girl Next Door
2004 · Hugo Posh
FlashForward
2009 · James Ermine
Justice League
2001 · Lead Manhunter (voice)
Code Black
2015 · General Hutch Hutchins...
RED
2010 · Gabriel Singer
Eli Stone
2008 · Salinsky
City on a Hill
2019 · Richy Ryan
The Shannara Chronicles
2016 · Cephelo
The Movies That Made Us
2019 · Self
Wilfred
2011 · Henry Newman
48 Hrs.
1982 · Albert Ganz
The Warriors
1979 · Ajax
Judge Dredd
1995 · Block Warlord (uncredi...
Beware the Batman
2013 · Silver Monkey (voice)
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
1997 · Raiden
Pineapple Express
2008 · General Bratt
The Huntress
2000 · Tiny Bellows
What Lies Beneath
2000 · Warren Feur
Megalopolis
2024 · Charles Cothope
White Fang
1991 · Beauty Smith
Miracle on 34th Street
1994 · Jack Duff
The Quest
1996 · Maxie Devine
Duplex
2003 · Chick
Thief
2006 · Agent Patterson
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011 · Sideswipe (voice)
The Unborn
2009 · Gordon Beldon
Cruising
1980 · Gregory
Psycho
1998 · Patrolman
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
2016 · Admiral Parnell
The Phantom
1996 · Quill
The Blackcoat's Daughter
2017 · Bill
Silence Like Glass
1989
North Shore
2004 · Vincent Colville
Drugstore Cowboy
1989 · Gentry
Paul T. Goldman
2023 · Lt. Newman
Horns
2013 · Derrick Perrish
Arena
2011 · Tall Man
The Grid
2004
Peacemakers
2003 · Cole Hawkins
The Long Riders
1980 · Sam Starr
Total Security
1997
The Cotton Club
1984 · Dutch Schultz
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
1990 · Preston (segment ‘Love...
Boys on the Side
1995 · Alex
The Saint
2017 · Arnold Valecross
Wild Bill
1995 · Donnie Lonigan
Hellraiser: Inferno
2000 · Dr. Paul Gregory
The Clan of the Cave Bear
1986 · Creb
2 Fast 2 Furious
2003 · Agent Markham
Setup
2011 · William
Lap Dance
2014 · Patrick Moore
Renaissance Man
1994 · Captain Tom Murdoch
The Noel Diary
2022 · Scott Turner
Speed Kills
2018 · Meyer Lansky
Gun
2010 · Detective Rogers
Fear X
2003 · Peter
Fatal Instinct
1993 · Max Shady
The Dream Team
1989 · Gianelli
Guardian
2001 · Detective Carpenter
Papa Hemingway in Cuba
2015 · Santo Trafficante
Indecency
1992 · Mick Clarkson
Wedlock
1991 · Sam
Can't Buy My Love
2017 · Rex
Ike: Countdown to D-Day
2004 · General Omar Bradley
Feed
2017 · Tom
The Mystic Warrior
1984 · Pesla
Ben 10: Omniverse
2012 · Vilgax (voice)
Rent-a-Cop
1987 · Dancer
Sharpshooter
2007 · Dillon
Band of the Hand
1986 · Nestor
American Meltdown
2004 · Colonel Boggs
Drugstore June
2024 · Arnold
The Base 2: Guilty as Charged
2000 · Lt. Col. Strauss
Betrayal
2003 · Alex Tyler
The Night Watchmen
2017 · Randall
The Surgeon
1995 · Dr. Benjamin Hendricks
The Dog Lover
2016 · Daniel Holloway
Eden
2015 · Coach DaFoe
Blink
1993 · Thomas Ridgely
National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer
2009 · Sam Kramer
Dead Reckoning
2020 · Agent Cantrell
The Warriors: The Beginning
2007 · Self
The Warriors: The Phenomenon
2007 · Self
Born Bad
1999
Across the Moon
1994 · Rattlesnake Jim
X-Men: First Class
2011 · US General
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
1989 · John Sikes
Decommissioned
2016 · David Marino
State of Affairs
2014 · Syd
Unnatural
2015 · Martin Nakos
The Warriors: The Way Home
2007 · Self
Partners
1982 · Edward K. Petersen
All You Ever Wished For
2018 · Gordon Hutton
Robo Warriors
1996 · Ray Gibson
Kojak: None So Blind
1990 · Wolfgang Reiger
Fatal Charm
1990 · Louis
The Tigress
1992 · Andrei
The Warriors: Battleground
2007 · Self
Blowback
2000 · John Matthew Whitman /...
The Huntress
2000 · Tiny Bellows
Persecuted
2014 · John Luther
All Superheroes Must Die
2011 · Rickshaw
The FP
2011 · Narrator (voice)
Rites of Passage
1999 · Frank Dabbo
The Survivors Club
2004 · Roan Griffin
Quiet Cool
1986 · Joe Dylanne
Dying on the Edge
2001 · Jackie James
Confessions of a Hitman
1994 · Bruno Serrano
On the Yard
1978 · Larson
Windwalker
1980 · Windwalker (young)
D.R.E.A.M. Team
1999 · Shawn Murphy
Fire Over the Atlantic: The Mystery of TWA Flight 800
2020 · Narrator
Night Visions
1990 · Sergeant Thomas Mackey
Strangers
1992 · Bernard (The Last Game...
Psycho Path
1999 · Self
One Good Turn
1996 · Simon Jury
Inferno
1998 · Dr. Coleman West
Glowzies
2023 · Darlus
The Christmas Hope
2009 · Mark Addison
Session Man
1991 · McQueen
2B
2009 · Tom Mortlake