Acting credits
177
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
James Remar
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.0
Moderate attention
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Movies: 111Series: 66
TMDB ID: 1736
IMDb ID: nm0001664
Known for: Acting
Born: December 31, 1953
Age: 72
Place of birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1978 - 2026
Years active: 49
Average TMDB rating: 6.61
Wikidata: Q441913
Also known as
William James Remar
Biography
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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Movies
Movie credits linked with James Remar.
The Odyssey
as Tiresias
2026 Movie
They Will Kill You
as The Pig's Head (voice)
2026 Movie
Megalopolis
as Charles Cothope
2024 Movie
Transformers One
as Zeta Prime (voice)
2024 Movie
Drugstore June
as Arnold
2024 Movie
Glowzies
as Darlus
2023 Movie
Oppenheimer
as Henry Stimson
2023 Movie
The Noel Diary
as Scott Turner
2022 Movie
Dead Reckoning
as Agent Cantrell
2020 Movie
Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables
as Himself
2020 Movie
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
as 'Bounty Law' - 'Ugly Owl'
2019 Movie
Speed Kills
as Meyer Lansky
2018 Movie
All You Ever Wished For
as Gordon Hutton
2018 Movie
The Saint
as Arnold Valecross
2017 Movie
Feed
as Tom
2017 Movie
The Blackcoat's Daughter
as Bill
2017 Movie
The Night Watchmen
as Randall
2017 Movie
Can't Buy My Love
as Rex
2017 Movie
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
as Admiral Parnell
2016 Movie
Decommissioned
as David Marino
2016 Movie
The Dog Lover
as Daniel Holloway
2016 Movie
Papa Hemingway in Cuba
as Santo Trafficante
2015 Movie
Unnatural
as Martin Nakos
2015 Movie
Eden
as Coach DaFoe
2015 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with James Remar.
All's Fair
as Theodore Baskin • 1 eps
2025 Series
IT: Welcome to Derry
as General Francis Shaw • 8 eps
2025 Series
Dexter: Resurrection
as Harry Morgan • 20 eps
2025 Series
Paul T. Goldman
as Lt. Newman • 2 eps
2023 Series
Fire Over the Atlantic: The Mystery of TWA Flight 800
as Narrator • 6 eps
2020 Series
The Movies That Made Us
as Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
Creepshow
as Bateman • 1 eps
2019 Series
City on a Hill
as Richy Ryan • 1 eps
2019 Series
The Rookie
as Tom Bradford • 1 eps
2018 Series
Magnum P.I.
as Captain Buck Greene • 6 eps
2018 Series
Yellowstone
as Kyle Fremont • 1 eps
2018 Series
Black Lightning
as Peter Gambi • 58 eps
2018 Series
Animal Kingdom
as Detective Andre • 4 eps
2016 Series
The Shannara Chronicles
as Cephelo • 3 eps
2016 Series
Code Black
as General Hutch Hutchinson • 1 eps
2015 Series
State of Affairs
as Syd • 1 eps
2014 Series
Gotham
as Frank Gordon • 3 eps
2014 Series
Beware the Batman
as Silver Monkey / Mr. Reese (voice) • 1 eps
2013 Series
The Legend of Korra
as Tonraq (voice) • 14 eps
2012 Series
Wilfred
as Henry Newman • 2 eps
2011 Series
Franklin & Bash
as Cliff • 1 eps
2011 Series
Young Justice
as Icicle Sr. (voice) • 1 eps
2010 Series
Pound Puppies
as Sarge (voice) • 1 eps
2010 Series
Hawaii Five-0
as Elliot Connor • 1 eps
2010 Series