Biography
James Remar (born December 31, 1953) is an American actor. He has appeared in movies, video games, and TV shows. He is perhaps best known as Richard, the on-off tycoon boyfriend of Kim Cattrall's character in Sex and the City, as Ajax in The Warriors, as the homicidal maniac Albert Ganz in the 1982 comedy/thriller 48 Hrs., Dutch Shultz in The Cotton Club, Lord Raiden in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation and more recently as Harry Morgan in Dexter. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Complete Filmography

Megalopolis
2024
as Charles Cothope
Genius artist Cesar Catilina seeks to leap the City of New Rome into a utopian, idealistic future, while his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero, remain...

Transformers One
2024
as Zeta Prime (voice)
The untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate ...

Drugstore June
2024
as Arnold
After the pharmacy in her small town is robbed, a girl who still lives at home with her parents takes matters into her own hands to solve the crime, w...

Glowzies
2023
as Darlus
After an ancient evil is awakened in the depths of an abandoned uranium mill, four old military veterans join forces with some internet kids to stop i...

Oppenheimer
2023
as Henry Stimson
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.

The Noel Diary
2022
as Scott Turner
Cleaning out his childhood home at Christmas, a novelist meets a woman searching for her birth mother. Will an old diary unlock their pasts — and hear...

Dead Reckoning
2020
as Agent Cantrell
Tillie Gardner has been rocked to her core by the tragic death of her parents in a plane crash. She copes with the help of local cab driver Niko, with...
Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables
2020
as Himself
A detailed look into the making of Tales from the Darkside: The Movie.

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019
as 'Bounty Law' - 'Ugly Owl'
Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a co...

Speed Kills
2018
as Meyer Lansky
Speedboat racing champion and multimillionaire Ben Aronoff leads a double life that lands him in trouble with the law and drug lords.

All You Ever Wished For
2018
as Gordon Hutton
A young New York fashion executive's trip to Milan takes a bad turn when he is kidnapped and whisked off to an Alpine village to be held for ransom mo...

The Saint
2017
as Arnold Valecross
International master thief, Simon Templar, also known as The Saint, is asked by a desperate rich man to find his kidnapped daughter. However, in addit...

Feed
2017
as Tom
Olivia and Matthew Grey, 18-year-old twins born into a world of privilege and high expectations. There are almost no boundaries between them - even th...

The Blackcoat's Daughter
2017
as Bill
Two young women at a prestigious prep school are assailed by an evil, invisible power when they're stranded over winter break.

The Night Watchmen
2017
as Randall
Three inept night watchmen, aided by a young rookie and a fearless tabloid journalist, fight an epic battle to save their lives. A mistaken warehouse ...

Can't Buy My Love
2017
as Rex
Lilly, a hard working EMT, is only focused on her job and getting into medical school. So when wealthy slacker Jeff enters her life it throws her off ...

USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
2016
as Admiral Parnell
The harrowing true story of the crew of the USS Indianapolis, who were stranded in the Philippine Sea for five days after delivering the atomic weapon...

Decommissioned
2016
as David Marino
When an ex-CIA agent discovers his family have been kidnapped he sets out to rescue them, only to discover they are being held hostage and won't be re...

The Dog Lover
2016
as Daniel Holloway
Sara Gold is a young girl on a quest to save man's best friend. When she goes undercover to take down a dog breeder suspected of wrongdoing, she quick...

Papa Hemingway in Cuba
2015
as Santo Trafficante
In 1959, a young journalist ventures to Havana, Cuba to meet his idol, the legendary Ernest Hemingway who helped him find his literary voice, while th...

Unnatural
2015
as Martin Nakos
Global climate change prompts a scientific corporation to genetically modify Alaskan polar bears with horrific and deadly results.

Lap Dance
2014
as Patrick Moore
An aspiring actress makes a pact with her fiancé to take a job as an exotic dancer to care for her cancer stricken father. Once the pact the couple ma...

Persecuted
2014
as John Luther
Nationally acclaimed evangelist John Luther is the last obstacle in the way of sweeping religious reform in the States. When a U.S. Senator and Luther...

Horns
2013
as Derrick Perrish
In the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sprouting from his temples.

Eden
2013
as Coach DaFoe
After their plane crashes off the coast of a deserted Pacific island, the surviving members of an American soccer team find themselves in the most dir...

Django Unchained
2012
as Butch Pooch / Ace Speck
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.

