William Atherton
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.
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- Born:
- Jul 30, 1947 In Orange, Connecticut, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 87
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The New Centurions 1972-08-03
- Latest Project:
- Movie Where Did the Adults Go? 2025
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Where Did the Adults Go? | The Father | 2025 |
| Movie | Midnight Men - A John Schlesinger & Michael Childers Story | 2025 | |
| Movie | Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | Mayor Walter Peck | 2024-03-20 |
| Movie | Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters | Self | 2020-01-07 |
| Series | Reunited Apart | Self | 2020-04-27 |
| Movie | Clinical | Terry Drummond | 2017-01-13 |
| Movie | Ghostheads | Self | 2016-04-23 |
| Movie | Jinn | Father Westhoff | 2014-04-04 |
| Movie | Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie | Earle Swinter | 2012-03-02 |
| Movie | Jersey Shore Shark Attack | Dolan | 2012-06-09 |
| Movie | The Kane Files: Life of Trial | Daniel Morgan | 2010-10-02 |
| Series | Castle | Ari Weiss | 2009-03-09 |
| Movie | Aces 'N' Eights | Howard | 2008-03-15 |
| Movie | Black Crescent Moon | Jo Dexton | 2008-06-15 |
| Series | Childrens Hospital | Levon Bainter | 2008-12-08 |
| Movie | Ghouls | Stefan | 2008-07-12 |
| Movie | Towards Darkness | John | 2007-04-28 |
| Movie | Kush | King | 2007-06-03 |
| Series | Life | Mickey Rayborn | 2007-09-26 |
| Movie | The Girl Next Door | Adult David Moran | 2007-07-19 |
| Series | Numb3rs | Unknown | 2005-01-23 |
| Movie | Gone But Not Forgotten | Sen. Ray Colby | 2005-01-01 |
| Movie | Headspace | Dr. Ira Gold | 2005-09-18 |
| Movie | Into the Sun | Agent Block | 2005-11-26 |
| Movie | Who's Your Daddy? | Duncan Mack | 2004-01-07 |
| Series | Lost | Donald Reynolds | 2004-09-22 |
| Series | Desperate Housewives | Dr. Barr | 2004-10-03 |
| Series | Boston Legal | A.D.A. Howard Zale | 2004-10-03 |
| Movie | The Last Samurai | Winchester Rep | 2003-12-05 |
| Series | Monk | Commander Nathan Whitaker | 2002-07-12 |
| Movie | Burning Down the House | Arthur Kranston | 2001-02-07 |
| Series | Night Visions | William Price | 2001-07-12 |
| Movie | Race to Space | Ralph Stanton | 2001-10-31 |
| Series | Justice League | Dr. Destiny / John Dee (voice) | 2001-11-17 |
| Movie | The Crow: Salvation | Nathan Randall | 2000-01-23 |
| Movie | Bread and Roses | Party Guest (uncredited) | 2000-09-14 |
| Movie | Introducing Dorothy Dandridge | Darryl Zanuck | 1999-08-21 |
| Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Ned Bogden | 1999-09-20 |
| Movie | The Stranger | Unknown | 1999-12-12 |
| Movie | Michael Kael vs. the World News Company | James Denit | 1998-02-18 |
| Series | The Crow: Stairway to Heaven | Nathan Randall | 1998-09-25 |
| Series | Stargate SG-1 | Emissary Varta | 1997-07-27 |
| Series | The Practice | D.A. Keith Pratt | 1997-03-04 |
| Movie | Hoodlum | Thomas E. Dewey | 1997-08-27 |
| Movie | Executive Power | President Fields | 1997-09-25 |
| Movie | Mad City | Dohlen | 1997-11-07 |
| Series | Nash Bridges | Unknown | 1996-03-29 |
| Movie | Bio-Dome | Dr. Noah Faulkner | 1996-01-12 |
| Movie | Raven Hawk | Philip Thorne | 1996-07-20 |
| Series | The Outer Limits | Franklin Murdoch | 1995-03-26 |
| Movie | Virus | Dr. Reginald Holloway | 1995-05-08 |
| Movie | A Night to Die For | Self | 1995-05-18 |
| Movie | Broken Trust | Neil Roemer | 1995-08-06 |
| Movie | Saints and Sinners | Terence | 1994-09-28 |
| Movie | Frank & Jesse | Allan Pinkerton | 1994-10-21 |
| Movie | The Pelican Brief | Bob Gminski | 1993-09-17 |
| Movie | Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder | Eric Walker | 1992-01-05 |
| Series | HBO First Look | Unknown | 1992-06-12 |
| Movie | Chrome Soldiers | Sheriff Blackwell | 1992-05-06 |
| Movie | Oscar | Overton | 1991-04-26 |
| Series | Max Monroe: Loose Cannon | Unknown | 1990-01-05 |
| Movie | Buried Alive | Cortland "Cort" van Owen | 1990-05-09 |
| Movie | Die Hard 2 | Richard Thornburg | 1990-07-03 |
| Series | Law & Order | Dan Jensen | 1990-09-13 |
| Movie | Grim Prairie Tales | Arthur | 1990-09-14 |
| Series | Tales from the Crypt | Malcolm Mayflower | 1989-06-10 |
| Movie | Intrigue | Doggett | 1988-09-11 |
| Movie | Die Hard | Richard Thornburg | 1988-07-15 |
| Movie | The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine | Martin 'Alpha' Loeber | 1987-09-23 |
| Movie | A Fight for Jenny | Michael Rosen | 1986-10-06 |
| Movie | No Mercy | Allan Deveneux | 1986-12-19 |
| Movie | Real Genius | Professor Hathaway | 1985-08-07 |
| Series | The Equalizer | Gideon | 1985-09-18 |
| Series | The Twilight Zone | Brian Wolfe | 1985-09-27 |
| Movie | Ghostbusters | Walter Peck | 1984-06-08 |
| Series | Murder, She Wrote | Prosecutor Andy Henley | 1984-09-30 |
| Movie | Malibu | Stan Harvey | 1983-01-23 |
| Movie | Tomorrow's Child | Jim Spence | 1982-03-22 |
| Movie | The House of Mirth | Lawrence Selden | 1981-01-01 |
| Series | Centennial | Jim Lloyd | 1978-10-01 |
| Movie | Looking for Mr. Goodbar | James | 1977-10-19 |
| Movie | Independence | Benjamin Rush | 1976-07-04 |
| Movie | The Day of the Locust | Tod Hackett | 1975-05-07 |
| Movie | The Hindenburg | Boerth | 1975-12-25 |
| Movie | The Sugarland Express | Clovis Michael Poplin | 1974-03-31 |
| Movie | Class of '44 | Fraternity President | 1973-04-10 |
| Movie | The New Centurions | Johnson | 1972-08-03 |