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.
Known For
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 Blackcoat's Daughter
as Bill
(2017)
The Night Watchmen
as Randall
(2017)
The Saint
as Arnold Valecross
(2017)
Can't Buy My Love
as Rex
(2017)
Feed
as Tom
(2016)
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
as Admiral Parnell
(2016)
Decommissioned
as David Marino
(2016)
The Dog Lover
as Daniel Holloway
(2015)
Unnatural
as Martin Nakos
(2015)
Papa Hemingway in Cuba
as Santo Trafficante
(2014)
Lap Dance
as Patrick Moore
(2014)
Persecuted
as John Luther
(2013)
Horns
as Derrick Perrish
(2013)
Eden
as Coach DaFoe
(2012)
Django Unchained
as Butch Pooch / Ace Speck
(2011)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
as Sideswipe (voice)
(2011)
Arena
as Tall Man
(2011)
Setup
as William
(2011)
X-Men: First Class
as US General
(2011)
All Superheroes Must Die
as Rickshaw
(2011)
The FP
as Narrator (voice)
(2010)
RED
as Gabriel Singer
(2010)
Gun
as Detective Rogers
(2009)
The Unborn
as Gordon Beldon
(2009)
National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer
as Sam Kramer
(2009)
The Christmas Hope
as Mark Addison
(2009)
2B
as Tom Mortlake
(2008)
Pineapple Express
as General Bratt
(2007)
Ratatouille
as Larousse (voice)
(2007)
Sharpshooter
as Dillon
(2007)
The Warriors: The Beginning
as Self
(2007)
The Warriors: The Way Home
as Self
(2007)
The Warriors: The Phenomenon
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)
American Meltdown
as Colonel Boggs
(2004)
The Survivors Club
as Roan Griffin
(2003)
Duplex
as Chick
(2003)
2 Fast 2 Furious
as Agent Markham
(2003)
Fear X
as Peter
(2003)
Betrayal
as Alex Tyler
(2001)
Guardian
as Detective Carpenter
(2001)
Dying on the Edge
as Jackie James
(2000)
What Lies Beneath
as Warren Feur
(2000)
Hellraiser: Inferno
as Dr. Paul Gregory
(2000)
Blowback
as John Matthew Whitman / Schmidt
(2000)
The Base 2: Guilty as Charged
as Lt. Col. Strauss
(2000)
The Huntress
as Tiny Bellows
(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)
Robo Warriors
as Ray Gibson
(1996)
One Good Turn
as Simon Jury
(1995)
Judge Dredd
as Block Warlord (uncredited)
(1995)
Boys on the Side
as Alex
(1995)
Wild Bill
as Donnie Lonigan
(1995)
The Surgeon
as Dr. Benjamin Hendricks
(1994)
Miracle on 34th Street
as Jack Duff
(1994)
Renaissance Man
as Captain Tom Murdoch
(1994)
Confessions of a Hitman
as Bruno Serrano
(1994)
Across the Moon
as Rattlesnake Jim
(1993)
Fatal Instinct
as Max Shady
(1993)
Blink
as Thomas Ridgely
(1992)
Indecency
as Mick Clarkson
(1992)
Strangers
as Bernard (The Last Game)
(1992)
The Tigress
as Andrei
(1991)
White Fang
as Beauty Smith
(1991)
Wedlock
as Sam
(1991)
Brotherhood of the Gun
as Frank Weir
(1991)
Session Man
as McQueen
(1990)
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
as Preston (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’)
(1990)
Fatal Charm
as Louis
(1990)
Night Visions
as Sergeant Thomas Mackey
(1990)
Kojak: None So Blind
as Wolfgang Reiger
(1989)
Drugstore Cowboy
as Gentry
(1989)
The Dream Team
as Gianelli
(1989)
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
as John Sikes
(1989)
(1987)
Rent-a-Cop
as Dancer
(1986)
The Clan of the Cave Bear
as Creb
(1986)
Band of the Hand
as Nestor
(1986)
Quiet Cool
as Joe Dylanne
(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)
The Long Riders
as Sam Starr
(1980)
Cruising
as Gregory
(1980)
Windwalker
as Windwalker (young)
(1979)
The Warriors
as Ajax
(1978)
On the Yard
as Larson