William Atherton
July 30, 1947 (77 years old) in Orange, Connecticut, USA
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.
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Credits
- 2024 · Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire as Mayor Walter Peck
- 2020 · Reunited Apart as Self
- 2020 · Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters as Self
- 2017 · Clinical as Terry Drummond
- 2016 · Ghostheads as Self
- 2014 · Jinn as Father Westhoff
- 2012 · Jersey Shore Shark Attack as Dolan
- 2012 · Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie as Earle Swinter
- 2010 · The Kane Files: Life of Trial as Daniel Morgan
- 2009 · Castle as Ari Weiss
- 2008 · Childrens Hospital as Levon Bainter
- 2008 · Ghouls as Stefan
- 2008 · Black Crescent Moon as Jo Dexton
- 2008 · Aces 'N' Eights as Howard
- 2007 · Life as Mickey Rayborn
- 2007 · The Girl Next Door as Adult David Moran
- 2007 · Kush as King
- 2007 · Towards Darkness as John
- 2005 · Into the Sun as Agent Block
- 2005 · Headspace as Dr. Ira Gold
- 2005 · Numb3rs as
- 2005 · Gone But Not Forgotten as Sen. Ray Colby
- 2004 · Desperate Housewives as Dr. Barr
- 2004 · Boston Legal as A.D.A. Howard Zale
- 2004 · Lost as Donald Reynolds
- 2004 · 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)
- 2001 · Race to Space as Ralph Stanton
- 2001 · Night Visions as William Price
- 2001 · Burning Down the House as Arthur Kranston
- 2000 · Bread and Roses as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 2000 · The Crow: Salvation as Nathan Randall
- 1999 · The Stranger as
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Ned Bogden
- 1999 · Introducing Dorothy Dandridge as Darryl Zanuck
- 1998 · The Crow: Stairway to Heaven as Nathan Randall
- 1998 · Michael Kael vs. the World News Company as James Denit
- 1997 · Mad City as Dohlen
- 1997 · Executive Power as President Fields
- 1997 · Hoodlum as Thomas E. Dewey
- 1997 · Stargate SG-1 as Emissary Varta
- 1997 · The Practice as D.A. Keith Pratt
- 1996 · Raven Hawk as Philip Thorne
- 1996 · Nash Bridges as
- 1996 · Bio-Dome as Dr. Noah Faulkner
- 1995 · Broken Trust as Neil Roemer
- 1995 · A Night to Die For as Self
- 1995 · Virus as Dr. Reginald Holloway
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Franklin Murdoch
- 1994 · Frank & Jesse as Allan Pinkerton
- 1994 · Saints and Sinners as Terence
- 1993 · The Pelican Brief as Bob Gminski
- 1992 · HBO First Look as
- 1992 · Chrome Soldiers as Sheriff Blackwell
- 1992 · Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder as Eric Walker
- 1991 · Oscar as Overton
- 1990 · Grim Prairie Tales as Arthur
- 1990 · Law & Order as Don Snyder
- 1990 · Law & Order as Dan Jensen
- 1990 · Die Hard 2 as Richard Thornburg
- 1990 · Buried Alive as Cortland "Cort" van Owen
- 1990 · Max Monroe: Loose Cannon as
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Malcolm Mayflower
- 1988 · Intrigue as Doggett
- 1988 · Die Hard as Richard Thornburg
- 1987 · The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine as Martin 'Alpha' Loeber
- 1986 · No Mercy as Allan Deveneux
- 1986 · A Fight for Jenny as Michael Rosen
- 1985 · The Twilight Zone as Brian Wolfe
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Martin 'Alpha' Loeber
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Gideon
- 1985 · Real Genius as Professor Hathaway
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Larry Holleran
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Greg Dalton
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Prosecutor Andy Henley
- 1984 · 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 Hindenburg as Boerth
- 1975 · The Day of the Locust as Tod Hackett
- 1974 · The Sugarland Express as Clovis Michael Poplin
- 1973 · Class of '44 as Fraternity President
- 1972 · The New Centurions as Johnson
- Future · Where Did the Adults Go? as The Father
- Future · Midnight Men - A John Schlesinger & Michael Childers Story as