Will Lyman
Known for: Acting
Born: May 20, 1948
Place of birth: Burlington, Vermont, USA
William Lyman (born May 20, 1948) is an American actor. Being known for his polished, resonant voice, Lyman has narrated the PBS series Frontline since its second season in 1984 and played William Tell in the action/adventure television series Crossbow.
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Filmography
138 movies · 26 TV shows, newest first
9.3
The War Cabinet
2026
NR
The Deal: Trump Bukele & The Gangs of El Salvador
2026
NR
Contaminated: The Carpet Industry's Toxic Legacy
2026
NR
The Rise of RFK Jr.
2025
8.5
Trump's Power & the Rule of Law
2025
4.0
The Arborist
2025
6.5
The Electric State
2025
NR
Battle for Tibet
2025
6.2
Aftermath
2024
7.4
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
2024
NR
Crisis on Campus
2024
10.0
Children of Ukraine
2024
9.0
Democracy on Trial
2024
8.0
Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza
2023
NR
The Discord Leaks
2023
NR
Inside the Uvalde Response
2023
NR
Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power, and the Supreme Court
2023
6.0
Putin and the Presidents
2023
7.0
Lies, Politics and Democracy
2022
NR
Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack
2022
NR
The Power of Big Oil
2022
5.7
Mother/Android
2021
7.0
Shots Fired
2021
NR
Taliban Takeover
2021
8.0
Boeing's Fatal Flaw
2021
NR
America After 9/11
2021
NR
China's COVID Secrets
2021
8.4
Animaniacs
2020
6.9
Christmas on Ice
2020
7.2
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
2020
3.0
United States of Conspiracy
2020
8.0
Once Upon a Time in Iraq
2020
7.5
Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos
2020
5.0
Battle for Hong Kong
2020
NR
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
2020
7.5
UN Sex Abuse Scandal
2018
7.0
Life on Parole
2017
NR
Iraq Uncovered
2017
NR
Out of Gitmo
2017
NR
Hunting ISIS
20177.0
Divided States of America
20177.0
Frontline: President Trump
2017
5.8
The Choice 2016
2016
NR
Terror in Europe
2016
10.0
Business of Disaster
2016
6.5
Saudi Arabia Uncovered
2016
NR
Chasing Heroin
2016
10.0
Supplements and Safety
2016
8.0
Netanyahu at War
2016
6.0
Obama at War
201510.0
Taliban Hunters
2015
10.0
Isis in Afghanistan
2015
7.5
Outbreak
2015
10.0
The Fight for Yemen
2015
NR
Firestone and the Warlord
2014
NR
The Trouble with Antibiotics
2014
8.0
Losing Iraq
2014
NR
Separate and Unequal
2014
7.8
United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy Lost
2014
9.0
United States of Secrets
2014
8.0
Prison State
2014
7.0
Generation Like
2014
6.0
A Death in St. Augustine
2013
7.5
League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis
2013
NR
The Suicide Plan
2012NR
Last Man Out
2012
NR
Money, Power & Wall Street
2012
9.0
Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown
2012NR
The Anthrax Files
2011
5.2
Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory
2011
6.3
The Other Guys
2010
NR
Behind Taliban Lines
20108.0
The Boneyard
2009
6.0
What Doesn't Kill You
2008
1.0
The War Briefing
20084.0
Abuse of Power
2008
9.0
Young & Restless in China
2008
7.7
Iron Man
2008
NR
Rules of Engagement
2008
5.5
Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe
2007
NR
On Our Watch
2007
6.0
Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory
2007
5.0
Endgame
20072.0
I'm Paige Wilson
2007
NR
Frontline - News War
2007
7.1
Little Children
2006
NR
Return of the Taliban
2006
10.0
The Age of AIDS
2006
6.1
Fierce People
20065.3
Is It Real?
2006
7.5
Commander in Chief
2005
6.5
Our Fathers
2005
NR
The New Asylums
2005
7.0
The Secret History of the Credit Card
2004
5.2
American Meltdown
2004
NR
Golden Road: Today's Senior Drivers
2004
NR
Truth, War and Consequences
2003
7.7
Mystic River
2003
6.1
Threat Matrix
2003
NR
Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History
2003
NR
Coming Home from Space: The Challenge of Re-Entry
2003
10.0
Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific
2003
6.5
Salt Lake City 2002: Stories of Olympic Glory
2003
9.0
Alma Mater
2002
5.0
American Porn
2002NR
The Pink Satin Suit
2002
6.5
The Day Reagan Was Shot
2001
7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
7.3
Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic Glory
20017.0
Sinking the Lusitania
200110.0
Dog Days
2001
7.6
Ed
20009.0
Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain
2000
10.0
Warriors of the French Foreign Legion
2000
7.0
Satan in the Suburbs
2000
8.3
The West Wing
1999
NR
The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela
1999
6.0
The Autumn Heart
1999
7.1
Michael Jordan: His Airness
1999
6.3
Nagano ’98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and Glory
1998
6.3
The Siege
1998
7.5
Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street'
1998
6.6
A Perfect Murder
1998
5.3
Atlanta’s Olympic Glory
1997
6.4
Floating
1997
8.0
The Bay of Pigs
1997
6.6
The Crucible
1996
6.5
NBA at 50
1996
10.0
The Ultimate Guide: T-Rex
1996
NR
The Ultimate Guide
1996
5.3
Celtic Pride
1996
7.1
Welcome to the Dollhouse
1996
NR
The Ultimate Guide: Sharks
1996
8.0
The Search for Satan
1995
5.4
Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of Glory
1994
8.0
Part Two: The Mao Years 1949–1976
1994
NR
Norse America
1994
7.3
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
1993
NR
The Arming of Saudi Arabia
1993
6.5
School Ties
1992NR
Columbus and the Age of Discovery
1992
NR
Nixon
1990
7.3
Law & Order
1990
6.5
Hull High
1990
8.0
The Simpsons
1989
4.9
Hostile Takeover
1989
6.3
Crossbow: The Movie
1989
6.5
American Experience
1988
6.3
Crossbow
1987
NR
The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People
1987
NR
Hostage in Iran
1986
9.0
Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera
1985
NR
Three Sovereigns for Sarah
19857.0
Three Sovereigns for Sarah
1985
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
NR
The Mind of a Murderer: Part 2
1984
7.0
The Mind of a Murderer: Part 1
1984
9.5
Vietnam: A Television History
1983
6.5
Frontline
1983
6.6
American Playhouse
1982
7.0
NOVA
1974
5.5
Another World
1964
NR
News War
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10.0
Yemen Under Siege
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