William Atherton
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 (87 titles)
movieWhere Did the Adults Go?
2025 · ★ 10.0
movieThe Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
1987 · ★ 8.7
movieBurning Down the House
2001 · ★ 8.5
tvStargate SG-1
1997 · ★ 8.3
tvJustice League
2001 · ★ 8.2
movieDiagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder
1992 · ★ 8.2
tvTales from the Crypt
1989 · ★ 8.0
tvLost
2004 · ★ 8.0
tvCastle
2009 · ★ 8.0
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · ★ 8.0
tvMonk
2002 · ★ 7.9
tvBoston Legal
2004 · ★ 7.9
tvDesperate Housewives
2004 · ★ 7.9
movieDie Hard
1988 · ★ 7.8
tvThe Outer Limits
1995 · ★ 7.7
tvCentennial
1978 · ★ 7.7
tvThe Twilight Zone
1985 · ★ 7.7
tvLife
2007 · ★ 7.6
tvThe Practice
1997 · ★ 7.6
movieThe Last Samurai
2003 · ★ 7.6
movieIndependence
1976 · ★ 7.5
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984 · ★ 7.5
movieGhostbusters
1984 · ★ 7.5
tvWorkaholics
2011 · ★ 7.4
tvLaw & Order
1990 · ★ 7.3
tvThe Equalizer
1985 · ★ 7.2
tvNight Visions
2001 · ★ 7.1
tvNumb3rs
2005 · ★ 7.0
movieA Night to Die For
1995 · ★ 7.0
tvChildrens Hospital
2008 · ★ 7.0
movieDie Hard 2
1990 · ★ 7.0
movieCleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020 · ★ 6.8
movieBuried Alive
1990 · ★ 6.7
movieThe New Centurions
1972 · ★ 6.7
movieReal Genius
1985 · ★ 6.7
movieThe Girl Next Door
2007 · ★ 6.7
movieThe Sugarland Express
1974 · ★ 6.6
movieThe Pelican Brief
1993 · ★ 6.6
tvNash Bridges
1996 · ★ 6.6
movieHoodlum
1997 · ★ 6.5
movieAces 'N' Eights
2008 · ★ 6.5
movieClass of '44
1973 · ★ 6.5
movieThe Citizen
2012 · ★ 6.5
movieThe Day of the Locust
1975 · ★ 6.4
movieGhostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024 · ★ 6.4
movieIntroducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999 · ★ 6.4
movieIntrigue
1988 · ★ 6.4
movieOscar
1991 · ★ 6.4
movieLooking for Mr. Goodbar
1977 · ★ 6.3
movieThe Hindenburg
1975 · ★ 6.3
movieBroken Trust
1995 · ★ 6.3
movieBread and Roses
2000 · ★ 6.3
movieMad City
1997 · ★ 6.2
movieA Fight for Jenny
1986 · ★ 6.2
movieRace to Space
2001 · ★ 6.0
movieGhostheads
2016 · ★ 6.0
movieExecutive Power
1997 · ★ 5.9
movieNo Mercy
1986 · ★ 5.8
movieGrim Prairie Tales
1990 · ★ 5.8
movieThe Crow: Salvation
2000 · ★ 5.5