Will Lyman

Biography

William Lyman (born May 20, 1948) is an American actor. Being known for his polished, resonant voice, Lyman has narrated the PBS series Frontline since its second season in 1984 and played William Tell in the action/adventure television series Crossbow.

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Law & Order

(1990) Victor Conner

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Law & Order: Criminal Intent

(2001) Roger Jameson

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NOVA

(1974) Narrator (voice)

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The West Wing

(1999) Narrator (voice)

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Iron Man

(2008) Award Ceremony Narrator (voice)

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Is It Real?

(2006) Narrator (voice)

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Commander in Chief

(2005) Teddy Bridges (uncredited)

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Mystic River

(2003) FBI Agent Birden

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2024	Self - Narrator	FRONTLINE’s The Choice: VP 2024-09-24 Movie
2023	Narrator	Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza 2023-12-19 Movie
	Narrator	The Discord Leaks 2023-12-12 Movie
	Narrator	Inside the Uvalde Response 2023-12-05 Movie
	narrator	Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power, and the Supreme Court 2023-05-09 Movie
	Narrator	Putin and the Presidents 2023-01-31 Movie
2022	narrator	Lies, Politics and Democracy 2022-09-06 Movie
	Narrator (voice)	Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack 2022-08-02 Movie
	Narrator (voice)	The Power of Big Oil 2022-04-19 Movie
2021	Captain	Mother/Android 2021-12-17 Movie
	Narrator	Shots Fired 2021-10-26 Movie
	Narrator	Taliban Takeover 2021-10-12 Movie
	Narrator (voice)	Boeing's Fatal Flaw 2021-09-14 Movie
	narrator	America After 9/11 2021-09-07 Movie
2020	Narrator (voice)	Animaniacs 2020-11-20 TV Show
	Mayor Greenwood	Christmas on Ice 2020-10-23 Movie
	Narrator (voice)	The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden 2020-09-22 Movie
	Narrator (voice)	United States of Conspiracy 2020-07-28 Movie
	narrator	Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos 2020-02-18 Movie
	Narrator	Battle for Hong Kong 2020-02-11 Movie
	Self - Narrator (voice)	Frontline: America's Great Divide 2020-01-13 Movie
2018	Narrator (voice)	UN Sex Abuse Scandal 2018-01-01 Movie
2017	Narrator	Life on Parole 2017-07-18 Movie
	Narrator	Frontline: Divided States of America 2017-01-17 Movie
	Narrator	Frontline: President Trump 2017-01-03 Movie
2016	Narrator	The Choice 2016 2016-11-05 Movie
	self	Terror in Europe 2016-10-18 Movie
	Self - Narrator	Supplements and Safety 2016-01-19 Movie
	Self (narrator)	Netanyahu at War 2016-01-05 Movie
2014	Self - Narrator	Firestone and the Warlord 2014-11-18 Movie
	Self / Reporter	The Trouble With Antibiotics 2014-10-14 Movie
	Narrator	Losing Iraq (Frontline) 2014-07-29 Movie
	Narrator	Separate and Unequal 2014-07-15 Movie
	Narrator	United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy Lost 2014-05-20 Movie
	Narrator	United States of Secrets (Part One): The Program 2014-05-13 Movie
	Himself - Narrator (Voice)	Prison State 2014-04-29 Movie
	Narrator (voice)	Generation Like 2014-02-18 Movie
2013	Himself - Narrator	League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis 2013-10-08 Movie
2012	Walt Whitman (voice)	Last Man Out 2012-05-05 Movie
	Narrator	Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown 2012-02-28 Movie
2011	Narrator	Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory 2011-04-28 Movie
2010	Frontline Narration App	The Other Guys 2010-08-06 Movie
2009	Narrator	The Boneyard 2009-10-06 Movie
2008	Sully	What Doesn't Kill You 2008-12-12 Movie
	Nolan Flannery	Abuse of Power 2008-08-16 Movie
	Award Ceremony Narrator (voice)	Iron Man 2008-04-30 Movie
