Acting credits
176
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
James Remar
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
4.1
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Movies: 110Series: 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.
as Tiresias
The Odyssey
2026 • Movie
as The Pig's Head (voice)
They Will Kill You
2026 • Movie
as Charles Cothope
Megalopolis
2024 • Movie
as Zeta Prime (voice)
Transformers One
2024 • Movie
as Arnold
Drugstore June
2024 • Movie
as Darlus
Glowzies
2023 • Movie
as Henry Stimson
Oppenheimer
2023 • Movie
as Scott Turner
The Noel Diary
2022 • Movie
as Agent Cantrell
Dead Reckoning
2020 • Movie
as 'Bounty Law' - 'Ugly Owl'
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019 • Movie
as Meyer Lansky
Speed Kills
2018 • Movie
as Gordon Hutton
All You Ever Wished For
2018 • Movie
as Arnold Valecross
The Saint
2017 • Movie
as Tom
Feed
2017 • Movie
as Bill
The Blackcoat's Daughter
2017 • Movie
as Randall
The Night Watchmen
2017 • Movie
as Rex
Can't Buy My Love
2017 • Movie
as Admiral Parnell
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
2016 • Movie
as David Marino
Decommissioned
2016 • Movie
as Daniel Holloway
The Dog Lover
2016 • Movie
as Santo Trafficante
Papa Hemingway in Cuba
2015 • Movie
as Martin Nakos
Unnatural
2015 • Movie
as Coach DaFoe
Eden
2015 • Movie
as Patrick Moore
Lap Dance
2014 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with James Remar.
as Theodore Baskin • 1 eps
All's Fair
2025 • Series
as General Francis Shaw • 8 eps
IT: Welcome to Derry
2025 • Series
as Harry Morgan • 10 eps
Dexter: Resurrection
2025 • Series
as Lt. Newman • 2 eps
Paul T. Goldman
2023 • Series
as Narrator • 6 eps
Fire Over the Atlantic: The Mystery of TWA Flight 800
2020 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Movies That Made Us
2019 • Series
as Bateman • 1 eps
Creepshow
2019 • Series
as Richy Ryan • 1 eps
City on a Hill
2019 • Series
as Tom Bradford • 1 eps
The Rookie
2018 • Series
as Captain Buck Greene • 6 eps
Magnum P.I.
2018 • Series
as Kyle Fremont • 1 eps
Yellowstone
2018 • Series
as Peter Gambi • 58 eps
Black Lightning
2018 • Series
as Detective Andre • 4 eps
Animal Kingdom
2016 • Series
as Cephelo • 3 eps
The Shannara Chronicles
2016 • Series
as General Hutch Hutchinson • 1 eps
Code Black
2015 • Series
as Syd • 1 eps
State of Affairs
2014 • Series
as Frank Gordon • 3 eps
Gotham
2014 • Series
as Silver Monkey / Mr. Reese (voice) • 1 eps
Beware the Batman
2013 • Series
as Tonraq (voice) • 14 eps
The Legend of Korra
2012 • Series
as Henry Newman • 2 eps
Wilfred
2011 • Series
as Cliff • 1 eps
Franklin & Bash
2011 • Series
as Icicle Sr. (voice) • 1 eps
Young Justice
2010 • Series
as Sarge (voice) • 1 eps
Pound Puppies
2010 • Series
as Elliot Connor • 1 eps
Hawaii Five-0
2010 • Series