Born 1953 (age 72) · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Appears in 177 titles

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

Django Unchained
8.2
Django Unchained
2012
as Butch Pooch / Ace Speck
Ratatouille
7.8
Ratatouille
2007
as Larousse (voice)
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
7.4
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019
as 'Bounty Law' - 'Ugly Owl'
X-Men: First Class
7.3
X-Men: First Class
2011
as US General
Oppenheimer
8.0
Oppenheimer
2023
as Henry Stimson
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
6.2
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011
as Sideswipe (voice)
2 Fast 2 Furious
6.5
2 Fast 2 Furious
2003
as Agent Markham
RED
6.7
RED
2010
as Gabriel Singer
Blade: Trinity
5.9
Blade: Trinity
2004
as Ray Cumberland
Pineapple Express
6.6
Pineapple Express
2008
as General Bratt
The Girl Next Door
6.7
The Girl Next Door
2004
as Hugo Posh
Judge Dredd
5.9
Judge Dredd
1995
as Block Warlord (uncredited)
Horns
6.3
Horns
2013
as Derrick Perrish
The Warriors
7.7
The Warriors
1979
as Ajax
What Lies Beneath
6.4
What Lies Beneath
2000
as Warren Feur
Duplex
6.1
Duplex
2003
as Chick
48 Hrs.
6.7
48 Hrs.
1982
as Albert Ganz
Transformers One
8.0
Transformers One
2024
as Zeta Prime (voice)
The Unborn
5.2
The Unborn
2009
as Gordon Beldon
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
4.5
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
1997
as Raiden