Where Did the Adults Go?
2025 · Movie
as The Father
William Atherton
1947-07-30
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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
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024 · Movie
as Mayor Walter Peck
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020 · Movie
as Self
Reunited Apart
2020 · TV Show
as Self
Bad Company
2018 · Movie
Clinical
2017 · Movie
as Terry Drummond
Ghostheads
2016 · Movie
as Self
Jinn
2014 · Movie
as Father Westhoff
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
2012 · Movie
as Earle Swinter
Jersey Shore Shark Attack
2012 · Movie
as Dolan
The Citizen
2012 · Movie
Workaholics
2011 · TV Show
as Thor Holmvik
The Kane Files: Life of Trial
2010 · Movie
as Daniel Morgan
Castle
2009 · TV Show
as Ari Weiss
Aces 'N' Eights
2008 · Movie
as Howard
Ghouls
2008 · Movie
as Stefan
Black Crescent Moon
2008 · Movie
as Jo Dexton
Childrens Hospital
2008 · TV Show
as Levon Bainter
Kush
2007 · Movie
as King
The Girl Next Door
2007 · Movie
as Adult David Moran
Towards Darkness
2007 · Movie
as John
Life
2007 · TV Show
as Mickey Rayborn
Into the Sun
2005 · Movie
as Agent Block
Headspace
2005 · Movie
as Dr. Ira Gold
Gone But Not Forgotten
2005 · Movie
as Sen. Ray Colby
Numb3rs
2005 · TV Show
as Warren Pierce
Who's Your Daddy?
2004 · Movie
as Duncan Mack
Desperate Housewives
2004 · TV Show
as Dr. Barr
Lost
2004 · TV Show
as Donald Reynolds
Boston Legal
2004 · TV Show
as A.D.A. Howard Zale
The Last Samurai
2003 · Movie
as Winchester Rep
Monk
2002 · TV Show
as Commander Nathan Whitaker
Race to Space
2001 · Movie
as Ralph Stanton
Burning Down the House
2001 · Movie
as Arthur Kranston
Night Visions
2001 · TV Show
as William Price (segment "Hate Puppet")
Justice League
2001 · TV Show
as Dr. Destiny / John Dee (voice)
The Crow: Salvation
2000 · Movie
as Nathan Randall
Bread and Roses
2000 · Movie
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999 · Movie
as Darryl Zanuck
The Stranger
1999 · Movie
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · TV Show
as Ned Bogden
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company
1998 · Movie
as James Denit
Mad City
1997 · Movie
as Dohlen
Executive Power
1997 · Movie
as President Fields
Hoodlum
1997 · Movie
as Thomas E. Dewey
The Practice
1997 · TV Show
as D.A. Keith Pratt
Stargate SG-1
1997 · TV Show
as Emissary Varta
Bio-Dome
1996 · Movie
as Dr. Noah Faulkner
Raven Hawk
1996 · Movie
as Philip Thorne
Nash Bridges
1996 · TV Show
as Dr. Linus Mills
Broken Trust
1995 · Movie
as Neil Roemer
A Night to Die For
1995 · Movie
as Self
Virus
1995 · Movie
as Dr. Reginald Holloway
The Outer Limits
1995 · TV Show
as Franklin Murdoch
Frank & Jesse
1994 · Movie
as Allan Pinkerton
Saints and Sinners
1994 · Movie
as Terence
The Pelican Brief
1993 · Movie
as Bob Gminski
Chrome Soldiers
1992 · Movie
as Sheriff Blackwell
Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder
1992 · Movie
as Eric Walker
HBO First Look
1992 · TV Show
Oscar
1991 · Movie
as Overton
Die Hard 2
1990 · Movie
as Richard Thornberg
Buried Alive
1990 · Movie
as Cort van Owen
Grim Prairie Tales
1990 · Movie
as Arthur
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Max Monroe: Loose Cannon
1990 · TV Show
as Sloane
Law & Order
1990 · TV Show
as Don Snyder, Dan Jensen
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · TV Show
as Malcolm Mayflower
Die Hard
1988 · Movie
as Richard Thornburg
Intrigue
1988 · Movie
as Doggett
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
1987 · Movie
as Martin 'Alpha' Loeber
No Mercy
1986 · Movie
as Allan Deveneux
A Fight for Jenny
1986 · Movie
as Michael Rosen
Real Genius
1985 · Movie
as Professor Hathaway
The Twilight Zone
1985 · TV Show
as Brian Wolfe (segment "Night of the Meek"), (segment "The Card")
The Equalizer
1985 · TV Show
as Martin 'Alpha' Loeber, Gideon
Ghostbusters
1984 · Movie
as Walter Peck
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · TV Show
as Larry Holleran, Greg Dalton, Andy Henley
Malibu
1983 · Movie
as Stan Harvey
Tomorrow's Child
1982 · Movie
as Jim Spence
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The House of Mirth
1981 · Movie
as Lawrence Selden
Centennial
1978 · TV Show
as Jim Lloyd
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1977 · Movie
as James
Independence
1976 · Movie
as Benjamin Rush
The Day of the Locust
1975 · Movie
as Tod Hackett
The Hindenburg
1975 · Movie
as Boerth
The Sugarland Express
1974 · Movie
as Clovis Poplin
Class of '44
1973 · Movie
as Fraternity President
The New Centurions
1972 · Movie
as Johnson
Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story
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