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