James Remar
Date of birth: 1953-12-31
Place of birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Джеймс Римар, Τζέιμς Ρεμάρ, 詹姆斯・瑞馬, جیمز رمار, 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.
Movie Credits
48 Hrs.
1982-12-07
A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in o
Drugstore Cowboy
1989-10-20
Portland, Oregon, 1971. Bob Hughes is the charismatic leader of a peculiar quartet, formed by his wi
2 Fast 2 Furious
2003-06-05
It's a major double-cross when former police officer Brian O'Conner teams up with his ex-con buddy R
Ratatouille
2007-06-28
Remy, a resident of Paris, has quite a sophisticated palate. He would love to become a chef so he ca
Wedlock
1991-05-10
A male prison escapee heads for his hidden loot, electronically attached to a female prisoner.
The Cotton Club
1984-12-14
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of en
Pineapple Express
2008-08-06
A stoner and his dealer are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a co
Miracle on 34th Street
1994-11-18
Six-year-old Susan Walker has doubts about childhood's most enduring miracle—Santa Claus. Her mother
The Girl Next Door
2004-04-09
Exceptionally ambitious high schooler Matthew has aspirations for a career in politics when he falls
What Lies Beneath
2000-07-21
When Claire Spencer starts hearing ghostly voices and seeing spooky images, she wonders if an otherw
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
1990-05-03
A young boy tells three stories of horror to distract a witch who plans to eat him.
Ike: Countdown to D-Day
2004-05-31
The story of the senior-level preparations for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944 from the time of D
The Warriors
1979-02-01
Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and tak
Sharpshooter
2007-10-11
An assassin working for the CIA decides to take one final job before quitting only to find out that
Renaissance Man
1994-06-03
An advertising man is slowly sliding downhill. When he is fired from his job in Detroit, he signs up
White Fang
1991-01-18
Jack London's classic adventure story about the friendship developed between a Yukon gold hunter and
The Quest
1996-04-19
Ghang-gheng, the ancient winner-take-all competition in which the deadliest fighters from around the
Hellraiser: Inferno
2000-10-31
A detective solves the puzzle box that releases the diabolical demon, Pinhead. As those around him b
Fatal Instinct
1993-10-29
Ned Ravine is a police officer and lawyer who occasionally defends the delinquents he arrests. He cr
Boys on the Side
1995-02-03
After breaking up with her girlfriend, a nightclub singer, Jane, answers a personal ad from Robin, a
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
1997-11-11
A group of heroic warriors has only six days to save the planet in "Mortal Kombat Annihilation." To
Band of the Hand
1986-04-11
An Indian Vietnam veteran trains five street punks in the Everglades to fight vice in Miami.
The Phantom
1996-06-06
The 21st successor to the role of Bengalla's resident superhero must travel to New York to prevent a
The Clan of the Cave Bear
1986-01-17
Natural changes have the clans moving. Iza, medicine woman of the "Clan of the Cave Bear" finds litt
The Unborn
2009-01-09
A young woman fights the spirit that is slowly taking possession of her.
