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.

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ACTING

48 Hrs. (1982)

Drugstore Cowboy (1989)

2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)

Ratatouille (2007)

Wedlock (1991)

The Cotton Club (1984)

Pineapple Express (2008)

Miracle on 34th Street (1994)

The Girl Next Door (2004)

What Lies Beneath (2000)

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)

Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2004)

The Warriors (1979)

Sharpshooter (2007)

Renaissance Man (1994)

White Fang (1991)

The Quest (1996)

Hellraiser: Inferno (2000)

Fatal Instinct (1993)

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997)

Boys on the Side (1995)

Band of the Hand (1986)

The Phantom (1996)

The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986)

The Unborn (2009)

Strangers (1992)

Blade: Trinity (2004)

The Dream Team (1989)

The Long Riders (1980)

Robo Warriors (1996)

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

RED (2010)

Wild Bill (1995)

Rites of Passage (1999)

The Survivors Club (2004)

X-Men: First Class (2011)

Betrayal (2003)

Django Unchained (2012)

Rent-a-Cop (1987)

Arena (2011)

Setup (2011)

Quiet Cool (1986)

All Superheroes Must Die (2011)

The Base 2: Guilty as Charged (2000)

2B (2009)

Blowback (2000)

The Surgeon (1995)

Horns (2013)

Born Bad (1999)

Indecency (1992)

D.R.E.A.M. Team (1999)

The Tigress (1992)

Glowzies (2023)

Persecuted (2014)

Gun (2010)

Blink (1993)

Partners (1982)

Fear X (2003)

Confessions of a Hitman (1994)

Megalopolis (2024)

Fatal Charm (1990)

The Huntress (2000)

Lap Dance (2014)

Guardian (2001)

The Blackcoat's Daughter (2017)

Windwalker (1980)

Oppenheimer (2023)

The Noel Diary (2022)

Brotherhood of the Gun (1991)

Drugstore June (2024)

National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer (2009)

Unnatural (2015)

Duplex (2003)

Session Man (1991)

Desperado: The Outlaw Wars (1989)

Papa Hemingway in Cuba (2015)

The Dog Lover (2016)

The Night Watchmen (2017)

Decommissioned (2016)

Cruising (1980)

Transformers One (2024)

USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016)

Can't Buy My Love (2017)

Night Visions (1990)

One Good Turn (1996)

Double Frame (1999)

Feed (2017)

Inferno (1998)

The Saint (2017)

The Christmas Hope (2009)

Across the Moon (1994)

Psycho (1998)

All You Ever Wished For (2018)

Dead Reckoning (2020)

Speed Kills (2018)

Judge Dredd (1995)

Eden (2015)

The Warriors: The Beginning (2007)

The Warriors: The Way Home (2007)

Kojak: None So Blind (1990)

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)

The FP (2011)

On the Yard (1978)

American Meltdown (2004)

Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables (2020)

The Warriors: Battleground (2007)

The Warriors: The Phenomenon (2007)

Silence Like Glass (1989)

Dying on the Edge (2001)

The Odyssey (2026)

They Will Kill You (2026)

Psycho Path (1999)

Third Watch (1999)

Eli Stone (2008)

Jericho (2006)

CSI: Miami (2002)

The Batman (2004)

North Shore (2004)

Miami Vice (1984)

The Unit (2006)

Tales from the Crypt (1989)

Battlestar Galactica (2004)

Walker, Texas Ranger (1993)

Hill Street Blues (1981)

Without a Trace (2002)

Criminal Minds (2005)

The X-Files (1993)

The Equalizer (1985)

7th Heaven (1996)

The Huntress (2000)

The Shannara Chronicles (2016)

Animal Kingdom (2016)

The Hitchhiker (1983)

The Grid (2004)

FlashForward (2009)

Total Security (1997)

Paul T. Goldman (2023)

Wilfred (2011)

Dexter (2006)

Justice League (2001)

Justice League Unlimited (2004)

Creepshow (2019)

The Rookie (2018)

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (2010)

Pound Puppies (2010)

Young Justice (2010)

The Twilight Zone (2002)

The Movies That Made Us (2019)

NCIS: Los Angeles (2009)

Black Lightning (2018)

Code Black (2015)

Franklin & Bash (2011)

Fire Over the Atlantic: The Mystery of TWA Flight 800 (2020)

Grey's Anatomy (2005)

The Mystic Warrior (1984)

Yellowstone (2018)

Sex and the City (1998)

American Dad! (2005)

Peacemakers (2003)

Strong Medicine (2000)

Hawaii Five-0 (2010)

City on a Hill (2019)

Magnum P.I. (2018)

State of Affairs (2014)

Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2008)

Beware the Batman (2013)

Private Practice (2007)

Dexter: Resurrection (2025)

Gotham (2014)

Human Target (2010)

Numb3rs (2005)

The Legend of Korra (2012)

All's Fair (2025)

Nash Bridges (1996)

Ben 10: Alien Force (2008)

IT: Welcome to Derry (2025)

The Vampire Diaries (2009)

Thief (2006)