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