James Remar

Known for ActingBorn 1953-12-31 (age 72)Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Desperado: The Outlaw Wars

Dexter: Resurrection

The Rookie

Young Justice

IT: Welcome to Derry

Yellowstone

The Vampire Diaries

Ben 10: Alien Force

Criminal Minds

Justice League Unlimited

The Legend of Korra

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien

Django Unchained

The X-Files

Dexter

Oppenheimer

Grey's Anatomy

Battlestar Galactica

Transformers One

Justice League

The Batman

Code Black

Third Watch

Animal Kingdom

Ratatouille

Tales from the Crypt

Hawaii Five-0

Magnum P.I.

Gotham

CSI: Miami

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

Wilfred

NCIS: Los Angeles

Creepshow

Private Practice

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Peacemakers

Jericho

The Warriors

City on a Hill

The Movies That Made Us

Hill Street Blues

Strong Medicine

The Unit

X-Men: First Class

Franklin & Bash

The Survivors Club

Sex and the City