Strangers
1992-05-15
Three provocative short stories. An American in Paris seduces a young man only to have the tables tu
Blade: Trinity
2004-12-08
For years, Blade has fought against the vampires in the cover of the night. But now, after falling i
The Dream Team
1989-04-07
Four mental patients on a field trip in New York City must save their caring chaperone, who ends up
The Long Riders
1980-05-16
The origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of
Robo Warriors
1996-10-01
The year is 2036 and Earth has been invaded: hope lies with the last Robo Warrior - a towering fight
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011-06-28
The Autobots continue to work for NEST, now no longer in secret. But after discovering a strange art
RED
2010-10-13
After surviving an assault from a squad of hit men, retired CIA black ops agent Frank Moses reassemb
Wild Bill
1995-12-01
Biopic about famous gunslinger Wild Bill Hickock. The early career of legendary lawman is telescoped
Rites of Passage
1999-10-27
A father and his two sons go on holiday together hoping to reconcile some of their differences, but
The Survivors Club
2004-03-07
After being raped by a serial killer, Jillian Hayes, Carol Rosen and Meg Pesaturo found "The Survivo
X-Men: First Class
2011-06-01
Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young
Betrayal
2003-08-01
When one of her hits goes wrong, a professional assassin ends up with a suitcase full of a million d
Django Unchained
2012-12-25
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mis
Rent-a-Cop
1987-11-28
Detective Tony Church is forced to retire and become a store rent-a-cop when his drug sting operatio
Arena
2011-10-11
David Lord finds himself forced into the savage world of a modern gladiatorial arena, where men figh
Setup
2011-10-17
A group of friends plan out a detailed heist that turns deadly when one betrays the other by taking
Quiet Cool
1986-11-08
Joe Dylanne, a tough New York City police officer, is summoned to Northern California at the behest
All Superheroes Must Die
2011-10-26
Masked vigilantes Charge (Jason Trost), Cutthroat (Lucas Till), The Wall (Lee Valmassy), and Shadow
The Base 2: Guilty as Charged
2000-12-08
US Army Investigator John Murphy (now a Lieutenant, although he was a Major in the previous Base mov
2B
2009-02-15
When a murder is witnessed by millions around the world, society is forced to confront the moral iss
Blowback
2000-03-10
After a psychotic religious killer is captured and sentenced to death, he is instead recruited by th
The Surgeon
1995-01-13
Dr. Julian Mater is suspended and gets his license revoked for performing experiments on dying patie
Horns
2013-09-06
In the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sproutin
Born Bad
1999-01-01
A group of teenagers rob a bank, causing a deadly standoff.
Indecency
1992-09-16
One of three friends who work in an advertising agency has a nervous breakdown. Upon her recovery, s
D.R.E.A.M. Team
1999-09-25
J.W. Garrison, the head of a top-secret sub agency of the United Nations, discovers that a team of t
The Tigress
1992-10-15
It's the roaring twenties in Berlin. The Tigress, a gorgeous, wild, and very independent street walk
Glowzies
2023-09-30
After an ancient evil is awakened in the depths of an abandoned uranium mill, four old military vete
Persecuted
2014-05-09
Nationally acclaimed evangelist John Luther is the last obstacle in the way of sweeping religious re
Gun
2010-07-30
The Detroit Police launches a full-scale war against gun runners with the cooperation of the Feds an
Blink
1993-10-01
Emma is an attractive girl in her 20s who has been blind for 20 years. A new type of eye operation p
Partners
1982-04-30
After a series of murders in Los Angeles's gay community, heterosexual police officer Sgt. Benson is
Fear X
2003-01-13
When his wife is killed in a seemingly random incident, Harry, prompted by mysterious visions, journ
The Mystic Warrior
1984-05-20
Saga about a proud band of Sioux Indians, and the efforts of one brave to save his people from destr
Confessions of a Hitman
1994-05-04
A former hitman named Bruno steals some cash from his mobster uncle. He plans to go to Tahiti, but t
Megalopolis
2024-09-25
In a futuristic New York known as New Rome, visionary architect Cesar Catilina dreams of building "M
Fatal Charm
1990-09-19
Valerie's (Amanda Peterson) prosecutor mom is trying to put away Adam (Christopher Atkins), an alleg
The Huntress
2000-03-07
After bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson is killed, his widow and daughter find they are in debt and
Lap Dance
2014-12-05
An aspiring actress makes a pact with her fiancé to take a job as an exotic dancer to care for her c
Guardian
2001-06-12
With a spate of violence that rocks the inner city, L.A.P.D. and ex-Marine John Kross investigates i
The Blackcoat's Daughter
2017-03-31
Two young women at a prestigious prep school are assailed by an evil, invisible power when they're s
Windwalker
1980-12-12
An ancient Indian warrior who has reached the end of his life is brought back from his 'death' to sa
Oppenheimer
2023-07-19
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
The Noel Diary
2022-11-24
Cleaning out his childhood home at Christmas, a novelist meets a woman searching for her birth mothe
Brotherhood of the Gun
1991-10-04
After the Civil War, rebel sharpshooter Zack Hollister joins Weir's outlaw gang. After a successful
Drugstore June
2024-02-23
After the pharmacy in her small town is robbed, a girl who still lives at home with her parents take
National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer
2009-10-20
From National Lampoon, the masters of raunchy comedy, comes a summer tale of beers, babes, and bros!
