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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-07-30 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

Orange, Connecticut, USA

William Atherton

Biography:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

Acting

2024

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire as Mayor Walter Peck

2020

2017

Clinical as Terry Drummond

2016

Ghostheads as Self

2014

Jinn as Father Westhoff

2012

2010

2009

Castle as Ari Weiss

2008

Aces 'N' Eights as Howard
Ghouls as Stefan
Black Crescent Moon as Jo Dexton
Childrens Hospital as Levon Bainter

2007

Kush as King
The Girl Next Door as Adult David Moran
Life as Mickey Rayborn

2005

Into the Sun as Agent Block
Headspace as Dr. Ira Gold
Gone But Not Forgotten as Sen. Ray Colby

2004

Who's Your Daddy? as Duncan Mack
Lost as Donald Reynolds
Boston Legal as A.D.A. Howard Zale

2003

The Last Samurai as Winchester Rep

2002

Monk as Commander Nathan Whitaker

2001

Race to Space as Ralph Stanton
Burning Down the House as Arthur Kranston
Night Visions as William Price (segment "Hate Puppet")
Justice League as Dr. Destiny / John Dee (voice)

2000

The Crow: Salvation as Nathan Randall
Bread and Roses as Party Guest (uncredited)

1999

1998

1997

Mad City as Dohlen
Executive Power as President Fields
Hoodlum as Thomas E. Dewey
The Practice as D.A. Keith Pratt
Stargate SG-1 as Emissary Varta

1996

Bio-Dome as Dr. Noah Faulkner
Raven Hawk as Philip Thorne

1995

Broken Trust as Neil Roemer
Virus as Dr. Reginald Holloway
The Outer Limits as Franklin Murdoch

1994

Frank & Jesse as Allan Pinkerton

1993

The Pelican Brief as Bob Gminski

1992

Chrome Soldiers as Sheriff Blackwell

1991

Oscar as Overton

1990

Die Hard 2 as Richard Thornberg
Buried Alive as Cortland "Cort" van Owen
Law & Order as Don Snyder
Law & Order as Dan Jensen

1989

Tales from the Crypt as Malcolm Mayflower

1988

Die Hard as Richard Thornburg
Intrigue as Doggett

1987

1986

No Mercy as Allan Deveneux
A Fight for Jenny as Michael Rosen

1985

Real Genius as Professor Hathaway
The Twilight Zone as Brian Wolfe (segment "Night of the Meek")
The Equalizer as Martin 'Alpha' Loeber
The Equalizer as Gideon
The Twilight Zone as (segment "The Card")

1984

Ghostbusters as Walter Peck
Murder, She Wrote as Larry Holleran
Murder, She Wrote as Greg Dalton
Murder, She Wrote as Prosecutor Andy Henley

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

1976

Independence as Benjamin Rush

1975

The Day of the Locust as Tod Hackett
The Hindenburg as Boerth

1974

The Sugarland Express as Clovis Poplin

1973

Class of '44 as Fraternity President

1972

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Production

2005

Headspace as Co-Producer