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James Remar
James Remar

James Remar

ActingBorn December 31, 1953 (age 72)Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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.

Filmography

2026
The Odyssey

as Tiresias

Movie
2026
They Will Kill You

as The Pig's Head (voice)

Movie
2025
All's Fair

as Theodore Baskin

TV
2025
IT: Welcome to Derry

as General Francis Shaw

TV
2025
Dexter: Resurrection

as Harry Morgan

TV
2024
Megalopolis

as Charles Cothope

Movie
2024
Transformers One

as Zeta Prime (voice)

Movie
2024Movie
2023
Glowzies

as Darlus

Movie
2023
Oppenheimer

as Henry Stimson

Movie
2023
Paul T. Goldman

as Lt. Newman

TV
2022
The Noel Diary

as Scott Turner

Movie
2020
Dead Reckoning

as Agent Cantrell

Movie
2019
Creepshow

as Bateman

TV
2019
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

as 'Bounty Law' - 'Ugly Owl'

Movie
2019
City on a Hill

as Richy Ryan

TV
2018
Speed Kills

as Meyer Lansky

Movie
2018
The Rookie

as Tom Bradford

TV
2018
Magnum P.I.

as Captain Buck Greene

TV
2018
All You Ever Wished For

as Gordon Hutton

Movie
2018
Yellowstone

as Kyle Fremont

TV
2018
Black Lightning

as Peter Gambi

TV
2017
The Saint

as Arnold Valecross

Movie
2017
Feed

as Tom

Movie
2017Movie
2017Movie
2017Movie
2016Movie
2016
Decommissioned

as David Marino

Movie
2016
The Dog Lover

as Daniel Holloway

Movie
2016
Animal Kingdom

as Detective Andre

TV
2016TV
2016TV
2015
Papa Hemingway in Cuba

as Santo Trafficante

Movie
2015
Unnatural

as Martin Nakos

Movie
2015
Code Black

as General Hutch Hutchinson

TV
2015
Eden

as Coach DaFoe

Movie
2014
Lap Dance

as Patrick Moore

Movie
2014TV
2014
Gotham

as Frank Gordon

TV
2014
Persecuted

as John Luther

Movie
2013
Horns

as Derrick Perrish

Movie
2013
Beware the Batman

as Silver Monkey (voice)

TV
2013
Beware the Batman

as Silver Monkey / Mr. Reese (voice)

TV
2012
Django Unchained

as Butch Pooch / Ace Speck

Movie
2012
Ben 10: Omniverse

as Vilgax (voice)

Movie
2012
The Legend of Korra

as Tonraq (voice)

TV
2011Movie
2011
Setup

as William

Movie
2011
Arena

as Tall Man

Movie
2011
Transformers: Dark of the Moon

as Sideswipe (voice)

Movie
2011
Wilfred

as Henry Newman

TV
2011
X-Men: First Class

as US General

Movie
2011TV
2011
The FP

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2010
Young Justice

as Icicle Sr. (voice)

TV
2010
RED

as Gabriel Singer

Movie
2010
Pound Puppies

as Sarge (voice)

TV
2010
Hawaii Five-0

as Elliot Connor

TV
2010
Gun

as Detective Rogers

Movie
2010
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien

as Vilgax (voice)

TV
2010
Human Target

as Warden Cole

TV
2009
The Christmas Hope

as Mark Addison

Movie
2009
FlashForward

as James Ermine

TV
2009
NCIS: Los Angeles

as Sterling Bridges

TV
2009
The Vampire Diaries

as Giuseppe Salvatore

TV
2009
2B

as Tom Mortlake

Movie
2009
The Unborn

as Gordon Beldon

Movie
2008TV
2008
Pineapple Express

as General Bratt

Movie
2008
Ben 10: Alien Force

as Vilgax (voice)

TV
2008
Eli Stone

as Salinsky

TV
2007
Sharpshooter

as Dillon

Movie
2007
Private Practice

as Dr. Gibson

TV
2007
Ratatouille

as Larousse (voice)

Movie
2006
Dexter

as Harry Morgan

TV
2006
Jericho

as Jonah Prowse

TV
2006
Thief

as Agent Patterson

TV
2006
The Unit

as Reece

TV
2005
Criminal Minds

as Tom Benton

TV
2005
Grey's Anatomy

as Jimmy Evans

TV
2005
American Dad!

as Charles Lindbergh Sr. (voice)

