William Atherton

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Atherton (born July 30, 1947), born William Atherton Knight II, is an American film, stage and television actor.

Most Famous Work

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Law & Order

(1990) Dan Jensen

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Castle

(2009) Ari Weiss

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

(1999) Ned Bogden

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Murder, She Wrote

(1984) Larry Holleran

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The Twilight Zone

(1985) Brian Wolfe

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Lost

(2004) Donald Reynolds

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Stargate SG-1

(1997) Emissary Varta

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The Outer Limits

(1995) Franklin Murdoch

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2024	Walter Peck	Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire 2024-03-28 Movie
2020	Self	Reunited Apart 2020-04-27 TV Show
	Self	Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters 2020-01-07 Movie
2017	Terry Drummond	Clinical 2017-01-13 Movie
2016	Self	Ghostheads 2016-04-23 Movie
2014	Father Westhoff	Jinn 2014-04-04 Movie
2012	Dolan	Jersey Shore Shark Attack 2012-06-09 Movie
	Earle Swinter	Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie 2012-03-02 Movie
2010	Daniel Morgan	The Kane Files: Life of Trial 2010-10-02 Movie
2009	Ari Weiss	Castle 2009-03-09 TV Show
2008	Levon Bainter	Childrens Hospital 2008-12-08 TV Show
	Stefan	Ghouls 2008-07-12 Movie
	Jo Dexton	Black Crescent Moon 2008-06-15 Movie
	Howard	Aces 'N' Eights 2008-03-15 Movie
2007	Mickey Rayborn	Life 2007-09-26 TV Show
	Adult David Moran	The Girl Next Door 2007-07-19 Movie
	King	Kush 2007-06-03 Movie
	John	Towards Darkness 2007-04-28 Movie
2005	Agent Block	Into the Sun 2005-11-26 Movie
	Dr. Ira Gold	Headspace 2005-09-18 Movie
	N/A	Numb3rs 2005-01-23 TV Show
	Sen. Ray Colby	Gone but Not Forgotten 2005-01-01 Movie
2004	A.D.A. Howard Zale	Boston Legal 2004-10-03 TV Show
	N/A	Desperate Housewives 2004-10-03 TV Show
	Donald Reynolds	Lost 2004-09-22 TV Show
	Duncan Mack	Who's Your Daddy? 2004-01-07 Movie
2003	Winchester Rep	The Last Samurai 2003-12-05 Movie
2002	Commander Nathan Whitaker	Monk 2002-07-12 TV Show
2001	Dr. Destiny / John Dee (voice)	Justice League 2001-11-17 TV Show
	Ralph Stanton	Race to Space 2001-10-31 Movie
	William Price	Night Visions 2001-07-12 TV Show
	Arthur Kranston	Burning Down the House 2001-02-07 Movie
2000	Party Guest (uncredited)	Bread and Roses 2000-05-10 Movie
	Nathan Randall	The Crow: Salvation 2000-01-23 Movie
1999	N/A	The Stranger 1999-12-12 Movie
	Ned Bogden	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999-09-20 TV Show
	Darryl Zanuck	Introducing Dorothy Dandridge 1999-08-21 Movie
1998	Nathan Randall	The Crow: Stairway to Heaven 1998-09-25 TV Show
	James Denit	Michael Kael vs. the World News Company 1998-02-18 Movie
1997	Dohlen	Mad City 1997-11-07 Movie
	President Fields	Executive Power 1997-09-25 Movie
	Thomas E. Dewey	Hoodlum 1997-08-27 Movie
	Emissary Varta	Stargate SG-1 1997-07-27 TV Show
	D.A. Keith Pratt	The Practice 1997-03-04 TV Show
1996	Philip Thorne	Raven Hawk 1996-07-20 Movie
	N/A	Nash Bridges 1996-03-29 TV Show
	Dr. Noah Faulkner	Bio-Dome 1996-01-12 Movie
1995	Neil Roemer	Broken Trust 1995-08-06 Movie
	Himself	A Night to Die For 1995-05-18 Movie
	Dr. Reginald Holloway	Virus 1995-05-08 Movie
	Franklin Murdoch	The Outer Limits 1995-03-26 TV Show
1994	Allan Pinkerton	Frank & Jesse 1994-10-21 Movie
	Terence	Saints and Sinners 1994-09-28 Movie
1993	Bob Gminski	The Pelican Brief 1993-09-17 Movie
1992	N/A	HBO First Look 1992-06-12 TV Show
	Sheriff Blackwell	Chrome Soldiers 1992-05-06 Movie
	Eric Walker	Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder 1992-01-05 Movie
1991	Overton	Oscar 1991-04-26 Movie
1990	Arthur	Grim Prairie Tales 1990-09-14 Movie
	Don Snyder	Law & Order 1990-09-13 TV Show
	Dan Jensen	Law & Order 1990-09-13 TV Show
	Richard Thornburg	Die Hard 2 1990-07-03 Movie
	Cortland "Cort" van Owen	Buried Alive 1990-05-09 Movie
	N/A	Max Monroe: Loose Cannon 1990-01-05 TV Show
1989	Malcolm Mayflower	Tales from the Crypt 1989-06-10 TV Show
1988	Doggett	Intrigue 1988-09-11 Movie
	Richard Thornburg	Die Hard 1988-07-15 Movie
1987	Martin 'Alpha' Loeber	The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine 1987-09-23 Movie
1986	Allan Deveneux	No Mercy 1986-12-19 Movie
	Michael Rosen	A Fight for Jenny 1986-10-06 Movie
1985	Brian Wolfe	The Twilight Zone 1985-09-27 TV Show
	Gideon	The Equalizer 1985-09-18 TV Show
	Martin 'Alpha' Loeber	The Equalizer 1985-09-18 TV Show
	Professor Hathaway	Real Genius 1985-08-07 Movie
1984	Larry Holleran	Murder, She Wrote 1984-09-30 TV Show
	Walter Peck	Ghostbusters 1984-06-08 Movie
1983	Stan Harvey	Malibu 1983-01-23 Movie
1982	Jim Spence	Tomorrow's Child 1982-03-22 Movie
1981	Lawrence Selden	The House of Mirth 1981-01-01 Movie
1978	Jim Lloyd	Centennial 1978-10-01 TV Show
1977	James	Looking for Mr. Goodbar 1977-10-19 Movie
1976	Benjamin Rush	Independence 1976-07-04 Movie
1975	Boerth	The Hindenburg 1975-12-25 Movie
	Tod Hackett	The Day of the Locust 1975-05-07 Movie
1974	Clovis Michael Poplin	The Sugarland Express 1974-04-05 Movie
1973	Fraternity President	Class of '44 1973-04-10 Movie
1972	Johnson	The New Centurions 1972-08-03 Movie
	The Father	Where Did the Adults Go? Movie
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Production

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2005	Co-Producer	Headspace 2005-09-18 Movie
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