James Remar
Acting
Born 1953-12-31
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
179 credits
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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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Filmography
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Acting
59 credits
The Odyssey
Grey's Anatomy
The Rookie
Criminal Minds
Dexter
Hawaii Five-0
Yellowstone
American Dad!
The Vampire Diaries
CSI: Miami
The X-Files
NCIS: Los Angeles
Oppenheimer
Gotham
Without a Trace
Young Justice
Battlestar Galactica
The Legend of Korra
Sex and the City
Animal Kingdom
Miami Vice
Numb3rs
Magnum P.I.
Django Unchained
IT: Welcome to Derry
Private Practice
Third Watch
Strong Medicine
Ratatouille
The Unit
Nash Bridges
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
The Batman
Tales from the Crypt
The Equalizer
Ben 10: Alien Force
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
Walker, Texas Ranger
All's Fair
Black Lightning
Dexter: Resurrection
Transformers One
They Will Kill You
Justice League Unlimited
Pound Puppies
Franklin & Bash
Blade: Trinity
The Girl Next Door
7th Heaven
The Hitchhiker
The Twilight Zone
FlashForward
Justice League
The Shannara Chronicles
Jericho
Creepshow
Human Target
RED
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