Unnatural
2015-10-16
Global climate change prompts a scientific corporation to genetically modify Alaskan polar bears wit
Duplex
2003-09-26
When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs
Session Man
1991-01-01
When personal and creative differences threaten to destroy a musical supergroup during the recording
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
1989-10-10
Duell McCall visits his old girlfriend, Nora, and learns that she gave birth to his child. He wants
Papa Hemingway in Cuba
2015-11-19
In 1959, a young journalist ventures to Havana, Cuba to meet his idol, the legendary Ernest Hemingwa
The Dog Lover
2016-07-08
Sara Gold is a young girl on a quest to save man's best friend. When she goes undercover to take dow
The Night Watchmen
2017-03-04
Three inept night watchmen, aided by a young rookie and a fearless tabloid journalist, fight an epic
Decommissioned
2016-08-29
When an ex-CIA agent discovers his family have been kidnapped he sets out to rescue them, only to di
Cruising
1980-02-15
When New York is caught in the grip of a sadistic serial killer who preys on patrons of the city's u
Transformers One
2024-09-11
The untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
2016-09-22
The harrowing true story of the crew of the USS Indianapolis, who were stranded in the Philippine Se
Can't Buy My Love
2017-03-04
Lilly, a hard working EMT, is only focused on her job and getting into medical school. So when wealt
Night Visions
1990-11-30
A Los Angeles detective teams up with a psychic to hunt down a serial killer.
One Good Turn
1996-03-23
Matt, a home arcade games programmer runs into an old acquaintance who saved his life years earlier
Double Frame
1999-11-22
A shady cop gets in over his head when he frames his partner during a drug scam.
Feed
2017-04-05
Olivia and Matthew Grey, 18-year-old twins born into a world of privilege and high expectations. The
Inferno
1998-10-29
When a huge fireball hurtles towards the Earth the authorities have only hours to react before tempe
The Saint
2017-07-11
International master thief, Simon Templar, also known as The Saint, is asked by a desperate rich man
The Christmas Hope
2009-12-13
After the recent loss of her son Sean, Patty Addison devotes herself to finding homes for needy chil
Across the Moon
1994-10-01
Two young women bond while living together out in the California desert to be close to their boyfrie
Psycho
1998-12-04
A young female embezzler arrives at the Bates Motel, which has terrible secrets of its own.
All You Ever Wished For
2018-08-03
A young New York fashion executive's trip to Milan takes a bad turn when he is kidnapped and whisked
Dead Reckoning
2020-11-13
Tillie Gardner has been rocked to her core by the tragic death of her parents in a plane crash. She
Speed Kills
2018-11-16
Speedboat racing champion and multimillionaire Ben Aronoff leads a double life that lands him in tro
Judge Dredd
1995-06-30
In a dystopian future, Dredd, the most famous judge (a cop with instant field judiciary powers) is c
Eden
2015-09-18
After their plane crashes off the coast of a deserted Pacific island, the surviving members of an Am
The Warriors: The Beginning
2007-07-03
Details the origins of the story, with anecdotes by the cast and crew about how they got involved in
The Warriors: The Way Home
2007-06-03
An examination of the choreographed fight scenes and bizarre costuming.
Kojak: None So Blind
1990-04-07
After a flighty young woman accidentally witnesses a Mob hit in an Italian restaurant, New York Poli
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019-07-24
Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cl
The FP
2011-03-13
Two rival gangs fight for control of Frazier Park -- a deadly arena in competitive dance-fight video
On the Yard
1978-09-16
Chilly is "top con" on the yard, a title that gives him absolute power. Power to make the rules. Pow
American Meltdown
2004-06-06
The telefilm centers on a present-day nuclear plant disaster and its aftermath.
Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables
2020-08-25
A detailed look into the making of Tales from the Darkside: The Movie.
The Warriors: Battleground
2007-07-03
Documents the filming process, along with technical insights by cinematographer Andrew Lazslo.
The Warriors: The Phenomenon
2007-07-03
Features the editing and scoring processes, a proposed narration by Orson Welles, and some of the co
Silence Like Glass
1989-07-06
True story of two diametrically opposed young women dealing with terminal illness.
Dying on the Edge
2001-06-11
An ex cop turned insurance investigator tries to hold his life together as he investigates the death
The Odyssey
2026-07-15
Odysseus, the legendary Greek king of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following