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