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James Remar is an American actor. He has played Ajax in The Warriors (1979), Albert Ganz in 48 Hrs. (1982), Dutch Schultz in The Cotton Club (1984), Jack Duff in Miracle on 34th Street (1994), Richard in Sex and the City (2002–2004), and Harry Morgan, the father of the title character in Dexter (2006–2013). Since 2009 he has done voice-over work in ads for Lexus luxury cars. Remar studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City.
Birth Name
William James Remar
Born
Thursday, 31 December 1953
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Megalopolis | 2024 | |
| Drugstore June | Arnold | 2024 |
| Oppenheimer | Henry Stimson | 2023 |
| Glowzies | Darlus | 2023 |
| Paul T. Goldman | Lt. Newman | 2023 |
| The Noel Diary | Scott Turner | 2022 |
| Dead Reckoning | Agent Cantrell | 2020 |
| Creepshow | Raymond Bateman (segment "Skeletons in the Closet") | 2019 |
| Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Ugly Owl Hoot on Bounty Law / 'Bounty Law' - 'Ugly Owl' | 2019 |
| City on a Hill | Richy Ryan | 2019 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Megalopolis | 2024 | |
| Drugstore June | Arnold | 2024 |
| Oppenheimer | Henry Stimson | 2023 |
| Glowzies | Darlus | 2023 |
| Paul T. Goldman | Lt. Newman | 2023 |
| The Noel Diary | Scott Turner | 2022 |
| Dead Reckoning | Agent Cantrell | 2020 |
| Creepshow | Raymond Bateman (segment "Skeletons in the Closet") | 2019 |
| Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Ugly Owl Hoot on Bounty Law / 'Bounty Law' - 'Ugly Owl' | 2019 |
| City on a Hill | Richy Ryan | 2019 |
| Speed Kills | Meyer Lansky | 2018 |
| The Rookie | Tom Bradford | 2018 |
| Magnum P.I. | Captain Buck Greene | 2018 |
| All You Ever Wished For | Gordon Hutton | 2018 |
| Yellowstone | Kyle Fremont | 2018 |
| Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
| Black Lightning | Peter Gambi | 2018 |
| The Saint | Arnold Valecross | 2017 |
| Feed | Tom | 2017 |
| Can't Buy My Love | Rex | 2017 |
| The Night Watchmen | Randall | 2017 |
| Decommissioned | David Marino | 2016 |
| USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage | Admiral Parnell | 2016 |
| The Dog Lover | Daniel Holloway | 2016 |
| Animal Kingdom | Detective Andre | 2016 |
| Papa Hemingway in Cuba | Santo Trafficante Jr. / Santo Trafficante | 2016 |
| The Path | Kodiak | 2016 |
| The Shannara Chronicles | Cephalo / Cephelo | 2016 |
| Unnatural | Martin Nakos | 2015 |
| Code Black | Hutch / General Hutch Hutchinson | 2015 |
| Eden | Coach DaFoe | 2015 |
| The Blackcoat's Daughter | Bill | 2015 |
| Movies and Stuff | Self | 2015 |
| Lap Dance | Patrick Moore | 2014 |
| State of Affairs | Syd | 2014 |
| Gotham | Frank Gordon | 2014 |
| Persecuted | John Luther | 2014 |
| From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series | Gecko Father | 2014 |
| Hatfields & McCoys | Joe Hatfield | 2014 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| Horns | Derrick Perrish | 2013 |
| Beware the Batman | Silver Monkey / Mr. Reese | 2013 |
| Motive | Trent McAllister | 2013 |
| Newsreaders | Commercial Announcer | 2013 |
| Django Unchained | Ace Speck / Butch Pooch | 2012 |
| The Legend of Korra | Tonraq | 2012 |
| All Superheroes Must Die | Rickshaw | 2011 |
| Arena | Agent McCarty / Tall Man | 2011 |
| Setup | William Long / William | 2011 |
| Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Sideswipe (voice) / Sideswipe | 2011 |
| Wilfred | Henry | 2011 |
| X-Men: First Class | US General | 2011 |
| Franklin & Bash | Cliff | 2011 |
| The FP | Narrator (voice) / Narrator | 2011 |
| Young Justice | Icicle Sr. / Wilcox / Cooper / Hauser / Joar Mahkent | 2010 |
| RED | Gabriel Singer | 2010 |
| Pound Puppies | Sarge | 2010 |
| Hawaii Five-0 | Elliott Connor | 2010 |
| Gun | Detective Rogers | 2010 |
| Ben 10: Ultimate Alien | Vilgax | 2010 |
| Human Target | Warden Cole | 2010 |
| The Christmas Hope | Mark Addison | 2009 |
| Endless Bummer | Sam Kramer | 2009 |
| Red Carpet Report | Self | 2009 |
| Flashforward | James Erskine | 2009 |
| NCIS: Los Angeles | Admiral Sterling Bridges / Sterling Bridges | 2009 |
| The Vampire Diaries | Giuseppe Salvatore | 2009 |
| 2B | Tom Mortlake | 2009 |
| The Unborn | Gordon Beldon | 2009 |
| Batman: The Brave and the Bold | Two-Face | 2008 |
| Pineapple Express | General Bratt | 2008 |
| Ben 10: Alien Force | Vilgax / Vilgax Goop / Security Alien #1 | 2008 |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man | Walter Hardy / Cat Burglar | 2008 |
