William Atherton
Biography
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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.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
92
Gender
Male
Birthday
1947-07-30 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Orange, Connecticut, USA
Acting
2024
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire as Mayor Walter Peck2020
Reunited Apart as Self2020
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters as Self2017
Clinical as Terry Drummond2016
Ghostheads as Self2014
Jinn as Father Westhoff2012
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie as Earle Swinter2012
Jersey Shore Shark Attack as Dolan2010
The Kane Files: Life of Trial as Daniel Morgan2009
Castle as Ari Weiss2008
Childrens Hospital as Levon Bainter2008
Aces 'N' Eights as Howard2008
Ghouls as Stefan2008
Black Crescent Moon as Jo Dexton2007
Life as Mickey Rayborn2007
The Girl Next Door as Adult David Moran2007
Kush as King2007
Towards Darkness as John2005
Numb3rs as Warren Pierce2005
Into the Sun as Agent Block2005
Gone But Not Forgotten as Sen. Ray Colby2005
Headspace as Dr. Ira Gold2004
Lost as Donald Reynolds2004
Desperate Housewives as Dr. Barr2004
Boston Legal as A.D.A. Howard Zale2004
Who's Your Daddy? as Duncan Mack2003
The Last Samurai as Winchester Rep2002
Monk as Commander Nathan Whitaker2001
Justice League as Dr. Destiny / John Dee (voice)2001
Night Visions as William Price (segment "Hate Puppet")2001
Race to Space as Ralph Stanton2001
Burning Down the House as Arthur Kranston2000
The Crow: Salvation as Nathan Randall2000
Bread and Roses as Party Guest (uncredited)1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Ned Bogden1999
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge as Darryl Zanuck1999
The Stranger as Not available1998
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company as James Denit1997
Stargate SG-1 as Emissary Varta1997
The Practice as D.A. Keith Pratt1997
Hoodlum as Thomas E. Dewey1997
Mad City as Dohlen1997
Executive Power as President Fields1996
Nash Bridges as Not available1996
Bio-Dome as Dr. Noah Faulkner1996
Raven Hawk as Philip Thorne1995
The Outer Limits as Franklin Murdoch1995
Virus as Dr. Reginald Holloway1995
Broken Trust as Neil Roemer1995
A Night to Die For as Self1994
Frank & Jesse as Allan Pinkerton1994
Saints and Sinners as Terence1993
The Pelican Brief as Bob Gminski1992
HBO First Look as Not available1992
Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder as Eric Walker1992
Chrome Soldiers as Sheriff Blackwell1991
Oscar as Overton1990
Law & Order as Don Snyder1990
Law & Order as Dan Jensen1990
Die Hard 2 as Richard Thornberg1990
Max Monroe: Loose Cannon as Not available1990
Buried Alive as Cortland "Cort" van Owen1990
Grim Prairie Tales as Arthur1989
Tales from the Crypt as Malcolm Mayflower1988
Die Hard as Richard Thornburg1988
Intrigue as Doggett1987
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine as Martin 'Alpha' Loeber1986
No Mercy as Allan Deveneux1986
A Fight for Jenny as Michael Rosen1985
The Equalizer as Martin 'Alpha' Loeber1985
The Equalizer as Gideon1985
The Twilight Zone as Brian Wolfe (segment "Night of the Meek")1985
The Twilight Zone as (segment "The Card")1985
Real Genius as Professor Hathaway1984
Murder, She Wrote as Larry Holleran1984
Murder, She Wrote as Greg Dalton1984
Murder, She Wrote as Prosecutor Andy Henley1984
Ghostbusters as Walter Peck1983
Malibu as Stan Harvey1982
Tomorrow's Child as Jim Spence1981
The House of Mirth as Lawrence Selden1978
Centennial as Jim Lloyd1977
Looking for Mr. Goodbar as James1976
Independence as Benjamin Rush1975
The Day of the Locust as Tod Hackett1975
The Hindenburg as Boerth1974
The Sugarland Express as Clovis Poplin1973
Class of '44 as Fraternity President1972
The New Centurions as JohnsonNaN
Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story as Not availableNaN
Where Did the Adults Go? as The FatherCrew
2005
Headspace Co-Producer