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.

Most Known For

The Rookie

as Tom Bradford

Grey's Anatomy

as Jimmy Evans

Dexter

as Harry Morgan

Criminal Minds

as Tom Benton

The X-Files

as Josef Kobold

American Dad!

as Charles Lindbergh Sr. (voice)

The Vampire Diaries

as Giuseppe Salvatore

Yellowstone

as Kyle Fremont

Hawaii Five-0

as Elliot Connor

NCIS: Los Angeles

as Sterling Bridges

CSI: Miami

as Quentin Taylor

Gotham

as Frank Gordon

Animal Kingdom

as Detective Andre

Sex and the City

as Richard Wright

Battlestar Galactica

as Meier

IT: Welcome to Derry

as General Francis Shaw

Miami Vice

as Robbie Cann

Young Justice

as Icicle Sr. (voice)

Magnum P.I.

as Captain Buck Greene

The Legend of Korra

as Tonraq (voice)