James Remar

William James Remar (born December 31, 1953) is an American actor. Among his most notable film roles are Ajax in *The Warriors* (1979), the homicidal maniac Albert Ganz in *48 Hrs.* (1982), Dutch Schultz in *The Cotton Club* (1984), and Lord Raiden in *Mortal Kombat: Annihilation* (1997). He has also appeared in smaller roles in several other significant 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) but was later replaced by Michael Biehn.

In television, Remar has had recurring roles as Richard Wright, the on-again, off-again tycoon boyfriend of Samantha on *Sex and the City* (2001–2004), Harry Morgan on *Dexter* (2006–2013) and *Dexter: Resurrection* (2025–present), the voice of Vilgax on *Ben 10* (2009–2012), Tonraq on *The Legend of Korra* (2013–2014), and Peter Gambi on *Black Lightning* (2018–2021). He also voices Executor Hideo in the *Destiny* video game series.

Remar has been married to Atsuko Remar since 1984. The couple has two children.