Personal Info
Birthday
July 30, 1947
Place of Birth
Orange, Connecticut, USA
Known For
Acting
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.
Acting Filmography (87)
0.0
Where Did the Adults Go?
Movie2025
6.5
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Movie2024
5.5
Reunited Apart
TV Series2020
6.9
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
Movie2020
5.9
Bad Company
Movie2018
5.3
Clinical
Movie2017
6.0
Ghostheads
Movie2016
4.1
Jinn
Movie2014
No Backdrop
6.4
The Citizen
Movie2012
4.6
Jersey Shore Shark Attack
Movie2012
5.5
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Movie2012
7.4
Workaholics
TV Series2011
No Backdrop
4.8
The Kane Files: Life of Trial
Movie2010
8.0
Castle
TV Series2009
6.9
Childrens Hospital
TV Series2008
3.3
Ghouls
Movie2008
3.5
Black Crescent Moon
Movie2008
6.5
Aces 'N' Eights
Movie2008
7.7
Life
TV Series2007
6.7
The Girl Next Door
Movie2007
No Backdrop
3.4
Kush
Movie2007
4.9
Towards Darkness
Movie2007
4.6
Into the Sun
Movie2005
5.1
Headspace
Movie2005
7.0
Numb3rs
TV Series2005
4.9
Gone But Not Forgotten
Movie2005
7.9
Desperate Housewives
TV Series2004
7.9
Boston Legal
TV Series2004
8.0
Lost
TV Series2004
4.9
Who's Your Daddy?
Movie2004
7.6
The Last Samurai
Movie2003
7.9
Monk
TV Series2002
8.2
Justice League
TV Series2001
No Backdrop
6.0
Race to Space
Movie2001
7.1
Night Visions
TV Series2001
8.5
Burning Down the House
Movie2001
6.3
Bread and Roses
Movie2000
5.5
The Crow: Salvation
Movie2000
No Backdrop
4.3
The Stranger
Movie1999
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV Series1999
6.4
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Movie1999
4.0
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company
Movie1998
6.2
Mad City
Movie1997
5.9
Executive Power
Movie1997
6.5
Hoodlum
Movie1997
8.3
Stargate SG-1
TV Series1997
7.7
The Practice
TV Series1997
4.0
Raven Hawk
Movie1996
6.6
Nash Bridges
TV Series1996
4.6
Bio-Dome
Movie1996
6.3
Broken Trust
Movie1995
No Backdrop
7.0
A Night to Die For
Movie1995
No Backdrop
4.8
Virus
Movie1995
7.7
The Outer Limits
TV Series1995
5.2
Frank & Jesse
Movie1994
5.0
Saints and Sinners
Movie1994
6.6
The Pelican Brief
Movie1993
No Backdrop
5.6
HBO First Look
TV Series1992
4.4
Chrome Soldiers
Movie1992
No Backdrop
8.2
Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder
Movie1992
6.4
Oscar
Movie1991
5.8
Grim Prairie Tales
Movie1990
7.3
Law & Order
TV Series1990
7.0
Die Hard 2
Movie1990
6.7
Buried Alive
Movie1990
8.0
Tales from the Crypt
TV Series1989
No Backdrop
6.4
Intrigue
Movie1988
7.8
Die Hard
Movie1988
No Backdrop
8.7
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
Movie1987
5.8
No Mercy
Movie1986
6.3
A Fight for Jenny
Movie1986
7.7
The Twilight Zone
TV Series1985
7.1
The Equalizer
TV Series1985
6.7
Real Genius
Movie1985
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
TV Series1984
7.5
Ghostbusters
Movie1984
3.8
Malibu
Movie1983
No Backdrop
4.3
Tomorrow's Child
Movie1982
7.7
Centennial
TV Series1978
6.3
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Movie1977
No Backdrop
9.0
Independence
Movie1976
6.3
The Hindenburg
Movie1975
6.4
The Day of the Locust
Movie1975
6.6
The Sugarland Express
Movie1974
6.6
Class of '44
Movie1973
6.6
The New Centurions
Movie1972
0.0
Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story
MovieN/A