William Atherton

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1947-07-30 (77 years old)

Place of Birth Orange, Connecticut, USA

Also Known As William Atherton Knight

William Atherton

Biography

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.

Known For

Actor

2024
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

as Mayor Walter Peck

2020
2017
Clinical

as Terry Drummond

2016
Ghostheads

as Self

2014
Jinn

as Father Westhoff

2010
2009
Castle

as Ari Weiss

2008
Ghouls

as Stefan

2008
Black Crescent Moon

as Jo Dexton

2008
Aces 'N' Eights

as Howard

2008
Childrens Hospital

as Levon Bainter

2007
The Girl Next Door

as Adult David Moran

2007
Kush

as King

2007
2007
Life

as Mickey Rayborn

2005
Into the Sun

as Agent Block

2005
Headspace

as Dr. Ira Gold

2005
Gone But Not Forgotten

as Sen. Ray Colby

2004
Who's Your Daddy?

as Duncan Mack

2004
2004
Boston Legal

as A.D.A. Howard Zale

2004
Lost

as Donald Reynolds

2003
The Last Samurai

as Winchester Rep

2002
Monk

as Commander Nathan Whitaker

2001
Race to Space

as Ralph Stanton

2001
Burning Down the House

as Arthur Kranston

2001
Justice League

as Dr. Destiny / John Dee (voice)

2001
Night Visions

as William Price

2000
Bread and Roses

as Party Guest (uncredited)

2000
The Crow: Salvation

as Nathan Randall

1999
1998
1997
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

1996
Raven Hawk

as Philip Thorne

1996
Bio-Dome

as Dr. Noah Faulkner

1995
Broken Trust

as Neil Roemer

1995
1995
Virus

as Dr. Reginald Holloway

1995
The Outer Limits

as Franklin Murdoch

1994
Frank & Jesse

as Allan Pinkerton

1994
1993
The Pelican Brief

as Bob Gminski

1992
Chrome Soldiers

as Sheriff Blackwell

1991
Oscar

as Overton

1990
1990
Die Hard 2

as Richard Thornburg

1990
Buried Alive

as Cortland "Cort" van Owen

1990
Law & Order

as Don Snyder

1990
Law & Order

as Dan Jensen

1989
Tales from the Crypt

as Malcolm Mayflower

1988
Intrigue

as Doggett

1988
Die Hard

as Richard Thornburg

1987
1986
No Mercy

as Allan Deveneux

1986
A Fight for Jenny

as Michael Rosen

1985
Real Genius

as Professor Hathaway

1985
The Twilight Zone

as Brian Wolfe

1985
The Equalizer

as Martin 'Alpha' Loeber

1985
The Equalizer

as Gideon

1984
Ghostbusters

as Walter Peck

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Larry Holleran

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Greg Dalton

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Prosecutor Andy Henley

1983
Malibu

as Stan Harvey

1982
Tomorrow's Child

as Jim Spence

1981
The House of Mirth

as Lawrence Selden

1978
Centennial

as Jim Lloyd

1976
Independence

as Benjamin Rush

1975
The Hindenburg

as Boerth

1975
The Day of the Locust

as Tod Hackett

1974
The Sugarland Express

as Clovis Michael Poplin

1973
Class of '44

as Fraternity President

1972

Producer

2005
Headspace

as Co-Producer