William Atherton
Birthday: 1947-07-30
Birthplace: Orange, Connecticut, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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
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Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story | ||
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2025-10-09 | Where Did the Adults Go? | The Father |
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2024-03-20 | Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | Mayor Walter Peck |
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2018-08-14 | Bad Company | |
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2017-01-13 | Clinical | Terry Drummond |
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2014-04-04 | Jinn | Father Westhoff |
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2012-09-19 | The Citizen | |
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2012-06-09 | Jersey Shore Shark Attack | Dolan |
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2012-03-02 | Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie | Earle Swinter |
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2010-10-02 | The Kane Files: Life of Trial | Daniel Morgan |
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2008-07-12 | Ghouls | Stefan |
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2008-06-15 | Black Crescent Moon | Jo Dexton |
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2008-03-15 | Aces 'N' Eights | Howard |
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2007-07-19 | The Girl Next Door | Adult David Moran |
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2007-06-03 | Kush | King |
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2007-04-28 | Towards Darkness | John |
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2005-11-26 | Into the Sun | Agent Block |
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2005-09-18 | Headspace | Dr. Ira Gold |
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2005-01-01 | Gone But Not Forgotten | Sen. Ray Colby |
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2004-01-07 | Who's Your Daddy? | Duncan Mack |
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2003-12-05 | The Last Samurai | Winchester Rep |
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2001-10-31 | Race to Space | Ralph Stanton |
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2001-02-07 | Burning Down the House | Arthur Kranston |
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2000-09-14 | Bread and Roses | Party Guest (uncredited) |
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2000-01-23 | The Crow: Salvation | Nathan Randall |
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1999-12-12 | The Stranger | |
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1999-08-21 | Introducing Dorothy Dandridge | Darryl Zanuck |
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1998-02-18 | Michael Kael vs. the World News Company | James Denit |
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1997-10-10 | Mad City | Dohlen |
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1997-09-25 | Executive Power | President Fields |
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1997-08-27 | Hoodlum | Thomas E. Dewey |
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1996-07-20 | Raven Hawk | Philip Thorne |
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1996-01-12 | Bio-Dome | Dr. Noah Faulkner |
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1995-08-06 | Broken Trust | Neil Roemer |
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1995-05-08 | Virus | Dr. Reginald Holloway |
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1994-10-21 | Frank & Jesse | Allan Pinkerton |
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1994-09-28 | Saints and Sinners | Terence |
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1993-09-17 | The Pelican Brief | Bob Gminski |
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1992-05-06 | Chrome Soldiers | Sheriff Blackwell |
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1992-01-05 | Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder | Eric Walker |
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1991-04-26 | Oscar | Overton |
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1990-09-14 | Grim Prairie Tales | Arthur |
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1990-07-03 | Die Hard 2 | Richard Thornberg |
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1990-05-09 | Buried Alive | Cort van Owen |
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1988-09-11 | Intrigue | Doggett |
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1988-07-15 | Die Hard | Richard Thornburg |
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1987-09-23 | The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine | Martin 'Alpha' Loeber |
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1986-12-19 | No Mercy | Allan Deveneux |
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1986-10-06 | A Fight for Jenny | Michael Rosen |
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1985-08-07 | Real Genius | Professor Hathaway |
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1984-06-08 | Ghostbusters | Walter Peck |
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1983-01-23 | Malibu | Stan Harvey |
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1982-03-22 | Tomorrow's Child | Jim Spence |
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1981-01-01 | The House of Mirth | Lawrence Selden |
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1977-10-19 | Looking for Mr. Goodbar | James |
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1976-07-04 | Independence | Benjamin Rush |
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1975-12-25 | The Hindenburg | Boerth |
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1975-05-07 | The Day of the Locust | Tod Hackett |
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1974-03-31 | The Sugarland Express | Clovis Poplin |
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1973-04-10 | Class of '44 | Fraternity President |
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1972-08-03 | The New Centurions | Johnson |