William Atherton
Born: 1947-07-30 in Orange, Connecticut, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Atherton Knight (born July 30, 1947) is an American actor, best known for portraying Richard Thornburg in Die Hard and its sequel and Walter Peck in Ghostbusters.
Filmography
2025
- Where Did the Adults Go? as The Father
2024
- Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire as Mayor Walter Peck
2020
- Reunited Apart as Self
- Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters as Self
2018
2017
- Clinical as Terry Drummond
2016
- Ghostheads as Self
2014
- Jinn as Father Westhoff
2012
- Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie as Earle Swinter
- Jersey Shore Shark Attack as Dolan
- The Citizen
2011
- Workaholics as Thor Holmvik
2010
- The Kane Files: Life of Trial as Daniel Morgan
2009
- Castle as Ari Weiss
2008
- Childrens Hospital as Levon Bainter
- Aces 'N' Eights as Howard
- Black Crescent Moon as Jo Dexton
- Ghouls as Stefan
2007
- Life as Mickey Rayborn
- The Girl Next Door as Adult David Moran
- Towards Darkness as John
- Kush as King
2005
- Numb3rs as Warren Pierce
- Into the Sun as Agent Block
- Gone But Not Forgotten as Sen. Ray Colby
- Headspace as Dr. Ira Gold
2004
- Lost as Donald Reynolds
- Desperate Housewives as Dr. Barr
- Boston Legal as A.D.A. Howard Zale
- Who's Your Daddy? as Duncan Mack
2003
- The Last Samurai as Winchester Rep
2002
- Monk as Commander Nathan Whitaker
2001
- Justice League as Dr. Destiny / John Dee (voice)
- Night Visions as William Price (segment "Hate Puppet")
- Race to Space as Ralph Stanton
- Burning Down the House as Arthur Kranston
2000
- The Crow: Salvation as Nathan Randall
- Bread and Roses as Party Guest (uncredited)
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Ned Bogden
- Introducing Dorothy Dandridge as Darryl Zanuck
- The Stranger
1998
- Michael Kael vs. the World News Company as James Denit
1997
- Stargate SG-1 as Emissary Varta
- The Practice as D.A. Keith Pratt
- Hoodlum as Thomas E. Dewey
- Mad City as Dohlen
- Executive Power as President Fields
1996
- Nash Bridges as Dr. Linus Mills
- Bio-Dome as Dr. Noah Faulkner
- Raven Hawk as Philip Thorne
1995
- The Outer Limits as Franklin Murdoch
- Virus as Dr. Reginald Holloway
- Broken Trust as Neil Roemer
- A Night to Die For as Self
1994
- Frank & Jesse as Allan Pinkerton
- Saints and Sinners as Terence
1993
- The Pelican Brief as Bob Gminski
1992
- HBO First Look
- Chrome Soldiers as Sheriff Blackwell
- Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder as Eric Walker
1991
- Oscar as Overton
1990
- Law & Order as Don Snyder
- Die Hard 2 as Richard Thornberg
- Buried Alive as Cort van Owen
- Max Monroe: Loose Cannon as Sloane
- Grim Prairie Tales as Arthur
1989
- Tales from the Crypt as Malcolm Mayflower
1987
- The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine as Martin 'Alpha' Loeber
1986
- No Mercy as Allan Deveneux
- A Fight for Jenny as Michael Rosen
1985
- The Equalizer as Martin 'Alpha' Loeber
- The Twilight Zone as Brian Wolfe (segment "Night of the Meek")
- Real Genius as Professor Hathaway
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Larry Holleran
- Ghostbusters as Walter Peck
1983
- Malibu as Stan Harvey
1982
- Tomorrow's Child as Jim Spence
1981
- The House of Mirth as Lawrence Selden
1978
- Centennial as Jim Lloyd
1977
- Looking for Mr. Goodbar as James
1976
- Independence as Benjamin Rush
1975
- The Day of the Locust as Tod Hackett
- The Hindenburg as Boerth
1974
- The Sugarland Express as Clovis Poplin
1973
- Class of '44 as Fraternity President
1972
- The New Centurions as Johnson