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William Atherton

William Atherton

ActingBorn July 30, 1947 (age 79)Orange, Connecticut, USA 63 movies

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.

William Atherton filmography

Die Hard poster
7.8
Die Hard
1988 · Richard Thornburg
Die Hard 2 poster
7.0
Die Hard 2
1990 · Richard Thornberg
Ghostbusters poster
7.5
Ghostbusters
1984 · Walter Peck
The Last Samurai poster
7.6
The Last Samurai
2003 · Winchester Rep
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire poster
6.4
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024 · Mayor Walter Peck
The Pelican Brief poster
6.6
The Pelican Brief
1993 · Bob Gminski
The Girl Next Door poster
6.7
The Girl Next Door
2007 · Adult David Moran
Hoodlum poster
6.5
Hoodlum
1997 · Thomas E. Dewey
The Crow: Salvation poster
5.5
The Crow: Salvation
2000 · Nathan Randall
Oscar poster
6.4
Oscar
1991 · Overton
Real Genius poster
6.7
Real Genius
1985 · Professor Hathaway
The Sugarland Express poster
6.6
The Sugarland Express
1974 · Clovis Poplin
Looking for Mr. Goodbar poster
6.3
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1977 · James
Bio-Dome poster
4.6
Bio-Dome
1996 · Dr. Noah Faulkner
The Hindenburg poster
6.3
The Hindenburg
1975 · Boerth
No Mercy poster
5.8
No Mercy
1986 · Allan Deveneux
Gone But Not Forgotten poster
4.8
Gone But Not Forgotten
2005 · Sen. Ray Colby
Who's Your Daddy? poster
4.9
Who's Your Daddy?
2004 · Duncan Mack
Mad City poster
6.2
Mad City
1997 · Dohlen
The Day of the Locust poster
6.4
The Day of the Locust
1975 · Tod Hackett
Into the Sun poster
4.5
Into the Sun
2005 · Agent Block
Buried Alive poster
6.7
Buried Alive
1990 · Cort van Owen
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge poster
6.4
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999 · Darryl Zanuck
Jinn poster
4.1
Jinn
2014 · Father Westhoff
The New Centurions poster
6.6
The New Centurions
1972 · Johnson
Bread and Roses poster
6.3
Bread and Roses
2000 · Party Guest (uncredited)
Headspace poster
5.1
Headspace
2005 · Dr. Ira Gold
Ghouls poster
3.3
Ghouls
2008 · Stefan
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie poster
5.5
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
2012 · Earle Swinter
Frank & Jesse poster
5.2
Frank & Jesse
1994 · Allan Pinkerton
Ghostheads poster
6.0
Ghostheads
2016 · Self
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters poster
6.9
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020 · Self
Executive Power poster
5.9
Executive Power
1997 · President Fields
The Citizen poster
6.4
The Citizen
2012
Jersey Shore Shark Attack poster
4.6
Jersey Shore Shark Attack
2012 · Dolan
Class of '44 poster
6.6
Class of '44
1973 · Fraternity President
Broken Trust poster
6.3
Broken Trust
1995 · Neil Roemer
Intrigue poster
6.4
Intrigue
1988 · Doggett
Aces 'N' Eights poster
6.5
Aces 'N' Eights
2008 · Howard
Clinical poster
5.3
Clinical
2017 · Terry Drummond
Raven Hawk poster
4.0
Raven Hawk
1996 · Philip Thorne
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company poster
4.0
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company
1998 · James Denit
Chrome Soldiers poster
4.4
Chrome Soldiers
1992 · Sheriff Blackwell
Towards Darkness poster
4.9
Towards Darkness
2007 · John
A Fight for Jenny poster
6.3
A Fight for Jenny
1986 · Michael Rosen
Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder poster
8.2
Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder
1992 · Eric Walker
A Night to Die For poster
7.0
A Night to Die For
1995 · Self
Bad Company poster
5.4
Bad Company
2018
Independence poster
9.0
Independence
1976 · Benjamin Rush
Malibu poster
3.8
Malibu
1983 · Stan Harvey
Grim Prairie Tales poster
5.8
Grim Prairie Tales
1990 · Arthur
The Kane Files: Life of Trial poster
4.8
The Kane Files: Life of Trial
2010 · Daniel Morgan
Virus poster
4.8
Virus
1995 · Dr. Reginald Holloway
Burning Down the House poster
8.5
Burning Down the House
2001 · Arthur Kranston
Race to Space poster
6.0
Race to Space
2001 · Ralph Stanton
Black Crescent Moon poster
3.5
Black Crescent Moon
2008 · Jo Dexton
Where Did the Adults Go? poster
Where Did the Adults Go?
2025 · The Father
Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story poster
Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story
Saints and Sinners poster
5.0
Saints and Sinners
1994 · Terence
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine poster
8.7
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
1987 · Martin 'Alpha' Loeber
Kush poster
3.4
Kush
2007 · King
Tomorrow's Child poster
4.3
Tomorrow's Child
1982 · Jim Spence
The Stranger poster
4.3
The Stranger
1999