Actor

William Atherton

Born 30 July 1947 · Orange, Connecticut, USA

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.

Films and shows

  1. 2025Where Did the Adults Go?1h 29mThe Father
  2. 2024Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire1h 55mMayor Walter Peck
  3. 2020Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters1h 41mSelf
  4. 2018Bad Company1h 30m
  5. 2017Clinical1h 44mTerry Drummond
  6. 2016Ghostheads1h 40mSelf
  7. 2014Jinn1h 37mFather Westhoff
  8. 2012Jersey Shore Shark Attack1h 26mDolan
  9. 2012Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie1h 34mEarle Swinter
  10. 2012The Citizen1h 39m
  11. 2010The Kane Files: Life of Trial1h 27mDaniel Morgan
  12. 2008Ghouls1h 30mStefan
  13. 2008Black Crescent Moon1h 33mJo Dexton
  14. 2008Aces 'N' Eights1h 26mHoward
  15. 2007Towards Darkness1h 34mJohn
  16. 2007The Girl Next Door1h 31mAdult David Moran
  17. 2007Kush1h 29mKing
  18. 2005Headspace1h 29mDr. Ira Gold
  19. 2005Gone But Not Forgotten2h 52mSen. Ray Colby
  20. 2005Into the Sun1h 37mAgent Block
  21. 2004Who's Your Daddy?1h 45mDuncan Mack
  22. 2003The Last Samurai2h 34mWinchester Rep
  23. 2001Race to Space1h 44mRalph Stanton
  24. 2001Burning Down the House1h 24mArthur Kranston
  25. 2000The Crow: Salvation1h 41mNathan Randall
  26. 1999Introducing Dorothy Dandridge1h 55mDarryl Zanuck
  27. 1999The Stranger1h 35m
  28. 1998Michael Kael vs. the World News Company1h 37mJames Denit
  29. 1997Executive Power1h 37mPresident Fields
  30. 1997Mad City1h 54mDohlen
  31. 1997Hoodlum2h 10mThomas E. Dewey
  32. 1996Bio-Dome1h 35mDr. Noah Faulkner
  33. 1996Raven Hawk1h 28mPhilip Thorne
  34. 1995Broken Trust1h 30mNeil Roemer
  35. 1995A Night to Die For21mSelf
  36. 1995Virus1h 32mDr. Reginald Holloway
  37. 1994Frank & Jesse1h 45mAllan Pinkerton
  38. 1994Saints and Sinners1h 40mTerence
  39. 1993The Pelican Brief2h 21mBob Gminski
  40. 1992Chrome Soldiers1h 32mSheriff Blackwell
  41. 1992Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder2hEric Walker
  42. 1991Oscar1h 49mOverton
  43. 1990Grim Prairie Tales1h 26mArthur
  44. 1990Buried Alive1h 34mCort van Owen
  45. 1990Die Hard 22h 4mRichard Thornberg
  46. 1988Intrigue1h 33mDoggett
  47. 1988Die Hard2h 12mRichard Thornburg
  48. 1987The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine1h 40mMartin 'Alpha' Loeber
  49. 1986A Fight for Jenny1h 35mMichael Rosen
  50. 1986No Mercy1h 46mAllan Deveneux
  51. 1985Real Genius1h 46mProfessor Hathaway
  52. 1984Ghostbusters1h 45mWalter Peck
  53. 1983Malibu3h 10mStan Harvey
  54. 1982Tomorrow's Child1h 40mJim Spence
  55. 1981The House of Mirth1h 30mLawrence Selden
  56. 1977Looking for Mr. Goodbar2h 16mJames
  57. 1976Independence30mBenjamin Rush
  58. 1975The Hindenburg2h 5mBoerth
  59. 1975The Day of the Locust2h 25mTod Hackett
  60. 1974The Sugarland Express1h 50mClovis Poplin
  61. 1973Class of '441h 35mFraternity President
  62. 1972The New Centurions1h 43mJohnson
  63. Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story2h