
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.

as Tiresias

as The Pig's Head (voice)

as Charles Cothope

as Zeta Prime (voice)

as Arnold

as Darlus

as Henry Stimson

as Scott Turner

as Agent Cantrell

as 'Bounty Law' - 'Ugly Owl'

as Meyer Lansky

as Gordon Hutton

as Arnold Valecross

as Tom

as Bill

as Randall

as Rex

as Admiral Parnell

as David Marino

as Daniel Holloway

as Santo Trafficante

as Martin Nakos

as Coach DaFoe

as Patrick Moore

as John Luther

as Derrick Perrish

as Butch Pooch / Ace Speck

as Vilgax (voice)

as Rickshaw

as William

as Tall Man

as Sideswipe (voice)

as US General

as Narrator (voice)

as Gabriel Singer

as Detective Rogers

as Mark Addison

as Sam Kramer

as Tom Mortlake

as Gordon Beldon

as General Bratt

as Dillon

as Self

as Self

as Self

as Larousse (voice)

as Self

as Ray Cumberland

as Colonel Boggs

as General Omar Bradley

as Hugo Posh

as Roan Griffin

as Chick

as Alex Tyler

as Agent Markham

as Peter

as Detective Carpenter

as Jackie James

as Lt. Col. Strauss

as Dr. Paul Gregory

as Warren Feur

as John Matthew Whitman / Schmidt

as Tiny Bellows

as Frank Dabbo

as Shawn Murphy

as Self

as Patrolman

as Dr. Coleman West

as Raiden

as Ray Gibson

as Quill

as Maxie Devine

as Simon Jury

as Donnie Lonigan

as Block Warlord (uncredited)

as Alex

as Dr. Benjamin Hendricks

as Jack Duff

as Rattlesnake Jim

as Captain Tom Murdoch

as Bruno Serrano

as Max Shady

as Thomas Ridgely

as Andrei

as Mick Clarkson

as Bernard (The Last Game)

as Frank Weir

as Sam

as Beauty Smith

as McQueen

as Sergeant Thomas Mackey

as Louis

as Preston (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’)

as Wolfgang Reiger

as Gentry

as John Sikes

as Charly

as Gianelli

as Dancer

as Joe Dylanne

as Nestor

as Creb

as Dutch Schultz

as Albert Ganz

as Edward K. Petersen

as Windwalker (young)

as Sam Starr

as Gregory

as Ajax

as Larson