2007	Documentary Narrator (voice)	Fierce People 2007-11-05 Movie
	Narrator	Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory 2007-07-05 Movie
	Ben Foxworthy	I'm Paige Wilson 2007-06-14 Movie
2006	Narrator (voice)	Little Children 2006-10-06 Movie
	Narrator (voice)	Frontline: The Age of AIDS 2006-05-30 Movie
	Narrator (voice)	Is It Real? 2006-01-21 TV Show
2005	Teddy Bridges	Commander in Chief 2005-09-27 TV Show
	Teddy Bridges (uncredited)	Commander in Chief 2005-09-27 TV Show
	Wilson Rogers Jr.	Our Fathers 2005-05-11 Movie
2004	Narrator	The Secret History of the Credit Card 2004-11-23 Movie
	Homeland Chief Utley	American Meltdown 2004-06-06 Movie
	Narrator	Golden Road: Today's Senior Drivers 2004-01-01 Movie
2003	Narrator (voice)	Truth, War and Consequences 2003-10-09 Movie
	Roger Atkins	Threat Matrix 2003-09-18 TV Show
	Narrator (voice)	Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History 2003-07-28 Movie
	Narrator	Coming Home from Space: The Challenge of Re-Entry 2003-06-25 Movie
	FBI Agent Birden	Mystic River 2003-03-03 Movie
	Narrator	Salt Lake 2002: Stories of Olympic Glory 2003-01-07 Movie
	Narrator	Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific 2003-01-01 Movie
2002	N/A	Alma Mater 2002-10-12 Movie
	Narrator	American Porn 2002-02-21 Movie
2001	Roger Jameson	Law & Order: Criminal Intent 2001-09-30 TV Show
	Narrator	Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic Glory 2001-08-26 Movie
	Dad	Dog Days 2001-01-01 Movie
2000	Gus McGraw	Ed 2000-10-08 TV Show
	Narrator (voice)	Satan in the Suburbs 2000-01-01 Movie
	Narrator	Warriors of the French Foreign Legion 2000-01-01 Movie
1999	Narrator (voice)	The West Wing 1999-09-22 TV Show
	N/A	The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela 1999-05-25 Movie
	Doctor	The Autumn Heart 1999-01-27 Movie
	Narrator	Michael Jordan: His Airness 1999-01-01 Movie
1998	Narrator	Nagano ’98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and Glory 1998-12-20 Movie
	FBI Director	The Siege 1998-11-06 Movie
	Self - Narrator (voice)	Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street' 1998-11-04 Movie
	Jason Gates	A Perfect Murder 1998-06-05 Movie
1997	Narrator	Atlanta’s Olympic Glory 1997-12-07 Movie
	Van's Father	Floating 1997-02-20 Movie
	Narrator (voice)	The Bay of Pigs 1997-01-01 Movie
1996	Isaiah Goodkind	The Crucible 1996-11-27 Movie
	Narrator	The Ultimate Guide 1996-04-21 TV Show
	Rich Man	Celtic Pride 1996-04-19 Movie
	Mr. Edwards	Welcome to the Dollhouse 1996-03-22 Movie
1995	N/A	The Search for Satan 1995-10-24 Movie
1994	Narrator	Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of Glory 1994-11-27 Movie
	Narrator (voice)	The Mao Years: 1949-1976 1994-04-13 Movie
1993	Narrator (voice)	Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald? 1993-11-09 Movie
1990	Narrator (voice)	Nixon 1990-10-15 Movie
	Victor Conner	Law & Order 1990-09-13 TV Show
	N/A	Hull High 1990-08-20 TV Show
1989	N/A	The Simpsons 1989-12-17 TV Show
	William Tell	Crossbow: The Movie 1989-01-01 Movie
1988	Smolen	Hostile Takeover 1988-10-01 Movie
1987	William Tell	Crossbow 1987-08-30 TV Show
	Self - Narrator (voice)	The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People 1987-07-17 Movie
1985	narrator (himself)	Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera 1985-10-14 Movie
	Rev. Parris	Three Sovereigns for Sarah 1985-05-01 Movie
	Rev. Parris	Three Sovereigns for Sarah 1985-01-05 TV Show
1984	N/A	The Mind of a Murderer: Part 2 1984-03-26 Movie
	Narrator	The Mind of a Murderer: Part 1 1984-03-19 Movie
1983	N/A	Vietnam: A Television History 1983-10-04 TV Show
	Narrator (voice)	Frontline 1983-01-17 TV Show
	Self - Narrator (voice)	Frontline 1983-01-17 TV Show
	Self, Narrator	Frontline 1983-01-17 TV Show
1974	Narrator	NOVA 1974-03-03 TV Show
	Narrator (voice)	NOVA 1974-03-03 TV Show
1964	N/A	Another World 1964-05-04 TV Show
	Kozak	Aftermath Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv