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James Remar

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James Remar

Born December 31, 1953 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA107 films

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.

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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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Django Unchained posterFirst watchDjango Unchained20128.2as Butch Pooch / Ace SpeckWith the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.View film

Essential films

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Ratatouille poster7.8Ratatouille2007Oppenheimer poster8.0Oppenheimer2023Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood poster7.4Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood2019X-Men: First Class poster7.3X-Men: First Class2011The Odyssey poster8.0The Odyssey2026The Warriors poster7.7The Warriors1979Transformers One poster8.0Transformers One2024RED poster6.7RED2010

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Filmography

107 films as actor
  1. 2026The OdysseyTiresias
  2. 2026They Will Kill YouThe Pig's Head (voice)
  3. 2024MegalopolisCharles Cothope
  4. 2024Transformers OneZeta Prime (voice)
  5. 2024Drugstore JuneArnold
  6. 2023GlowziesDarlus
  7. 2023OppenheimerHenry Stimson
  8. 2022The Noel DiaryScott Turner
  9. 2020Dead ReckoningAgent Cantrell
  10. 2019Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood'Bounty Law' - 'Ugly Owl'
  11. 2018Speed KillsMeyer Lansky
  12. 2018All You Ever Wished ForGordon Hutton
  13. 2017The SaintArnold Valecross
  14. 2017FeedTom
  15. 2017The Blackcoat's DaughterBill
  16. 2017The Night WatchmenRandall
  17. 2017Can't Buy My LoveRex
  18. 2016USS Indianapolis: Men of CourageAdmiral Parnell
  19. 2016DecommissionedDavid Marino
  20. 2016The Dog LoverDaniel Holloway
  21. 2015Papa Hemingway in CubaSanto Trafficante
  22. 2015UnnaturalMartin Nakos
  23. 2015EdenCoach DaFoe
  24. 2014Lap DancePatrick Moore
  25. 2014PersecutedJohn Luther
  26. 2013HornsDerrick Perrish
  27. 2012Django UnchainedButch Pooch / Ace Speck
  28. 2012Ben 10: OmniverseVilgax (voice)
  29. 2011All Superheroes Must DieRickshaw
  30. 2011SetupWilliam
  31. 2011ArenaTall Man
  32. 2011Transformers: Dark of the MoonSideswipe (voice)
  33. 2011X-Men: First ClassUS General
  34. 2011The FPNarrator (voice)
  35. 2010REDGabriel Singer
  36. 2010GunDetective Rogers
  37. 2009The Christmas HopeMark Addison
  38. 2009National Lampoon Presents: Endless BummerSam Kramer
  39. 20092BTom Mortlake
  40. 2009The UnbornGordon Beldon
  41. 2008Pineapple ExpressGeneral Bratt
  42. 2007SharpshooterDillon
  43. 2007RatatouilleLarousse (voice)
  44. 2004Blade: TrinityRay Cumberland
  45. 2004American MeltdownColonel Boggs
  46. 2004Ike: Countdown to D-DayGeneral Omar Bradley
  47. 2004The Girl Next DoorHugo Posh
  48. 2004The Survivors ClubRoan Griffin
  49. 2003DuplexChick
  50. 2003BetrayalAlex Tyler
  51. 20032 Fast 2 FuriousAgent Markham
  52. 2003Fear XPeter
  53. 2001GuardianDetective Carpenter
  54. 2001Dying on the EdgeJackie James
  55. 2000The Base 2: Guilty as ChargedLt. Col. Strauss
  56. 2000Hellraiser: InfernoDr. Paul Gregory
  57. 2000What Lies BeneathWarren Feur
  58. 2000BlowbackJohn Matthew Whitman / Schmidt
  59. 2000The HuntressTiny Bellows
  60. 1999Double Frame
  61. 1999Rites of PassageFrank Dabbo
  62. 1999D.R.E.A.M. TeamShawn Murphy
  63. 1999Born Bad
  64. 1998PsychoPatrolman
  65. 1998InfernoDr. Coleman West
  66. 1997Mortal Kombat: AnnihilationRaiden
  67. 1996Robo WarriorsRay Gibson
  68. 1996The PhantomQuill
  69. 1996The QuestMaxie Devine
  70. 1996One Good TurnSimon Jury
  71. 1995Wild BillDonnie Lonigan
  72. 1995Judge DreddBlock Warlord (uncredited)
  73. 1995Boys on the SideAlex
  74. 1995The SurgeonDr. Benjamin Hendricks
  75. 1994Miracle on 34th StreetJack Duff
  76. 1994Across the MoonRattlesnake Jim
  77. 1994Renaissance ManCaptain Tom Murdoch
  78. 1994Confessions of a HitmanBruno Serrano
  79. 1993Fatal InstinctMax Shady
  80. 1993BlinkThomas Ridgely
  81. 1992The TigressAndrei
  82. 1992IndecencyMick Clarkson
  83. 1992StrangersBernard (The Last Game)
  84. 1991Brotherhood of the GunFrank Weir
  85. 1991WedlockSam
  86. 1991White FangBeauty Smith
  87. 1991Session ManMcQueen
  88. 1990Night VisionsSergeant Thomas Mackey
  89. 1990Fatal CharmLouis
  90. 1990Tales from the Darkside: The MoviePreston (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’)
  91. 1990Kojak: None So BlindWolfgang Reiger
  92. 1989Drugstore CowboyGentry
  93. 1989Desperado: The Outlaw WarsJohn Sikes
  94. 1989Silence Like Glass
  95. 1989The Dream TeamGianelli
  96. 1987Rent-a-CopDancer
  97. 1986Quiet CoolJoe Dylanne
  98. 1986Band of the HandNestor
  99. 1986The Clan of the Cave BearCreb
  100. 1984The Cotton ClubDutch Schultz
  101. 198248 Hrs.Albert Ganz
  102. 1982PartnersEdward K. Petersen
  103. 1980WindwalkerWindwalker (young)
  104. 1980The Long RidersSam Starr
  105. 1980CruisingGregory
  106. 1979The WarriorsAjax
  107. 1978On the YardLarson