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.
Known for
Credits
The Odyssey (2026)
as Tiresias
They Will Kill You (2026)
as The Pig's Head (voice)
Oppenheimer (2023)
as Henry Stimson
Ratatouille (2007)
as Larousse (voice)
Django Unchained (2012)
as Butch Pooch / Ace Speck
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)
as 'Bounty Law' - 'Ugly Owl'
The Girl Next Door (2004)
as Hugo Posh
Transformers One (2024)
as Zeta Prime (voice)
Blade: Trinity (2004)
as Ray Cumberland
Judge Dredd (1995)
as Block Warlord (uncredited)
RED (2010)
as Gabriel Singer
The Warriors (1979)
as Ajax
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997)
as Raiden
48 Hrs. (1982)
as Albert Ganz
What Lies Beneath (2000)
as Warren Feur
Pineapple Express (2008)
as General Bratt
The Unborn (2009)
as Gordon Beldon
White Fang (1991)
as Beauty Smith
Megalopolis (2024)
as Charles Cothope
Duplex (2003)
as Chick
Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
as Jack Duff
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016)
as Admiral Parnell
The Quest (1996)
as Maxie Devine
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
as Sideswipe (voice)
Boys on the Side (1995)
as Alex
Cruising (1980)
as Gregory
Psycho (1998)
as Patrolman
The Cotton Club (1984)
as Dutch Schultz
Horns (2013)
as Derrick Perrish
The Phantom (1996)
as Quill
Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
as Gentry
Wild Bill (1995)
as Donnie Lonigan
2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
as Agent Markham
The Saint (2017)
as Arnold Valecross
The Dream Team (1989)
as Gianelli
Renaissance Man (1994)
as Captain Tom Murdoch
Lap Dance (2014)
as Patrick Moore
Fatal Instinct (1993)
as Max Shady
The Long Riders (1980)
as Sam Starr
Speed Kills (2018)
as Meyer Lansky
Hellraiser: Inferno (2000)
as Dr. Paul Gregory
The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986)
as Creb
The Noel Diary (2022)
as Scott Turner
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
as Preston (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’)
Arena (2011)
as Tall Man
Blink (1993)
as Thomas Ridgely
Robo Warriors (1996)
as Ray Gibson
Setup (2011)
as William
Fatal Charm (1990)
as Louis
Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2004)
as General Omar Bradley
Can't Buy My Love (2017)
as Rex
The Blackcoat's Daughter (2017)
as Bill
Wedlock (1991)
as Sam
Silence Like Glass (1989)
Actor
Gun (2010)
as Detective Rogers
Fear X (2003)
as Peter
Rent-a-Cop (1987)
as Dancer
Quiet Cool (1986)
as Joe Dylanne
The FP (2011)
as Narrator (voice)
The Dog Lover (2016)
as Daniel Holloway
The Tigress (1992)
as Andrei
Session Man (1991)
as McQueen
Sharpshooter (2007)
as Dillon
Psycho Path (1999)
as Self
Dead Reckoning (2020)
as Agent Cantrell
On the Yard (1978)
as Larson
Betrayal (2003)
as Alex Tyler
Feed (2017)
as Tom
Guardian (2001)
as Detective Carpenter
Band of the Hand (1986)
as Nestor
Partners (1982)
as Edward K. Petersen
Born Bad (1999)
Actor
Ben 10: Omniverse (2012)
as Vilgax (voice)
D.R.E.A.M. Team (1999)
as Shawn Murphy
Windwalker (1980)
as Windwalker (young)
Across the Moon (1994)
as Rattlesnake Jim
One Good Turn (1996)
as Simon Jury
Indecency (1992)
as Mick Clarkson
Drugstore June (2024)
as Arnold
Papa Hemingway in Cuba (2015)
as Santo Trafficante
Eden (2015)
as Coach DaFoe
American Meltdown (2004)
as Colonel Boggs
Unnatural (2015)
as Martin Nakos
Night Visions (1990)
as Sergeant Thomas Mackey
The Survivors Club (2004)
as Roan Griffin
National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer (2009)
as Sam Kramer
Blowback (2000)
as John Matthew Whitman / Schmidt
The Night Watchmen (2017)
as Randall
Persecuted (2014)
as John Luther
The Surgeon (1995)
as Dr. Benjamin Hendricks
Decommissioned (2016)
as David Marino
X-Men: First Class (2011)
as US General
Kojak: None So Blind (1990)
as Wolfgang Reiger
The Christmas Hope (2009)
as Mark Addison
Dying on the Edge (2001)
as Jackie James
Rites of Passage (1999)
as Frank Dabbo
Strangers (1992)
as Bernard (The Last Game)
Inferno (1998)
as Dr. Coleman West
The Huntress (2000)
as Tiny Bellows
Brotherhood of the Gun (1991)
as Frank Weir
The Base 2: Guilty as Charged (2000)
as Lt. Col. Strauss
Double Frame (1999)
Actor
All Superheroes Must Die (2011)
as Rickshaw
2B (2009)
as Tom Mortlake
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars (1989)
as John Sikes
The Warriors: Battleground (2007)
as Self
Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables (2020)
as Himself
Confessions of a Hitman (1994)
as Bruno Serrano
The Warriors: The Beginning (2007)
as Self
The Warriors: The Phenomenon (2007)
as Self
All You Ever Wished For (2018)
as Gordon Hutton
The Warriors: The Way Home (2007)
as Self
Glowzies (2023)
as Darlus