James Remar

Actor Dec 31 (age 72) Boston, Massachusetts, USA 1978–2026 (48 year career)

6.3 avg rating

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

Film

Django Unchained

Butch Pooch / Ace Speck

Film

Ratatouille

Larousse (voice)

Film

Oppenheimer

Henry Stimson

Film

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

'Bounty Law' - 'Ugly Owl'

Film

Dexter

Harry Morgan

Film

X-Men: First Class

US General

Film

The Warriors

Ajax

Film

RED

Gabriel Singer

Filmography

Acting (178)

Movies (113)

They Will Kill You

2026

6.6

The Odyssey

2026 Upcoming

Jul 15

Transformers One

2024

as Zeta Prime (voice)

Megalopolis

as Charles Cothope

Drugstore June

as Arnold

Oppenheimer

as Henry Stimson

Glowzies

as Darlus

The Noel Diary

as Scott Turner

Dead Reckoning

as Agent Cantrell

Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables

2020

as Himself

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019

as 'Bounty Law' - 'Ugly Owl'

7.4

All You Ever Wished For

as Gordon Hutton

Speed Kills

as Meyer Lansky

The Blackcoat's Daughter

as Bill

The Saint

as Arnold Valecross

Can't Buy My Love

as Rex

Feed

as Tom

The Night Watchmen

as Randall

USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage

as Admiral Parnell

The Dog Lover

as Daniel Holloway

Decommissioned

as David Marino

Papa Hemingway in Cuba

as Santo Trafficante

Eden

as Coach DaFoe

Unnatural

as Martin Nakos

Lap Dance

as Patrick Moore

Persecuted

as John Luther

Horns

as Derrick Perrish

Django Unchained

as Butch Pooch / Ace Speck

8.2

Ben 10: Omniverse

2012

as Vilgax (voice)

Arena

2011

as Tall Man

5.2

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

as Sideswipe (voice)

Setup

as William

X-Men: First Class

as US General

All Superheroes Must Die

as Rickshaw

The FP

as Narrator (voice)

Gun

as Detective Rogers

RED

as Gabriel Singer

The Christmas Hope

as Mark Addison

The Unborn

as Gordon Beldon

National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer

as Sam Kramer

as Tom Mortlake

Pineapple Express

as General Bratt

Ratatouille

as Larousse (voice)

The Warriors: The Beginning

2007

as Self

6.0

The Warriors: The Way Home

2007

as Self

6.0

The Warriors: Battleground

as Self

Sharpshooter

as Dillon

The Warriors: The Phenomenon

as Self

The Girl Next Door

as Hugo Posh

Blade: Trinity

as Ray Cumberland

American Meltdown

as Colonel Boggs

The Survivors Club

as Roan Griffin

Ike: Countdown to D-Day

2004

as General Omar Bradley

Duplex

as Chick

2 Fast 2 Furious

as Agent Markham

Betrayal

as Alex Tyler

Fear X

as Peter

Guardian

as Detective Carpenter

Dying on the Edge

as Jackie James

What Lies Beneath

as Warren Feur

Hellraiser: Inferno

as Dr. Paul Gregory

The Huntress

as Tiny Bellows

The Base 2: Guilty as Charged

2000

as Lt. Col. Strauss

4.3

Blowback

2000

as John Matthew Whitman / Schmidt

Rites of Passage

as Frank Dabbo

Double Frame

Born Bad

D.R.E.A.M. Team

as Shawn Murphy

Psycho

as Patrolman

Inferno

as Dr. Coleman West

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

as Raiden

The Quest

as Maxie Devine

The Phantom

as Quill

Robo Warriors

as Ray Gibson

One Good Turn

as Simon Jury

Judge Dredd

as Block Warlord (uncredited)

Boys on the Side

as Alex

The Surgeon

as Dr. Benjamin Hendricks

5.1

Wild Bill

1995

as Donnie Lonigan

5.7

Miracle on 34th Street

1994

as Jack Duff

6.8

Confessions of a Hitman

1994

as Bruno Serrano

6.0

Renaissance Man

1994

as Captain Tom Murdoch

Across the Moon

as Rattlesnake Jim

Fatal Instinct

as Max Shady

Blink

as Thomas Ridgely

Indecency

as Mick Clarkson

The Tigress

as Andrei

Strangers

as Bernard (The Last Game)

