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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 31, 1953
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As
- Джеймс Римар
- Τζέιμς Ρεμάρ
- 詹姆斯・瑞馬
- جیمز رمار
- William James Remar
James Remar
3.8 Popularity
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
0.0
The Odyssey
2026
4.8
Theodore Baskin
All's Fair
2025
8.2
General Francis Shaw
IT: Welcome to Derry
2025
8.5
Harry Morgan
Dexter: Resurrection
2025
5.2
Charles Cothope
Megalopolis
2024
8.0
Zeta Prime (voice)
Transformers One
2024
5.8
Arnold
Drugstore June
2024
5.0
Darlus
Glowzies
2023
8.0
Henry Stimson
Oppenheimer
2023
6.4
Lt. Newman
Paul T. Goldman
2023
Credits
The Odyssey
2026
0.0
All's Fair
as Theodore Baskin
2025
4.8
IT: Welcome to Derry
as General Francis Shaw
2025
8.2
Dexter: Resurrection
as Harry Morgan
2025
8.5
Megalopolis
as Charles Cothope
2024
5.2
Transformers One
as Zeta Prime (voice)
2024
8.0
Drugstore June
as Arnold
2024
5.8
Glowzies
as Darlus
2023
5.0
Oppenheimer
as Henry Stimson
2023
8.0
Paul T. Goldman
as Lt. Newman
2023
6.4
The Noel Diary
as Scott Turner
2022
6.3
Dead Reckoning
as Agent Cantrell
2020
5.7
🎬
Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables
as Himself
2020
0.0
Fire Over the Atlantic: The Mystery of TWA Flight 800
as Narrator
2020
0.0
The Movies That Made Us
as Self
2019
7.2
Creepshow
as Bateman
2019
7.5
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
as 'Bounty Law' - 'Ugly Owl'
2019
7.4
City on a Hill
as Richy Ryan
2019
7.2
Speed Kills
as Meyer Lansky
2018
5.4
The Rookie
as Tom Bradford
2018
8.5
Magnum P.I.
as Captain Buck Greene
2018
7.6
All You Ever Wished For
as Gordon Hutton
2018
4.7
Yellowstone
as Kyle Fremont
2018
8.3
Black Lightning
as Peter Gambi
2018
6.9
The Saint
as Arnold Valecross
2017
5.4
Feed
as Tom
2017
6.9
The Blackcoat's Daughter
as Bill
2017
5.9
Can't Buy My Love
as Rex
2017
6.0
The Night Watchmen
as Randall
2017
5.0
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
as Admiral Parnell
2016
5.9
Decommissioned
as David Marino
2016
3.2
The Dog Lover
as Daniel Holloway
2016
6.3
Animal Kingdom
as Detective Andre
2016
7.7
The Shannara Chronicles
as Cephelo
2016
7.0
The Shannara Chronicles
as Cephalo
2016
7.0
Papa Hemingway in Cuba
as Santo Trafficante
2015
5.4
Unnatural
as Martin Nakos
2015
4.1
Code Black
as General Hutch Hutchinson
2015
7.8
Eden
as Coach DaFoe
2015
5.1
Lap Dance
as Patrick Moore
2014
4.2
State of Affairs
as Syd
2014
5.6
Gotham
as Frank Gordon
2014
7.6
Persecuted
as John Luther
2014
4.3
Horns
as Derrick Perrish
2013
6.3
Beware the Batman
as Silver Monkey (voice)
2013
7.2
Beware the Batman
as Silver Monkey / Mr. Reese (voice)
2013
7.2
Django Unchained
as Butch Pooch / Ace Speck
2012
8.2
The Legend of Korra
as Tonraq (voice)
2012
8.2
All Superheroes Must Die
as Rickshaw
2011
4.4
Setup
as William
2011
4.9
Arena
as Tall Man
2011
5.2
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
as Sideswipe (voice)
2011
6.2
Wilfred
as Henry Newman
2011
7.6
Franklin & Bash
as Cliff
2011
7.2
X-Men: First Class
as US General
2011
7.3
The FP
as Narrator (voice)
2011
4.9
Young Justice
as Icicle Sr. (voice)
2010
8.4
RED
as Gabriel Singer
2010
6.7
Pound Puppies
as Sarge (voice)
2010
5.2
Hawaii Five-0
as Elliot Connor
2010
7.8
Gun
as Detective Rogers
2010
5.2
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
as Vilgax (voice)
2010
8.2
Human Target
as Warden Cole
2010
7.2
The Christmas Hope
as Mark Addison
2009
6.2
National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer
as Sam Kramer
2009
5.0
FlashForward
as James Ermine
2009
7.0
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Sterling Bridges
2009
7.5
2B
as Tom Mortlake
2009
0.0
The Unborn
as Gordon Beldon
2009
5.2
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
as Two-Face (voice)
2008
7.6
Pineapple Express
as General Bratt
2008
6.6
Ben 10: Alien Force
as Vilgax (voice)
2008
8.3
Eli Stone
as Salinsky
2008
6.8
Sharpshooter
as Dillon
2007
4.5
Private Practice
as Dr. Gibson
2007
7.5
The Warriors: Battleground
as Self
2007
7.0
The Warriors: The Beginning
as Self
2007
6.0
The Warriors: The Phenomenon
as Self
2007
6.0
Ratatouille
as Larousse (voice)
2007
7.8
The Warriors: The Way Home
as Self
2007
6.0
Dexter
as Harry Morgan
2006
8.2
Jericho
as Jonah Prowse
2006
7.4
The Unit
2006
7.3
Criminal Minds
as Tom Benton
2005
8.3
Grey's Anatomy
as Jimmy Evans
2005
8.2
American Dad!
