James Remar
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Acting Credits
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: Tri...
Known For
Filmography
The Odyssey
2026
Dexter: Resurrection
2025
as Harry Morgan
All's Fair
2025
as Theodore Baskin
IT: Welcome to Derry
2025
as General Francis Shaw
Megalopolis
2024
as Charles Cothope
Drugstore June
2024
as Arnold
Transformers One
2024
as Zeta Prime (voice)
Glowzies
2023
as Darlus
Oppenheimer
2023
as Henry Stimson
Paul T. Goldman
2023
as Lt. Newman
The Noel Diary
2022
as Scott Turner
Dead Reckoning
2020
as Agent Cantrell
Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables
2020
as Himself
Fire Over the Atlantic: The Mystery of TWA Flight 800
2020
as Narrator
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019
as 'Bounty Law' - 'Ugly Owl'
Creepshow
2019
as Bateman
The Movies That Made Us
2019
as Self
City on a Hill
2019
as Richy Ryan
All You Ever Wished For
2018
as Gordon Hutton
Speed Kills
2018
as Meyer Lansky
The Rookie
2018
as Tom Bradford
Black Lightning
2018
as Peter Gambi
Yellowstone
2018
as Kyle Fremont
Magnum P.I.
2018
as Captain Buck Greene
The Blackcoat's Daughter
2017
as Bill
The Night Watchmen
2017
as Randall
Can't Buy My Love
2017
as Rex
Feed
2017
as Tom
The Saint
2017
as Arnold Valecross
The Dog Lover
2016
as Daniel Holloway
Decommissioned
2016
as David Marino
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
2016
as Admiral Parnell
The Shannara Chronicles
2016
as Cephelo
The Shannara Chronicles
2016
as Cephalo
Animal Kingdom
2016
as Detective Andre
Unnatural
2015
as Martin Nakos
Papa Hemingway in Cuba
2015
as Santo Trafficante
Eden
2015
as Coach DaFoe
Code Black
2015
as General Hutch Hutchinson
Persecuted
2014
as John Luther
Lap Dance
2014
as Patrick Moore
State of Affairs
2014
as Syd
Gotham
2014
as Frank Gordon
Horns
2013
as Derrick Perrish
Beware the Batman
2013
as Silver Monkey (voice)
Beware the Batman
2013
as Silver Monkey / Mr. Reese (voice)
Django Unchained
2012
as Butch Pooch / Ace Speck
Ben 10: Omniverse
2012
as Vilgax (voice)
The Legend of Korra
2012
as Tonraq (voice)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011
as Sideswipe (voice)
X-Men: First Class
2011
as US General
Arena
2011
as Tall Man
Setup
2011
as William
All Superheroes Must Die
2011
as Rickshaw
The FP
2011
as Narrator (voice)
Wilfred
2011
as Henry Newman
Franklin & Bash
2011
as Cliff
RED
2010
as Gabriel Singer
Gun
2010
as Detective Rogers
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
2010
as Vilgax (voice)
Pound Puppies
2010
as Sarge (voice)
Young Justice
2010
as Icicle Sr. (voice)
Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Elliot Connor
Human Target
2010
as Warden Cole
The Unborn
2009
as Gordon Beldon
2B
2009
as Tom Mortlake
National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer
2009
as Sam Kramer
The Christmas Hope
2009
as Mark Addison
FlashForward
2009
as James Ermine
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
as Sterling Bridges
The Vampire Diaries
2009
as Giuseppe Salvatore
Pineapple Express
2008
as General Bratt
Eli Stone
2008
as Salinsky
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
2008
as Two-Face (voice)
Ben 10: Alien Force
2008
as Vilgax (voice)
Ratatouille
2007
as Larousse (voice)
Sharpshooter
2007
as Dillon
The Warriors: The Beginning
2007
as Self
The Warriors: The Way Home
2007
as Self
The Warriors: Battleground
2007
as Self
The Warriors: The Phenomenon
2007
as Self
Private Practice
2007
as Dr. Gibson
Jericho
2006
as Jonah Prowse
The Unit
2006
Dexter
2006
as Harry Morgan
Criminal Minds
2005
as Tom Benton
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Jimmy Evans
American Dad!
