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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1948-05-20 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Burlington, Vermont, USA

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.

Known For

Acting

2025

The Electric State as Documentary Narrator (voice)
The Arborist as Arthur Randolph

2024

Aftermath as Joe Kozak
Democracy on Trial as Narrator
Crisis on Campus as Narrator
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump as Self - Narrator (voice)

2023

The Discord Leaks as Narrator

2022

The Power of Big Oil as Narrator (voice)
Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack as Self - Narrator (voice)
Lies, Politics and Democracy as Self - Narrator (voice)

2021

America After 9/11 as narrator
Boeing's Fatal Flaw as Narrator (voice)
Taliban Takeover as Narrator
Shots Fired as Narrator
Mother/Android as Captain

2020

United States of Conspiracy as Narrator (voice)
Christmas on Ice as Mayor Greenwood
Frontline: America's Great Divide as Self - Narrator (voice)
Animaniacs as Narrator (voice)

2018

UN Sex Abuse Scandal as Narrator (voice)

2017

Out of Gitmo as narrator
Life on Parole as Narrator

2016

Netanyahu at War as Self (narrator)
The Choice 2016 as Narrator
Supplements and Safety as Self - Narrator

2014

Generation Like as Narrator (voice)
Prison State as Himself - Narrator (Voice)
Firestone and the Warlord as Self - Narrator
The Trouble With Antibiotics as Self / Reporter

2013

2012

Last Man Out as Walt Whitman (voice)

2011

2010

The Other Guys as Frontline Narration App

2009

The Boneyard as Narrator

2008

Iron Man as Award Ceremony Narrator (voice)
Abuse of Power as Nolan Flannery

2007

I'm Paige Wilson as Ben Foxworthy

2006

Fierce People as Documentary Narrator (voice)
Little Children as Narrator (voice)
Frontline: The Age of AIDS as Narrator (voice)
Is It Real? as Narrator (voice)

2005

Our Fathers as Wilson Rogers Jr.
The New Asylums as narrator
Commander in Chief as Teddy Bridges
Commander in Chief as Teddy Bridges (uncredited)

2004

American Meltdown as Homeland Chief Utley

2003

Truth, War and Consequences as Narrator (voice)
Mystic River as FBI Agent Birden
Threat Matrix as Roger Atkins

2002

American Porn as Narrator

2001

Dog Days as Dad

2000

Satan in the Suburbs as Narrator (voice)
Ed as Gus McGraw

1999

The West Wing as Narrator (voice)

1998

A Perfect Murder as Jason Gates
The Siege as FBI Director

1997

The Bay of Pigs as Narrator (voice)
Floating as Van's Father

1996

Celtic Pride as Rich Man
The Crucible as Isaiah Goodkind
The Ultimate Guide: T-Rex as Narrator (voice)
The Ultimate Guide as Narrator

1995

1994

The Mao Years: 1949-1976 as Narrator (voice)
Norse America as Self - Narrator (voice)

1993

The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald as Narrator (voice) (US version, Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?)

1992

1990

Nixon as Narrator (voice)
Law & Order as Victor Conner

1989

Crossbow: The Movie as William Tell
The Simpsons as Narrator (voice)

1987

The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People as Self - Narrator (voice)
Crossbow as William Tell

1985

1984

Murder, She Wrote as Allan Wooster

1983

Frontline as Self, Narrator
Frontline as Narrator (voice)
Frontline as Self - Narrator (voice)

1974

NOVA as Narrator
NOVA as Narrator (voice)

1964

Directing

2002