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 Theodore Baskin(1 ep)
as General Francis Shaw(8 eps)
as Harry Morgan(20 eps)
as Charles Cothope
as Zeta Prime (voice)
as Arnold
as Darlus
as Henry Stimson
as Lt. Newman(2 eps)
as Scott Turner
as Agent Cantrell
as Narrator(6 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Bateman(1 ep)
as 'Bounty Law' - 'Ugly Owl'
as Richy Ryan(1 ep)
as Meyer Lansky
as Tom Bradford(1 ep)
as Captain Buck Greene(6 eps)
as Gordon Hutton
as Kyle Fremont(1 ep)
as Peter Gambi(58 eps)
as Arnold Valecross
as Tom
as Bill
as Randall
as Rex
as Admiral Parnell
as David Marino
as Daniel Holloway
as Detective Andre(4 eps)
as Cephelo(3 eps)
as Cephalo(4 eps)
as Santo Trafficante
as Martin Nakos
as General Hutch Hutchinson(1 ep)
as Coach DaFoe
as Patrick Moore
as Syd(1 ep)
as Frank Gordon(3 eps)
as John Luther
as Derrick Perrish
as Silver Monkey (voice)(2 eps)
as Silver Monkey / Mr. Reese (voice)(1 ep)
as Butch Pooch / Ace Speck
as Vilgax (voice)
as Tonraq (voice)(14 eps)
as Rickshaw
as William
as Tall Man
as Sideswipe (voice)
as Henry Newman(2 eps)
as US General
as Cliff(1 ep)
as Narrator (voice)
as Icicle Sr. (voice)(1 ep)
as Gabriel Singer
as Sarge (voice)(1 ep)
as Elliot Connor(1 ep)
as Detective Rogers
as Vilgax (voice)(5 eps)
as Warden Cole(1 ep)
as Mark Addison
as Sam Kramer
as James Ermine(1 ep)
as Sterling Bridges(3 eps)
as Giuseppe Salvatore(2 eps)
as Tom Mortlake
as Gordon Beldon
as Two-Face (voice)(1 ep)
as General Bratt
as Vilgax (voice)(2 eps)
as Salinsky(1 ep)
as Dillon
as Dr. Gibson(1 ep)
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Larousse (voice)
as Self
as Harry Morgan(96 eps)
as Jonah Prowse(5 eps)
as Agent Patterson(1 ep)
as Reece(1 ep)
as Tom Benton(1 ep)
as Jimmy Evans(6 eps)
as Charles Lindbergh Sr. (voice)(1 ep)
as Randall Priest(1 ep)
as Ray Cumberland
as Meier(2 eps)
as Black Mask (voice)(3 eps)
as Carter Hall (voice)(1 ep)
as Hawkman / Shadow Thief (voice)(1 ep)
as Vincent Colville(20 eps)
as Colonel Boggs
as General Omar Bradley
as Hugo Posh
as Roan Griffin
as Chick
as Alex Tyler
as Cole Hawkins(1 ep)
as Agent Markham
as Peter
as Lucas Vohland(1 ep)
as Quentin Taylor(1 ep)
as Alois Hitler(1 ep)
as Lead Manhunter (voice)(2 eps)
as Detective Carpenter
as Jackie James
as Lt. Col. Strauss
as Dr. Paul Gregory
as Tiny Bellows(28 eps)
as Guy Falls(1 ep)
as Warren Feur
as John Matthew Whitman / Schmidt
as Tiny Bellows
as Frank Dabbo
as Shawn Murphy
as Detective Madjanski(4 eps)
as Self
as Patrolman
as Dr. Coleman West
as Richard Wright(10 eps)
as Raiden
as Ray Gibson
as James Carver(2 eps)
as Quill
as Maxie Devine
as Mark Lee Page(1 ep)
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 Josef Kobold(1 ep)
as Keith Bolt(1 ep)
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 Red Buckley(1 ep)
as Gianelli
as Dancer
as Joe Dylanne
as Nestor
as Creb
as Tremayne(1 ep)
as Dutch Schultz
as Robbie Cann(1 ep)
as Pesla(2 eps)
as Ron(1 ep)
as Albert Ganz
as Edward K. Petersen
as Windwalker (young)
as Sam Starr
as Gregory
as Ajax
as Larson