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.
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Acting History
2025
Where Did the Adults Go? as The Father
2024Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire as Mayor Walter Peck
2020Reunited Apart as Self
2020Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters as Self
2018Bad Company
2017Clinical as Terry Drummond
2016Ghostheads as Self
2014Jinn as Father Westhoff
2012Jersey Shore Shark Attack as Dolan
2012Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie as Earle Swinter
2011Workaholics as Thor Holmvik
2010The Kane Files: Life of Trial as Daniel Morgan
2009Castle as Ari Weiss
2008Childrens Hospital as Levon Bainter
2008Ghouls as Stefan
2008Black Crescent Moon as Jo Dexton
2008Aces 'N' Eights as Howard
2007Life as Mickey Rayborn
2007The Girl Next Door as Adult David Moran
2007Kush as King
2007Towards Darkness as John
2005Into the Sun as Agent Block
2005Headspace as Dr. Ira Gold
2005Numb3rs as Warren Pierce
2005Gone But Not Forgotten as Sen. Ray Colby
2004Desperate Housewives as Dr. Barr
2004Boston Legal as A.D.A. Howard Zale
2004Lost as Donald Reynolds
2004Who's Your Daddy? as Duncan Mack
2003The Last Samurai as Winchester Rep
2002Monk as Commander Nathan Whitaker
2001Justice League as Dr. Destiny / John Dee (voice)
2001Race to Space as Ralph Stanton
2001Night Visions as William Price (segment "Hate Puppet")
2001Burning Down the House as Arthur Kranston
2000Bread and Roses as Party Guest (uncredited)
2000The Crow: Salvation as Nathan Randall
1999The Stranger
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Ned Bogden
1999Introducing Dorothy Dandridge as Darryl Zanuck
1998Michael Kael vs. the World News Company as James Denit
1997Mad City as Dohlen
1997Executive Power as President Fields
1997Hoodlum as Thomas E. Dewey
1997Stargate SG-1 as Emissary Varta
1997The Practice as D.A. Keith Pratt
1996Raven Hawk as Philip Thorne
1996Nash Bridges as Dr. Linus Mills
1996Bio-Dome as Dr. Noah Faulkner
1995Broken Trust as Neil Roemer
1995A Night to Die For as Self
1995Virus as Dr. Reginald Holloway
1995The Outer Limits as Franklin Murdoch
1994Frank & Jesse as Allan Pinkerton
1994Saints and Sinners as Terence
1993The Pelican Brief as Bob Gminski
1992HBO First Look
1992Chrome Soldiers as Sheriff Blackwell
1992Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder as Eric Walker
1991Oscar as Overton
1990Grim Prairie Tales as Arthur
1990Law & Order as Don Snyder
1990Law & Order as Dan Jensen
1990Die Hard 2 as Richard Thornberg
1990Buried Alive as Cort van Owen
1990Max Monroe: Loose Cannon as Sloane
1989Tales from the Crypt as Malcolm Mayflower
1988Intrigue as Doggett
1988Die Hard as Richard Thornburg
1987The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine as Martin 'Alpha' Loeber
1986No Mercy as Allan Deveneux
1986A Fight for Jenny as Michael Rosen
1985The Twilight Zone as Brian Wolfe (segment "Night of the Meek")
1985The Twilight Zone as (segment "The Card")
1985The Equalizer as Martin 'Alpha' Loeber
1985The Equalizer as Gideon
1985Real Genius as Professor Hathaway
1984Murder, She Wrote as Larry Holleran
1984Murder, She Wrote as Greg Dalton
1984Murder, She Wrote as Prosecutor Andy Henley
1984Ghostbusters as Walter Peck
1983Malibu as Stan Harvey
1982Tomorrow's Child as Jim Spence
1981The House of Mirth as Lawrence Selden
1978Centennial as Jim Lloyd
1977Looking for Mr. Goodbar as James
1976Independence as Benjamin Rush
1975The Hindenburg as Boerth
1975The Day of the Locust as Tod Hackett
1974The Sugarland Express as Clovis Poplin
1973Class of '44 as Fraternity President
1972The New Centurions as Johnson
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