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William Atherton

William Atherton

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

30/07/1947

Age

78 years old

Place of Birth

Orange, Connecticut, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Atherton Knight (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.

Known For

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

Clinical

Clinical

Ghostheads

Ghostheads

Jinn

Jinn

Jersey Shore Shark Attack

Jersey Shore Shark Attack

Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie

Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie

The Kane Files: Life of Trial

The Kane Files: Life of Trial

Ghouls

Ghouls

Black Crescent Moon

Black Crescent Moon

Filmography

Cast

2024

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

as Mayor Walter Peck

2020

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostb...

as Self

2017

Clinical

as Terry Drummond

2016

Ghostheads

as Self

2014

Jinn

as Father Westhoff

2012

Jersey Shore Shark Attack

as Dolan

2012

Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie

as Earle Swinter

2010

The Kane Files: Life of Trial

as Daniel Morgan

2008

Ghouls

as Stefan

2008

Black Crescent Moon

as Jo Dexton

2008

Aces 'N' Eights

as Howard

2007

The Girl Next Door

as Adult David Moran

2007

Kush

as King

2007

Towards Darkness

as John

2005

Into the Sun

as Agent Block

2005

Headspace

as Dr. Ira Gold

2005

Gone But Not Forgotten

as Sen. Ray Colby

2004

Who's Your Daddy?

as Duncan Mack

2003

The Last Samurai

as Winchester Rep

2001

Race to Space

as Ralph Stanton

2001

Burning Down the House

as Arthur Kranston

2000

Bread and Roses

as Party Guest (uncredited)

2000

The Crow: Salvation

as Nathan Randall

1999

The Stranger

1999

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

as Darryl Zanuck

1998

Michael Kael vs. the World News Company

as James Denit

1997

Mad City

as Dohlen

1997

Executive Power

as President Fields

1997

Hoodlum

as Thomas E. Dewey

1996

Raven Hawk

as Philip Thorne

1996

Bio-Dome

as Dr. Noah Faulkner

1995

Broken Trust

as Neil Roemer

1995

A Night to Die For

as Self

1995

Virus

as Dr. Reginald Holloway

1994

Frank & Jesse

as Allan Pinkerton

1994

Saints and Sinners

as Terence

1993

The Pelican Brief

as Bob Gminski

1992

Chrome Soldiers

as Sheriff Blackwell

1992

Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder

as Eric Walker

1991

Oscar

as Overton

1990

Grim Prairie Tales

as Arthur

1990

Die Hard 2

as Richard Thornberg

1990

Buried Alive

as Cortland "Cort" van Owen

1988

Intrigue

as Doggett

1988

Die Hard

as Richard Thornburg

1987

The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine

as Martin 'Alpha' Loeber

1986

No Mercy

as Allan Deveneux

1986

A Fight for Jenny

as Michael Rosen

1985

Real Genius

as Professor Hathaway

1984

Ghostbusters

as Walter Peck

1983

Malibu

as Stan Harvey

1982

Tomorrow's Child

as Jim Spence

1981

The House of Mirth

as Lawrence Selden

1977

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

as James

1976

Independence

as Benjamin Rush

1975

The Hindenburg

as Boerth

1975

The Day of the Locust

as Tod Hackett

1974

The Sugarland Express

as Clovis Poplin

1973

Class of '44

as Fraternity President

1972

The New Centurions

as Johnson

Crew

2005

Headspace

as Co-Producer