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James Remar

James Remar

Birthday: 1953-12-31 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
IT: Welcome to Derry

as    General Francis Shaw

2025
Dexter: Resurrection

as    Harry Morgan

2024
Drugstore June

as    Arnold

2023
Glowzies

as    Darlus

2022
The Noel Diary

as    Scott Turner

2020
Dead Reckoning

as    Agent Cantrell

2018
All You Ever Wished For

as    Gordon Hutton

2018
Speed Kills

as    Meyer Lansky

2018
Black Lightning

as    Peter Gambi

2017
The Saint

as    Arnold Valecross

2017
The Blackcoat's Daughter

as    Bill

2017
The Night Watchmen

as    Randall

2017
Can't Buy My Love

as    Rex

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
Horns

as    Derrick Perrish

2014
Persecuted

as    John Luther

2014
Lap Dance

as    Patrick Moore

2013
All Superheroes Must Die

as    Rickshaw

2012
Django Unchained

as    Butch Pooch / Ace Speck

2011
Arena

as    Tall Man

2011
Setup

as    William