James Remar

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James Remar

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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.

Films Featuring James Remar

48 Hrs.

19826.7

Drugstore Cowboy

19897.1

2 Fast 2 Furious

20036.5

Ratatouille

20077.8

Wedlock

19915.8

The Cotton Club

19846.5

Pineapple Express

20086.6

Miracle on 34th Street

19946.8

The Girl Next Door

20046.8

What Lies Beneath

20006.4

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

19906.2

Ike: Countdown to D-Day

20046.6

The Warriors

19797.7

Sharpshooter

20074.6

Renaissance Man

19946.1

White Fang

19916.8

The Quest

19966.2

Hellraiser: Inferno

20005.4

Fatal Instinct

19935.5

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

19974.6

Boys on the Side

19956.4

Band of the Hand

19866.2

The Phantom

19965.3

The Clan of the Cave Bear

19865.3

The Unborn

20095.2

Strangers

19923.2

Blade: Trinity

20045.9

The Dream Team

19896.1

The Long Riders

19806.6

Robo Warriors

19965.4

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

20116.2

RED

20106.7

Wild Bill

19955.7

Rites of Passage

19995.6

The Survivors Club

20047.3

X-Men: First Class

20117.3

Betrayal

20034.2

Django Unchained

20128.2

Rent-a-Cop

19874.7

Arena

20115.2

Setup

20114.9

Quiet Cool

19866.8

All Superheroes Must Die

20114.3

The Base 2: Guilty as Charged

20004.6

2B

20095.0

Blowback

20004.7

The Surgeon

19955.1

Horns

20136.3

Born Bad

19995.3

Indecency

19925.5

D.R.E.A.M. Team

19995.4

The Tigress

19924.3

Glowzies

20236.0

Persecuted

20144.2

Gun

20105.2

Blink

19936.1

Partners

19825.5

Fear X

20035.8

Confessions of a Hitman

19946.3

Megalopolis

20245.2

Fatal Charm

19905.5

The Huntress

20007.0

Lap Dance

20144.2

Guardian

20015.8

The Blackcoat's Daughter

20175.9

Windwalker

19806.3

Oppenheimer

20238.0

The Noel Diary

20226.3

Brotherhood of the Gun

Brotherhood of the Gun

19916.5

Drugstore June

20245.7

National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer

20094.8

Unnatural

20154.0

Duplex

20036.1

Session Man

19916.1

Desperado: The Outlaw Wars

19899.0

Papa Hemingway in Cuba

20155.4

The Dog Lover

20166.3

The Night Watchmen

20175.0

Decommissioned

20163.2

Cruising

19806.6

Transformers One

20248.0

USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage

20165.9

Can't Buy My Love

20176.0

Night Visions

19904.6

One Good Turn

19964.8

Double Frame

19996.0

Feed

20176.9

Inferno

19984.3

The Saint

20175.4

The Christmas Hope

20096.2

Across the Moon

19944.2

Psycho

19985.1

All You Ever Wished For

20184.7

Dead Reckoning

20205.7

Speed Kills

20185.4

Judge Dredd

19955.9

Eden

20155.2

The Warriors: The Beginning

20076.0

The Warriors: The Way Home

20076.0

Kojak: None So Blind

19906.3

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

20197.4

The FP

20115.0

On the Yard

19786.0

American Meltdown

20045.2

Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables

Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables

2020

The Warriors: Battleground

20077.0

The Warriors: The Phenomenon

20076.0

Silence Like Glass

19897.0

Dying on the Edge

20016.0

The Odyssey

20268.0

Ben 10: Omniverse

2012

They Will Kill You

20267.0

Psycho Path

19997.2

The Spectacular Spider-Man