The Odyssey2026
As Tiresias
TMDb 8.0 / 10
James Remar
Born
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 (113)
Oppenheimer2023
As Henry Stimson
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Django Unchained2012
As Butch Pooch / Ace Speck
TMDb 8.2 / 10
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood2019
As 'Bounty Law' - 'Ugly Owl'
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Ratatouille2007
As Larousse (voice)
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Transformers One2024
As Zeta Prime (voice)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
They Will Kill You2026
As The Pig's Head (voice)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Girl Next Door2004
As Hugo Posh
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Blade: Trinity2004
As Ray Cumberland
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Judge Dredd1995
As Block Warlord (uncredited)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
RED2010
As Gabriel Singer
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Megalopolis2024
As Charles Cothope
TMDb 5.2 / 10
What Lies Beneath2000
As Warren Feur
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Warriors1979
As Ajax
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Pineapple Express2008
As General Bratt
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation1997
As Raiden
TMDb 4.6 / 10
48 Hrs.1982
As Albert Ganz
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Unborn2009
As Gordon Beldon
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Cruising1980
As Gregory
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Phantom1996
As Quill
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Miracle on 34th Street1994
As Jack Duff
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Boys on the Side1995
As Alex
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Quest1996
As Maxie Devine
TMDb 6.2 / 10
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage2016
As Admiral Parnell
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Duplex2003
As Chick
TMDb 6.1 / 10
White Fang1991
As Beauty Smith
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Cotton Club1984
As Dutch Schultz
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Psycho1998
As Patrolman
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Transformers: Dark of the Moon2011
As Sideswipe (voice)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Long Riders1980
As Sam Starr
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Drugstore Cowboy1989
As Gentry
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie1990
As Preston (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Renaissance Man1994
As Captain Tom Murdoch
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Horns2013
As Derrick Perrish
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Speed Kills2018
As Meyer Lansky
TMDb 5.4 / 10
The Blackcoat's Daughter2017
As Bill
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Setup2011
As William
TMDb 4.8 / 10
The Noel Diary2022
As Scott Turner
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Fatal Instinct1993
As Max Shady
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Wedlock1991
As Sam
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Dead Reckoning2020
As Agent Cantrell
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Silence Like Glass1989
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Arena2011
As Tall Man
TMDb 5.2 / 10
The Saint2017
As Arnold Valecross
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Hellraiser: Inferno2000
As Dr. Paul Gregory
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Lap Dance2014
As Patrick Moore
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Guardian2001
As Detective Carpenter
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Wild Bill1995
As Donnie Lonigan
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Indecency1992
As Mick Clarkson
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Blink1993
As Thomas Ridgely
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Double Frame
Double Frame1999
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Dream Team1989
As Gianelli
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Band of the Hand1986
As Nestor
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Clan of the Cave Bear1986
As Creb
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Rent-a-Cop1987
As Dancer
TMDb 4.7 / 10
2 Fast 2 Furious2003
As Agent Markham
TMDb 6.5 / 10
American Meltdown2004
As Colonel Boggs
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Fear X2003
As Peter
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Sharpshooter2007
As Dillon
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Can't Buy My Love2017
As Rex
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Gun2010
As Detective Rogers
TMDb 5.2 / 10
The Tigress1992
As Andrei
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Ike: Countdown to D-Day2004
As General Omar Bradley
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Eden2015
As Coach DaFoe
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Decommissioned2016
As David Marino
TMDb 3.2 / 10
The Dog Lover2016
As Daniel Holloway
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Night Visions1990
As Sergeant Thomas Mackey
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Robo Warriors1996
As Ray Gibson
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Unnatural2015
As Martin Nakos
TMDb 4.0 / 10
All Superheroes Must Die2011
As Rickshaw
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Fatal Charm1990
As Louis
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Born Bad1999
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Base 2: Guilty as Charged2000
As Lt. Col. Strauss
TMDb 4.6 / 10
The Night Watchmen2017
As Randall
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Feed2017
As Tom
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Betrayal2003
As Alex Tyler
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Papa Hemingway in Cuba2015
As Santo Trafficante
TMDb 5.4 / 10
On the Yard1978
As Larson
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Huntress2000
As Tiny Bellows
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Ben 10: Omniverse2012
As Vilgax (voice)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Quiet Cool1986
As Joe Dylanne
TMDb 6.8 / 10
All You Ever Wished For2018
As Gordon Hutton
TMDb 4.7 / 10
National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer2009
As Sam Kramer
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Across the Moon1994
As Rattlesnake Jim
TMDb 4.2 / 10
D.R.E.A.M. Team1999
As Shawn Murphy
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Blowback2000
As John Matthew Whitman / Schmidt
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Inferno1998
As Dr. Coleman West
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Psycho Path1999
As Self
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Dying on the Edge2001
As Jackie James
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Confessions of a Hitman1994
As Bruno Serrano
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Rites of Passage1999
As Frank Dabbo
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Brotherhood of the Gun
Brotherhood of the Gun1991
As Frank Weir
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Persecuted2014
As John Luther
TMDb 4.2 / 10
The Surgeon1995
As Dr. Benjamin Hendricks
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Windwalker1980
As Windwalker (young)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Drugstore June2024
As Arnold
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Strangers1992
As Bernard (The Last Game)
TMDb 3.2 / 10
Kojak: None So Blind1990
As Wolfgang Reiger
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Christmas Hope2009
As Mark Addison
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables
Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables2020
As Himself
2B2009
As Tom Mortlake
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Session Man1991
As McQueen
TMDb 6.0 / 10
X-Men: First Class2011
As US General
TMDb 7.3 / 10
One Good Turn1996
As Simon Jury
TMDb 4.8 / 10
The Warriors: The Beginning2007
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Survivors Club2004
As Roan Griffin
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Partners1982
As Edward K. Petersen
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars1989
As John Sikes
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Warriors: Battleground2007
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Warriors: The Way Home2007
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The FP2011
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Warriors: The Phenomenon2007
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Glowzies2023
As Darlus
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb