William Atherton
1947-07-30 · 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.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Ned Bogden
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Law & Order
1990 · Don Snyder
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Law & Order
1990 · Dan Jensen
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Desperate Housewives
2004 · Dr. Barr
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Castle
2009 · Ari Weiss
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Stargate SG-1
1997 · Emissary Varta
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Monk
2002 · Commander Nathan Whitaker
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Lost
2004 · Donald Reynolds
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Boston Legal
2004 · A.D.A. Howard Zale
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Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Larry Holleran
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Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Greg Dalton
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Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Andy Henley
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Numb3rs
2005 · Warren Pierce
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The Practice
1997 · D.A. Keith Pratt
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Nash Bridges
1996 · Dr. Linus Mills
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The Outer Limits
1995 · Franklin Murdoch
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The Equalizer
1985 · Martin 'Alpha' Loeber
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The Equalizer
1985 · Gideon
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Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Malcolm Mayflower
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Childrens Hospital
2008 · Levon Bainter
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Workaholics
2011 · Thor Holmvik
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The Twilight Zone
1985 · Brian Wolfe (segment "Night of the Meek")
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The Twilight Zone
1985 · (segment "The Card")
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Die Hard
1988 · Richard Thornburg
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Justice League
2001 · Dr. Destiny / John Dee (voice)
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Life
2007 · Mickey Rayborn
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The Last Samurai
2003 · Winchester Rep
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Ghostbusters
1984 · Walter Peck
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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024 · Mayor Walter Peck
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Die Hard 2
1990 · Richard Thornberg
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HBO First Look
1992
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Centennial
1978 · Jim Lloyd
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The Pelican Brief
1993 · Bob Gminski
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Night Visions
2001 · William Price (segment "Hate Puppet")
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The Girl Next Door
2007 · Adult David Moran
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Reunited Apart
2020 · Self
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Oscar
1991 · Overton
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Real Genius
1985 · Professor Hathaway
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Hoodlum
1997 · Thomas E. Dewey
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The Crow: Salvation
2000 · Nathan Randall
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No Mercy
1986 · Allan Deveneux
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Bio-Dome
1996 · Dr. Noah Faulkner
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Buried Alive
1990 · Cort van Owen
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The Sugarland Express
1974 · Clovis Poplin
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Into the Sun
2005 · Agent Block
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Mad City
1997 · Dohlen
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Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1977 · James
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Gone But Not Forgotten
2005 · Sen. Ray Colby
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Frank & Jesse
1994 · Allan Pinkerton
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Jinn
2014 · Father Westhoff
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The Citizen
2012
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Max Monroe: Loose Cannon
1990 · Sloane
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The Day of the Locust
1975 · Tod Hackett
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The Hindenburg
1975 · Boerth
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Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020 · Self
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Who's Your Daddy?
2004 · Duncan Mack
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Ghostheads
2016 · Self
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Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999 · Darryl Zanuck
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Headspace
2005 · Dr. Ira Gold
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The New Centurions
1972 · Johnson
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Ghouls
2008 · Stefan
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Bread and Roses
2000 · Party Guest (uncredited)
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Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
2012 · Earle Swinter
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Aces 'N' Eights
2008 · Howard
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Clinical
2017 · Terry Drummond
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Race to Space
2001 · Ralph Stanton
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Raven Hawk
1996 · Philip Thorne
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Executive Power
1997 · President Fields
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Jersey Shore Shark Attack
2012 · Dolan
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Bad Company
2018
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Grim Prairie Tales
1990 · Arthur
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Towards Darkness
2007 · John
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Broken Trust
1995 · Neil Roemer
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Intrigue
1988 · Doggett
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Class of '44
1973 · Fraternity President
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Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder
1992 · Eric Walker
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A Fight for Jenny
1986 · Michael Rosen
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Where Did the Adults Go?
2025 · The Father
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Malibu
1983 · Stan Harvey
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Burning Down the House
2001 · Arthur Kranston
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