William James Remar was born on December 31, 1953 in Boston, Massachusetts. He is an American actor.

His first major role as an actor was in the 1979 movie ‘The Warriors’. Due to his threatening physical appearance Remar enjoyed playing the role of the villain in many of his movies. He guest starred on several TV shows such as Battlestar Galactica, Sex and the City and Justice League Unlimited.

He also starred in the 1980 film Windwalker as the young Windwalker. In 1996, he played one of the main bad guys in Paramount's big budget action movie The Phantom.

Other notable films include Fear X, Boys on the Side, Hellraiser: Inferno, Deadlock, Tales from the Darkside: The Movie, Blade: Trinity, 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Girl Next Door.

His most recent role is on Showtime’s ‘Dexter’ where he plays the role of Dexter’s father, Harry Morgan.

Filmography

• Endless Bummer (2008)
• Transbeman (2008)
• Pineapple Express (2008)
• Sharpshooter (2007)
• "Dexter" (24 episodes, 2006-2007)
• "The Batman" (2 episodes, 2006-2007)
• Ratatouille (2007)
• "Jericho" (5 episodes, 2006-2007)
• "Thief" (1 episode, 2006)
• "CSI: Miami" (1 episode, 2006)
• "Justice League" (4 episodes, 2001-2006)
• The Warriors (2005)
• "North Shore" (21 episodes, 2004-2005)
• "Battlestar Galactica" (2 episodes, 2005)
• Blade: Trinity (2004)
• "The Grid" (2004)
• Meltdown (2004)
• Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2004)
• The Survivors Club (2004)
• The Girl Next Door (2004)
• "Sex and the City" (11 episodes, 2001-2004)
• "Without a Trace" (1 episode, 2003)
• Duplex (2003)
• "Peacemakers" (1 episode, 2003)
• 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
• Betrayal (2003)
• Fear X (2003)
• Down with the Joneses (2003)
• "Third Watch" (3 episodes, 2002)
• "The Twilight Zone" (1 episode, 2002)
• "The X Files" (1 episode, 2001)
• "Strong Medicine" (1 episode, 2001)
• "The Huntress" (29 episodes, 2000-2001)
• "7th Heaven" (2 episodes, 2001)
• "Nash Bridges" (1 episode, 2001)
• Dying on the Edge (2001)
• Guilty as Charged (2000)
• Hellraiser: Inferno (2000)
• What Lies Beneath (2000)
• "18 Wheels of Justice" (1 episode, 2000)
• Blowback (2000)
• Double Frame (2000)
• Guardian (2000)
• Rites of Passage (1999)
• Born Bad (1999)
• D.R.E.A.M. Team (1999)
• "Walker, Texas Ranger" (1 episode, 1999)
• Psycho (1998)
• Inferno (1998)
• Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997)
• "Total Security" (13 episodes, 1997)
• Cutty Whitman (1996)
• The Phantom (1996)
• The Quest (1996)
• Robo Warriors (1996)
• One Good Turn (1996)
• Wild Bill (1995)
• Judge Dredd (1995)
• Across the Moon (1995)
• Boys on the Side (1995)
• Exquisite Tenderness (1995)
• Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
• Renaissance Man (1994)
• Tigerin, Die (1994)
• Blink (1994)
• Confessions of a Hitman (1994)
• Fatal Instinct (1993)
• Indecency (1992)
• Brotherhood of the Gun (1991)
• Wedlock (1991)
• "Tales from the Crypt" (1 episode, 1991)
• White Fang (1991)
• Session Man (1991)
• Strangers (1991)
• Night Visions (1990)
• Fatal Charm (1990)
• Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
• Kojak: None So Blind (1990)
• Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
• Zwei Frauen (1989)
• The Dream Team (1989)
• Desperado: The Outlaw Wars (1989)
• Rent-a-Cop (1987)
• "Crime Story" (1 episode, 1987)
• "The Hitchhiker" (1 episode, 1987)
• "The Equalizer" (1 episode, 1987)
• Quiet Cool (1986)
• Band of the Hand (1986)
• The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986)
• "Miami Vice" (1 episode, 1985)
• The Cotton Club (1984)
• The Mystic Warrior (1984)
• 48 Hrs. (1982)
• Partners (1982)
• "Hill Street Blues" (1 episode, 1981)
• The Long Riders (1980)
• Cruising (1980)
• Windwalker (1980)
• The Warriors (1979)
• Blond Poison (1979)
• On the Yard (1978)
• "The Incredible Hulk" (1 episode, 1978)