William Atherton

Personal Info

Birthday

July 30, 1947

(78 years old)

Place of Birth

Orange, Connecticut, USA

Also Known As

William Atherton Knight

ویلیام آترتون

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

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order

Lost

Castle

Stargate SG-1

Monk

Desperate Housewives

Murder, She Wrote

Filmography

2024
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
as Mayor Walter Peck
2020
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
as Self
2017
Clinical
as Terry Drummond
2016
Ghostheads
as Self
2014
Jinn
as Father Westhoff
2012
Jersey Shore Shark Attack
as Dolan
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
as Earle Swinter
2010
The Kane Files: Life of Trial
as Daniel Morgan
2008
Ghouls
as Stefan
Black Crescent Moon
as Jo Dexton
Aces 'N' Eights
as Howard
2007
The Girl Next Door
as Adult David Moran
Kush
as King
Towards Darkness
as John
2005
Into the Sun
as Agent Block
Headspace
as Dr. Ira Gold
Gone But Not Forgotten
as Sen. Ray Colby
2004
Who's Your Daddy?
as Duncan Mack
2003
The Last Samurai
as Winchester Rep
2001
Race to Space
as Ralph Stanton
Burning Down the House
as Arthur Kranston
2000
Bread and Roses
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Crow: Salvation
as Nathan Randall
1999
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
as Darryl Zanuck
1998
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company
as James Denit
1997
Mad City
as Dohlen
Executive Power
as President Fields
Hoodlum
as Thomas E. Dewey
1996
Raven Hawk
as Philip Thorne
Bio-Dome
as Dr. Noah Faulkner
1995
Broken Trust
as Neil Roemer
A Night to Die For
as Self
Virus
as Dr. Reginald Holloway
1994
Frank & Jesse
as Allan Pinkerton
Saints and Sinners
as Terence
1993
The Pelican Brief
as Bob Gminski
1992
Chrome Soldiers
as Sheriff Blackwell
Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder
as Eric Walker
1991
Oscar
as Overton
1990
Grim Prairie Tales
as Arthur
Die Hard 2
as Richard Thornberg
Buried Alive
as Cortland "Cort" van Owen
1988
Intrigue
as Doggett
Die Hard
as Richard Thornburg
1987
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
as Martin 'Alpha' Loeber
1986
No Mercy
as Allan Deveneux
A Fight for Jenny
as Michael Rosen
1985
Real Genius
as Professor Hathaway
1984
Ghostbusters
as Walter Peck
1983
Malibu
as Stan Harvey
1982
Tomorrow's Child
as Jim Spence
1981
The House of Mirth
as Lawrence Selden
1977
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
as James
1976
Independence
as Benjamin Rush
1975
The Hindenburg
as Boerth
The Day of the Locust
as Tod Hackett
1974
The Sugarland Express
as Clovis Poplin
1973
Class of '44
as Fraternity President
1972
The New Centurions
as Johnson