Acting
William Atherton
Biography
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.
Movies with William Atherton
Die Hard
1988
The Last Samurai
2003
The Girl Next Door
2007
Ghostbusters
1984
Die Hard 2
1990
The Pelican Brief
1993
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024
Hoodlum
1997
Oscar
1991
Real Genius
1985
Bio-Dome
1996
Buried Alive
1990
The Sugarland Express
1974
The Crow: Salvation
2000
Gone But Not Forgotten
2005
Aces 'N' Eights
2008
Mad City
1997
Into the Sun
2005
Frank & Jesse
1994
No Mercy
1986
Jinn
2014
Who's Your Daddy?
2004
The Citizen
2012
The Hindenburg
1975
Headspace
2005
Bread and Roses
2000
The Day of the Locust
1975
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1977
Chrome Soldiers
1992
The New Centurions
1972
Broken Trust
1995
Ghostheads
2016
Intrigue
1988
Clinical
2017
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999
Race to Space
2001
Raven Hawk
1996
Grim Prairie Tales
1990
Executive Power
1997
Class of '44
1973
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
2012
A Fight for Jenny
1986
Ghouls
2008
Jersey Shore Shark Attack
2012
Bad Company
2018
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020
Towards Darkness
2007
A Night to Die For
1995
Tomorrow's Child
1982
The House of Mirth
1981
Virus
1995
Black Crescent Moon
2008
Malibu
1983
Where Did the Adults Go?
2025
Independence
1976
Burning Down the House
2001
Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder
1992
The Kane Files: Life of Trial
2010
Saints and Sinners
1994
The Stranger
1999
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
1987
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company
1998
Kush
2007
Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story
TV Shows with William Atherton
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Law & Order
1990
Lost
2004
Stargate SG-1
1997
Desperate Housewives
2004
Castle
2009
Monk
2002
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Numb3rs
2005
Boston Legal
2004
The Practice
1997
The Equalizer
1985
Nash Bridges
1996
The Twilight Zone
1985
Tales from the Crypt
1989
The Outer Limits
1995
Workaholics
2011
Childrens Hospital
2008
Life
2007
Justice League
2001
HBO First Look
1992
Centennial
1978
Night Visions
2001
Reunited Apart
2020
Max Monroe: Loose Cannon
1990