Will Lyman

Personal Info

Known For:
Acting

Birthday:
May 20, 1948

Place of Birth:
Burlington, Vermont, USA

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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

Filmography

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