TV
2005
Numb3rs

as Randall Priest

TV
2004
Blade: Trinity

as Ray Cumberland

Movie
2004TV
2004
The Batman

as Black Mask (voice)

TV
2004
Justice League Unlimited

as Carter Hall (voice)

TV
2004
Justice League Unlimited

as Hawkman / Shadow Thief (voice)

TV
2004TV
2004
North Shore

as Vincent Colville

TV
2004
American Meltdown

as Colonel Boggs

Movie
2004
Ike: Countdown to D-Day

as General Omar Bradley

Movie
2004
The Girl Next Door

as Hugo Posh

Movie
2004
The Survivors Club

as Roan Griffin

Movie
2003
Duplex

as Chick

Movie
2003
Betrayal

as Alex Tyler

Movie
2003
Peacemakers

as Cole Hawkins

TV
2003
2 Fast 2 Furious

as Agent Markham

Movie
2003
Fear X

as Peter

Movie
2002
Without a Trace

as Lucas Vohland

TV
2002
CSI: Miami

as Quentin Taylor

TV
2002
The Twilight Zone

as Alois Hitler

TV
2001
Justice League

as Lead Manhunter (voice)

TV
2001
Guardian

as Detective Carpenter

Movie
2001
Dying on the Edge

as Jackie James

Movie
2000Movie
2000
Hellraiser: Inferno

as Dr. Paul Gregory

Movie
2000
The Huntress

as Tiny Bellows

TV
2000
Strong Medicine

as Guy Falls

TV
2000
What Lies Beneath

as Warren Feur

Movie
2000
Blowback

as John Matthew Whitman / Schmidt

Movie
2000
The Huntress

as Tiny Bellows

Movie
1999Movie
1999
Rites of Passage

as Frank Dabbo

Movie
1999
D.R.E.A.M. Team

as Shawn Murphy

Movie
1999
Third Watch

as Detective Madjanski

TV
1999Movie
1999Movie
1998
Psycho

as Patrolman

Movie
1998
Inferno

as Dr. Coleman West

Movie
1998
Sex and the City

as Richard Wright

TV
1997Movie
1996
Robo Warriors

as Ray Gibson

Movie
1996
7th Heaven

as James Carver

TV
1996
The Phantom

as Quill

Movie
1996
The Quest

as Maxie Devine

Movie
1996
Nash Bridges

as Mark Lee Page

TV
1996
One Good Turn

as Simon Jury

Movie
1995
Wild Bill

as Donnie Lonigan

Movie
1995
Judge Dredd

as Block Warlord (uncredited)

Movie
1995Movie
1995
The Surgeon

as Dr. Benjamin Hendricks

Movie
1994Movie
1994
Across the Moon

as Rattlesnake Jim

Movie
1994
Renaissance Man

as Captain Tom Murdoch

Movie
1994
Confessions of a Hitman

as Bruno Serrano

Movie
1993
Fatal Instinct

as Max Shady

Movie
1993
Blink

as Thomas Ridgely

Movie
1993
The X-Files

as Josef Kobold

TV
1993TV
1992
The Tigress

as Andrei

Movie
1992
Indecency

as Mick Clarkson

Movie
1992
Strangers

as Bernard (The Last Game)

Movie
1991Movie
1991
Wedlock

as Sam

Movie
1991
White Fang

as Beauty Smith

Movie
1991
Session Man

as McQueen

Movie
1990
Night Visions

as Sergeant Thomas Mackey

Movie
1990
Fatal Charm

as Louis

Movie
1990
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

as Preston (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’)

Movie
1990
Kojak: None So Blind

as Wolfgang Reiger

Movie
1989Movie
1989Movie
1989
Tales from the Crypt

as Red Buckley

TV
1989
The Dream Team

as Gianelli

Movie
1987
Rent-a-Cop

as Dancer

Movie
1986
Quiet Cool

as Joe Dylanne

Movie
1986Movie
1985
The Equalizer

as Tremayne

TV
1984
The Cotton Club

as Dutch Schultz

Movie
1984
Miami Vice

as Robbie Cann

TV
1984TV
1983TV
1982
48 Hrs.

as Albert Ganz

Movie
1982
Partners

as Edward K. Petersen

Movie
1980
Windwalker

as Windwalker (young)

Movie
1980
The Long Riders

as Sam Starr

Movie
1980
Cruising

as Gregory

Movie
1979Movie
1978
On the Yard

as Larson

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayDecember 31, 1953
Place of BirthBoston, Massachusetts, USA
Popularity2.6
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