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Name
James Remar

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1953-12-31 (73 years old)

Place of Birth
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

Movies

Tv Shows

1982 48 Hrs. as Albert Ganz
1989 Drugstore Cowboy as Gentry
2003 2 Fast 2 Furious as Agent Markham
2007 Ratatouille as Larousse (voice)
1991 Wedlock as Sam
1984 The Cotton Club as Dutch Schultz
2008 Pineapple Express as General Bratt
1994 Miracle on 34th Street as Jack Duff
2004 The Girl Next Door as Hugo Posh
2000 What Lies Beneath as Warren Feur
1990 Tales from the Darkside: The Movie as Preston (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’)
2004 Ike: Countdown to D-Day as General Omar Bradley
1979 The Warriors as Ajax
2007 Sharpshooter as Dillon
1994 Renaissance Man as Captain Tom Murdoch
1991 White Fang as Beauty Smith
1996 The Quest as Maxie Devine
2000 Hellraiser: Inferno as Dr. Paul Gregory
1993 Fatal Instinct as Max Shady
1997 Mortal Kombat: Annihilation as Raiden
1995 Boys on the Side as Alex
1986 Band of the Hand as Nestor
1996 The Phantom as Quill
1986 The Clan of the Cave Bear as Creb
2009 The Unborn as Gordon Beldon
1992 Strangers as Bernard (The Last Game)
2004 Blade: Trinity as Ray Cumberland
1989 The Dream Team as Gianelli
1980 The Long Riders as Sam Starr
1996 Robo Warriors as Ray Gibson
2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon as Sideswipe (voice)
2010 RED as Gabriel Singer
1995 Wild Bill as Donnie Lonigan
1999 Rites of Passage as Frank Dabbo
2004 The Survivors Club as Roan Griffin
2011 X-Men: First Class as US General
2003 Betrayal as Alex Tyler
2012 Django Unchained as Butch Pooch / Ace Speck
1987 Rent-a-Cop as Dancer
2011 Arena as Tall Man
2011 Setup as William
1986 Quiet Cool as Joe Dylanne
2011 All Superheroes Must Die as Rickshaw
2000 The Base 2: Guilty as Charged as Lt. Col. Strauss
2009 2B as Tom Mortlake
2000 Blowback as John Matthew Whitman / Schmidt
1995 The Surgeon as Dr. Benjamin Hendricks
2013 Horns as Derrick Perrish
1999 Born Bad
1992 Indecency as Mick Clarkson
1999 D.R.E.A.M. Team as Shawn Murphy
1992 The Tigress as Andrei
2023 Glowzies as Darlus
2014 Persecuted as John Luther
2010 Gun as Detective Rogers
1993 Blink as Thomas Ridgely
1982 Partners as Edward K. Petersen
2003 Fear X as Peter
1994 Confessions of a Hitman as Bruno Serrano
2024 Megalopolis as Charles Cothope
1990 Fatal Charm as Louis
2000 The Huntress as Tiny Bellows
2014 Lap Dance as Patrick Moore
2001 Guardian as Detective Carpenter
2017 The Blackcoat's Daughter as Bill
1980 Windwalker as Windwalker (young)
2023 Oppenheimer as Henry Stimson
2022 The Noel Diary as Scott Turner
1991 Brotherhood of the Gun as Frank Weir
2024 Drugstore June as Arnold
2009 National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer as Sam Kramer
2015 Unnatural as Martin Nakos
2003 Duplex as Chick
1991 Session Man as McQueen
1989 Desperado: The Outlaw Wars as John Sikes
2015 Papa Hemingway in Cuba as Santo Trafficante
2016 The Dog Lover as Daniel Holloway
2017 The Night Watchmen as Randall
2016 Decommissioned as David Marino
1980 Cruising as Gregory
2024 Transformers One as Zeta Prime (voice)
2016 USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage as Admiral Parnell
2017 Can't Buy My Love as Rex
1990 Night Visions as Sergeant Thomas Mackey
1996 One Good Turn as Simon Jury
1999 Double Frame
2017 Feed as Tom
1998 Inferno as Dr. Coleman West
2017 The Saint as Arnold Valecross
2009 The Christmas Hope as Mark Addison
1994 Across the Moon as Rattlesnake Jim
1998 Psycho as Patrolman
2018 All You Ever Wished For as Gordon Hutton
2020 Dead Reckoning as Agent Cantrell
2018 Speed Kills as Meyer Lansky
1995 Judge Dredd as Block Warlord (uncredited)
2015 Eden as Coach DaFoe
2007 The Warriors: The Beginning as Self
2007 The Warriors: The Way Home as Self
1990 Kojak: None So Blind as Wolfgang Reiger
2019 Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood as 'Bounty Law' - 'Ugly Owl'
2011 The FP as Narrator (voice)
1978 On the Yard as Larson
2004 American Meltdown as Colonel Boggs
2020 Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables as Himself
2007 The Warriors: Battleground as Self
2007 The Warriors: The Phenomenon as Self
1989 Silence Like Glass
2001 Dying on the Edge as Jackie James
2026 The Odyssey as Tiresias
2012 Ben 10: Omniverse as Vilgax (voice)
2026 They Will Kill You as The Pig's Head (voice)
1999 Psycho Path as Self

