William Atherton
Department: Acting
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
Die Hard
1988
The Last Samurai
2003
Ghostbusters
1984
Die Hard 2
1990
The Sugarland Express
1974
The Day of the Locust
1975
Into the Sun
2005
Oscar
1991
The Crow: Salvation
2000
Bio-Dome
1996
Mad City
1997
The Pelican Brief
1993
Headspace
2005
No Mercy
1986
Real Genius
1985
Frank & Jesse
1994
Gone But Not Forgotten
2005
Kush
2007
The Girl Next Door
2007
Race to Space
2001
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1977
Buried Alive
1990
The Kane Files: Life of Trial
2010
The Hindenburg
1975
Grim Prairie Tales
1990
Aces 'N' Eights
2008
Jinn
2014
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company
1998
Ghouls
2008
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999
Tomorrow's Child
1982
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
2012
Jersey Shore Shark Attack
2012
Saints and Sinners
1994
Chrome Soldiers
1992
Burning Down the House
2001
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020
Intrigue
1988
The New Centurions
1972
Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder
1992
Broken Trust
1995
Bread and Roses
2000
A Night to Die For
1995
Executive Power
1997
Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story
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Where Did the Adults Go?
2025
The House of Mirth
1981
Who's Your Daddy?
2004
Independence
1976
Black Crescent Moon
2008
Towards Darkness
2007
Ghostheads
2016
Clinical
2017
Raven Hawk
1996
Hoodlum
1997
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
1987
Class of '44
1973
A Fight for Jenny
1986
Malibu
1983
Virus
1995
The Stranger
1999
Bad Company
2018
The Citizen
2012
Nash Bridges
1996
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Numb3rs
2005
Desperate Housewives
2004
Monk
2002
The Twilight Zone
1985
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Life
2007
The Practice
1997
The Equalizer
1985
Lost
2004
Stargate SG-1
1997
Night Visions
2001
Centennial
1978
Boston Legal
2004
Max Monroe: Loose Cannon
1990
Justice League
2001
Castle
2009
The Outer Limits
1995
Childrens Hospital
2008
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Law & Order
1990
Law & Order
1990
Reunited Apart
2020
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Murder, She Wrote
1984
HBO First Look
1992
The Equalizer
1985
The Twilight Zone
1985
Workaholics
2011