James Remar
James Remar
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.
48 Hrs.
Drugstore Cowboy
2 Fast 2 Furious
Ratatouille
Wedlock
The Cotton Club
Pineapple Express
Miracle on 34th Street
The Girl Next Door
What Lies Beneath
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Ike: Countdown to D-Day
The Warriors
Sharpshooter
Renaissance Man
White Fang
The Quest
Hellraiser: Inferno
Fatal Instinct
Boys on the Side
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
Band of the Hand
The Phantom
The Clan of the Cave Bear
The Unborn
Strangers
Blade: Trinity
The Dream Team
The Long Riders
Robo Warriors
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
RED
Wild Bill
Rites of Passage
The Survivors Club
X-Men: First Class
Betrayal
Django Unchained
Rent-a-Cop
Arena
Setup
Quiet Cool
All Superheroes Must Die
The Base 2: Guilty as Charged
2B
Blowback
The Surgeon
Horns
Indecency
D.R.E.A.M. Team
The Tigress
Glowzies
Persecuted
Gun
Blink
Partners
Fear X
The Mystic Warrior
Confessions of a Hitman
Megalopolis
Fatal Charm
The Huntress
Lap Dance
Guardian
The Blackcoat's Daughter
Windwalker
Oppenheimer
The Noel Diary
Drugstore June
National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer
Unnatural
Duplex
Session Man
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
Papa Hemingway in Cuba
The Dog Lover
The Night Watchmen
Decommissioned
Cruising
Transformers One
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
Can't Buy My Love
Night Visions
One Good Turn
Feed
Inferno
The Saint
The Christmas Hope
Across the Moon
Psycho
All You Ever Wished For
Dead Reckoning
Speed Kills
Judge Dredd
Eden
The Warriors: The Beginning
The Warriors: The Way Home
Kojak: None So Blind
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
The FP
On the Yard
American Meltdown
The Warriors: Battleground
The Warriors: The Phenomenon
Silence Like Glass
Dying on the Edge