All Superheroes Must Die
2011
as Rickshaw
Masked vigilantes Charge (Jason Trost), Cutthroat (Lucas Till), The Wall (Lee Valmassy), and Shadow (Sophie Merkley) are rendered powerless by their a...

Setup
2011
as William
A group of friends plan out a detailed heist that turns deadly when one betrays the other by taking off with the goods. Taking matters into his own ha...

Arena
2011
as Tall Man
David Lord finds himself forced into the savage world of a modern gladiatorial arena, where men fight to the death for the entertainment of the online...

Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011
as Sideswipe (voice)
The Autobots continue to work for NEST, now no longer in secret. But after discovering a strange artifact during a mission in Chernobyl, it becomes ap...

X-Men: First Class
2011
as US General
Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. B...

The FP
2011
as Narrator (voice)
Two rival gangs fight for control of Frazier Park -- a deadly arena in competitive dance-fight video game "Beat-Beat Revolution."

RED
2010
as Gabriel Singer
After surviving an assault from a squad of hit men, retired CIA black ops agent Frank Moses reassembles his old team for an all-out war. Frank reunite...

Gun
2010
as Detective Rogers
The Detroit Police launches a full-scale war against gun runners with the cooperation of the Feds and target a criminal named Rich. When a gun exchang...

The Christmas Hope
2009
as Mark Addison
After the recent loss of her son Sean, Patty Addison devotes herself to finding homes for needy children. The loss of their son has strained Patty's r...

National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer
2009
as Sam Kramer
From National Lampoon, the masters of raunchy comedy, comes a summer tale of beers, babes, and bros! In the surf town of Ventura, California, JD's sur...

2B
2009
as Tom Mortlake
When a murder is witnessed by millions around the world, society is forced to confront the moral issues raised by the creation of the first post-human...

The Unborn
2009
as Gordon Beldon
A young woman fights the spirit that is slowly taking possession of her.

Pineapple Express
2008
as General Bratt
A stoner and his dealer are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder.

Sharpshooter
2007
as Dillon
An assassin working for the CIA decides to take one final job before quitting only to find out that he is the target of his CIA boss.

The Warriors: The Beginning
2007
as Self
Details the origins of the story, with anecdotes by the cast and crew about how they got involved in the project.

The Warriors: Battleground
2007
as Self
Documents the filming process, along with technical insights by cinematographer Andrew Lazslo.

The Warriors: The Phenomenon
2007
as Self
Features the editing and scoring processes, a proposed narration by Orson Welles, and some of the controversies inherent in the film's release.

Ratatouille
2007
as Larousse (voice)
Remy, a resident of Paris, appreciates good food and has quite a sophisticated palate. He would love to become a chef so he can create and enjoy culin...

The Warriors: The Way Home
2007
as Self
An examination of the choreographed fight scenes and bizarre costuming.

Blade: Trinity
2004
as Ray Cumberland
For years, Blade has fought against the vampires in the cover of the night. But now, after falling into the crosshairs of the FBI, he is forced out in...

American Meltdown
2004
as Colonel Boggs
The telefilm centers on a present-day nuclear plant disaster and its aftermath.

Ike: Countdown to D-Day
2004
as General Omar Bradley
The story of the senior-level preparations for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944 from the time of Dwight D. Eisenhower's appointment as the Supreme A...

The Girl Next Door
2004
as Hugo Posh
Exceptionally ambitious high schooler Matthew has aspirations for a career in politics when he falls in love with his gorgeous 19-year-old neighbor, D...

The Survivors Club
2004
as Roan Griffin
After being raped by a serial killer, Jillian Hayes, Carol Rosen and Meg Pesaturo found "The Survivors Club", and they use the press to force the poli...

Duplex
2003
as Chick
When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!

Betrayal
2003
as Alex Tyler
When one of her hits goes wrong, a professional assassin ends up with a suitcase full of a million dollars belonging to a mob boss.

2 Fast 2 Furious
2003
as Agent Markham
It's a major double-cross when former police officer Brian O'Conner teams up with his ex-con buddy Roman Pearce to transport a shipment of "dirty" mon...

Fear X
2003
as Peter
When his wife is killed in a seemingly random incident, Harry, prompted by mysterious visions, journeys to discover the true circumstances surrounding...

Guardian
2001
as Detective Carpenter
With a spate of violence that rocks the inner city, L.A.P.D. and ex-Marine John Kross investigates its cause: a new drug called Chaos. With help from ...