2005
as Charles Lindbergh Sr. (voice)
Numb3rs
2005
as Randall Priest
The Girl Next Door
2004
as Hugo Posh
Ike: Countdown to D-Day
2004
as General Omar Bradley
Blade: Trinity
2004
as Ray Cumberland
The Survivors Club
2004
as Roan Griffin
American Meltdown
2004
as Colonel Boggs
The Batman
2004
as Black Mask (voice)
North Shore
2004
as Vincent Colville
Battlestar Galactica
2004
as Meier
The Grid
2004
Justice League Unlimited
2004
as Carter Hall (voice)
Justice League Unlimited
2004
as Hawkman / Shadow Thief (voice)
2 Fast 2 Furious
2003
as Agent Markham
Betrayal
2003
as Alex Tyler
Fear X
2003
as Peter
Duplex
2003
as Chick
Peacemakers
2003
as Cole Hawkins
CSI: Miami
2002
as Quentin Taylor
Without a Trace
2002
as Lucas Vohland
The Twilight Zone
2002
as Alois Hitler
Guardian
2001
as Detective Carpenter
Dying on the Edge
2001
as Jackie James
Justice League
2001
as Lead Manhunter (voice)
What Lies Beneath
2000
as Warren Feur
Hellraiser: Inferno
2000
as Dr. Paul Gregory
The Base 2: Guilty as Charged
2000
as Lt. Col. Strauss
Blowback
2000
as John Matthew Whitman / Schmidt
The Huntress
2000
as Tiny Bellows
The Huntress
2000
as Tiny Bellows
Strong Medicine
2000
as Guy Falls
Rites of Passage
1999
as Frank Dabbo
Born Bad
1999
D.R.E.A.M. Team
1999
as Shawn Murphy
Double Frame
1999
Third Watch
1999
as Detective Madjanski
Inferno
1998
as Dr. Coleman West
Psycho
1998
as Patrolman
Sex and the City
1998
as Richard Wright
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
1997
as Raiden
Total Security
1997
The Quest
1996
as Maxie Devine
The Phantom
1996
as Quill
Robo Warriors
1996
as Ray Gibson
One Good Turn
1996
as Simon Jury
7th Heaven
1996
as James Carver
Nash Bridges
1996
as Mark Lee Page
Boys on the Side
1995
as Alex
Wild Bill
1995
as Donnie Lonigan
The Surgeon
1995
as Dr. Benjamin Hendricks
Judge Dredd
1995
as Block Warlord (uncredited)
Miracle on 34th Street
1994
as Jack Duff
Renaissance Man
1994
as Captain Tom Murdoch
Confessions of a Hitman
1994
as Bruno Serrano
Across the Moon
1994
as Rattlesnake Jim
Fatal Instinct
1993
as Max Shady
Blink
1993
as Thomas Ridgely
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Keith Bolt
The X-Files
1993
as Josef Kobold
Strangers
1992
as Bernard (The Last Game)
Indecency
1992
as Mick Clarkson
The Tigress
1992
as Andrei
Wedlock
1991
as Sam
White Fang
1991
as Beauty Smith
Brotherhood of the Gun
1991
as Frank Weir
Session Man
1991
as McQueen
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
1990
as Preston (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’)
Fatal Charm
1990
as Louis
Night Visions
1990
as Sergeant Thomas Mackey
Kojak: None So Blind
1990
as Wolfgang Reiger
Drugstore Cowboy
1989
as Gentry
The Dream Team
1989
as Gianelli
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
1989
as John Sikes
Silence Like Glass
1989
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Red Buckley
Rent-a-Cop
1987
as Dancer
Band of the Hand
1986
as Nestor
The Clan of the Cave Bear
1986
as Creb
Quiet Cool
1986
as Joe Dylanne
The Equalizer
1985
as Tremayne
The Cotton Club
1984
as Dutch Schultz
Miami Vice
1984
as Robbie Cann
The Mystic Warrior
1984
as Pesla
The Hitchhiker
1983
as Ron
48 Hrs.
1982
as Albert Ganz
Partners
1982
as Edward K. Petersen
Hill Street Blues
1981
The Long Riders
1980
as Sam Starr
Windwalker
1980
as Windwalker (young)
Cruising
1980
as Gregory
The Warriors
1979
as Ajax
On the Yard
1978
as Larson