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James Remar
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.
As actor
The Odyssey
They Will Kill You
Megalopolis
Drugstore June
Transformers One
Glowzies
Oppenheimer
The Noel Diary
Dead Reckoning
Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
All You Ever Wished For
Speed Kills
The Blackcoat's Daughter
The Night Watchmen
Can't Buy My Love
Feed
The Saint
The Dog Lover
Decommissioned
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
Unnatural
Papa Hemingway in Cuba
Eden
Persecuted
Lap Dance
Horns
Django Unchained
Ben 10: Omniverse
Transformers: Dark of the Moon