Will Lyman
Biography
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.
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Acting History
2025
The Rise of RFK Jr. as Narrator
2025Trump's Power & the Rule of Law as Narrator (voice over)
2025The Arborist as Arthur Randolph
2025The Electric State as Documentary Narrator (voice)
2025Battle for Tibet as Narrator
2024Aftermath as Joe Kozak
2024The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump as Self - Narrator (voice)
2024Crisis on Campus as Narrator
2024Children of Ukraine as Narrator
2024Democracy on Trial as Narrator
2023Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza as Narrator
2023The Discord Leaks as Narrator
2023Inside the Uvalde Response as Narrator
2023Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power, and the Supreme Court as narrator
2023Putin and the Presidents as Narrator
2022Lies, Politics and Democracy as Self - Narrator (voice)
2022Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack as Self - Narrator (voice)
2022The Power of Big Oil as Narrator (voice)
2021Mother/Android as Captain
2021Shots Fired as Narrator
2021Taliban Takeover as Narrator
2021Boeing's Fatal Flaw as Narrator (voice)
2021America After 9/11 as narrator
2020Animaniacs as Narrator (voice)
2020Christmas on Ice as Mayor Greenwood
2020The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden as Narrator (voice)
2020United States of Conspiracy as Narrator (voice)
2020Once Upon a Time in Iraq as Self - Narrator (voice)
2020Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos as Narrator
2020Battle for Hong Kong as Narrator
2020America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump as Self - Narrator (voice)
2018UN Sex Abuse Scandal as Narrator (voice)
2017Life on Parole as Narrator
2017Iraq Uncovered as Narrator
2017Out of Gitmo as narrator
2017Hunting ISIS as Narrator
2017Divided States of America as Narrator
2017Frontline: President Trump as Narrator
2016The Choice 2016 as Narrator
2016Terror in Europe as self
2016Business of Disaster as Narrator (voice)
2016Saudi Arabia Uncovered as Self - Narrator (voice)
2016Supplements and Safety as Self - Narrator
2016Netanyahu at War as Self (narrator)
2015Obama at War as Self - Narrator (voice)
2015Isis in Afghanistan
2015The Fight for Yemen as Self - Narrator (voice)
2014Firestone and the Warlord as Self - Narrator
2014The Trouble with Antibiotics as Self - Reporter
2014Losing Iraq as Narrator
2014Separate and Unequal as Narrator
2014United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy Lost as Narrator
2014United States of Secrets as Narrator
2014Prison State as Himself - Narrator (Voice)
2014Generation Like as Narrator (voice)
2013League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis as Himself - Narrator
2012The Suicide Plan as Narrator
2012Last Man Out as Walt Whitman (voice)
2012Money, Power & Wall Street as Self - Narrator
2012Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown as Narrator
2011The Anthrax Files
2011Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory as Narrator
2010The Other Guys as Frontline Narration App
2010Behind Taliban Lines
2009The Boneyard as Narrator
2008What Doesn't Kill You as Sully
2008The War Briefing as Narrator
2008Abuse of Power as Nolan Flannery
2008Young & Restless in China
2008Iron Man as Award Ceremony Narrator (voice)
2008Rules of Engagement as Narrator
2007Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe as Moe Fresno
2007On Our Watch as Narrator
2007Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory as Narrator
2007Endgame as Self - Narrator (voice)
2007I'm Paige Wilson as Ben Foxworthy
2007Frontline - News War as Self
2006Fierce People as Documentary Narrator (voice)
2006Little Children as Narrator (voice)
2006Return of the Taliban as Self - Narrator (voice)
2006The Age of AIDS as Narrator (voice)
2006Is It Real? as Narrator (voice)
2005Commander in Chief as Teddy Bridges
2005Commander in Chief as Teddy Bridges (uncredited)
2005Our Fathers as Wilson Rogers Jr.
2005The New Asylums as narrator
2004The Secret History of the Credit Card as Narrator
2004American Meltdown as Homeland Chief Utley
2004Golden Road: Today's Senior Drivers as Narrator
2003Truth, War and Consequences as Narrator (voice)
2003Mystic River as FBI Agent Birden
2003Threat Matrix as Roger Atkins
2003Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History as Narrator (voice)
2003Coming Home from Space: The Challenge of Re-Entry as Narrator
2003Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific as Narrator
2003Salt Lake City 2002: Stories of Olympic Glory as Narrator
2002Alma Mater
2002American Porn as Narrator
2001Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Roger Jameson
2001Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic Glory as Narrator
2001Sinking the Lusitania as Narrator
2001Dog Days as Dad
2000Ed as Gus McGraw
2000Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain as Self - Narrator(voice)
2000Satan in the Suburbs as Narrator (voice)
2000Warriors of the French Foreign Legion as Narrator
1999The West Wing as Narrator (voice)
1999The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela
1999The Autumn Heart as Doctor
1999Michael Jordan: His Airness as Narrator
1998Nagano ’98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and Glory as Narrator
1998The Siege as FBI Director
1998Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street' as Self - Narrator (voice)
1998A Perfect Murder as Jason Gates
1997Atlanta’s Olympic Glory as Narrator
1997Floating as Van's Father
1997The Bay of Pigs as Narrator (voice)
1996The Crucible as Isaiah Goodkind
1996NBA at 50 as Self - Narrator
1996The Ultimate Guide as Narrator
1996The Ultimate Guide: T-Rex as Narrator (voice)
1996Celtic Pride as Rich Man
1996Welcome to the Dollhouse as Mr. Edwards
1995The Search for Satan
1994Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of Glory as Narrator
1994Part Two: The Mao Years 1949–1976 as Narrator (voice)
1994Norse America as Self - Narrator (voice)
1993The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald as Narrator (voice) (US version, Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?)
1993The Arming of Saudi Arabia as Narrator
1992Columbus and the Age of Discovery as Self - Narrator (voice)
1990Nixon as Narrator (voice)
1990Law & Order as Victor Conner
1990Hull High
1989The Simpsons as Narrator (voice)
1989Hostile Takeover as Smolen
1989Crossbow: The Movie as William Tell
1988American Experience as Self - Narrator (voice)
1987Crossbow as William Tell
1987The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People as Self - Narrator (voice)
1986Hostage in Iran as Narrator
1985Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera as narrator (himself)
1985Three Sovereigns for Sarah as Rev. Parris
1985Three Sovereigns for Sarah as Rev. Parris
1984Murder, She Wrote as Allan Wooster
1984The Mind of a Murderer: Part 2 as Narrator
1984The Mind of a Murderer: Part 1 as Narrator
1983Vietnam: A Television History
1983Frontline as Self - Narrator (voice)
1974NOVA as Narrator
1974NOVA as Narrator (voice)
1974NOVA as Self - Narrator (voice)
1964Another World
—News War as Narrator
—Taliban Hunters as Self - Narrator (voice)
—Yemen Under Siege as Narrator
—The Ultimate Guide: Sharks as Narrator