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Film & TV
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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…
Known for
- The Odyssey — Tiresias2026
- They Will Kill You — The Pig's Head (voice)2026
- Dexter: Resurrection — Harry Morgan2025
- All's Fair — Theodore Baskin2025
- IT: Welcome to Derry — General Francis Shaw2025
- Megalopolis — Charles Cothope2024
- Drugstore June — Arnold2024
- Transformers One — Zeta Prime (voice)2024
- Glowzies — Darlus2023
- Oppenheimer — Henry Stimson2023
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Key facts
- Born
- William James Remar , ( 1953-12-31 ) December 31, 1953 (age 72) , Boston , Massachusetts , U.S.
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1978–present
- Spouse
- Atsuko Remar ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1984 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Boston
- Occupation
- stage actor
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- James Remar at 53rd Saturn Awards 2026.jpg
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- Commons category
- James Remar
- date of birth
- 1953-12-31
- name in native language
- James Remar
- start of work period
- 1978-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
William James Remar (born December 31, 1953) is an American actor. Highlights of his four decades-long 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).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “James Remar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.