Acting
William Atherton
Acting · Born 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.
Credits · 87
FilmGhostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024 · Mayor Walter Peck
Reunited Apart
2020 · Self
FilmCleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020 · Self
FilmBad Company
2018
FilmClinical
2017 · Terry Drummond
FilmGhostheads
2016 · Self
FilmJinn
2014 · Father Westhoff
FilmThe Citizen
2012
FilmJersey Shore Shark Attack
2012 · Dolan
FilmTim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
2012 · Earle Swinter
Workaholics
2011 · Thor Holmvik
FilmThe Kane Files: Life of Trial
2010 · Daniel Morgan
Castle
2009 · Ari Weiss
Childrens Hospital
2008 · Levon Bainter
FilmGhouls
2008 · Stefan
FilmBlack Crescent Moon
2008 · Jo Dexton
FilmAces 'N' Eights
2008 · Howard
Life
2007 · Mickey Rayborn
FilmThe Girl Next Door
2007 · Adult David Moran
FilmKush
2007 · King
FilmTowards Darkness
2007 · John
FilmInto the Sun
2005 · Agent Block
FilmHeadspace
2005 · Dr. Ira Gold
Numb3rs
2005 · Warren Pierce
FilmGone But Not Forgotten
2005 · Sen. Ray Colby
Desperate Housewives
2004 · Dr. Barr
Boston Legal
2004 · A.D.A. Howard Zale
Lost
2004 · Donald Reynolds
FilmWho's Your Daddy?
2004 · Duncan Mack
FilmThe Last Samurai
2003 · Winchester Rep
Monk
2002 · Commander Nathan Whitaker
Justice League
2001 · Dr. Destiny / John Dee (voice)
FilmRace to Space
2001 · Ralph Stanton
Night Visions
2001 · William Price (segment "Hate Puppet")
FilmBurning Down the House
2001 · Arthur Kranston
FilmBread and Roses
2000 · Party Guest (uncredited)
FilmThe Crow: Salvation
2000 · Nathan Randall
FilmThe Stranger
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Ned Bogden
FilmIntroducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999 · Darryl Zanuck
FilmMichael Kael vs. the World News Company
1998 · James Denit
FilmMad City
1997 · Dohlen
FilmExecutive Power
1997 · President Fields
FilmHoodlum
1997 · Thomas E. Dewey
Stargate SG-1
1997 · Emissary Varta
The Practice
1997 · D.A. Keith Pratt
FilmRaven Hawk
1996 · Philip Thorne
Nash Bridges
1996 · Dr. Linus Mills
FilmBio-Dome
1996 · Dr. Noah Faulkner
FilmBroken Trust
1995 · Neil Roemer
FilmA Night to Die For
1995 · Self
FilmVirus
1995 · Dr. Reginald Holloway
The Outer Limits
1995 · Franklin Murdoch
FilmFrank & Jesse
1994 · Allan Pinkerton
FilmSaints and Sinners
1994 · Terence
FilmThe Pelican Brief
1993 · Bob Gminski
HBO First Look
1992
FilmChrome Soldiers
1992 · Sheriff Blackwell
FilmDiagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder
1992 · Eric Walker
FilmOscar
1991 · Overton
FilmGrim Prairie Tales
1990 · Arthur
Law & Order
1990 · Don Snyder
FilmDie Hard 2
1990 · Richard Thornberg
FilmBuried Alive
1990 · Cort van Owen
Max Monroe: Loose Cannon
Max Monroe: Loose Cannon
1990 · Sloane
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Malcolm Mayflower
FilmIntrigue
1988 · Doggett
FilmDie Hard
1988 · Richard Thornburg
FilmThe Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
1987 · Martin 'Alpha' Loeber
FilmNo Mercy
1986 · Allan Deveneux
FilmA Fight for Jenny
1986 · Michael Rosen
The Twilight Zone
1985 · Brian Wolfe (segment "Night of the Meek")
The Equalizer
1985 · Martin 'Alpha' Loeber
FilmReal Genius
1985 · Professor Hathaway
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Larry Holleran
FilmGhostbusters
1984 · Walter Peck
FilmMalibu
1983 · Stan Harvey
FilmTomorrow's Child
1982 · Jim Spence
The House of Mirth
FilmThe House of Mirth
1981 · Lawrence Selden
Centennial
1978 · Jim Lloyd
FilmLooking for Mr. Goodbar
1977 · James
FilmIndependence
1976 · Benjamin Rush
FilmThe Hindenburg
1975 · Boerth
FilmThe Day of the Locust
1975 · Tod Hackett
FilmThe Sugarland Express
1974 · Clovis Poplin
FilmClass of '44
1973 · Fraternity President
FilmThe New Centurions
1972 · Johnson