James Remar
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1953-12-31 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
James Remar
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
(2024)
Transformers One
as Zeta Prime (voice)
(2024)
Megalopolis
as Charles Cothope
(2024)
Drugstore June
as Arnold
(2023)
Oppenheimer
as Henry Stimson
(2023)
Glowzies
as Darlus
(2022)
The Noel Diary
as Scott Turner
(2020)
Dead Reckoning
as Agent Cantrell
(2020)
(2019)
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
as 'Bounty Law' - 'Ugly Owl'
(2018)
Speed Kills
as Meyer Lansky
(2018)
All You Ever Wished For
as Gordon Hutton
(2017)
The Saint
as Arnold Valecross
(2017)
Can't Buy My Love
as Rex
(2017)
The Night Watchmen
as Randall
(2017)
The Blackcoat's Daughter
as Bill
(2017)
Feed
as Tom
(2016)
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
as Admiral Parnell
(2016)
The Dog Lover
as Daniel Holloway
(2016)
Decommissioned
as David Marino
(2015)
Unnatural
as Martin Nakos
(2015)
Papa Hemingway in Cuba
as Santo Trafficante
(2014)
Persecuted
as John Luther
(2014)
Lap Dance
as Patrick Moore
(2013)
Horns
as Derrick Perrish
(2013)
Eden
as Coach DaFoe
(2012)
Django Unchained
as Butch Pooch / Ace Speck
(2011)
Setup
as William
(2011)
Arena
as Tall Man
(2011)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
as Sideswipe (voice)
(2011)
The FP
as Narrator (voice)
(2011)
All Superheroes Must Die
as Rickshaw
(2011)
X-Men: First Class
as US General
(2010)
RED
as Gabriel Singer
(2010)
Gun
as Detective Rogers
(2009)
The Unborn
as Gordon Beldon
(2009)
2B
as Tom Mortlake
(2009)
The Christmas Hope
as Mark Addison
(2009)
National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer
as Sam Kramer
(2008)
Pineapple Express
as General Bratt
(2007)
Ratatouille
as Larousse (voice)
(2007)
Sharpshooter
as Dillon
(2007)
The Warriors: The Way Home
as Self
(2007)
The Warriors: The Phenomenon
as Self
(2007)
The Warriors: The Beginning
as Self
(2007)
The Warriors: Battleground
as Self
(2004)
The Girl Next Door
as Hugo Posh
(2004)
Blade: Trinity
as Ray Cumberland
(2004)
Ike: Countdown to D-Day
as General Omar Bradley
(2004)
The Survivors Club
as Roan Griffin
(2004)
American Meltdown
as Colonel Boggs
(2003)
Duplex
as Chick
(2003)
Fear X
as Peter
(2003)
Betrayal
as Alex Tyler
(2003)
2 Fast 2 Furious
as Agent Markham
(2001)
Guardian
as Detective Carpenter
(2001)
Dying on the Edge
as Jackie James
(2000)
What Lies Beneath
as Warren Feur
(2000)
The Base 2: Guilty as Charged
as Lt. Col. Strauss
(2000)
Hellraiser: Inferno
as Dr. Paul Gregory
(2000)
The Huntress
as Tiny Bellows
(2000)
Blowback
as John Matthew Whitman / Schmidt
(1999)
Rites of Passage
as Frank Dabbo
(1999)
D.R.E.A.M. Team
as Shawn Murphy
(1999)
(1999)
(1998)
Psycho
as Patrolman
(1998)
Inferno
as Dr. Coleman West
(1997)
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
as Raiden
(1996)
The Quest
as Maxie Devine
(1996)
The Phantom
as Quill
(1996)
One Good Turn
as Simon Jury
(1996)
Robo Warriors
as Ray Gibson
(1995)
Judge Dredd
as Block Warlord (uncredited)
(1995)
Wild Bill
as Donnie Lonigan
(1995)
Boys on the Side
as Alex
(1995)
The Surgeon
as Dr. Benjamin Hendricks
(1994)
Across the Moon
as Rattlesnake Jim
(1994)
Miracle on 34th Street
as Jack Duff
(1994)
Confessions of a Hitman
as Bruno Serrano
(1994)
Renaissance Man
as Captain Tom Murdoch
(1993)
Fatal Instinct
as Max Shady
(1993)
Blink
as Thomas Ridgely
(1992)
Strangers
as Bernard (The Last Game)
(1992)
Indecency
as Mick Clarkson
(1992)
The Tigress
as Andrei
(1991)
Wedlock
as Sam
(1991)
White Fang
as Beauty Smith
(1991)
Session Man
as McQueen
(1991)
Brotherhood of the Gun
as Frank Weir
(1990)
Fatal Charm
as Louis
(1990)
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
as Preston (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’)
(1990)
Kojak: None So Blind
as Wolfgang Reiger
(1990)
Night Visions
as Sergeant Thomas Mackey
(1989)
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
as John Sikes
(1989)
Drugstore Cowboy
as Gentry
(1989)
The Dream Team
as Gianelli
(1989)
(1987)
Rent-a-Cop
as Dancer
(1986)
Quiet Cool
as Joe Dylanne
(1986)
The Clan of the Cave Bear
as Creb
(1986)
Band of the Hand
as Nestor
(1984)
The Cotton Club
as Dutch Schultz
(1984)
The Mystic Warrior
as Pesla
(1982)
48 Hrs.
as Albert Ganz
(1982)
Partners
as Edward K. Petersen
(1980)
Cruising
as Gregory
(1980)
The Long Riders
as Sam Starr
(1980)
Windwalker
as Windwalker (young)
(1979)
The Warriors
as Ajax
(1978)
On the Yard
as Larson