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William Atherton

Actor

William Atherton

Acting•1947•Orange, Connecticut, USA

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.

Credits

89

2025Where Did the Adults Go?as The FatherMovie
2024Ghostbusters: Frozen Empireas Mayor Walter PeckMovie
2020Reunited Apartas Self · 1 episodesTV show
2020Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbustersas SelfMovie
2018Bad CompanyMovie
2017Clinicalas Terry DrummondMovie
2016Ghostheadsas SelfMovie
2014Jinnas Father WesthoffMovie
2012The CitizenMovie
2012Jersey Shore Shark Attackas DolanMovie
2012Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movieas Earle SwinterMovie
2011Workaholicsas Thor Holmvik · 1 episodesTV show

Known for

Die Hard poster

7.813K votesIMDb

Ghostbusters poster

7.59.9K votesIMDb

The Last Samurai poster

7.67.7K votesIMDb

Die Hard 2 poster

76.5K votesIMDb

Lost poster

85.2K votesIMDb

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

84.3K votesIMDb

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire poster

6.42.2K votesIMDb

Castle poster

82.1K votesIMDb

Desperate Housewives poster

7.92.1K votesIMDb

Stargate SG-1 poster

8.31.9K votesIMDb

The Pelican Brief poster

6.61.8K votesIMDb

Monk poster

7.91.3K votesIMDb

Tales from the Crypt poster

81.0K votesIMDb

Details

Known for: Acting
Born: July 30, 1947
Age: 79
Place of birth: Orange, Connecticut, USA
Gender: Male
Known credits: 89
Also known as: William Atherton Knight, ویلیام آترتون, William Atherton Knight Jr.

The Girl Next Door poster

6.7803 votesIMDb

Law & Order poster

7.3705 votesIMDb

Justice League poster

8.2615 votesIMDb

Oscar poster

6.4583 votesIMDb

Real Genius poster

6.7515 votesIMDb

The Sugarland Express poster

6.6479 votesIMDb

Murder, She Wrote poster

7.5462 votesIMDb