James Remar
Birthplace: Boston
Born: 1953-12-31
Occupations recorded in source
actor; film actor; stage actor; television actor; voice actor
Biography from Wikipedia
William James Remar (born December 31, 1953) is an American actor. Highlights of his career in film include his portrayals of Ajax in The Warriors (1979), Albert Ganz in 48 Hrs. (1982), Dutch Schultz in The Cotton Club (1984), and Jack Duff in Miracle on 34th Street (1994). In television, he is best known for playing Richard Wright in Sex and the City (2001–2004), and Harry Morgan, the father of the title character, in Dexter (2006–2013) and Dexter: Resurrection (2025). 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.
Remar's more recent roles include Frank Gordon in Gotham from 2016 to 2019; Peter Gambi in Black Lightning from 2018 to 2021; Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson in Oppenheimer in 2023 and General Francis Shaw in It: Welcome to Derry (2025).
Sources & attribution
Wikidata · revision
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Films in Cinema Hound
Acting
- Blowback (2000)
- Hellraiser: Inferno (2000) — Dr. Paul Gregory
- The Base 2: Guilty as Charged (2000) — Lt. Col. Strauss
- What Lies Beneath (2000) — Warren Feur
- Born Bad (1999) — Sheriff Larabee
- Rites of Passage (1999)
- Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997) — Rayden
- Robo Warriors (1996) — Ray Gibson
- The Phantom (1996) — Quill
- The Quest (1996) — Maxie Devine
- Boys on the Side (1995) — Alex
- Exquisite Tenderness (1995) — Dr. Benjamin Hendricks
- Judge Dredd (1995) — Block Warlord
- Wild Bill (1995) — Donnie Lonigan
- Blink (1994) — Thomas Ridgely
- Confessions of a Hitman (1994)
- Miracle on 34th Street (1994) — Jack Duff
- Renaissance Man (1994) — Captain Tom Murdoch
- Fatal Instinct (1993) — Max Shady
- Die Tigerin (1992) — Andrei
- Indecency (1992)
- Strangers (1992)
- Session Man (1991) — McQueen
- Wedlock (1991) — Sam
- White Fang (1991) — Beauty Smith
- Fatal Charm (1990) — Louis
- Kojak: None So Blind (1990) — Wolfgang Reiger
- Night Visions (1990)
- Drugstore Cowboy (1989) — Gentry
- Rent-a-Cop (1987) — Dancer
- Quiet Cool (1986)
- The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986) — Creb
- The Cotton Club (1984) — Dutch Schulz
- The Mystic Warrior (1984)
- 48 Hrs. (1982) — Albert Ganz
- Cruising (1980) — Gregory
- Windwalker (1980) — Windwalker as a young man
- The Warriors (1979) — Ajax
Catalogue credits: Wikidata and Open Media Database. Sources & licences.