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James Remar

James Remar

Acting December 31, 1953 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.

Movies

They Will Kill You
7.0
The Pig's Head (voice)
They Will Kill You
2026
Ratatouille
7.8
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Larousse (voice)
Ratatouille
2007
Transformers One
8.0
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Zeta Prime (voice)
Transformers One
2024
What Lies Beneath
6.4
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Warren Feur
What Lies Beneath
2000
The Unborn
5.2
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Gordon Beldon
The Unborn
2009
Betrayal
4.3
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Alex Tyler
Betrayal
2003
Blowback
4.8
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John Matthew Whitman / Schmidt
Blowback
2000
X-Men: First Class
7.3
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US General
X-Men: First Class
2011

TV Shows

Yellowstone
8.3
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Kyle Fremont
Yellowstone
2018
Dexter
8.2
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Harry Morgan
Dexter
2006
The Vampire Diaries
8.3
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Giuseppe Salvatore
The Vampire Diaries
2009
The Equalizer
7.1
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Tremayne
The Equalizer
1985
IT: Welcome to Derry
8.2
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General Francis Shaw
IT: Welcome to Derry
2025
The Batman
8.0
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Black Mask (voice)
The Batman
2004
Human Target
7.2
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Warden Cole
Human Target
2010
The Shannara Chronicles
7.0
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Cephelo
The Shannara Chronicles
2016
The Shannara Chronicles
7.0
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Cephalo
The Shannara Chronicles
2016

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