William Atherton
Known for: Acting
Born: July 30, 1947
Place of birth: 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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Filmography
64 movies · 25 TV shows, newest first
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Where Did the Adults Go?
2025
6.4
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024
5.5
Reunited Apart
2020
6.9
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020
5.4
Bad Company
2018
5.3
Clinical
2017
6.0
Ghostheads
2016
4.1
Jinn
2014
6.4
The Citizen
2012
4.6
Jersey Shore Shark Attack
2012
5.4
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
2012
7.4
Workaholics
2011
4.8
The Kane Files: Life of Trial
2010
8.0
Castle
2009
6.9
Childrens Hospital
2008
3.3
Ghouls
2008
3.5
Black Crescent Moon
2008
6.5
Aces 'N' Eights
2008
7.6
Life
2007
6.7
The Girl Next Door
2007
3.4
Kush
2007
4.9
Towards Darkness
2007
4.5
Into the Sun
2005
5.1
Headspace
2005
7.0
Numb3rs
2005
4.8
Gone But Not Forgotten
2005
7.9
Desperate Housewives
2004
7.9
Boston Legal
2004
8.0
Lost
2004
4.9
Who's Your Daddy?
2004
7.6
The Last Samurai
2003
7.9
Monk
2002
8.2
Justice League
2001
6.0
Race to Space
2001
7.1
Night Visions
2001
8.5
Burning Down the House
2001
6.3
Bread and Roses
2000
5.5
The Crow: Salvation
2000
4.3
The Stranger
1999
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
6.4
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999
4.0
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company
1998
6.2
Mad City
1997
5.9
Executive Power
1997
6.5
Hoodlum
1997
8.3
Stargate SG-1
1997
7.6
The Practice
1997
4.0
Raven Hawk
1996
6.6
Nash Bridges
1996
4.6
Bio-Dome
1996
6.3
Broken Trust
1995
7.0
A Night to Die For
1995
4.8
Virus
1995
7.7
The Outer Limits
1995
5.2
Frank & Jesse
1994
5.0
Saints and Sinners
1994
6.6
The Pelican Brief
1993
5.5
HBO First Look
1992
4.4
Chrome Soldiers
1992
8.2
Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder
1992
6.4
Oscar
1991
5.8
Grim Prairie Tales
1990
7.3
Law & Order
1990
7.0
Die Hard 2
1990
6.8
Buried Alive
19905.0
Max Monroe: Loose Cannon
1990
8.0
Tales from the Crypt
1989
6.4
Intrigue
1988
7.8
Die Hard
1988
8.7
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
1987
5.8
No Mercy
1986
6.3
A Fight for Jenny
1986
7.7
The Twilight Zone
1985
7.1
The Equalizer
1985
6.7
Real Genius
1985
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
7.5
Ghostbusters
1984
3.8
Malibu
1983
4.3
Tomorrow's Child
19828.0
The House of Mirth
1981
7.7
Centennial
1978
6.3
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1977
7.5
Independence
1976
6.3
The Hindenburg
1975
6.4
The Day of the Locust
1975
6.6
The Sugarland Express
1974
6.6
Class of '44
1973
6.6
The New Centurions
1972
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Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story
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