Actor
· Acting
William Atherton
Born 1947-07-30
📍 Orange, Connecticut, USA
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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.
Filmography 92
Where Did the Adults Go?
as The Father
2025
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
as Mayor Walter Peck
2024
Reunited Apart
as Self
2020
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
as Self
2020
Bad Company
2018
Clinical
as Terry Drummond
2017
Ghostheads
as Self
2016
Jinn
as Father Westhoff
2014
The Citizen
2012
Jersey Shore Shark Attack
as Dolan
2012
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
as Earle Swinter
2012
Workaholics
as Thor Holmvik
2011
The Kane Files: Life of Trial
as Daniel Morgan
2010
Castle
as Ari Weiss
2009
Childrens Hospital
as Levon Bainter
2008
Ghouls
as Stefan
2008
Black Crescent Moon
as Jo Dexton
2008
Aces 'N' Eights
as Howard
2008
Life
as Mickey Rayborn
2007
The Girl Next Door
as Adult David Moran
2007
Kush
as King
2007
Towards Darkness
as John
2007
Into the Sun
as Agent Block
2005
Headspace
as Dr. Ira Gold
2005
Numb3rs
as Warren Pierce
2005
Gone But Not Forgotten
as Sen. Ray Colby
2005
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
2004
The Last Samurai
as Winchester Rep
2003
Monk
as Commander Nathan Whitaker
2002
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
2001
Bread and Roses
as Party Guest (uncredited)
2000
The Crow: Salvation
as Nathan Randall
2000
The Stranger
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Ned Bogden
1999
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
as Darryl Zanuck
1999
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company
as James Denit
1998
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
1997
Raven Hawk
as Philip Thorne
1996
Nash Bridges
as Dr. Linus Mills
1996
Bio-Dome
as Dr. Noah Faulkner
1996
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
1995
Frank & Jesse
as Allan Pinkerton
1994
Saints and Sinners
as Terence
1994
The Pelican Brief
as Bob Gminski
1993
HBO First Look
1992
Chrome Soldiers
as Sheriff Blackwell
1992
Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder
as Eric Walker
1992
Oscar
as Overton
1991
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 Cort van Owen
1990
Tales from the Crypt
as Malcolm Mayflower
1989
Intrigue
as Doggett
1988
Die Hard
as Richard Thornburg
1988
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
as Martin 'Alpha' Loeber
1987
No Mercy
as Allan Deveneux
1986
A Fight for Jenny
as Michael Rosen
1986
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
1985
Murder, She Wrote
as Larry Holleran
1984
Murder, She Wrote
as Greg Dalton
1984
Murder, She Wrote
as Andy Henley
1984
Ghostbusters
as Walter Peck
1984
Malibu
as Stan Harvey
1983
Tomorrow's Child
as Jim Spence
1982
Centennial
as Jim Lloyd
1978
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
as James
1977
Independence
as Benjamin Rush
1976
The Hindenburg
as Boerth
1975
The Day of the Locust
as Tod Hackett
1975
The Sugarland Express
as Clovis Poplin
1974
Class of '44
as Fraternity President
1973
The New Centurions
as Johnson
1972
Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story