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: 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) before being replaced by Michael Biehn.
On television, Remar's recurring roles include Richard Wright, the on-off tycoon boyfriend of Samantha in Sex and the City (2001 - 2004), Harry Morgan in Dexter (2006 - 2013) and Dexter: Resurrection (2025 - present), the voice of Vilgax in Ben 10 (2009 - 2012), Tonraq in The Legend of Korra (2013 - 2014), and Peter Gambi in Black Lightning (2018 - 2021). He also voices Executor Hideo in the Destiny video game series.
Remar has been married to Atsuko Remar since 1984. They have two children.
Filmography (179)
The Odyssey
2026
They Will Kill You
2026
Dexter: Resurrection
2025
All's Fair
2025
IT: Welcome to Derry
2025
Megalopolis
2024
Drugstore June
2024
Transformers One
2024
Glowzies
2023
Oppenheimer
2023
Paul T. Goldman
2023
The Noel Diary
2022
Dead Reckoning
2020
Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables
2020
Fire Over the Atlantic: The Mystery of TWA Flight 800
2020
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019
Creepshow
2019
The Movies That Made Us
2019
City on a Hill
2019
All You Ever Wished For
2018
Speed Kills
2018
The Rookie
2018
Black Lightning
2018
Yellowstone
2018
Magnum P.I.
2018
The Blackcoat's Daughter
2017
The Night Watchmen
2017
Can't Buy My Love
2017
Feed
2017
The Saint
2017
The Dog Lover
2016
Decommissioned
2016
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
2016
The Shannara Chronicles
2016
Animal Kingdom
2016
Unnatural
2015
Papa Hemingway in Cuba
2015
Eden
2015
Code Black
2015
Persecuted
2014
Lap Dance
2014
State of Affairs
2014
Gotham
2014
Horns
2013
Beware the Batman
2013
Django Unchained
2012
Ben 10: Omniverse
2012
The Legend of Korra
2012
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011
X-Men: First Class
2011
Arena
2011
Setup
2011
All Superheroes Must Die
2011
The FP
2011
Wilfred
2011
Franklin & Bash
2011
RED
2010
Gun
2010
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
2010
Pound Puppies
2010
Young Justice
2010
Hawaii Five-0
2010
Human Target
2010
The Unborn
2009
2B
2009
National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer
2009
The Christmas Hope
2009
FlashForward
2009
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
The Vampire Diaries
2009
Pineapple Express
2008
Eli Stone
2008
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
2008
Ben 10: Alien Force
2008
Ratatouille
2007
Sharpshooter
2007
The Warriors: The Beginning
2007
The Warriors: The Way Home
2007
The Warriors: Battleground
2007
The Warriors: The Phenomenon
2007
Private Practice
2007
Jericho
2006
The Unit
2006
Dexter
2006
Thief
2006
Criminal Minds
2005
Grey's Anatomy
2005
American Dad!
2005
Numb3rs
2005
The Girl Next Door
2004
Ike: Countdown to D-Day
2004
Blade: Trinity
2004
The Survivors Club
2004
American Meltdown
2004
The Batman
2004
North Shore
2004
Battlestar Galactica
2004
The Grid
2004
Justice League Unlimited
2004
2 Fast 2 Furious
2003
Betrayal
2003
Fear X
2003
Duplex
2003
Peacemakers
2003
CSI: Miami
2002
Without a Trace
2002
The Twilight Zone
2002
Guardian
2001
Dying on the Edge
2001
Justice League
2001
What Lies Beneath
2000
Hellraiser: Inferno
2000
The Base 2: Guilty as Charged
2000
Blowback
2000
The Huntress
2000
The Huntress
2000
Strong Medicine
2000
Rites of Passage
1999
Born Bad
1999
D.R.E.A.M. Team
1999
Double Frame
1999
Psycho Path
1999
Third Watch
1999
Inferno
1998
Psycho
1998
Sex and the City
1998
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
1997
Total Security
1997
The Quest
1996
The Phantom
1996
Robo Warriors
1996
One Good Turn
1996
7th Heaven
1996
Nash Bridges
1996
Boys on the Side
1995
Wild Bill
1995
The Surgeon
1995
Judge Dredd
1995
Miracle on 34th Street
1994
Renaissance Man
1994
Confessions of a Hitman
1994
Across the Moon
1994
Fatal Instinct
1993
Blink
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
The X-Files
1993
Strangers
1992
Indecency
1992
The Tigress
1992
Wedlock
1991
White Fang
1991
Brotherhood of the Gun
1991
Session Man
1991
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
1990
Fatal Charm
1990
Night Visions
1990
Kojak: None So Blind
1990
Drugstore Cowboy
1989
The Dream Team
1989
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
1989
Silence Like Glass
1989
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Rent-a-Cop
1987
Band of the Hand
1986
The Clan of the Cave Bear
1986
Quiet Cool
1986
The Equalizer
1985
The Cotton Club
1984
Miami Vice
1984
The Mystic Warrior
1984
The Hitchhiker
1983
48 Hrs.
1982
Partners
1982
Hill Street Blues
1981
The Long Riders
1980
Windwalker
1980
Cruising
1980
The Warriors
1979
On the Yard
1978
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