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.
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as Larousse (voice)
as Butch Pooch / Ace Speck
as Hugo Posh
as Nestor
as Gabriel Singer
as Sam
as Captain Tom Murdoch
as Ray Cumberland
as Ray Gibson
as Warren Feur
as General Bratt
as Dutch Schultz
as Ajax
as Gentry
as William
as Jack Duff
as Raiden
as Dr. Benjamin Hendricks
as Albert Ganz
as Tom Mortlake
as Tom Bradford
1 episodes
as Jimmy Evans
6 episodes
as Tom Benton
1 episodes
as Harry Morgan
96 episodes
as Josef Kobold
1 episodes
as Charles Lindbergh Sr. (voice)
1 episodes
as Kyle Fremont
1 episodes
as Quentin Taylor
1 episodes
as Sterling Bridges
3 episodes
as Richard Wright
10 episodes
as Robbie Cann
1 episodes
as Meier
2 episodes
as Lucas Vohland
1 episodes
as Icicle Sr. (voice)
1 episodes
as Detective Andre
4 episodes
2 episodes
as Tremayne
1 episodes
as Detective Madjanski
4 episodes
as Guy Falls
1 episodes
as Black Mask (voice)
3 episodes
