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James Remar
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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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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.
Known For
Grey's Anatomy
The Rookie
Gotham
Hawaii Five-0
Sex and the City
Numb3rs
Strong Medicine
Walker, Texas Ranger
Private Practice
Nash Bridges
7th Heaven
Yellowstone
The Twilight Zone
Criminal Minds
Third Watch
Human Target
Magnum P.I.
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
NCIS: Los Angeles
Franklin & Bash
Hill Street Blues
Tales from the Crypt
American Dad!
Justice League Unlimited
The Hitchhiker
Ben 10: Alien Force
Young Justice
CSI: Miami
The Equalizer
The Movies That Made Us
The X-Files
Battlestar Galactica
Without a Trace
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
The Shannara Chronicles
City on a Hill
Code Black
Wilfred
Pound Puppies
Miami Vice
Beware the Batman
Paul T. Goldman
State of Affairs
Animal Kingdom
Justice League
The Unit
FlashForward
Jericho
All's Fair
The Legend of Korra
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Oppenheimer
Judge Dredd
The Odyssey
X-Men: First Class
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Eden
The Batman
Megalopolis
Pineapple Express
Transformers One
Psycho
Ratatouille
RED
Partners
The Dream Team
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
Django Unchained
Blade: Trinity
The Survivors Club
IT: Welcome to Derry
Dexter
The Girl Next Door
2 Fast 2 Furious
Miracle on 34th Street
The Night Watchmen
Black Lightning
The Phantom
White Fang
48 Hrs.
The Noel Diary
Boys on the Side
Dexter: Resurrection
Betrayal
Crime Story
Setup
Wedlock
Renaissance Man
Drugstore Cowboy
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
The Quest
The Warriors
Strangers
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