William Atherton
Acting
Born July 30, 1947 · 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.
Known for
Filmography
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024 · Mayor Walter Peck
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020 · Self
Clinical
2017 · Terry Drummond
Ghostheads
2016 · Self
Jinn
2014 · Father Westhoff
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
2012 · Earle Swinter
Jersey Shore Shark Attack
2012 · Dolan
The Citizen
2012
The Kane Files: Life of Trial
2010 · Daniel Morgan
Aces 'N' Eights
2008 · Howard
Ghouls
2008 · Stefan
The Girl Next Door
2007 · Adult David Moran
Towards Darkness
2007 · John
Into the Sun
2005 · Agent Block
Headspace
2005 · Dr. Ira Gold
Gone But Not Forgotten
2005 · Sen. Ray Colby
Who's Your Daddy?
2004 · Duncan Mack
The Last Samurai
2003 · Winchester Rep
Race to Space
2001 · Ralph Stanton
The Crow: Salvation
2000 · Nathan Randall
Bread and Roses
2000 · Party Guest (uncredited)
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999 · Darryl Zanuck
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company
1998 · James Denit
Mad City
1997 · Dohlen
Hoodlum
1997 · Thomas E. Dewey
Bio-Dome
1996 · Dr. Noah Faulkner
Raven Hawk
1996 · Philip Thorne
Virus
1995 · Dr. Reginald Holloway
Frank & Jesse
1994 · Allan Pinkerton
The Pelican Brief
1993 · Bob Gminski
Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder
1992 · Eric Walker
Oscar
1991 · Overton
Die Hard 2
1990 · Richard Thornberg
Buried Alive
1990 · Cort van Owen
Grim Prairie Tales
1990 · Arthur
Die Hard
1988 · Richard Thornburg
No Mercy
1986 · Allan Deveneux
Real Genius
1985 · Professor Hathaway
Ghostbusters
1984 · Walter Peck
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1977 · James
The Day of the Locust
1975 · Tod Hackett
The Hindenburg
1975 · Boerth
The Sugarland Express
1974 · Clovis Poplin
The New Centurions
1972 · Johnson