Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 30, 1947
Place of Birth:
Orange, Connecticut, USA
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | Mayor Walter Peck |
| 2020 | Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters | Self |
| 2017 | Clinical | Terry Drummond |
| 2016 | Ghostheads | Self |
| 2014 | Jinn | Father Westhoff |
| 2012 | Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie | Earle Swinter |
| 2012 | Jersey Shore Shark Attack | Dolan |
| 2010 | The Kane Files: Life of Trial | Daniel Morgan |
| 2008 | Aces 'N' Eights | Howard |
| 2008 | Ghouls | Stefan |
| 2008 | Black Crescent Moon | Jo Dexton |
| 2007 | Kush | King |
| 2007 | The Girl Next Door | Adult David Moran |
| 2007 | Towards Darkness | John |
| 2005 | Into the Sun | Agent Block |
| 2005 | Headspace | Dr. Ira Gold |
| 2005 | Gone But Not Forgotten | Sen. Ray Colby |
| 2004 | Who's Your Daddy? | Duncan Mack |
| 2003 | The Last Samurai | Winchester Rep |
| 2001 | Race to Space | Ralph Stanton |
| 2001 | Burning Down the House | Arthur Kranston |
| 2000 | The Crow: Salvation | Nathan Randall |
| 2000 | Bread and Roses | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1999 | Introducing Dorothy Dandridge | Darryl Zanuck |
| 1999 | The Stranger | |
| 1998 | Michael Kael vs. the World News Company | James Denit |
| 1997 | Mad City | Dohlen |
| 1997 | Executive Power | President Fields |
| 1997 | Hoodlum | Thomas E. Dewey |
| 1996 | Bio-Dome | Dr. Noah Faulkner |
| 1996 | Raven Hawk | Philip Thorne |
| 1995 | Broken Trust | Neil Roemer |
| 1995 | A Night to Die For | Self |
| 1995 | Virus | Dr. Reginald Holloway |
| 1994 | Frank & Jesse | Allan Pinkerton |
| 1994 | Saints and Sinners | Terence |
| 1993 | The Pelican Brief | Bob Gminski |
| 1992 | Chrome Soldiers | Sheriff Blackwell |
| 1992 | Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder | Eric Walker |
| 1991 | Oscar | Overton |
| 1990 | Die Hard 2 | Richard Thornberg |
| 1990 | Buried Alive | Cortland "Cort" van Owen |
| 1990 | Grim Prairie Tales | Arthur |
| 1988 | Die Hard | Richard Thornburg |
| 1988 | Intrigue | Doggett |
| 1987 | The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine | Martin 'Alpha' Loeber |
| 1986 | No Mercy | Allan Deveneux |
| 1986 | A Fight for Jenny | Michael Rosen |
| 1985 | Real Genius | Professor Hathaway |
| 1984 | Ghostbusters | Walter Peck |
| 1983 | Malibu | Stan Harvey |
| 1982 | Tomorrow's Child | Jim Spence |
| 1981 | The House of Mirth | Lawrence Selden |
| 1977 | Looking for Mr. Goodbar | James |
| 1976 | Independence | Benjamin Rush |
| 1975 | The Day of the Locust | Tod Hackett |
| 1975 | The Hindenburg | Boerth |
| 1974 | The Sugarland Express | Clovis Poplin |
| 1973 | Class of '44 | Fraternity President |
| 1972 | The New Centurions | Johnson |
| Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story | ||
| Where Did the Adults Go? | The Father |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Reunited Apart | Self |
| 2009 | Castle | Ari Weiss |
| 2008 | Childrens Hospital | Levon Bainter |
| 2007 | Life | Mickey Rayborn |
| 2005 | Numb3rs | |
| 2004 | Desperate Housewives | Dr. Barr |
| 2004 | Lost | Donald Reynolds |
| 2004 | Boston Legal | A.D.A. Howard Zale |
| 2002 | Monk | Commander Nathan Whitaker |
| 2001 | Night Visions | William Price (segment "Hate Puppet") |
| 2001 | Justice League | Dr. Destiny / John Dee (voice) |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Ned Bogden |
| 1997 | The Practice | D.A. Keith Pratt |
| 1997 | Stargate SG-1 | Emissary Varta |
| 1996 | Nash Bridges | |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Franklin Murdoch |
| 1992 | HBO First Look | |
| 1990 | Max Monroe: Loose Cannon | |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Don Snyder |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Dan Jensen |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Malcolm Mayflower |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone | Brian Wolfe (segment "Night of the Meek") |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Martin 'Alpha' Loeber |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Gideon |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone | (segment "The Card") |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Larry Holleran |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Greg Dalton |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Prosecutor Andy Henley |
| 1978 | Centennial | Jim Lloyd |