Will Lyman
May 20, 1948 (76 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
- 2024 · Aftermath as Kozak
- 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 · Inside the Uvalde Response 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 · Mother/Android as Captain
- 2021 · Shots Fired as Narrator
- 2021 · Taliban Takeover as Narrator
- 2021 · Boeing's Fatal Flaw as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · America After 9/11 as narrator
- 2020 · United States of Conspiracy as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · Out of Gitmo as narrator
- 2017 · Frontline: President Trump as Narrator
- 2016 · The Choice 2016 as Narrator
- 2016 · Terror in Europe as self
- 2016 · Netanyahu at War as Self (narrator)
- 2014 · Losing Iraq (Frontline) as Narrator
- 2014 · United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy Lost as Narrator
- 2014 · United States of Secrets (Part One): The Program as Narrator
- 2014 · Generation Like as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis as Himself - Narrator
- 2012 · Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown as Narrator
- 2009 · The Boneyard as Narrator
- 2008 · Abuse of Power as Nolan Flannery
- 2008 · Iron Man as Award Ceremony Narrator (voice)
- 2007 · Fierce People as Documentary Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · Little Children 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 · Golden Road: Today's Senior Drivers as Narrator
- 2003 · Coming Home from Space: The Challenge of Re-Entry as Narrator
- 2003 · Salt Lake 2002: Stories of Olympic Glory as Narrator
- 2002 · Alma Mater as
- 2001 · Sinking the Lusitania as Narrator
- 2000 · Satan in the Suburbs as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 · The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela as
- 1999 · The Autumn Heart as Doctor
- 1998 · Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street' as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1998 · A Perfect Murder as Jason Gates
- 1997 · Floating as Van's Father
- 1997 · The Bay of Pigs as Narrator (voice)
- 1996 · Celtic Pride as Rich Man
- 1995 · The Search for Satan as
- 1995 · Welcome to the Dollhouse as Mr. Edwards
- 1994 · The Mao Years: 1949-1976 as Narrator (voice)
- 1994 · Norse America as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1992 · Columbus And The Age Of Discovery as
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Narrator (voice)
- 1985 · Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera as narrator (himself)
- 1984 · The Mind of a Murderer: Part 2 as
- 1984 · The Mind of a Murderer: Part 1 as Narrator
- Future · China: A Century of Revolution as Narrator
- 2024 · The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · Animaniacs as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · Christmas on Ice as Mayor Greenwood
- 2020 · The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos as narrator
- 2020 · Battle for Hong Kong as Narrator
- 2020 · Frontline: America's Great Divide as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · UN Sex Abuse Scandal as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · Life on Parole as Narrator
- 2017 · Frontline: Divided States of America as Narrator
- 2016 · Supplements and Safety as Self - Narrator
- 2014 · Firestone and the Warlord as Self - Narrator
- 2014 · The Trouble With Antibiotics as Self / Reporter
- 2014 · Separate and Unequal as Narrator
- 2014 · United States of Secrets as Narrator
- 2014 · Prison State as Himself - Narrator (Voice)
- 2012 · Last Man Out as Walt Whitman (voice)
- 2011 · Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory as Narrator
- 2010 · The Other Guys as Frontline Narration App
- 2008 · What Doesn't Kill You as Sully
- 2007 · Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory as Narrator
- 2007 · I'm Paige Wilson as Ben Foxworthy
- 2006 · Frontline: The Age of AIDS as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · Is It Real? as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · Commander in Chief as Teddy Bridges
- 2005 · Commander in Chief as Teddy Bridges (uncredited)
- 2004 · American Meltdown as Homeland Chief Utley
- 2003 · Truth, War and Consequences as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Mystic River as FBI Agent Birden
- 2003 · Threat Matrix as Roger Atkins
- 2003 · Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific as Narrator
- 2002 · American Porn as Narrator
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Roger Jameson
- 2001 · Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic Glory as Narrator
- 2001 · Dog Days as Dad
- 2000 · Ed as Gus McGraw
- 2000 · Warriors of the French Foreign Legion as Narrator
- 1999 · The West Wing as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 · Michael Jordan: His Airness as Narrator
- 1998 · Nagano ’98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and Glory as Narrator
- 1998 · The Siege as FBI Director
- 1997 · Atlanta’s Olympic Glory as Narrator
- 1996 · The Crucible as Isaiah Goodkind
- 1996 · The Ultimate Guide as Narrator
- 1996 · The Ultimate Guide: T-Rex as Narrator (voice)
- 1994 · Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of Glory as Narrator
- 1993 · The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald as Narrator (voice) (US version, Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?)
- 1990 · Nixon as Narrator (voice)
- 1990 · Law & Order as Victor Conner
- 1990 · Hull High as
- 1989 · Hostile Takeover as Smolen
- 1989 · Crossbow: The Movie as William Tell
- 1987 · Crossbow as William Tell
- 1987 · The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1985 · Three Sovereigns for Sarah as Rev. Parris
- 1985 · Three Sovereigns for Sarah as Rev. Parris
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Allan Wooster
- 1983 · Vietnam: A Television History as
- 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)
- 1964 · Another World as