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 |
|---|
| Dead Reckoning | Agent Cantrell | 2020 |
| Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood | Ugly Owl Hoot on Bounty Law / 'Bounty Law' - 'Ugly Owl' | 2019 |
| City on a Hill | Richy Ryan | 2019 |
| Magnum P.I. | Captain Buck Greene | 2018 |
| Speed Kills | Meyer Lansky | 2018 |
| All You Ever Wished For | Gordon Hutton | 2018 |
| Black Lightning | Peter Gambi, Peter Gambi (credit only) | 2018 |
| Feed | Tom | 2017 |
| The Saint | Arnold Valecross | 2017 |
| Can't Buy My Love | Rex | 2017 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Dead Reckoning | Agent Cantrell | 2020 |
| Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood | Ugly Owl Hoot on Bounty Law / 'Bounty Law' - 'Ugly Owl' | 2019 |
| City on a Hill | Richy Ryan | 2019 |
| Magnum P.I. | Captain Buck Greene | 2018 |
| Speed Kills | Meyer Lansky | 2018 |
| All You Ever Wished For | Gordon Hutton | 2018 |
| Black Lightning | Peter Gambi, Peter Gambi (credit only) | 2018 |
| Feed | Tom | 2017 |
| The Saint | Arnold Valecross | 2017 |
| Can't Buy My Love | Rex | 2017 |
| The Night Watchmen | Randall | 2017 |
| The Blackcoat's Daughter | Bill | 2016 |
| USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage | Admiral Parnell | 2016 |
| The Dog Lover | Daniel Holloway | 2016 |
| Papa Hemingway in Cuba | Santo Trafficante Jr. | 2016 |
| Animal Kingdom | Detective Andre | 2016 |
| The Path | Kodiak | 2016 |
| The Shannara Chronicles | Cephelo | 2016 |
| Decommissioned | David Marino | 2016 |
| The Hateful Eight | 2015 |
| Unnatural | Martin Nakos | 2015 |
| Code Black | General Hutch Hutchinson | 2015 |
| Eden | Coach DaFoe | 2015 |
| Movies and Stuff | Himself | 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 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| Horns | Derrick Perrish | 2013 |
| Beware the Batman | Silver Monkey, Silver Monkey / Mr. Reese | 2013 |
| Motive | Trent McAllister | 2013 |
| Newsreaders | Commercial Announcer | 2013 |
| Hatfields & McCoys | Joe Hatfield | 2013 |
| Django Unchained | Ace Speck / Butch Pooch | 2012 |
| The Legend of Korra | Tonraq | 2012 |
| All Superheroes Must Die | Rickshaw | 2011 |
| Arena | Agent McCarty | 2011 |
| Setup | William Long | 2011 |
| Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Sideswipe (voice) | 2011 |
| Wilfred | Henry | 2011 |
| X-Men: First Class | US General | 2011 |
| Franklin & Bash | Cliff | 2011 |
| The FP | Narrator (voice) | 2011 |
| Young Justice | Hauser (voice) / Icicle Sr. / Wilcox / Cooper / Hauser | 2010 |
| Red | Gabriel Singer | 2010 |
| Pound Puppies | Sarge | 2010 |
| Hawaii Five-0 | Elliott Connor | 2010 |
| Gun | Policeman | 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 Ermine | 2009 |
| NCIS: Los Angeles | Admiral Sterling Bridges, Sterling Bridges | 2009 |
| The Vampire Diaries | Giuseppe Salvatore | 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, Security Alien #1 / Vilgax, Vilgax / Vilgax Goop | 2008 |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man | Walter Hardy / The 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) | 2007 |
| Dexter | Harry Morgan | 2006 |
| Jericho | Jonah Prowse | 2006 |
| Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow | Himself | 2006 |
| Thief | Agent Patterson | 2006 |
| The Unit | Reece | 2006 |
| Criminal Minds | Tom Benton | 2005 |
| Grey's Anatomy | Jimmy Evans | 2005 |
| American Dad! | Charles Lindbergh Sr. (voice) | 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 / Katar Hol / Shadow Thief, Hawkman / Carter Hall / Shadow Thief | 2004 |
| The Grid | Hudson 'Hud' Benoit | 2004 |
| North Shore | Vincent Colville | 2004 |
| Meltdown | Colonel Boggs | 2004 |
| Ike: Countdown To D-Day | Général 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 |
| Without a Trace | Lucas Vohland | 2002 |
| CSI: Miami | Capt. Quentin Taylor | 2002 |
| The Twilight Zone | Alois Hitler | 2002 |
| Justice League | Lead Manhunter | 2001 |
| Guardian | Detective Carpenter | 2001 |
| Dying on the Edge | Jackie James | 2001 |
| Hellraiser: Inferno | Dr. Paul Gregory | 2000 |
| Guilty as Charged | Lt. Col. Strauss | 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 |
| Sex and the City | Richard Wright | 1998 |
| Mortal Kombat: Annihilation | Rayden | 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 | 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") | 1990 |
| Kojak: None So Blind | Wolfgang Reiger | 1990 |
| Drugstore Cowboy | Gentry | 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 |
| Aliens | Hicks body double | 1986 |
| Band of the Hand | Nestor | 1986 |
| The Clan Of The Cave Bear | Creb | 1986 |
| The Equalizer | Tremayne | 1985 |
| The Cotton Club | Dutch Schultz | 1984 |
| Miami Vice | Robbie Cann | 1984 |
| The Mystic Warrior | Pesla | 1984 |
| The Hitchhiker | Ron | 1983 |
| 48 Hrs. | Ganz | 1982 |
| Partners | Edward K. Petersen | 1982 |
| Hill Street Blues | Cooper | 1981 |
| Windwalker | Windwalker as a young man | 1980 |
| The Long Riders | Sam Starr | 1980 |
| Cruising | Gregory | 1980 |
| The Warriors | Ajax | 1979 |
| On the Yard | Larson | 1978 |
