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Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
4 / Jul / 1947 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Orange, Connecticut, USA
Also Known As
William Atherton Knight
ویلیام آترتون
William Atherton
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Atherton Knight (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
Burning Down the House
4 / Feb / 2001
8.3
Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder
1 / Jan / 1992
8.3
Stargate SG-1
1 / Jul / 1997
8.1
Justice League
7 / Nov / 2001
8.0
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
4 / Sep / 1987
8.0
Tales from the Crypt
7 / Jun / 1989
8.0
Castle
2 / Mar / 2009
7.9
Desperate Housewives
1 / Oct / 2004
7.9
Monk
6 / Jul / 2002
7.9
Lost
4 / Sep / 2004
Credits
All
Department
Acting
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Midnight Men - A John Schlesinger & Michael Childers Story
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Where Did the Adults Go?
as The Father
2024
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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
as Mayor Walter Peck
2020
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Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
as Self
2020
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Reunited Apart
(1 episode) as Self
2017
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Clinical
as Terry Drummond
2016
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Ghostheads
as Self
2014
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Jinn
as Father Westhoff
2012
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Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
as Earle Swinter
2012
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Jersey Shore Shark Attack
as Dolan
2010
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The Kane Files: Life of Trial
as Daniel Morgan
2009
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Castle
(1 episode) as Ari Weiss
2008
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Aces 'N' Eights
as Howard
2008
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Ghouls
as Stefan
2008
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Black Crescent Moon
as Jo Dexton
2008
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Childrens Hospital
(1 episode) as Levon Bainter
2007
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Kush
as King
2007
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The Girl Next Door
as Adult David Moran
2007
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Towards Darkness
as John
2007
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Life
(8 episodes) as Mickey Rayborn
2005
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Into the Sun
as Agent Block
2005
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Headspace
as Dr. Ira Gold
2005
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Gone But Not Forgotten
as Sen. Ray Colby
2005
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Numb3rs
(1 episode)
2004
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Who's Your Daddy?
as Duncan Mack
2004
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Desperate Housewives
(1 episode) as Dr. Barr
2004
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Lost
(1 episode) as Donald Reynolds
2004
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Boston Legal
(1 episode) as A.D.A. Howard Zale
2003
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The Last Samurai
as Winchester Rep
2002
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Monk
(1 episode) as Commander Nathan Whitaker
2001
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Race to Space
as Ralph Stanton
2001
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Burning Down the House
as Arthur Kranston
2001
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Night Visions
(1 episode) as William Price (segment "Hate Puppet")
2001
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Justice League
(2 episodes) as Dr. Destiny / John Dee (voice)
2000
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The Crow: Salvation
as Nathan Randall
2000
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Bread and Roses
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1999
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Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
as Darryl Zanuck
1999
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The Stranger
1999
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
(1 episode) as Ned Bogden
1998
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Michael Kael vs. the World News Company
as James Denit
1998
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The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
(1 episode) as Nathan Randall
1997
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Mad City
as Dohlen
1997
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Executive Power
as President Fields
1997
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Hoodlum
as Thomas E. Dewey
1997
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The Practice
(3 episodes) as D.A. Keith Pratt
1997
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Stargate SG-1
(1 episode) as Emissary Varta
1996
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Bio-Dome
as Dr. Noah Faulkner
1996
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Raven Hawk
as Philip Thorne
1996
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Nash Bridges
(1 episode)
1995
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Broken Trust
as Neil Roemer
1995
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A Night to Die For
as Self
1995
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Virus
as Dr. Reginald Holloway
1995
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The Outer Limits
(1 episode) as Franklin Murdoch
1994
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Frank & Jesse
as Allan Pinkerton
1994
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Saints and Sinners
as Terence
1993
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The Pelican Brief
as Bob Gminski
1992
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Chrome Soldiers
as Sheriff Blackwell
1992
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Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder
as Eric Walker
1992
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HBO First Look
(1 episode)
1991
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Oscar
as Overton
1990
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Die Hard 2
as Richard Thornburg
1990
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Buried Alive
as Cortland "Cort" van Owen
1990
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Grim Prairie Tales
as Arthur
1990
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Max Monroe: Loose Cannon
(1 episode)
1990
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Law & Order
(1 episode) as Don Snyder
1990
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Law & Order
(1 episode) as Dan Jensen
1989
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Tales from the Crypt
(1 episode) as Malcolm Mayflower
1988
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Die Hard
as Richard Thornburg
1988
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Intrigue
as Doggett
1987
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The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
as Martin 'Alpha' Loeber
1986
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No Mercy
as Allan Deveneux
1986
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A Fight for Jenny
as Michael Rosen
1985
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Real Genius
as Professor Hathaway
1985
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The Twilight Zone
(2 episodes) as Brian Wolfe
1985
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The Equalizer
(2 episodes) as Martin 'Alpha' Loeber
1985
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The Equalizer
(1 episode) as Gideon
1984
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Ghostbusters
as Walter Peck
1984
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Murder, She Wrote
(1 episode) as Larry Holleran
1984
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Murder, She Wrote
(1 episode) as Greg Dalton
1984
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Murder, She Wrote
(1 episode) as Prosecutor Andy Henley
1983
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Malibu
as Stan Harvey
1982
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Tomorrow's Child
as Jim Spence
1981
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The House of Mirth
as Lawrence Selden
1978
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Centennial
(12 episodes) as Jim Lloyd
1977
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Looking for Mr. Goodbar
as James
1976
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Independence
as Benjamin Rush
1975
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The Day of the Locust
as Tod Hackett
1975
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The Hindenburg
as Boerth
1974
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The Sugarland Express
as Clovis Poplin
1973
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Class of '44
as Fraternity President
1972
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The New Centurions
as Johnson
Production
2005
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Headspace
Co-Producer