James Remar
Known for Acting · 178 credits
- Born
- 1953-12-31 (age 72)
- Place of birth
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Also known as
- William 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.
Known For
TV Shows (65)
The Rookie
2018
as Tom Bradford
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Jimmy Evans
Criminal Minds
2005
as Tom Benton
Yellowstone
2018
as Kyle Fremont
American Dad!
2005
as Charles Lindbergh Sr. (voice)
Private Practice
2007
as Dr. Gibson
Dexter
2006
as Harry Morgan
CSI: Miami
2002
as Quentin Taylor
The Vampire Diaries
2009
as Giuseppe Salvatore
Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Elliot Connor
The X-Files
1993
as Josef Kobold
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
as Sterling Bridges
Without a Trace
2002
as Lucas Vohland
Animal Kingdom
2016
as Detective Andre
Gotham
2014
as Frank Gordon
Third Watch
1999
as Detective Madjanski
Young Justice
2010
as Icicle Sr. (voice)
Miami Vice
1984
as Robbie Cann
Sex and the City
1998
as Richard Wright
Hill Street Blues
1981
Numb3rs
2005
as Randall Priest
Magnum P.I.
2018
as Captain Buck Greene
The Equalizer
1985
as Tremayne
Strong Medicine
2000
as Guy Falls
Battlestar Galactica
2004
as Meier
The Legend of Korra
2012
as Tonraq (voice)
Nash Bridges
1996
as Mark Lee Page
IT: Welcome to Derry
2025
as General Francis Shaw
The Unit
2006
as Reece
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Keith Bolt
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Red Buckley
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
2010
as Vilgax (voice)
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
2008
as Two-Face (voice)
The Batman
2004
as Black Mask (voice)
7th Heaven
1996
as James Carver
Ben 10: Alien Force
2008
as Vilgax (voice)
Franklin & Bash
2011
as Cliff
Black Lightning
2018
as Peter Gambi
Justice League Unlimited
2004
as Carter Hall (voice) / Hawkman / Shadow Thief (voice)
Pound Puppies
2010
as Sarge (voice)
The Twilight Zone
2002
as Alois Hitler
Eli Stone
2008
as Salinsky
The Hitchhiker
1983
as Ron
Jericho
2006
as Jonah Prowse
FlashForward
2009
as James Ermine
Human Target
2010
as Warden Cole
Justice League
2001
as Lead Manhunter (voice)
Creepshow
2019
as Bateman
Dexter: Resurrection
2025
as Harry Morgan
Code Black
2015
as General Hutch Hutchinson
The Shannara Chronicles
2016
as Cephelo / Cephalo
City on a Hill
2019
as Richy Ryan
Beware the Batman
2013
as Silver Monkey (voice) / Silver Monkey / Mr. Reese (voice)
The Movies That Made Us
2019
as Self
All's Fair
2025
as Theodore Baskin
Wilfred
2011
as Henry Newman
The Huntress
2000
as Tiny Bellows
North Shore
2004
as Vincent Colville
Peacemakers
2003
as Cole Hawkins
Paul T. Goldman
2023
as Lt. Newman
Movies (113)
They Will Kill You
2026
as Pig's Head (voice)
The Odyssey
2026
Oppenheimer
2023
as Henry Stimson
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
1997
as Raiden
Ratatouille
2007
as Larousse (voice)
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019
as 'Bounty Law' - 'Ugly Owl'
Django Unchained
2012
as Butch Pooch / Ace Speck
The Girl Next Door
2004
as Hugo Posh
Transformers One
2024
as Zeta Prime (voice)
RED
2010
as Gabriel Singer
Blade: Trinity
2004
as Ray Cumberland
The Warriors
1979
as Ajax
Judge Dredd
1995
as Block Warlord (uncredited)
