James Remar

James Remar

1953-12-31
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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.

Acting

Oppenheimer
8.052
Once Upon a Time... ...
7.4
Ratatouille
7.831
Transformers One
8.048
Django Unchained
8.184
The Girl Next Door
6.733
Blade: Trinity
5.9
RED
6.699
Judge Dredd
5.841
The Warriors
7.672
Pineapple Express
6.639
Megalopolis
5.206
48 Hrs.
6.685
Mortal Kombat: ...
4.511
What Lies Beneath
6.441
The Phantom
5.267
The Saint
5.34
Duplex
6.1
Across the Moon
3.667
Miracle on 34th ...
6.762
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