James Remar

Acting

December 31, 1953 (72 years old)

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Male

113 Movies

69 TV Shows

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.

Dexter

2006 8.2

as Harry Morgan

Age 52 (now 72) 96 eps

96 eps

The Warriors

1979 7.7

as Ajax

Age 25 (now 72)

Black Lightning

2018 6.9

as Peter Gambi

Age 64 (now 72) 58 eps

58 eps

Django Unchained

2012 8.2

as Butch Pooch / Ace Speck

Age 58 (now 72)

2 Fast 2 Furious

2003 6.5

as Agent Markham

Age 49 (now 72)

What Lies Beneath

2000 6.4

as Warren Feur

Age 46 (now 72)

The Girl Next Door

2004 6.7

as Hugo Posh

Age 50 (now 72)

The Legend of Korra

2012 8.2

as Tonraq (voice)

Age 58 (now 72) 14 eps

14 eps

Drugstore Cowboy

1989 7.1

as Gentry

Age 35 (now 72)

The Quest

1996 6.2

as Maxie Devine

Age 42 (now 72)

48 Hrs.

1982 6.7

as Albert Ganz

Age 28 (now 72)

Ratatouille

2007 7.8

as Larousse (voice)

Age 53 (now 72)

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

1997 4.6

as Raiden

Age 43 (now 72)

The Blackcoat's Daughter

2017 5.9

as Bill

Age 63 (now 72)

Duplex

2003 6.1

as Chick

Age 49 (now 72)

Hellraiser: Inferno

2000 5.4

as Dr. Paul Gregory

Age 46 (now 72)

The Odyssey

2026

Age 72

They Will Kill You

2026 7.1

as Pig's Head (voice)

Age 72

Megalopolis

2024 5.2

as Charles Cothope

Age 70 (now 72)

Transformers One

2024 8.0

as Zeta Prime (voice)

Age 70 (now 72)

Drugstore June

2024 5.7

as Arnold

Age 70 (now 72)

Glowzies

2023 6.0

as Darlus

Age 69 (now 72)

Oppenheimer

2023 8.0

as Henry Stimson

Age 69 (now 72)

The Noel Diary

2022 6.3

as Scott Turner

Age 68 (now 72)

Dead Reckoning

2020 5.7

as Agent Cantrell

Age 66 (now 72)

Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables

2020

as Himself

Age 66 (now 72)

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019 7.4

as 'Bounty Law' - 'Ugly Owl'

Age 65 (now 72)

Speed Kills

2018 5.4

as Meyer Lansky

Age 64 (now 72)

All You Ever Wished For

2018 4.7

as Gordon Hutton

Age 64 (now 72)

The Saint

2017 5.4

as Arnold Valecross

Age 63 (now 72)

Feed

2017 6.9

as Tom

Age 63 (now 72)

The Blackcoat's Daughter

2017 5.9

as Bill

Age 63 (now 72)

Can't Buy My Love

2017 6.0

as Rex

Age 63 (now 72)

The Night Watchmen

2017 5.0

as Randall

Age 63 (now 72)

USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage

2016 5.9

as Admiral Parnell

Age 62 (now 72)

Decommissioned

2016 3.2

as David Marino

Age 62 (now 72)

The Dog Lover

2016 6.3

as Daniel Holloway

Age 62 (now 72)

Papa Hemingway in Cuba

2015 5.4

as Santo Trafficante

Age 61 (now 72)

Unnatural

2015 4.1

as Martin Nakos

Age 61 (now 72)

Eden

2015 5.2

as Coach DaFoe

Age 61 (now 72)

Lap Dance

2014 4.2

as Patrick Moore

Age 60 (now 72)

Persecuted

2014 4.3

as John Luther

Age 60 (now 72)

Horns

2013 6.3

as Derrick Perrish

Age 59 (now 72)

Django Unchained

2012 8.2

as Butch Pooch / Ace Speck

Age 58 (now 72)

Ben 10: Omniverse

2012

as Vilgax (voice)

Age 58 (now 72)

All Superheroes Must Die

2011 4.4

as Rickshaw

Age 57 (now 72)

Setup

2011 4.9

as William

Age 57 (now 72)

Arena

2011 5.2

as Tall Man

Age 57 (now 72)

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

2011 6.2

as Sideswipe (voice)

Age 57 (now 72)

X-Men: First Class

2011 7.3

as US General

Age 57 (now 72)

The FP

2011 4.9

as Narrator (voice)

Age 57 (now 72)

RED

2010 6.7

as Gabriel Singer

Age 56 (now 72)

Gun

2010 5.2

as Detective Rogers

Age 56 (now 72)

The Christmas Hope

2009 6.2

as Mark Addison

Age 55 (now 72)

National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer

2009 4.9

as Sam Kramer

Age 55 (now 72)

2B

2009 5.0

as Tom Mortlake

Age 55 (now 72)

The Unborn

2009 5.2

as Gordon Beldon

Age 55 (now 72)

Pineapple Express

2008 6.6

as General Bratt

Age 54 (now 72)

Sharpshooter

2007 4.6

as Dillon

Age 53 (now 72)

The Warriors: Battleground

2007 7.0

as Self

Age 53 (now 72)

The Warriors: The Beginning

2007 6.0

as Self

Age 53 (now 72)

The Warriors: The Phenomenon

2007 6.0

as Self

Age 53 (now 72)

Ratatouille

2007 7.8

as Larousse (voice)

Age 53 (now 72)

The Warriors: The Way Home

2007 6.0

as Self

Age 53 (now 72)