as Charles Lindbergh Sr. (voice)
2005
7.0
Numb3rs
as Randall Priest
2005
7.0
Blade: Trinity
as Ray Cumberland
2004
5.9
Battlestar Galactica
as Meier
2004
8.2
The Batman
as Black Mask (voice)
2004
8.0
Justice League Unlimited
as Carter Hall (voice)
2004
8.3
Justice League Unlimited
as Hawkman / Shadow Thief (voice)
2004
8.3
The Grid
2004
6.5
North Shore
as Vincent Colville
2004
5.7
American Meltdown
as Colonel Boggs
2004
5.1
Ike: Countdown to D-Day
as General Omar Bradley
2004
6.4
The Girl Next Door
as Hugo Posh
2004
6.7
The Survivors Club
as Roan Griffin
2004
6.5
Duplex
as Chick
2003
6.1
Betrayal
as Alex Tyler
2003
4.1
Peacemakers
as Cole Hawkins
2003
7.3
2 Fast 2 Furious
as Agent Markham
2003
6.5
Fear X
as Peter
2003
5.8
Without a Trace
as Lucas Vohland
2002
7.2
CSI: Miami
as Quentin Taylor
2002
7.7
The Twilight Zone
as Alois Hitler
2002
7.2
Justice League
as Lead Manhunter (voice)
2001
8.2
Guardian
as Detective Carpenter
2001
5.5
Dying on the Edge
as Jackie James
2001
3.0
The Base 2: Guilty as Charged
as Lt. Col. Strauss
2000
4.3
Hellraiser: Inferno
as Dr. Paul Gregory
2000
5.4
The Huntress
as Tiny Bellows
2000
5.2
Strong Medicine
as Guy Falls
2000
7.3
What Lies Beneath
as Warren Feur
2000
6.4
Blowback
as John Matthew Whitman / Schmidt
2000
4.6
The Huntress
as Tiny Bellows
2000
0.0
🎬
Double Frame
1999
5.0
Rites of Passage
as Frank Dabbo
1999
5.4
D.R.E.A.M. Team
as Shawn Murphy
1999
5.1
Third Watch
as Detective Madjanski
1999
7.9
🎬
Born Bad
1999
4.8
Psycho
as Patrolman
1998
5.1
Inferno
as Dr. Coleman West
1998
3.5
Sex and the City
as Richard Wright
1998
7.4
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
as Raiden
1997
4.5
Total Security
1997
7.0
Robo Warriors
as Ray Gibson
1996
5.3
7th Heaven
as James Carver
1996
6.4
The Phantom
as Quill
1996
5.3
The Quest
as Maxie Devine
1996
6.2
Nash Bridges
as Mark Lee Page
1996
6.7
One Good Turn
as Simon Jury
1996
3.8
Wild Bill
as Donnie Lonigan
1995
5.7
Judge Dredd
as Block Warlord (uncredited)
1995
5.8
Boys on the Side
as Alex
1995
6.4
The Surgeon
as Dr. Benjamin Hendricks
1995
5.1
Miracle on 34th Street
as Jack Duff
1994
6.7
Across the Moon
as Rattlesnake Jim
1994
3.5
Renaissance Man
as Captain Tom Murdoch
1994
6.1
Confessions of a Hitman
as Bruno Serrano
1994
6.0
Fatal Instinct
as Max Shady
1993
5.4
Blink
as Thomas Ridgely
1993
6.1
The X-Files
as Josef Kobold
1993
8.4
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Keith Bolt
1993
6.9
The Tigress
as Andrei
1992
3.9
Indecency
as Mick Clarkson
1992
4.0
Strangers
as Bernard (The Last Game)
1992
2.0
🎬
Brotherhood of the Gun
as Frank Weir
1991
5.0
Wedlock
as Sam
1991
5.8
White Fang
as Beauty Smith
1991
6.7
Session Man
as McQueen
1991
5.7
Night Visions
as Sergeant Thomas Mackey
1990
4.4
Fatal Charm
as Louis
1990
5.1
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
as Preston (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’)
1990
6.2
Kojak: None So Blind
as Wolfgang Reiger
1990
6.0
Drugstore Cowboy
as Gentry
1989
7.1
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
as John Sikes
1989
9.5
Silence Like Glass
1989
6.6
Tales from the Crypt
as Red Buckley
1989
8.0
The Dream Team
as Gianelli
1989
6.2
Rent-a-Cop
as Dancer
1987
4.6
Quiet Cool
as Joe Dylanne
1986
6.7
Band of the Hand
as Nestor
1986
6.2
The Clan of the Cave Bear
as Creb
1986
5.2
The Equalizer
as Tremayne
1985
7.1
The Cotton Club
as Dutch Schultz
1984
6.5
Miami Vice
as Robbie Cann
1984
7.5
The Mystic Warrior
as Pesla
1984
2.5
The Mystic Warrior
as Pesla
1984
5.7
The Hitchhiker
as Ron
1983
6.1
48 Hrs.
as Albert Ganz
1982
6.7
Partners
as Edward K. Petersen
1982
5.3
Hill Street Blues
1981
7.6
Windwalker
as Windwalker (young)
1980
5.9
The Long Riders
as Sam Starr
1980
6.6
Cruising
as Gregory
1980
6.6
The Warriors
as Ajax
1979
7.7
On the Yard
as Larson
1978
5.8