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James Remar
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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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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
Franklin & Bash
Hill Street Blues
NCIS: Los Angeles
Justice League Unlimited
Tales from the Crypt
American Dad!
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 Shannara Chronicles
Miami Vice
State of Affairs
Animal Kingdom
Justice League
The Unit
Jericho
Beware the Batman
The Legend of Korra
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Oppenheimer
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Judge Dredd
The Odyssey
X-Men: First Class
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Eden
The Batman
Megalopolis
Transformers One
Pineapple Express
Psycho
Ratatouille
RED
Paul T. Goldman
Partners
The Dream Team
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
Blade: Trinity
Django Unchained
The Survivors Club
Miracle on 34th Street
2 Fast 2 Furious
The Girl Next Door
The Night Watchmen
Black Lightning
Dexter
The Noel Diary
The Phantom
IT: Welcome to Derry
48 Hrs.
White Fang
Boys on the Side
Crime Story
Betrayal
Dexter
Wedlock
Setup
Dexter: Resurrection
Drugstore Cowboy
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
The Quest
Renaissance Man
Strangers
The Warriors
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