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