James Remar
Acting
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.
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Filmography of
James Remar
Charles Cothope
... 2024
Zeta Prime (voice)
... 2024
Arnold
... 2024
Darlus
... 2023
Henry Stimson
... 2023
Scott Turner
... 2022
Agent Cantrell
... 2020
... 2020
'Bounty Law' - 'Ugly Owl'
... 2019
Meyer Lansky
... 2018
Gordon Hutton
... 2018
Arnold Valecross
... 2017
Tom
... 2017
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Randall
... 2017
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Admiral Parnell
... 2016
David Marino
... 2016
Daniel Holloway
... 2016
Santo Trafficante
... 2015
Martin Nakos
... 2015
Coach DaFoe
... 2015
Patrick Moore
... 2014
John Luther
... 2014
Derrick Perrish
... 2013
Butch Pooch / Ace Speck
... 2012
Rickshaw
... 2011
William
... 2011
Tall Man
... 2011
Sideswipe (voice)
... 2011
US General
... 2011
Narrator (voice)
... 2011
Gabriel Singer
... 2010
Detective Rogers
... 2010
Mark Addison
... 2009
Sam Kramer
... 2009
Tom Mortlake
... 2009
Gordon Beldon
... 2009
General Bratt
... 2008
Dillon
... 2007
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Larousse (voice)
... 2007
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Ray Cumberland
... 2004
Colonel Boggs
... 2004
General Omar Bradley
... 2004
Hugo Posh
... 2004
Roan Griffin
... 2004
Chick
... 2003
Alex Tyler
... 2003
Agent Markham
... 2003
Peter
... 2003
Detective Carpenter
... 2001
Jackie James
... 2001
Lt. Col. Strauss
... 2000
Dr. Paul Gregory
... 2000
Warren Feur
... 2000
John Matthew Whitman / Schmidt
... 2000
Tiny Bellows
... 2000
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Frank Dabbo
... 1999
Shawn Murphy
... 1999
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Patrolman
... 1998
Dr. Coleman West
... 1998
Raiden
... 1997
Ray Gibson
... 1996
Quill
... 1996
Maxie Devine
... 1996
Simon Jury
... 1996
Donnie Lonigan
... 1995
Block Warlord (uncredited)
... 1995
Alex
... 1995
Dr. Benjamin Hendricks
... 1995
Jack Duff
... 1994
Rattlesnake Jim
... 1994
Captain Tom Murdoch
... 1994
Bruno Serrano
... 1994
Max Shady
... 1993
Thomas Ridgely
... 1993
Andrei
... 1992
Mick Clarkson
... 1992
Bernard (The Last Game)
... 1992
Frank Weir
... 1991
Sam
... 1991
Beauty Smith
... 1991
McQueen
... 1991
Sergeant Thomas Mackey
... 1990
Louis
... 1990
Preston (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’)
... 1990
Wolfgang Reiger
... 1990
Gentry
... 1989
John Sikes
... 1989
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Gianelli
... 1989
Dancer
... 1987
Joe Dylanne
... 1986
Nestor
... 1986
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Dutch Schultz
... 1984
Pesla
... 1984
Albert Ganz
... 1982
Edward K. Petersen
... 1982
Windwalker (young)
... 1980
Sam Starr
... 1980
Gregory
... 1980
Ajax
... 1979
Larson
... 1978