William Atherton

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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

92

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-07-30 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

Orange, Connecticut, USA

Also Known As

  • William Atherton Knight
  • ویلیام آترتون

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

Die Hard
7.8%

Die Hard

Jul 15, 1988

Ghostbusters
7.5%

Ghostbusters

Jun 8, 1984

The Last Samurai
7.6%

The Last Samurai

Dec 5, 2003

Die Hard 2
7.0%

Die Hard 2

Jul 3, 1990

Lost
7.9%

Lost

Sep 22, 2004

Castle
8.0%

Castle

Mar 9, 2009

Desperate Housewives
7.9%

Desperate Housewives

Oct 3, 2004

The Pelican Brief
6.6%

The Pelican Brief

Sep 17, 1993

Stargate SG-1
8.3%

Stargate SG-1

Jul 27, 1997

Monk
7.9%

Monk

Jul 12, 2002

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Acting

Midnight Men - A John Schlesinger & Michael Childers Story
Where Did the Adults Go? as The Father
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
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 (segment "Hate Puppet")
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
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
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
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 Thornberg
1990
Buried Alive as Cortland "Cort" van Owen
1990
Max Monroe: Loose Cannon
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 (segment "Night of the Meek")
1985
The Twilight Zone as (segment "The Card")
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 Poplin
1973
Class of '44 as Fraternity President
1972
The New Centurions as Johnson

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2005
Headspace as Co-Producer
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