Birth Day: 1953-12-31
Place of birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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 Tiresias -
As The Pig's Head (voice) -
As Arnold -
As Charles Cothope -
As Zeta Prime (voice) -
As Henry Stimson -
As Darlus -
As Scott Turner -
As Agent Cantrell -
As Himself
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As 'Bounty Law' - 'Ugly Owl' -
As Gordon Hutton -
As Meyer Lansky -
As Bill -
As Arnold Valecross -
As Tom -
As Rex -
As Randall -
As Admiral Parnell -
As David Marino -
As Daniel Holloway -
As Coach DaFoe -
As Santo Trafficante -
As Martin Nakos -
As Patrick Moore -
As John Luther -
As Derrick Perrish -
As Butch Pooch / Ace Speck -
As Vilgax (voice) -
As US General -
As Narrator (voice) -
As Sideswipe (voice) -
As Rickshaw -
As William -
As Tall Man -
As Gabriel Singer -
As Detective Rogers -
As Gordon Beldon -
As Sam Kramer -
As Mark Addison -
As Tom Mortlake -
As General Bratt -
As Self -
As Self -
As Self -
As Self -
As Larousse (voice) -
As Dillon -
As Ray Cumberland -
As Colonel Boggs -
As Hugo Posh -
As General Omar Bradley -
As Roan Griffin -
As Peter -
As Agent Markham -
As Alex Tyler -
As Chick -
As Detective Carpenter -
As Jackie James -
As Dr. Paul Gregory -
As John Matthew Whitman / Schmidt -
As Tiny Bellows -
As Warren Feur -
As Lt. Col. Strauss -
As Frank Dabbo -
As Self -
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As Shawn Murphy -
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As Dr. Coleman West -
As Patrolman -
As Raiden -
As Quill -
As Maxie Devine -
As Ray Gibson -
As Simon Jury -
As Block Warlord (uncredited) -
As Donnie Lonigan -
As Dr. Benjamin Hendricks -
As Alex -
As Captain Tom Murdoch -
As Rattlesnake Jim -
As Bruno Serrano -
As Jack Duff -
As Thomas Ridgely -
As Max Shady -
As Bernard (The Last Game) -
As Mick Clarkson -
As Andrei -
As Beauty Smith -
As Sam -
As McQueen -
As Frank Weir
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As Wolfgang Reiger -
As Louis -
As Preston (segment ‘Lover’s Vow’) -
As Sergeant Thomas Mackey -
As John Sikes -
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As Gianelli -
As Gentry -
As Dancer -
As Nestor -
As Creb -
As Joe Dylanne -
As Dutch Schultz -
As Albert Ganz -
As Edward K. Petersen -
As Gregory -
As Windwalker (young) -
As Sam Starr -
As Ajax -
As Larson -
As Cat Burglar