| Eli Stone | Salinsky | 2008 |
| Sharpshooter | Dillon | 2007 |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Ray Gibson | 2007 |
| Private Practice | Dr. Gibson | 2007 |
| Ratatouille | Larousse (voice) / Larousse | 2007 |
| Transformers: The Ride - 3D | Sideswipe | 2007 |
| Dexter | Harry Morgan | 2006 |
| Jericho | Jonah Prowse | 2006 |
| Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow | Self | 2006 |
| Thief | Agent Patterson | 2006 |
| The Unit | Reece | 2006 |
| Criminal Minds | Tom Benton | 2005 |
| Grey's Anatomy | Jimmy Evans / James Evans | 2005 |
| American Dad! | Charles Lindbergh Sr. | 2005 |
| Numb3rs | Randall Priest | 2005 |
| Blade: Trinity | Ray Cumberland | 2004 |
| Battlestar Galactica | Meier | 2004 |
| The Batman | Black Mask | 2004 |
| Justice League Unlimited | Hawkman / Carter Hall / Shadow Thief / Katar Hol | 2004 |
| The Grid | Hudson 'Hud' Benoit | 2004 |
| North Shore | Vincent Colville | 2004 |
| Meltdown | Colonel Boggs | 2004 |
| Ike: Countdown to D-Day | Gen. Omar Bradley / General Omar Bradley | 2004 |
| The Girl Next Door | Hugo Posh | 2004 |
| The Survivors Club | Roan Griffin | 2004 |
| Duplex | Chick | 2003 |
| Peacemakers | Cole Hawkins | 2003 |
| 2 Fast 2 Furious | Agent Markham | 2003 |
| Betrayal | Alex Tyler | 2003 |
| Fear X | Peter | 2003 |
| CSI: Miami | Capt. Quentin Taylor | 2002 |
| The Twilight Zone | Alois Hitler | 2002 |
| Without a Trace | Lucas Vohland | 2002 |
| Justice League | Lead Manhunter | 2001 |
| Guardian | Detective Carpenter | 2001 |
| Dying on the Edge | Jackie James | 2001 |
| Guilty as Charged | Lt. Col. Strauss | 2000 |
| Hellraiser: Inferno | Dr. Paul Gregory / Dr. Gregory | 2000 |
| Strong Medicine | Guy Falls | 2000 |
| What Lies Beneath | Warren Feur | 2000 |
| The Huntress | Tiny Bellows | 2000 |
| Blowback | John Matthew Whitman / Schmidt | 2000 |
| 18 Wheels of Justice | 'Gabriel' / Mitch Davis | 2000 |
| Rites of Passage | Frank Dabbo | 1999 |
| D.R.E.A.M. Team | Shawn Murphy | 1999 |
| Third Watch | Det. Madjanski | 1999 |
| Psycho | Patrolman | 1998 |
| Inferno | Dr. Coleman West | 1998 |
| Sex and the City | Richard Wright | 1998 |
| Mortal Kombat: Annihilation | Raiden | 1997 |
| Born Bad | Sheriff Larabee | 1997 |
| Total Security | Frank Cisco | 1997 |
| 7th Heaven | James Carver | 1996 |
| The Phantom | Quill | 1996 |
| The Quest | Maxie Devine | 1996 |
| Nash Bridges | Mark Lee Page | 1996 |
| One Good Turn | Simon Jury | 1996 |
| Robo Warriors | Ray Gibson | 1996 |
| Wild Bill | Donnie Lonigan | 1995 |
| Judge Dredd | Block Warlord | 1995 |
| Across the Moon | Rattlesnake Jim | 1995 |
| Boys on the Side | Alex | 1995 |
| The Surgeon | Dr. Benjamin Hendricks | 1995 |
| Miracle on 34th Street | Jack Duff | 1994 |
| Renaissance Man | Captain Tom Murdoch | 1994 |
| Confessions of a Hitman | Bruno Serrano | 1994 |
| Blink | Thomas Ridgely | 1994 |
| Fatal Instinct | Max Shady | 1993 |
| The X-Files | Josef Kobold | 1993 |
| Walker, Texas Ranger | Keith Bolt | 1993 |
| The Tigress | Andrei | 1992 |
| Indecency | Mick Clarkson | 1992 |
| Wedlock | Sam | 1991 |
| White Fang | Beauty / Beauty Smith | 1991 |
| Session Man | McQueen | 1991 |
| Night Visions | Sergeant Thomas Mackey | 1990 |
| Fatal Charm | Louis | 1990 |
| Tales from the Darkside: The Movie | Preston (segment "Lover's Vow") / Preston (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’) | 1990 |
| Kojak: None So Blind | Wolfgang Reiger | 1990 |
| Drugstore Cowboy | Gentry | 1989 |
| Desperado: The Outlaw Wars | John Sikes | 1989 |
| Silence Like Glass | Charly | 1989 |
| Tales from the Crypt | Red Buckley | 1989 |
| The Dream Team | Gianelli | 1989 |
| Rent-a-Cop | Dancer | 1987 |
| Quiet Cool | Joe Dylanne | 1986 |
| Crime Story | Smilin' Jack | 1986 |
| Band of the Hand | Nestor | 1986 |
| The Clan of the Cave Bear | Creb | 1986 |
| The Equalizer | Tremayne | 1985 |
| The Mystic Warrior | Pesla | 1985 |
| The Cotton Club | Dutch Schultz | 1984 |
| Miami Vice | Robbie Cann | 1984 |
| The Mystic Warrior | Pesla | 1984 |
| The Hitchhiker | Ron | 1983 |
| 48 Hrs. | Ganz / Albert Ganz | 1982 |
| Partners | Edward K. Petersen | 1982 |
| Hill Street Blues | Cooper | 1981 |
| Windwalker | Windwalker as a young man / Windwalker (young) | 1980 |
| The Long Riders | Sam Starr | 1980 |
| Cruising | Gregory | 1980 |
| On the Yard | Larson | 1978 |
| The Warriors | Ajax | 1979 |