Dying on the Edge
2001
as Jackie James
An ex cop turned insurance investigator tries to hold his life together as he investigates the death of a music producer who may have been murdered.

The Base 2: Guilty as Charged
2000
as Lt. Col. Strauss
US Army Investigator John Murphy (now a Lieutenant, although he was a Major in the previous Base movie) has been sent to look into a series of suspici...

Hellraiser: Inferno
2000
as Dr. Paul Gregory
A detective solves the puzzle box that releases the diabolical demon, Pinhead. As those around him begin to meet tragic fates, he sets out to conquer ...

What Lies Beneath
2000
as Warren Feur
When Claire Spencer starts hearing ghostly voices and seeing spooky images, she wonders if an otherworldly spirit is trying to contact her. All the wh...

Blowback
2000
as John Matthew Whitman / Schmidt
After a psychotic religious killer is captured and sentenced to death, he is instead recruited by the US government and trained to become a profession...

The Huntress
2000
as Tiny Bellows
After bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson is killed, his widow and daughter find they are in debt and decide to take on his work. Pilot film for the f...
Double Frame
1999
A shady cop gets in over his head when he frames his partner during a drug scam.

Rites of Passage
1999
as Frank Dabbo
A father and his two sons go on holiday together hoping to reconcile some of their differences, but when the arrival of two escaped convicts interrupt...

D.R.E.A.M. Team
1999
as Shawn Murphy
J.W. Garrison, the head of a top-secret sub agency of the United Nations, discovers that a team of terrorists, led by the murderous Oliver Maxwell, pl...
Born Bad
1999
A group of teenagers rob a bank, causing a deadly standoff.

Psycho
1998
as Patrolman
A young female embezzler arrives at the Bates Motel, which has terrible secrets of its own.

Inferno
1998
as Dr. Coleman West
When a huge fireball hurtles towards the Earth the authorities have only hours to react before temperatures soar beyond human tolerance.

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
1997
as Raiden
A group of heroic warriors has only six days to save the planet in "Mortal Kombat Annihilation." To succeed they must survive the most spectacular ser...

Robo Warriors
1996
as Ray Gibson
The year is 2036 and Earth has been invaded: hope lies with the last Robo Warrior - a towering fighting machine.

The Phantom
1996
as Quill
The 21st successor to the role of Bengalla's resident superhero must travel to New York to prevent a rich madman from obtaining three magic skulls tha...

The Quest
1996
as Maxie Devine
Ghang-gheng, the ancient winner-take-all competition in which the deadliest fighters from around the world employ the most spectacular feats of martia...

One Good Turn
1996
as Simon Jury
Matt, a home arcade games programmer runs into an old acquaintance who saved his life years earlier from a burning automobile. The rescuer, Simon, is ...

Wild Bill
1995
as Donnie Lonigan
Biopic about famous gunslinger Wild Bill Hickock. The early career of legendary lawman is telescoped and culminates in his relocation in Deadwood and ...

Judge Dredd
1995
as Block Warlord (uncredited)
In a dystopian future, Dredd, the most famous judge (a cop with instant field judiciary powers) is convicted for a crime he did not commit while his m...

Boys on the Side
1995
as Alex
After breaking up with her girlfriend, a nightclub singer, Jane, answers a personal ad from Robin, a real estate agent with AIDS, seeking a cross-coun...

The Surgeon
1995
as Dr. Benjamin Hendricks
Dr. Julian Mater is suspended and gets his license revoked for performing experiments on dying patients in cellular regeneration. A couple of years la...

Miracle on 34th Street
1994
as Jack Duff
Six-year-old Susan Walker has doubts about childhood's most enduring miracle—Santa Claus. Her mother told her the secret about Santa a long time ago, ...

Across the Moon
1994
as Rattlesnake Jim
Two young women bond while living together out in the California desert to be close to their boyfriends who are serving time at the nearby state priso...

Renaissance Man
1994
as Captain Tom Murdoch
An advertising man is slowly sliding downhill. When he is fired from his job in Detroit, he signs up for unemployment. One day they find him a job: te...

Confessions of a Hitman
1994
as Bruno Serrano
A former hitman named Bruno steals some cash from his mobster uncle. He plans to go to Tahiti, but things go wrong and he finds himself headed for Veg...

Fatal Instinct
1993
as Max Shady
Ned Ravine is a police officer and lawyer who occasionally defends the delinquents he arrests. He crosses paths with seductive Lola Cain during an ass...

