
Cast
James Remar
Acting
Cast
James Remar
Known for
Acting
Born
1953-12-31
From
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.

They Will Kill You
as Pig's Head (voice)

Oppenheimer
as Henry Stimson

The Odyssey

Ratatouille
as Larousse (voice)

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
as Raiden

Django Unchained
as Butch Pooch / Ace Speck

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
as 'Bounty Law' - 'Ugly Owl'

The Girl Next Door
as Hugo Posh

Transformers One
as Zeta Prime (voice)

Blade: Trinity
as Ray Cumberland

RED
as Gabriel Singer

Judge Dredd
as Block Warlord (uncredited)

Gun
as Detective Rogers

What Lies Beneath
as Warren Feur

Pineapple Express
as General Bratt

Megalopolis
as Charles Cothope

The Warriors
as Ajax

Horns
as Derrick Perrish

48 Hrs.
as Albert Ganz

The Quest
as Maxie Devine

White Fang
as Beauty Smith

Cruising
as Gregory

Psycho
as Patrolman

Duplex
as Chick

The Unborn
as Gordon Beldon

The Cotton Club
as Dutch Schultz

Miracle on 34th Street
as Jack Duff

Drugstore Cowboy
as Gentry

Transformers: Dark of the Moon
as Sideswipe (voice)

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
as Preston (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’)

The Saint
as Arnold Valecross

Fatal Charm
as Louis

The Phantom
as Quill

Wild Bill
as Donnie Lonigan

Arena
as Tall Man

Wedlock
as Sam

2 Fast 2 Furious
as Agent Markham

USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
as Admiral Parnell

Hellraiser: Inferno
as Dr. Paul Gregory

Fatal Instinct
as Max Shady

The Long Riders
as Sam Starr

The Blackcoat's Daughter
as Bill

Betrayal
as Alex Tyler

Fear X
as Peter

Decommissioned
as David Marino

Speed Kills
as Meyer Lansky

Sharpshooter
as Dillon

The Noel Diary
as Scott Turner

Renaissance Man
as Captain Tom Murdoch

Partners
as Edward K. Petersen

Setup
as William

Boys on the Side
as Alex

The Dream Team
as Gianelli

The Huntress
as Tiny Bellows

Can't Buy My Love
as Rex

The FP
as Narrator (voice)

American Meltdown
as Colonel Boggs

Feed
as Tom

The Clan of the Cave Bear
as Creb

Lap Dance
as Patrick Moore

Blink
as Thomas Ridgely

Session Man
as McQueen

Ben 10: Omniverse
as Vilgax (voice)

Dead Reckoning
as Agent Cantrell

Blowback
as John Matthew Whitman / Schmidt

Unnatural
as Martin Nakos

Eden
as Coach DaFoe

Ike: Countdown to D-Day
as General Omar Bradley

The Tigress
as Andrei

The Dog Lover
as Daniel Holloway

Band of the Hand
as Nestor

Guardian
as Detective Carpenter

Robo Warriors
as Ray Gibson

D.R.E.A.M. Team
as Shawn Murphy

National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer
as Sam Kramer

The Night Watchmen
as Randall

Indecency
as Mick Clarkson

Persecuted
as John Luther

Drugstore June
as Arnold

Rent-a-Cop
as Dancer

Kojak: None So Blind
as Wolfgang Reiger

X-Men: First Class
as US General

Rites of Passage
as Frank Dabbo

Quiet Cool
as Joe Dylanne

Strangers
as Bernard (The Last Game)

Silence Like Glass

The Survivors Club
as Roan Griffin

All Superheroes Must Die
as Rickshaw

One Good Turn
as Simon Jury

2B
as Tom Mortlake

Inferno
as Dr. Coleman West

The Base 2: Guilty as Charged
as Lt. Col. Strauss

The Surgeon
as Dr. Benjamin Hendricks

Dying on the Edge
as Jackie James

Glowzies
as Darlus

Windwalker
as Windwalker (young)

Papa Hemingway in Cuba
as Santo Trafficante

Night Visions
as Sergeant Thomas Mackey

Confessions of a Hitman
as Bruno Serrano

Across the Moon
as Rattlesnake Jim

Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
as John Sikes

On the Yard
as Larson

All You Ever Wished For
as Gordon Hutton

The Warriors: The Way Home
as Self

Brotherhood of the Gun
as Frank Weir

Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables
as Himself

The Christmas Hope
as Mark Addison

Double Frame

The Warriors: The Beginning
as Self

Born Bad

The Warriors: Battleground
as Self

The Warriors: The Phenomenon
as Self