Acting · Filmography
William Atherton
Born July 30, 1947 (age 79)Orange, Connecticut, USA
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.
Filmography
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
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Law & Order
1990
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Desperate Housewives
2004
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Castle
2009
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Stargate SG-1
1997
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Monk
2002
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Lost
2004
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Boston Legal
2004
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Murder, She Wrote
1984
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Numb3rs
2005
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The Practice
1997
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Nash Bridges
1996
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The Outer Limits
1995
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The Equalizer
1985
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Tales from the Crypt
1989
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Childrens Hospital
2008
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Workaholics
2011
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The Twilight Zone
1985
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Die Hard
1988
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Justice League
2001
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Life
2007
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The Last Samurai
2003
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Ghostbusters
1984
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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024
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Die Hard 2
1990
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Centennial
1978
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The Pelican Brief
1993
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Night Visions
2001
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The Girl Next Door
2007
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Reunited Apart
2020