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.
113 movies · 66 shows
The Odyssey
2026·8.0
They Will Kill You
2026·7.0
Megalopolis
2024·5.2
Transformers One
2024·8.0
Drugstore June
2024·5.7
Glowzies
2023·6.0
Oppenheimer
2023·8.0
The Noel Diary
2022·6.3
Dead Reckoning
2020·5.7
Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables
2020·0.0
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019·7.4
Speed Kills
2018·5.4
All You Ever Wished For
2018·4.7
The Saint
2017·5.4
Feed
2017·6.9
The Blackcoat's Daughter
2017·5.9
The Night Watchmen
2017·5.0
Can't Buy My Love
2017·6.0
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
2016·5.9
Decommissioned
2016·3.2
The Dog Lover
2016·6.3
Papa Hemingway in Cuba
2015·5.4
Unnatural
2015·4.1
Eden
2015·5.2
Lap Dance
2014·4.2
Persecuted
2014·4.2
Horns
2013·6.3
Django Unchained
2012·8.2
Ben 10: Omniverse
2012·0.0
All Superheroes Must Die
2011·4.4
Setup
2011·4.9
Arena
2011·5.2
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011·6.2
X-Men: First Class
2011·7.3
The FP
2011·4.9
RED
2010·6.7
Gun
2010·5.2
The Christmas Hope
2009·6.2
National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer
2009·4.8
2B
2009·5.0
The Unborn
2009·5.2
Pineapple Express
2008·6.6
Sharpshooter
2007·4.6
The Warriors: The Beginning
2007·6.0
The Warriors: Battleground
2007·7.0
The Warriors: The Phenomenon
2007·6.0
Ratatouille
2007·7.8
The Warriors: The Way Home
2007·6.0
Blade: Trinity
2004·5.9
American Meltdown
2004·5.2
Ike: Countdown to D-Day
2004·6.6
The Girl Next Door
2004·6.8
The Survivors Club
2004·7.3
Duplex
2003·6.1
Betrayal
2003·4.2
2 Fast 2 Furious
2003·6.5
Fear X
2003·5.8
Guardian
2001·5.8
Dying on the Edge
2001·6.0
The Base 2: Guilty as Charged
2000·4.6
Hellraiser: Inferno
2000·5.4
What Lies Beneath
2000·6.4
Blowback
2000·4.8
The Huntress
2000·7.0
Double Frame
1999·6.0
Rites of Passage
1999·5.6
D.R.E.A.M. Team
1999·5.4
Psycho Path
1999·7.2
Born Bad
1999·5.3
Psycho
1998·5.1
Inferno
1998·4.3
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
1997·4.6
Robo Warriors
1996·5.4
The Phantom
1996·5.3
The Quest
1996·6.2
One Good Turn
1996·4.8
Wild Bill
1995·5.7
Judge Dredd
1995·5.9
Boys on the Side
1995·6.4
The Surgeon
1995·5.1
Miracle on 34th Street
1994·6.8
Across the Moon
1994·4.0
Renaissance Man
1994·6.1
Confessions of a Hitman
1994·6.3
Fatal Instinct
1993·5.5
Blink
1993·6.1
The Tigress
1992·4.3
Indecency
1992·5.5
Strangers
1992·3.2
Brotherhood of the Gun
1991·6.5
Wedlock
1991·5.8
White Fang
1991·6.8
Session Man
1991·6.1
Night Visions
1990·4.6
Fatal Charm
1990·5.5
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
1990·6.2
Kojak: None So Blind
1990·6.3
Drugstore Cowboy
1989·7.1
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
1989·9.0
Silence Like Glass
1989·7.0
The Dream Team
1989·6.1
Rent-a-Cop
1987·4.8
Quiet Cool
1986·6.8
Band of the Hand
1986·6.2
The Clan of the Cave Bear
1986·5.3
The Cotton Club
1984·6.5
48 Hrs.
1982·6.7
Partners
1982·5.5
Windwalker
1980·6.3
The Long Riders
1980·6.7
Cruising
1980·6.6
The Warriors
1979·7.7
On the Yard
1978·6.0