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 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.
48 Hrs.
(Albert Ganz)
Drugstore Cowboy
(Gentry)
2 Fast 2 Furious
(Agent Markham)
Ratatouille
(Larousse (voice))
Wedlock
(Sam)
The Cotton Club
(Dutch Schultz)
Pineapple Express
(General Bratt)
Miracle on 34th Street
(Jack Duff)
The Girl Next Door
(Hugo Posh)
What Lies Beneath
(Warren Feur)
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
(Preston (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’))
Ike: Countdown to D-Day
(General Omar Bradley)
The Warriors
(Ajax)
Sharpshooter
(Dillon)
Renaissance Man
(Captain Tom Murdoch)
White Fang
(Beauty Smith)
The Quest
(Maxie Devine)
Hellraiser: Inferno
(Dr. Paul Gregory)
Fatal Instinct
(Max Shady)
Boys on the Side
(Alex)
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
(Raiden)
Band of the Hand
(Nestor)
The Phantom
(Quill)
The Clan of the Cave Bear
(Creb)
The Unborn
(Gordon Beldon)
Strangers
(Bernard (The Last Game))
Blade: Trinity
(Ray Cumberland)
The Dream Team
(Gianelli)
The Long Riders
(Sam Starr)
Robo Warriors
(Ray Gibson)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
(Sideswipe (voice))
RED
(Gabriel Singer)
Wild Bill
(Donnie Lonigan)
Rites of Passage
(Frank Dabbo)
The Survivors Club
(Roan Griffin)
X-Men: First Class
(US General)
Betrayal
(Alex Tyler)
Django Unchained
(Butch Pooch / Ace Speck)
Rent-a-Cop
(Dancer)
Arena
(Tall Man)
Setup
(William)
Quiet Cool
(Joe Dylanne)
All Superheroes Must Die
(Rickshaw)
The Base 2: Guilty as Charged
(Lt. Col. Strauss)
2B
(Tom Mortlake)
Blowback
(John Matthew Whitman / Schmidt)
The Surgeon
(Dr. Benjamin Hendricks)
Horns
(Derrick Perrish)
Born Bad
Indecency
(Mick Clarkson)
D.R.E.A.M. Team
(Shawn Murphy)
The Tigress
(Andrei)
Glowzies
(Darlus)
Persecuted
(John Luther)
Gun
(Detective Rogers)
Blink
(Thomas Ridgely)
Partners
(Edward K. Petersen)
Fear X
(Peter)
The Mystic Warrior
(Pesla)
Confessions of a Hitman
(Bruno Serrano)
Megalopolis
(Charles Cothope)
Fatal Charm
(Louis)
The Huntress
(Tiny Bellows)
Lap Dance
(Patrick Moore)
Guardian
(Detective Carpenter)
The Blackcoat's Daughter
(Bill)
Windwalker
(Windwalker (young))
Oppenheimer
(Henry Stimson)
The Noel Diary
(Scott Turner)
Brotherhood of the Gun
(Frank Weir)
Drugstore June
(Arnold)
National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer
(Sam Kramer)
Unnatural
(Martin Nakos)
Duplex
(Chick)
Session Man
(McQueen)
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
(John Sikes)
Papa Hemingway in Cuba
(Santo Trafficante)
The Dog Lover
(Daniel Holloway)
The Night Watchmen
(Randall)
Decommissioned
(David Marino)
Cruising
(Gregory)
Transformers One
(Zeta Prime (voice))
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
(Admiral Parnell)
Can't Buy My Love
(Rex)
Night Visions
(Sergeant Thomas Mackey)
One Good Turn
(Simon Jury)
Double Frame
Feed
(Tom)
Inferno
(Dr. Coleman West)
The Saint
(Arnold Valecross)
The Christmas Hope
(Mark Addison)
Across the Moon
(Rattlesnake Jim)
Psycho
(Patrolman)
All You Ever Wished For
(Gordon Hutton)
Dead Reckoning
(Agent Cantrell)
Speed Kills
(Meyer Lansky)
Judge Dredd
(Block Warlord (uncredited))
Eden
(Coach DaFoe)
The Warriors: The Beginning
(Self)
The Warriors: The Way Home
(Self)
Kojak: None So Blind
(Wolfgang Reiger)
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
('Bounty Law' - 'Ugly Owl')
The FP
(Narrator (voice))
On the Yard
(Larson)
American Meltdown
(Colonel Boggs)
Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables
(Himself)
The Warriors: Battleground
(Self)
The Warriors: The Phenomenon
(Self)
Silence Like Glass
Dying on the Edge
(Jackie James)
The Odyssey
Third Watch
(Detective Madjanski)
Eli Stone
(Salinsky)
Jericho
(Jonah Prowse)
CSI: Miami
(Quentin Taylor)
The Batman
(Black Mask (voice))
North Shore
(Vincent Colville)
Miami Vice
(Robbie Cann)
The Unit
Tales from the Crypt
(Red Buckley)
Battlestar Galactica
(Meier)
Walker, Texas Ranger
(Keith Bolt)
Hill Street Blues
Without a Trace
(Lucas Vohland)
Criminal Minds
(Tom Benton)
The X-Files
(Josef Kobold)
The Equalizer
(Tremayne)
7th Heaven
(James Carver)
The Huntress
(Tiny Bellows)
The Shannara Chronicles
(Cephelo)
The Shannara Chronicles
(Cephalo)
Animal Kingdom
(Detective Andre)
The Hitchhiker
(Ron)
The Grid
FlashForward
(James Ermine)
Total Security
Paul T. Goldman
(Lt. Newman)
Wilfred
(Henry Newman)
Dexter
(Harry Morgan)
Justice League
(Lead Manhunter (voice))
Justice League Unlimited
(Carter Hall (voice))
Justice League Unlimited
(Hawkman / Shadow Thief (voice))
Creepshow
(Bateman)
The Rookie
(Tom Bradford)
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
(Vilgax (voice))
Pound Puppies
(Sarge (voice))
Young Justice
(Icicle Sr. (voice))
The Twilight Zone
(Alois Hitler)
The Movies That Made Us
(Self)
NCIS: Los Angeles
(Sterling Bridges)
Black Lightning
(Peter Gambi)
Code Black
(General Hutch Hutchinson)
Franklin & Bash
(Cliff)
Fire Over the Atlantic: The Mystery of TWA Flight 800
(Narrator)
Grey's Anatomy
(Jimmy Evans)
The Mystic Warrior
(Pesla)
Yellowstone
(Kyle Fremont)
Sex and the City
(Richard Wright)
American Dad!
(Charles Lindbergh Sr. (voice))
Peacemakers
(Cole Hawkins)
Strong Medicine
(Guy Falls)
Hawaii Five-0
(Elliot Connor)
City on a Hill
(Richy Ryan)
Magnum P.I.
(Captain Buck Greene)
State of Affairs
(Syd)
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
(Two-Face (voice))
Beware the Batman
(Silver Monkey / Mr. Reese (voice))
Beware the Batman
(Silver Monkey (voice))
Private Practice
(Dr. Gibson)
Dexter: Resurrection
(Harry Morgan)
Gotham
(Frank Gordon)
IT: Welcome to Derry
(General Francis Shaw)
Human Target
(Warden Cole)
Numb3rs
(Randall Priest)
The Legend of Korra
(Tonraq (voice))
All's Fair
(Theodore Baskin)
Nash Bridges
(Mark Lee Page)
Ben 10: Alien Force
(Vilgax (voice))