James Remar
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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1953-12-31
Place of birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Cast
48 Hrs.
1982
6.68
Drugstore Cowboy
1989
7.10
2 Fast 2 Furious
2003
6.51
Ratatouille
2007
7.83
Wedlock
1991
5.76
The Cotton Club
1984
6.50
Pineapple Express
2008
6.64
Miracle on 34th Street
1994
6.75
The Girl Next Door
2004
6.73
What Lies Beneath
2000
6.43
Ike: Countdown to D-Day
2004
6.40
The Warriors
1979
7.67
Sharpshooter
2007
4.50
Renaissance Man
1994
6.11
White Fang
1991
6.75
The Quest
1996
6.16
Hellraiser: Inferno
2000
5.40
Fatal Instinct
1993
5.40
Boys on the Side
1995
6.37
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
1997
4.51
Band of the Hand
1986
6.16
The Phantom
1996
5.30
The Clan of the Cave Bear
1986
5.20
The Unborn
2009
5.17
Strangers
1992
2.00
Blade: Trinity
2004
5.86
The Dream Team
1989
6.15
The Long Riders
1980
6.64
Robo Warriors
1996
5.34
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011
6.22
RED
2010
6.70
Wild Bill
1995
5.70
Rites of Passage
1999
5.40
The Survivors Club
2004
6.50
X-Men: First Class
2011
7.30
Betrayal
2003
4.13
Django Unchained
2012
8.20
Rent-a-Cop
1987
4.58
Arena
2011
5.20
Setup
2011
4.87
Quiet Cool
1986
6.70
All Superheroes Must Die
2011
4.40
The Base 2: Guilty as Charged
2000
4.30
2B
2009
0.00
Blowback
2000
4.63
The Surgeon
1995
5.10
Horns
2013
6.29
Born Bad
1999
4.80
Indecency
1992
4.00
D.R.E.A.M. Team
1999
5.14
The Tigress
1992
3.90
Glowzies
2023
5.00
Persecuted
2014
4.30
Gun
2010
5.23
Blink
1993
6.10
Partners
1982
5.34
Fear X
2003
5.80
The Mystic Warrior
1984
2.50
Confessions of a Hitman
1994
6.00
Megalopolis
2024
5.17
Fatal Charm
1990
5.14
The Huntress
2000
0.00
Lap Dance
2014
4.20
Guardian
2001
5.50
The Blackcoat's Daughter
2017
5.88
Windwalker
1980
5.90
Oppenheimer
2023
8.04
The Noel Diary
2022
6.28
Brotherhood of the Gun
1991
5.00
Drugstore June
2024
5.79
Unnatural
2015
4.11
Duplex
2003
6.08
Session Man
1991
5.73
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
1989
9.50
Papa Hemingway in Cuba
2015
5.41
The Dog Lover
2016
6.30
The Night Watchmen
2017
5.04
Decommissioned
2016
3.20
Cruising
1980
6.61
Transformers One
2024
8.00
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
2016
5.87
Can't Buy My Love
2017
5.96
Night Visions
1990
4.40
One Good Turn
1996
3.80
Double Frame
1999
5.00
Feed
2017
6.93
Inferno
1998
3.50
The Saint
2017
5.40
The Christmas Hope
2009
6.20
Across the Moon
1994
3.50
Psycho
1998
5.14
All You Ever Wished For
2018
4.70
Dead Reckoning
2020
5.66
Speed Kills
2018
5.43
Judge Dredd
1995
5.85
Eden
2015
5.09
The Warriors: The Beginning
2007
6.00
The Warriors: The Way Home
2007
6.00
Kojak: None So Blind
1990
6.00
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019
7.42
The FP
2011
4.90
On the Yard
1978
5.80
American Meltdown
2004
5.10
The Warriors: Battleground
2007
7.00
The Warriors: The Phenomenon
2007
6.00
Silence Like Glass
1989
6.60
Dying on the Edge
2001
3.00
The Odyssey
2026
0.00