William Atherton
ActingBorn
July 30, 1947
Place of Birth
Orange, Connecticut, USA
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
Filmography
Where Did the Adults Go?
2025
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020
Bad Company
2018
Clinical
2017
Ghostheads
2016
Jinn
2014
The Citizen
2012
Jersey Shore Shark Attack
2012
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
2012
The Kane Files: Life of Trial
2010
Ghouls
2008
Black Crescent Moon
2008
Aces 'N' Eights
2008
The Girl Next Door
2007
Kush
2007
Towards Darkness
2007
Into the Sun
2005
Headspace
2005
Gone But Not Forgotten
2005
Who's Your Daddy?
2004
The Last Samurai
2003
Race to Space
2001
Burning Down the House
2001
Bread and Roses
2000
The Crow: Salvation
2000
The Stranger
1999
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company
1998
Mad City
1997
Executive Power
1997
Hoodlum
1997
Raven Hawk
1996
Bio-Dome
1996
Broken Trust
1995
A Night to Die For
1995
Virus
1995
Frank & Jesse
1994
Saints and Sinners
1994
The Pelican Brief
1993
Chrome Soldiers
1992
Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder
1992
Oscar
1991
Grim Prairie Tales
1990
Die Hard 2
1990
Buried Alive
1990
Intrigue
1988
Die Hard
1988
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
1987
No Mercy
1986
A Fight for Jenny
1986
Real Genius
1985
Ghostbusters
1984
Malibu
1983
Tomorrow's Child
1982
The House of Mirth
1981
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1977
Independence
1976
The Hindenburg
1975
The Day of the Locust
1975
The Sugarland Express
1974
Class of '44
1973
The New Centurions
1972
Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story
Reunited Apart
2020
Workaholics
2011
Castle
2009
Childrens Hospital
2008
Life
2007
Numb3rs
2005
Desperate Housewives
2004
Boston Legal
2004
Lost
2004
Monk
2002
Justice League
2001
Night Visions
2001
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Stargate SG-1
1997
The Practice
1997
Nash Bridges
1996
The Outer Limits
1995
HBO First Look
1992
Law & Order
1990
Law & Order
1990
Max Monroe: Loose Cannon
1990
Tales from the Crypt
1989
The Twilight Zone
1985
The Twilight Zone
1985
The Equalizer
1985
The Equalizer
1985
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Centennial
1978