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