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William Atherton

Born 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.

Known For

10.0

Where Did the Adults Go?

2025 · Movie

6.4

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

2024 · Movie

5.5

Reunited Apart

2020 · TV Show

6.8

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

2020 · Movie

5.4

Bad Company

2018 · Movie

5.3

Clinical

2017 · Movie

6.0

Ghostheads

2016 · Movie

4.1

Jinn

2014 · Movie

6.5

The Citizen

2012 · Movie

4.6

Jersey Shore Shark Attack

2012 · Movie

5.4

Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie

2012 · Movie

7.4

Workaholics

2011 · TV Show

4.8

The Kane Files: Life of Trial

2010 · Movie

8.0

Castle

2009 · TV Show

7.0

Childrens Hospital

2008 · TV Show

3.3

Ghouls

2008 · Movie

3.5

Black Crescent Moon

2008 · Movie

6.5

Aces 'N' Eights

2008 · Movie

7.6

Life

2007 · TV Show

6.7

The Girl Next Door

2007 · Movie

3.4

Kush

2007 · Movie

4.9

Towards Darkness

2007 · Movie

4.5

Into the Sun

2005 · Movie

5.1

Headspace

2005 · Movie

7.0

Numb3rs

2005 · TV Show

4.8

Gone But Not Forgotten

2005 · Movie

7.9

Desperate Housewives

2004 · TV Show

7.9

Boston Legal

2004 · TV Show

8.0

Lost

2004 · TV Show

4.9

Who's Your Daddy?

2004 · Movie

7.6

The Last Samurai

2003 · Movie

7.9

Monk

2002 · TV Show

8.2

Justice League

2001 · TV Show

6.0

Race to Space

2001 · Movie

7.1

Night Visions

2001 · TV Show

8.5

Burning Down the House

2001 · Movie

6.3

Bread and Roses

2000 · Movie

5.5

The Crow: Salvation

2000 · Movie

4.3

The Stranger

1999 · Movie

8.0

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999 · TV Show

6.4

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

1999 · Movie

4.0

Michael Kael vs. the World News Company

1998 · Movie

6.2

Mad City

1997 · Movie

5.9

Executive Power

1997 · Movie

6.5

Hoodlum

1997 · Movie

8.3

Stargate SG-1

1997 · TV Show

7.6

The Practice

1997 · TV Show

4.0

Raven Hawk

1996 · Movie

6.6

Nash Bridges

1996 · TV Show

4.6

Bio-Dome

1996 · Movie

6.3

Broken Trust

1995 · Movie

7.0

A Night to Die For

1995 · Movie

4.8

Virus

1995 · Movie

7.7

The Outer Limits

1995 · TV Show

5.2

Frank & Jesse

1994 · Movie

5.0

Saints and Sinners

1994 · Movie

6.6

The Pelican Brief

1993 · Movie

5.5

HBO First Look

1992 · TV Show

4.4

Chrome Soldiers

1992 · Movie

8.2

Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder

1992 · Movie

6.4

Oscar

1991 · Movie

5.8

Grim Prairie Tales

1990 · Movie

7.3

Law & Order

1990 · TV Show

7.0

Die Hard 2

1990 · Movie

6.7

Buried Alive

1990 · Movie

5.0

Max Monroe: Loose Cannon

1990 · TV Show

8.0

Tales from the Crypt

1989 · TV Show

6.4

Intrigue

1988 · Movie

7.8

Die Hard

1988 · Movie

8.7

The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine

1987 · Movie

5.8

No Mercy

1986 · Movie

6.2

A Fight for Jenny

1986 · Movie

7.7

The Twilight Zone

1985 · TV Show

7.2

The Equalizer

1985 · TV Show

6.7

Real Genius

1985 · Movie

7.5

Murder, She Wrote

1984 · TV Show

7.5

Ghostbusters

1984 · Movie

3.8

Malibu

1983 · Movie

4.3

Tomorrow's Child

1982 · Movie

8.0

The House of Mirth

1981 · Movie

7.7

Centennial

1978 · TV Show

6.3

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

1977 · Movie

7.5

Independence

1976 · Movie

6.3

The Hindenburg

1975 · Movie

6.4

The Day of the Locust

1975 · Movie

6.6

The Sugarland Express

1974 · Movie

6.5

Class of '44

1973 · Movie

6.7

The New Centurions

1972 · Movie

Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story

— · Movie

Full Filmography

89 titles, newest first

10.0

Where Did the Adults Go?

2025 · Movie

6.4

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

2024 · Movie

5.5

Reunited Apart

2020 · TV Show

6.8

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

2020 · Movie

5.4

Bad Company

2018 · Movie

5.3

Clinical

2017 · Movie

6.0

Ghostheads

2016 · Movie

4.1

Jinn

2014 · Movie