
James Remar
1 FOLLOWER • 87 CREDITS • DEC 31, 1953 • 71
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.
Known For

Grey's Anatomy

Gotham

Hawaii Five-0

Sex and the City

Strong Medicine

Walker, Texas Ranger

The Rookie

Private Practice

7th Heaven

Yellowstone

The Twilight Zone

Criminal Minds

Third Watch

Magnum P.I.

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

NCIS: Los Angeles

Franklin & Bash

Hill Street Blues

Tales from the Crypt

American Dad!

Justice League Unlimited

The Hitchhiker

Young Justice

CSI: Miami

The Equalizer

The Movies That Made Us

The X-Files

Battlestar Galactica

Without a Trace

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien

City on a Hill

Code Black

Wilfred

The Batman

The Shannara Chronicles

Miami Vice

Beware the Batman

State of Affairs

Animal Kingdom

Justice League

The Unit

Jericho

The Legend of Korra

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Oppenheimer

Judge Dredd

X-Men: First Class

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

Eden

Megalopolis

Psycho

Transformers One

Pineapple Express

RED

Ratatouille

Partners

Paul T. Goldman

The Dream Team

Blade: Trinity

USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage

Django Unchained

The Survivors Club

The Girl Next Door

The Night Watchmen

2 Fast 2 Furious

Dexter

Miracle on 34th Street

Black Lightning

The Phantom

Dexter: Resurrection

White Fang

The Noel Diary

48 Hrs.

Boys on the Side

Betrayal

Crime Story

Wedlock

Dexter

IT: Welcome to Derry

Setup

Renaissance Man

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

The Quest

Drugstore Cowboy

Strangers

The Warriors
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