Blink
1993
as Thomas Ridgely
Emma is an attractive girl in her 20s who has been blind for 20 years. A new type of eye operation partially restores her sight, but she is having pro...

The Tigress
1992
as Andrei
It's the roaring twenties in Berlin. The Tigress, a gorgeous, wild, and very independent street walker, falls for a handsome grifter. When one of her ...

Indecency
1992
as Mick Clarkson
One of three friends who work in an advertising agency has a nervous breakdown. Upon her recovery, she embarks upon an affair with her former employer...

Strangers
1992
as Bernard (The Last Game)
Three provocative short stories. An American in Paris seduces a young man only to have the tables turned; a tourist recovering from an accident is alo...
Brotherhood of the Gun
1991
as Frank Weir
After the Civil War, rebel sharpshooter Zack Hollister joins Weir's outlaw gang. After a successful train robbery, he and his brother end up in a gunf...

Wedlock
1991
as Sam
A male prison escapee heads for his hidden loot, electronically attached to a female prisoner.

White Fang
1991
as Beauty Smith
Jack London's classic adventure story about the friendship developed between a Yukon gold hunter and the mixed dog-wolf he rescues from the hands of a...

Session Man
1991
as McQueen
When personal and creative differences threaten to destroy a musical supergroup during the recording of an album, studio guitar player McQueen is brou...

Night Visions
1990
as Sergeant Thomas Mackey
A Los Angeles detective teams up with a psychic to hunt down a serial killer.

Fatal Charm
1990
as Louis
Valerie's (Amanda Peterson) prosecutor mom is trying to put away Adam (Christopher Atkins), an alleged serial killer on trial for murdering six women....

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
1990
as Preston (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’)
A young boy tells three stories of horror to distract a witch who plans to eat him.

Kojak: None So Blind
1990
as Wolfgang Reiger
After a flighty young woman accidentally witnesses a Mob hit in an Italian restaurant, New York Police Inspector Theo Kojak must both protect her from...

Drugstore Cowboy
1989
as Gentry
Portland, Oregon, 1971. Bob Hughes is the charismatic leader of a peculiar quartet, formed by his wife, Dianne, and another couple, Rick and Nadine, w...

Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
1989
as John Sikes
Duell McCall visits his old girlfriend, Nora, and learns that she gave birth to his child. He wants to stay but he is still a wanted man. So, Sherif...

Silence Like Glass
1989
True story of two diametrically opposed young women dealing with terminal illness.

The Dream Team
1989
as Gianelli
Four mental patients on a field trip in New York City must save their caring chaperone, who ends up being taken to a hospital in a coma after accident...

Rent-a-Cop
1987
as Dancer
Detective Tony Church is forced to retire and become a store rent-a-cop when his drug sting operation comes to a tragic end by a masked killer. He joi...

Quiet Cool
1986
as Joe Dylanne
Joe Dylanne, a tough New York City police officer, is summoned to Northern California at the behest of Katy Greer, an old flame. Katy desperately need...

Band of the Hand
1986
as Nestor
An Indian Vietnam veteran trains five street punks in the Everglades to fight vice in Miami.

The Clan of the Cave Bear
1986
as Creb
Natural changes have the clans moving. Iza, medicine woman of the "Clan of the Cave Bear" finds little Ayla from the "others"' clan - tradition would ...

The Cotton Club
1984
as Dutch Schultz
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.

The Mystic Warrior
1984
as Pesla
Saga about a proud band of Sioux Indians, and the efforts of one brave to save his people from destruction through the use of mysterious powers handed...

48 Hrs.
1982
as Albert Ganz
A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.

Partners
1982
as Edward K. Petersen
Benson is a police detective. After a series of murders in the Gay community he is ordered to go undercover with a gay police clerk named Kerwin as hi...

Windwalker
1980
as Windwalker (young)
An ancient Indian warrior who has reached the end of his life is brought back from his 'death' to save his family from a raiding party of enemy Indian...

The Long Riders
1980
as Sam Starr
The origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of the bank robbers made up of brothers who begin the...

Cruising
1980
as Gregory
When New York is caught in the grip of a sadistic serial killer who preys on patrons of the city's underground bars, young rookie Steve Burns infiltra...

The Warriors
1979
as Ajax
Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader ki...

On the Yard
1978
as Larson
Chilly is "top con" on the yard, a title that gives him absolute power. Power to make the rules. Power to kill. When a young con confronts Chilly's po...