William Atherton
Acting

William Atherton

Born 30 July 1947 · Orange, Connecticut, USA
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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.

Known for

Die Hard
Ghostbusters
The Last Samurai
Die Hard 2
Lost
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Castle
Desperate Housewives
Stargate SG-1
The Pelican Brief
Monk
Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story
Where Did the Adults Go?
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Bad Company
Clinical
Jinn
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Jersey Shore Shark Attack
The Citizen
The Kane Files: Life of Trial
Aces 'N' Eights
Ghouls
Black Crescent Moon
Kush
The Girl Next Door
Towards Darkness
Into the Sun
Headspace
Gone but Not Forgotten
Who's Your Daddy?
The Last Samurai
Race to Space
Burning Down the House
The Crow: Salvation
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
The Stranger
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company
Mad City
Executive Power
Hoodlum
Bio-Dome
Raven Hawk
Broken Trust
Virus
Frank & Jesse
Saints and Sinners
The Pelican Brief
Chrome Soldiers
Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder
Oscar
Die Hard 2
Buried Alive
Grim Prairie Tales
Die Hard
Intrigue
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
No Mercy
A Fight for Jenny
Real Genius
Ghostbusters
Malibu
Tomorrow's Child
The House of Mirth
1981
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Independence
The Day of the Locust
The Hindenburg
The Sugarland Express
Class of '44
The New Centurions
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