James Remar
- Acting
- December 31, 1953 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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
Filmography
- The Odyssey · Tiresias
- They Will Kill You · The Pig's Head (Voice)
- All's Fair · Theodore Baskin
- IT: Welcome to Derry · General Francis Shaw
- Dexter: Resurrection · Harry Morgan
- Megalopolis · Charles Cothope
- Transformers One · Zeta Prime (Voice)
- Drugstore June · Arnold
- Glowzies · Darlus
- Oppenheimer · Henry Stimson
- Paul T. Goldman · Lt. Newman
- The Noel Diary · Scott Turner
- Dead Reckoning · Agent Cantrell
- Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables · Self
- Fire Over the Atlantic: The Mystery of TWA Flight 800 · Narrator
- The Movies That Made Us · Self
- Creepshow · Bateman
- Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood · 'Bounty Law' - 'Ugly Owl'
- City on a Hill · Richy Ryan
- Speed Kills · Meyer Lansky
- The Rookie · Tom Bradford
- Magnum P.I. · Captain Buck Greene
- All You Ever Wished For · Gordon Hutton
- Yellowstone · Kyle Fremont
- Black Lightning · Peter Gambi
- The Saint · Arnold Valecross
- Feed · Tom
- The Blackcoat's Daughter · Bill
- The Night Watchmen · Randall
- Can't Buy My Love · Rex
- USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage · Admiral Parnell
- Decommissioned · David Marino
- The Dog Lover · Daniel Holloway
- Animal Kingdom · Detective Andre
- The Shannara Chronicles · Cephelo, Cephalo
- Papa Hemingway in Cuba · Santo Trafficante
- Unnatural · Martin Nakos
- Code Black · General Hutch Hutchinson
- Eden · Coach DaFoe
- Lap Dance · Patrick Moore
- State of Affairs · Syd
- Gotham · Frank Gordon
- Persecuted · John Luther
- Horns · Derrick Perrish
- Beware the Batman · Silver Monkey (Voice), Silver Monkey / Mr. Reese (Voice)
- Django Unchained · Butch Pooch / Ace Speck
- Ben 10: Omniverse · Vilgax (Voice)
- The Legend of Korra · Tonraq (Voice)
- All Superheroes Must Die · Rickshaw
- Setup · William
- Arena · Tall Man
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon · Sideswipe (Voice)
- Wilfred · Henry Newman
- X-Men: First Class · US General
- Franklin & Bash · Cliff
- The FP · Narrator (Voice)
- Young Justice · Icicle Sr. (Voice)
- RED · Gabriel Singer
- Pound Puppies · Sarge (Voice)
- Hawaii Five-0 · Elliot Connor
- Gun · Detective Rogers
- Ben 10: Ultimate Alien · Vilgax (Voice)
- Human Target · Warden Cole
- The Christmas Hope · Mark Addison
- National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer · Sam Kramer
- FlashForward · James Ermine
- NCIS: Los Angeles · Sterling Bridges
- The Vampire Diaries · Giuseppe Salvatore
- 2B · Tom Mortlake
- The Unborn · Gordon Beldon
- Batman: The Brave and the Bold · Two-Face (Voice)
- Pineapple Express · General Bratt
- Ben 10: Alien Force · Vilgax (Voice)
- Eli Stone · Salinsky
- Sharpshooter · Dillon
- Private Practice · Dr. Gibson
- The Warriors: The Beginning · Self
- The Warriors: Battleground · Self
- The Warriors: The Phenomenon · Self
- Ratatouille · Larousse (Voice)