Blade: Trinity

2004 5.9

as Ray Cumberland

Age 50 (now 72)

American Meltdown

2004 5.2

as Colonel Boggs

Age 50 (now 72)

Ike: Countdown to D-Day

2004 6.6

as General Omar Bradley

Age 50 (now 72)

The Girl Next Door

2004 6.7

as Hugo Posh

Age 50 (now 72)

The Survivors Club

2004 7.3

as Roan Griffin

Age 50 (now 72)

Duplex

2003 6.1

as Chick

Age 49 (now 72)

Betrayal

2003 4.3

as Alex Tyler

Age 49 (now 72)

2 Fast 2 Furious

2003 6.5

as Agent Markham

Age 49 (now 72)

Fear X

2003 5.8

as Peter

Age 49 (now 72)

Guardian

2001 5.8

as Detective Carpenter

Age 47 (now 72)

Dying on the Edge

2001 6.0

as Jackie James

Age 47 (now 72)

The Base 2: Guilty as Charged

2000 4.6

as Lt. Col. Strauss

Age 46 (now 72)

Hellraiser: Inferno

2000 5.4

as Dr. Paul Gregory

Age 46 (now 72)

What Lies Beneath

2000 6.4

as Warren Feur

Age 46 (now 72)

Blowback

2000 4.8

as John Matthew Whitman / Schmidt

Age 46 (now 72)

The Huntress

2000 7.0

as Tiny Bellows

Age 46 (now 72)

Double Frame

1999 6.0

Age 45 (now 72)

Rites of Passage

1999 5.6

as Frank Dabbo

Age 45 (now 72)

D.R.E.A.M. Team

1999 5.4

as Shawn Murphy

Age 45 (now 72)

Born Bad

1999 5.3

Age 45 (now 72)

Psycho

1998 5.1

as Patrolman

Age 44 (now 72)

Inferno

1998 4.3

as Dr. Coleman West

Age 44 (now 72)

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

1997 4.6

as Raiden

Age 43 (now 72)

Robo Warriors

1996 5.5

as Ray Gibson

Age 42 (now 72)

The Phantom

1996 5.3

as Quill

Age 42 (now 72)

The Quest

1996 6.2

as Maxie Devine

Age 42 (now 72)

One Good Turn

1996 4.8

as Simon Jury

Age 42 (now 72)

Wild Bill

1995 5.8

as Donnie Lonigan

Age 41 (now 72)

Judge Dredd

1995 5.9

as Block Warlord (uncredited)

Age 41 (now 72)

Boys on the Side

1995 6.4

as Alex

Age 41 (now 72)

The Surgeon

1995 5.2

as Dr. Benjamin Hendricks

Age 41 (now 72)

Miracle on 34th Street

1994 6.8

as Jack Duff

Age 40 (now 72)

Across the Moon

1994 4.0

as Rattlesnake Jim

Age 40 (now 72)

Renaissance Man

1994 6.1

as Captain Tom Murdoch

Age 40 (now 72)

Confessions of a Hitman

1994 6.3

as Bruno Serrano

Age 40 (now 72)

Fatal Instinct

1993 5.5

as Max Shady

Age 39 (now 72)

Blink

1993 6.1

as Thomas Ridgely

Age 39 (now 72)

The Tigress

1992 4.3

as Andrei

Age 38 (now 72)

Indecency

1992 5.5

as Mick Clarkson

Age 38 (now 72)

Strangers

1992 3.2

as Bernard (The Last Game)

Age 38 (now 72)

Brotherhood of the Gun

1991 6.5

as Frank Weir

Age 37 (now 72)

Wedlock

1991 5.8

as Sam

Age 37 (now 72)

White Fang

1991 6.8

as Beauty Smith

Age 37 (now 72)

Session Man

1991 6.1

as McQueen

Age 37 (now 72)

Night Visions

1990 4.6

as Sergeant Thomas Mackey

Age 36 (now 72)

Fatal Charm

1990 5.5

as Louis

Age 36 (now 72)

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

1990 6.2

as Preston (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’)

Age 36 (now 72)

Kojak: None So Blind

1990 6.3

as Wolfgang Reiger

Age 36 (now 72)

Drugstore Cowboy

1989 7.1

as Gentry

Age 35 (now 72)

Desperado: The Outlaw Wars

1989 9.0

as John Sikes

Age 35 (now 72)

Silence Like Glass

1989 7.0

Age 35 (now 72)

The Dream Team

1989 6.1

as Gianelli

Age 35 (now 72)

Rent-a-Cop

1987 4.8

as Dancer

Age 33 (now 72)

Quiet Cool

1986 6.5

as Joe Dylanne

Age 32 (now 72)

Band of the Hand

1986 6.2

as Nestor

Age 32 (now 72)

The Clan of the Cave Bear

1986 5.3

as Creb

Age 32 (now 72)

The Cotton Club

1984 6.5

as Dutch Schultz

Age 30 (now 72)

48 Hrs.

1982 6.7

as Albert Ganz

Age 28 (now 72)

Partners

1982 5.5

as Edward K. Petersen

Age 28 (now 72)

Windwalker

1980 6.2

as Windwalker (young)

Age 26 (now 72)

The Long Riders

1980 6.7

as Sam Starr

Age 26 (now 72)

Cruising

1980 6.6

as Gregory

Age 26 (now 72)

The Warriors

1979 7.7

as Ajax

Age 25 (now 72)

On the Yard

1978 6.0

as Larson

Age 24 (now 72)

Psycho Path

7.2

as Self