White Fang

as Beauty Smith

Wedlock

as Sam

Brotherhood of the Gun

as Frank Weir

Session Man

as McQueen

Kojak: None So Blind

as Wolfgang Reiger

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

1990

as Preston (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’)

6.2

Night Visions

1990

as Sergeant Thomas Mackey

Fatal Charm

as Louis

Drugstore Cowboy

as Gentry

Silence Like Glass

The Dream Team

as Gianelli

Desperado: The Outlaw Wars

as John Sikes

Rent-a-Cop

as Dancer

Quiet Cool

as Joe Dylanne

The Clan of the Cave Bear

as Creb

Band of the Hand

as Nestor

The Cotton Club

as Dutch Schultz

The Mystic Warrior

as Pesla

48 Hrs.

as Albert Ganz

Partners

as Edward K. Petersen

Cruising

as Gregory

Windwalker

as Windwalker (young)

The Long Riders

as Sam Starr

The Warriors

as Ajax

On the Yard

as Larson

Television (65)

IT: Welcome to Derry

2025

as General Francis Shaw

Dexter: Resurrection

as Harry Morgan

All's Fair

as Theodore Baskin

Paul T. Goldman

as Lt. Newman

Fire Over the Atlantic: The Mystery of TWA Flight 800

2020

as Narrator

City on a Hill

as Richy Ryan

Creepshow

as Bateman

The Movies That Made Us

as Self

The Rookie

as Tom Bradford

Yellowstone

as Kyle Fremont

Magnum P.I.

as Captain Buck Greene

Black Lightning

as Peter Gambi

Animal Kingdom

as Detective Andre

The Shannara Chronicles

2016

as Cephelo

7.0

Code Black

2015

as General Hutch Hutchinson

Gotham

as Frank Gordon

State of Affairs

as Syd

Beware the Batman

as Silver Monkey / Mr. Reese (voice)

The Legend of Korra

as Tonraq (voice)

Wilfred

as Henry Newman

Franklin & Bash

as Cliff

Hawaii Five-0

as Elliot Connor

Young Justice

as Icicle Sr. (voice)

8.4

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien

as Vilgax (voice)

Human Target

as Warden Cole

Pound Puppies

as Sarge (voice)

The Vampire Diaries

as Giuseppe Salvatore

NCIS: Los Angeles

as Sterling Bridges

FlashForward

as James Ermine

Eli Stone

as Salinsky

Ben 10: Alien Force

as Vilgax (voice)

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

as Two-Face (voice)

Private Practice

as Dr. Gibson

Dexter

as Harry Morgan

Jericho

as Jonah Prowse

The Unit

Grey's Anatomy

as Jimmy Evans

Criminal Minds

as Tom Benton

American Dad!

as Charles Lindbergh Sr. (voice)

Numb3rs

as Randall Priest

Battlestar Galactica

as Meier

The Batman

as Black Mask (voice)

8.0

Justice League Unlimited

2004

as Carter Hall (voice)

North Shore

as Vincent Colville

The Grid

Peacemakers

as Cole Hawkins

Without a Trace

as Lucas Vohland

CSI: Miami

as Quentin Taylor

The Twilight Zone

as Alois Hitler

Justice League

as Lead Manhunter (voice)

Strong Medicine

as Guy Falls

The Huntress

as Tiny Bellows

Third Watch

as Detective Madjanski

Sex and the City

as Richard Wright

Total Security

Nash Bridges

as Mark Lee Page

7th Heaven

as James Carver

The X-Files

as Josef Kobold

Walker, Texas Ranger

as Keith Bolt

Tales from the Crypt

as Red Buckley

The Equalizer

as Tremayne

Miami Vice

as Robbie Cann

The Mystic Warrior

as Pesla

The Hitchhiker

as Ron

Hill Street Blues