William Atherton
Acting
Born: July 30, 1947 (age 79) · Orange, Connecticut, USA
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Die Hard
1988
Ghostbusters
1984
The Last Samurai
2003
Die Hard 2
1990
Lost
2004
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024
Castle
2009
Desperate Housewives
2004
Stargate SG-1
1997
The Pelican Brief
1993
Monk
2002
Photos (4)
Movies (59)
Die Hard
Richard Thornburg
The Last Samurai
Winchester Rep
Ghostbusters
Walter Peck
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Mayor Walter Peck
Die Hard 2
Richard Thornberg
The Pelican Brief
Bob Gminski
The Girl Next Door
Adult David Moran
Hoodlum
Thomas E. Dewey
Oscar
Overton
Real Genius
Professor Hathaway
Bio-Dome
Dr. Noah Faulkner
The Crow: Salvation
Nathan Randall
Buried Alive
Cort van Owen
Mad City
Dohlen
No Mercy
Allan Deveneux
Into the Sun
Agent Block
The Sugarland Express
Clovis Poplin
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
James
Frank & Jesse
Allan Pinkerton
Jinn
Father Westhoff
The Citizen
2012
Gone But Not Forgotten
Sen. Ray Colby
The Hindenburg
Boerth
The Day of the Locust
Tod Hackett
Who's Your Daddy?
Duncan Mack
Headspace
Dr. Ira Gold
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Darryl Zanuck
Bread and Roses
Party Guest (uncredited)
The New Centurions
Johnson
Ghouls
Stefan
Jersey Shore Shark Attack
Dolan
Aces 'N' Eights
Howard
Race to Space
Ralph Stanton
Clinical
Terry Drummond
Executive Power
President Fields
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Earle Swinter
Chrome Soldiers
Sheriff Blackwell
Intrigue
Doggett
Grim Prairie Tales
Arthur
Raven Hawk
Philip Thorne
Burning Down the House
Arthur Kranston
Broken Trust
Neil Roemer
Class of '44
Fraternity President
Where Did the Adults Go?
The Father
Towards Darkness
John
The Kane Files: Life of Trial
Daniel Morgan
Virus
Dr. Reginald Holloway
Malibu
Stan Harvey
Independence
Benjamin Rush
Black Crescent Moon
Jo Dexton
A Fight for Jenny
Michael Rosen
Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder
Eric Walker
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company
James Denit
Saints and Sinners
Terence
Tomorrow's Child
Jim Spence
Bad Company
2018
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
Martin 'Alpha' Loeber
Kush
King
The Stranger
1999
TV Shows (28)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Ned Bogden · 1 eps
Law & Order
Don Snyder · 1 eps
Law & Order
Dan Jensen · 1 eps
Desperate Housewives
Dr. Barr · 1 eps
Castle
Ari Weiss · 1 eps
Stargate SG-1
Emissary Varta · 1 eps
Lost
Donald Reynolds · 1 eps
Monk
Commander Nathan Whitaker · 1 eps
Boston Legal
A.D.A. Howard Zale · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Larry Holleran · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Greg Dalton · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Andy Henley · 1 eps
Numb3rs
Warren Pierce · 1 eps
The Practice
D.A. Keith Pratt · 3 eps
Nash Bridges
Dr. Linus Mills · 1 eps
The Outer Limits
Franklin Murdoch · 1 eps
Tales from the Crypt
Malcolm Mayflower · 1 eps
Childrens Hospital
Levon Bainter · 1 eps
The Equalizer
Martin 'Alpha' Loeber · 2 eps
The Equalizer
Gideon · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
Brian Wolfe (segment "Night of the Meek") · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
(segment "The Card") · 1 eps
Workaholics
Thor Holmvik · 1 eps
Life
Mickey Rayborn · 8 eps
Justice League
Dr. Destiny / John Dee (voice) · 2 eps
HBO First Look
1 eps
Centennial
Jim Lloyd · 12 eps
Night Visions
William Price (segment "Hate Puppet") · 1 eps