What Lies Beneath
2000
as Warren Feur
Megalopolis
2024
as Charles Cothope
48 Hrs.
1982
as Albert Ganz
Pineapple Express
2008
as General Bratt
Cruising
1980
as Gregory
Horns
2013
as Derrick Perrish
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011
as Sideswipe (voice)
The Unborn
2009
as Gordon Beldon
The Quest
1996
as Maxie Devine
The Phantom
1996
as Quill
Duplex
2003
as Chick
Miracle on 34th Street
1994
as Jack Duff
2 Fast 2 Furious
2003
as Agent Markham
Psycho
1998
as Patrolman
White Fang
1991
as Beauty Smith
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
1990
as Preston (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’)
The Cotton Club
1984
as Dutch Schultz
Hellraiser: Inferno
2000
as Dr. Paul Gregory
The Long Riders
1980
as Sam Starr
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
2016
as Admiral Parnell
Wedlock
1991
as Sam
The Clan of the Cave Bear
1986
as Creb
Drugstore Cowboy
1989
as Gentry
Arena
2011
as Tall Man
Boys on the Side
1995
as Alex
Gun
2010
as Detective Rogers
The Saint
2017
as Arnold Valecross
Renaissance Man
1994
as Captain Tom Murdoch
The Dream Team
1989
as Gianelli
The Blackcoat's Daughter
2017
as Bill
Wild Bill
1995
as Donnie Lonigan
Blink
1993
as Thomas Ridgely
Fatal Instinct
1993
as Max Shady
Setup
2011
as William
The Noel Diary
2022
as Scott Turner
Rites of Passage
1999
as Frank Dabbo
Lap Dance
2014
as Patrick Moore
Speed Kills
2018
as Meyer Lansky
Partners
1982
as Edward K. Petersen
Windwalker
1980
as Windwalker (young)
Fear X
2003
as Peter
Sharpshooter
2007
as Dillon
Feed
2017
as Tom
Dead Reckoning
2020
as Agent Cantrell
Fatal Charm
1990
as Louis
Eden
2015
as Coach DaFoe
Guardian
2001
as Detective Carpenter
Papa Hemingway in Cuba
2015
as Santo Trafficante
Can't Buy My Love
2017
as Rex
Robo Warriors
1996
as Ray Gibson
Betrayal
2003
as Alex Tyler
Decommissioned
2016
as David Marino
Rent-a-Cop
1987
as Dancer
The Night Watchmen
2017
as Randall
Ike: Countdown to D-Day
2004
as General Omar Bradley
Blowback
2000
as John Matthew Whitman / Schmidt
Indecency
1992
as Mick Clarkson
The Dog Lover
2016
as Daniel Holloway
Persecuted
2014
as John Luther
Session Man
1991
as McQueen
Unnatural
2015
as Martin Nakos
Band of the Hand
1986
as Nestor
Drugstore June
2024
as Arnold
The FP
2011
as Narrator (voice)
Inferno
1998
as Dr. Coleman West
Dying on the Edge
2001
as Jackie James
The Tigress
1992
as Andrei
Quiet Cool
1986
as Joe Dylanne
The Base 2: Guilty as Charged
2000
as Lt. Col. Strauss
Across the Moon
1994
as Rattlesnake Jim
Strangers
1992
as Bernard (The Last Game)
National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer
2009
as Sam Kramer
Ben 10: Omniverse
2012
as Vilgax (voice)
The Christmas Hope
2009
as Mark Addison
X-Men: First Class
2011
as US General
Brotherhood of the Gun
1991
as Frank Weir
2B
2009
as Tom Mortlake
D.R.E.A.M. Team
1999
as Shawn Murphy
All Superheroes Must Die
2011
as Rickshaw
Kojak: None So Blind
1990
as Wolfgang Reiger
The Huntress
2000
as Tiny Bellows
One Good Turn
1996
as Simon Jury
The Surgeon
1995
as Dr. Benjamin Hendricks
On the Yard
1978
as Larson
American Meltdown
2004
as Colonel Boggs
All You Ever Wished For
2018
as Gordon Hutton
Glowzies
2023
as Darlus
The Survivors Club
2004
as Roan Griffin
Silence Like Glass
1989
The Warriors: The Way Home
2007
as Self
Night Visions
1990
as Sergeant Thomas Mackey
Confessions of a Hitman
1994
as Bruno Serrano
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
1989
as John Sikes
Born Bad
1999
The Warriors: The Phenomenon
2007
as Self
The Warriors: The Beginning
2007
as Self
Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables
2020
as Himself
The Warriors: Battleground
2007
as Self
Double Frame
1999
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About 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 Expres… With 178 credits spanning from 1978 to 2026, James Remar has appeared in 113 films and 65 TV shows.
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Most Popular James Remar Movies
- They Will Kill You (2026) — as Pig's Head (voice)
- The Odyssey (2026)
- Oppenheimer (2023) — as Henry Stimson
- Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997) — as Raiden
- Ratatouille (2007) — as Larousse (voice)
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