William Atherton
Biography
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.
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William Atherton — movies and TV shows
8.0SeriesLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
7.3SeriesLaw & Order
1990
8.0SeriesCastle
2009
7.9SeriesDesperate Housewives
2004
8.0SeriesLost
2004
8.3SeriesStargate SG-1
1997
7.9SeriesMonk
2002
7.5SeriesMurder, She Wrote
1984
7.9SeriesBoston Legal
2004
7.0SeriesNumb3rs
2005
7.6SeriesThe Practice
1997
6.6SeriesNash Bridges
1996
7.2SeriesThe Equalizer
1985
7.7SeriesThe Outer Limits
1995
7.7SeriesThe Twilight Zone
1985
7.0SeriesChildrens Hospital
2008
8.0SeriesTales from the Crypt
1989
7.6FilmThe Last Samurai
2003
7.6SeriesLife
2007
7.8FilmDie Hard
1988
6.4FilmGhostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024
7.4SeriesWorkaholics
2011
8.2SeriesJustice League
2001
7.0FilmDie Hard 2
1990
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7.5FilmGhostbusters
1984
5.5SeriesHBO First Look
1992
6.6FilmThe Pelican Brief
1993
7.7SeriesCentennial
1978
5.5SeriesReunited Apart
2020
7.1SeriesNight Visions
2001
6.7FilmThe Girl Next Door
2007
6.7FilmReal Genius
1985
5.5FilmThe Crow: Salvation
2000
6.5FilmHoodlum
1997
6.4FilmOscar
1991
5.8FilmNo Mercy
1986
4.5FilmInto the Sun
2005
6.6FilmThe Sugarland Express
1974
6.3FilmThe Hindenburg
1975
6.4FilmThe Day of the Locust
1975
6.7FilmBuried Alive
1990
4.6FilmBio-Dome
1996
6.3FilmLooking for Mr. Goodbar
1977
6.7FilmThe New Centurions
1972
6.2FilmMad City
1997
4.8FilmGone But Not Forgotten
2005
4.9FilmWho's Your Daddy?
2004
6.4FilmIntroducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999
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6.3FilmBread and Roses
2000
6.5FilmAces 'N' Eights
2008
5.4FilmTim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
2012
5.2FilmFrank & Jesse
1994
5.1FilmHeadspace
2005
6.0FilmGhostheads
2016
6.8FilmCleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020
5.3FilmClinical
2017
4.1FilmJinn
2014
6.5FilmThe Citizen
2012
6.2FilmA Fight for Jenny
1986
7.0FilmA Night to Die For
1995