Acting credits
87
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
William Atherton
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.3
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Movies: 63Series: 24Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 7676
IMDb ID: nm0040472
Known for: Acting
Born: July 30, 1947
Age: 79
Place of birth: Orange, Connecticut, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1972 - 2025
Years active: 54
Average TMDB rating: 6.67
Wikidata: Q495487
Also known as
William Atherton Knight • ویلیام آترتون • William Atherton Knight Jr.
Other jobs
Co-Producer (1)
Biography
William Atherton Knight Jr. (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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with William Atherton.
Where Did the Adults Go?
as The Father
2025 Movie
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
as Mayor Walter Peck
2024 Movie
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
as Self
2020 Movie
Bad Company
2018 Movie
Clinical
as Terry Drummond
2017 Movie
Ghostheads
as Self
2016 Movie
Jinn
as Father Westhoff
2014 Movie
The Citizen
2012 Movie
Jersey Shore Shark Attack
as Dolan
2012 Movie
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
as Earle Swinter
2012 Movie
The Kane Files: Life of Trial
as Daniel Morgan
2010 Movie
Ghouls
as Stefan
2008 Movie
Black Crescent Moon
as Jo Dexton
2008 Movie
Aces 'N' Eights
as Howard
2008 Movie
The Girl Next Door
as Adult David Moran
2007 Movie
Kush
as King
2007 Movie
Towards Darkness
as John
2007 Movie
Into the Sun
as Agent Block
2005 Movie
Headspace
as Dr. Ira Gold
2005 Movie
Gone But Not Forgotten
as Sen. Ray Colby
2005 Movie
Who's Your Daddy?
as Duncan Mack
2004 Movie
The Last Samurai
as Winchester Rep
2003 Movie
Race to Space
as Ralph Stanton
2001 Movie
Burning Down the House
as Arthur Kranston
2001 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with William Atherton.
Reunited Apart
as Self • 1 eps
2020 Series
Workaholics
as Thor Holmvik • 1 eps
2011 Series
Castle
as Ari Weiss • 1 eps
2009 Series
Childrens Hospital
as Levon Bainter • 1 eps
2008 Series
Life
as Mickey Rayborn • 8 eps
2007 Series
Numb3rs
as Warren Pierce • 1 eps
2005 Series
Desperate Housewives
as Dr. Barr • 1 eps
2004 Series
Boston Legal
as A.D.A. Howard Zale • 1 eps
2004 Series
Lost
as Donald Reynolds • 1 eps
2004 Series
Monk
as Commander Nathan Whitaker • 1 eps
2002 Series
Justice League
as Dr. Destiny / John Dee (voice) • 2 eps
2001 Series
Night Visions
as William Price (segment "Hate Puppet") • 1 eps
2001 Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Ned Bogden • 1 eps
1999 Series
Stargate SG-1
as Emissary Varta • 1 eps
1997 Series
The Practice
as Keith Pratt • 3 eps
1997 Series
Nash Bridges
as Dr. Linus Mills • 1 eps
1996 Series
The Outer Limits
as Franklin Murdoch • 1 eps
1995 Series
HBO First Look
1 eps
1992 Series
Law & Order
as Don Snyder • 1 eps
1990 Series
Tales from the Crypt
as Malcolm Mayflower • 1 eps
1989 Series
The Twilight Zone
as Brian Wolfe (segment "Night of the Meek") • 1 eps
1985 Series
The Equalizer
as Martin 'Alpha' Loeber • 2 eps
1985 Series
Murder, She Wrote
as Larry Holleran • 1 eps
1984 Series
Centennial
as Jim Lloyd • 12 eps
1978 Series