1999 Third Watch ( 4 episodes ) as Detective Madjanski
2008 Eli Stone ( 1 episode ) as Salinsky
2006 Jericho ( 5 episodes ) as Jonah Prowse
2002 CSI: Miami ( 1 episode ) as Quentin Taylor
2004 The Batman ( 3 episodes ) as Black Mask (voice)
2004 North Shore ( 20 episodes ) as Vincent Colville
1984 Miami Vice ( 1 episode ) as Robbie Cann
2006 The Unit ( 1 episode ) as Reece
1989 Tales from the Crypt ( 1 episode ) as Red Buckley
2004 Battlestar Galactica ( 2 episodes ) as Meier
1993 Walker, Texas Ranger ( 1 episode ) as Keith Bolt
1981 Hill Street Blues ( 2 episodes )
2002 Without a Trace ( 1 episode ) as Lucas Vohland
2005 Criminal Minds ( 1 episode ) as Tom Benton
1993 The X-Files ( 1 episode ) as Josef Kobold
1985 The Equalizer ( 1 episode ) as Tremayne
1996 7th Heaven ( 2 episodes ) as James Carver
2000 The Huntress ( 28 episodes ) as Tiny Bellows
2016 The Shannara Chronicles ( 3 episodes ) as Cephelo
2016 The Shannara Chronicles ( 4 episodes ) as Cephalo
2016 Animal Kingdom ( 4 episodes ) as Detective Andre
1983 The Hitchhiker ( 1 episode ) as Ron
2004 The Grid ( 6 episodes )
2009 FlashForward ( 1 episode ) as James Ermine
1997 Total Security ( 13 episodes )
2011 Wilfred ( 2 episodes ) as Henry Newman
2023 Paul T. Goldman ( 2 episodes ) as Lt. Newman
2006 Dexter ( 96 episodes ) as Harry Morgan
2001 Justice League ( 2 episodes ) as Lead Manhunter (voice)
2004 Justice League Unlimited ( 1 episode ) as Carter Hall (voice)
2004 Justice League Unlimited ( 1 episode ) as Hawkman / Shadow Thief (voice)
2019 Creepshow ( 1 episode ) as Bateman
2018 The Rookie ( 1 episode ) as Tom Bradford
2010 Ben 10: Ultimate Alien ( 5 episodes ) as Vilgax (voice)
2010 Pound Puppies ( 1 episode ) as Sarge (voice)
2010 Young Justice ( 1 episode ) as Icicle Sr. (voice)
2002 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode ) as Alois Hitler
2019 The Movies That Made Us ( 1 episode ) as Self
2009 NCIS: Los Angeles ( 3 episodes ) as Sterling Bridges
2018 Black Lightning ( 58 episodes ) as Peter Gambi
2015 Code Black ( 1 episode ) as General Hutch Hutchinson
2011 Franklin & Bash ( 1 episode ) as Cliff
2020 Fire Over the Atlantic: The Mystery of TWA Flight 800 ( 6 episodes ) as Narrator
2005 Grey's Anatomy ( 6 episodes ) as Jimmy Evans
1984 The Mystic Warrior ( 2 episodes ) as Pesla
2018 Yellowstone ( 1 episode ) as Kyle Fremont
1998 Sex and the City ( 10 episodes ) as Richard Wright
2005 American Dad! ( 1 episode ) as Charles Lindbergh Sr. (voice)
2003 Peacemakers ( 1 episode ) as Cole Hawkins
2000 Strong Medicine ( 1 episode ) as Guy Falls
2010 Hawaii Five-0 ( 1 episode ) as Elliot Connor
2019 City on a Hill ( 1 episode ) as Richy Ryan
2018 Magnum P.I. ( 6 episodes ) as Captain Buck Greene
2014 State of Affairs ( 1 episode ) as Syd
2008 Batman: The Brave and the Bold ( 1 episode ) as Two-Face (voice)
2013 Beware the Batman ( 2 episodes ) as Silver Monkey (voice)
2013 Beware the Batman ( 1 episode ) as Silver Monkey / Mr. Reese (voice)
2007 Private Practice ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Gibson
2025 Dexter: Resurrection ( 10 episodes ) as Harry Morgan
2014 Gotham ( 3 episodes ) as Frank Gordon
2010 Human Target ( 1 episode ) as Warden Cole
2005 Numb3rs ( 1 episode ) as Randall Priest
2012 The Legend of Korra ( 14 episodes ) as Tonraq (voice)
2025 All's Fair ( 1 episode ) as Theodore Baskin
1996 Nash Bridges ( 1 episode ) as Mark Lee Page
2008 Ben 10: Alien Force ( 2 episodes ) as Vilgax (voice)
2025 IT: Welcome to Derry ( 8 episodes ) as General Francis Shaw
2009 The Vampire Diaries ( 2 episodes ) as Giuseppe Salvatore
2006 Thief ( 1 episode ) as Agent Patterson

Name
James Remar

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1953-12-31 (73 years old)

Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Biography

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Biography

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Name
James Remar

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1953-12-31 (73 years old)

Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA