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.
Filmography (45)
They Will Kill You
The Odyssey
Transformers One
Megalopolis
Oppenheimer
The Noel Diary
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Speed Kills
The Blackcoat's Daughter
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
Horns
Django Unchained
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
X-Men: First Class
RED
The Unborn
Pineapple Express
Ratatouille
Blade: Trinity
The Girl Next Door
Ike: Countdown to D-Day
2 Fast 2 Furious
Duplex
Fear X
Hellraiser: Inferno
What Lies Beneath
Psycho
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
The Phantom
The Quest
Judge Dredd
Boys on the Side
Miracle on 34th Street
Renaissance Man
Blink
White Fang
Wedlock
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
The Dream Team
Drugstore Cowboy
The Cotton Club
48 Hrs.
The Long Riders
Cruising
