About
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...
Known for
The OdysseyMovie • 2026
Grey's AnatomySeries • 2005
Criminal MindsSeries • 2005
American Dad!Series • 2005
The RookieSeries • 2018
CSI: MiamiSeries • 2002
Hawaii Five-0Series • 2010
NCIS: Los AngelesSeries • 2009
DexterSeries • 2006
The X-FilesSeries • 1993
The Vampire DiariesSeries • 2009
YellowstoneSeries • 2018
GothamSeries • 2014
Without a TraceSeries • 2002
Young JusticeSeries • 2010
Numb3rsSeries • 2005
Sex and the CitySeries • 1998
Third WatchSeries • 1999
Miami ViceSeries • 1984
The Legend of KorraSeries • 2012
Hill Street BluesSeries • 1981
OppenheimerMovie • 2023
Animal KingdomSeries • 2016
Private PracticeSeries • 2007