
Will Lyman
May 20, 1948 (77 years old) in Burlington, Vermont, USA
William Lyman (born May 20, 1948) is an American actor. Being known for his polished, resonant voice, Lyman has narrated the PBS series Frontline since its second season in 1984 and played William Tell in the action/adventure television series Crossbow.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · The Electric State as Documentary Narrator (voice)
- 2025 · Battle for Tibet as Narrator
- 2024 · Aftermath as Joe Kozak
- 2023 · Inside the Uvalde Response as Narrator
- 2021 · Mother/Android as Captain
- 2021 · Taliban Takeover as Narrator
- 2020 · Animaniacs as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · The Other Guys as Frontline Narration App
- 2008 · Abuse of Power as Nolan Flannery
- 2008 · Iron Man as Award Ceremony Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · Fierce People as Documentary Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · Little Children as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · Frontline: The Age of AIDS as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · Commander in Chief as Teddy Bridges
- 2005 · Commander in Chief as Teddy Bridges (uncredited)
- 2003 · Mystic River as FBI Agent Birden
- 2003 · Threat Matrix as Roger Atkins
- 2003 · Salt Lake City 2002: Stories of Olympic Glory as Narrator
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Roger Jameson
- 2000 · Ed as Gus McGraw
- 1999 · The West Wing as Narrator (voice)
- 1998 · The Siege as FBI Director
- 1998 · A Perfect Murder as Jason Gates
- 1997 · Floating as Van's Father
- 1996 · The Crucible as Isaiah Goodkind
- 1996 · The Ultimate Guide: T-Rex as Narrator (voice)
- 1990 · Law & Order as Victor Conner
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Narrator (voice)
- 1987 · Crossbow as William Tell
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Allan Wooster
- 1983 · Frontline as Self, Narrator
- 1983 · Frontline as Narrator (voice)
- 1983 · Frontline as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1974 · NOVA as Narrator
- 1974 · NOVA as Narrator (voice)
- Future · News War as Narrator
- 2025 · The Arborist as Arthur Randolph
- 2024 · The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · Crisis on Campus as Narrator
- 2024 · Children of Ukraine as Narrator
- 2024 · Democracy on Trial as Narrator
- 2023 · Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza as Narrator
- 2023 · The Discord Leaks as Narrator
- 2023 · Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power, and the Supreme Court as narrator
- 2023 · Putin and the Presidents as Narrator
- 2022 · Lies, Politics and Democracy as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · The Power of Big Oil as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Shots Fired as Narrator
- 2021 · Boeing's Fatal Flaw as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · America After 9/11 as narrator
- 2020 · Christmas on Ice as Mayor Greenwood
- 2020 · United States of Conspiracy as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos as narrator
- 2020 · Battle for Hong Kong as Narrator
- 2020 · America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · UN Sex Abuse Scandal as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · Life on Parole as Narrator
- 2017 · Iraq Uncovered as Narrator
- 2017 · Out of Gitmo as narrator
- 2017 · Hunting ISIS as Narrator
- 2017 · Frontline: Divided States of America as Narrator
- 2017 · Frontline: President Trump as Narrator
- 2016 · The Choice 2016 as Narrator
- 2016 · Terror in Europe as self
- 2016 · Supplements and Safety as Self - Narrator
- 2016 · Netanyahu at War as Self (narrator)
- 2014 · Firestone and the Warlord as Self - Narrator
- 2014 · The Trouble With Antibiotics as Self / Reporter
- 2014 · Losing Iraq as Narrator
- 2014 · Separate and Unequal as Narrator
- 2014 · United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy Lost as Narrator
- 2014 · United States of Secrets as Narrator
- 2014 · Prison State as Himself - Narrator (Voice)
- 2014 · Generation Like as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis as Himself - Narrator
- 2012 · Last Man Out as Walt Whitman (voice)
- 2012 · Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown as Narrator
- 2011 · Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory as Narrator
- 2009 · The Boneyard as Narrator
- 2008 · What Doesn't Kill You as Sully
- 2008 · The War Briefing as Narrator
- 2008 · Rules of Engagement as Narrator
- 2007 · Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe as Moe Fresno
- 2007 · On Our Watch as Narrator
- 2007 · Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory as Narrator
- 2007 · I'm Paige Wilson as Ben Foxworthy
- 2007 · Frontline - News War as Self
- 2006 · Is It Real? as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · Our Fathers as Wilson Rogers Jr.
- 2005 · The New Asylums as narrator
- 2004 · The Secret History of the Credit Card as Narrator
- 2004 · American Meltdown as Homeland Chief Utley
- 2004 · Golden Road: Today's Senior Drivers as Narrator
- 2003 · Truth, War and Consequences as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Coming Home from Space: The Challenge of Re-Entry as Narrator
- 2003 · Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific as Narrator
- 2002 · Alma Mater as
- 2002 · American Porn as Narrator
- 2001 · Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic Glory as Narrator
- 2001 · Sinking the Lusitania as Narrator
- 2001 · Dog Days as Dad
- 2000 · Warriors of the French Foreign Legion as Narrator
- 2000 · Satan in the Suburbs as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 · The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela as
- 1999 · The Autumn Heart as Doctor
- 1999 · Michael Jordan: His Airness as Narrator
- 1998 · Nagano ’98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and Glory as Narrator
- 1998 · Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street' as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1997 · Atlanta’s Olympic Glory as Narrator
- 1997 · The Bay of Pigs as Narrator (voice)
- 1996 · The Ultimate Guide as Narrator
- 1996 · Celtic Pride as Rich Man
- 1995 · The Search for Satan as
- 1995 · Welcome to the Dollhouse as Mr. Edwards
- 1994 · Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of Glory as Narrator
- 1994 · Part Two: The Mao Years 1949–1976 as Narrator (voice)
- 1994 · Norse America as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1993 · The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald as Narrator (voice) (US version, Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?)
- 1993 · The Arming of Saudi Arabia as Narrator
- 1992 · Columbus And The Age Of Discovery as
- 1990 · Nixon as Narrator (voice)
- 1990 · Hull High as
- 1989 · Hostile Takeover as Smolen
- 1989 · Crossbow: The Movie as William Tell
- 1987 · The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1986 · Hostage in Iran as Narrator
- 1985 · Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera as narrator (himself)
- 1985 · Three Sovereigns for Sarah as Rev. Parris
- 1985 · Three Sovereigns for Sarah as Rev. Parris
- 1984 · The Mind of a Murderer: Part 2 as Narrator
- 1984 · The Mind of a Murderer: Part 1 as Narrator
- 1983 · Vietnam: A Television History as
- 1964 · Another World as
- Future · Yemen Under Siege as Narrator