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Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 20, 1948
Place of Birth
Burlington, Vermont, USA
Also Known As
- William Remington Lyman
- William Lyman
Will Lyman
0.5 Popularity
Biography
William Lyman (born May 20, 1948) is an American actor. Being known for his polished, resonant voice, Lyman has narrated the PBS series Frontline since its second season in 1984 and played William Tell in the action/adventure television series Crossbow.
Known For
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Arthur Randolph
The Arborist
2025
6.5
Documentary Narrator (voice)
The Electric State
2025
6.2
Joe Kozak
Aftermath
2024
7.6
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
2024
0.0
Narrator
Crisis on Campus
2024
🎬
0.0
Narrator
Children of Ukraine
2024
9.0
Narrator
Democracy on Trial
2024
8.0
Narrator
Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza
2023
0.0
Narrator
The Discord Leaks
2023
0.0
Narrator
Inside the Uvalde Response
2023
Credits
The Arborist
as Arthur Randolph
2025
0.0
The Electric State
as Documentary Narrator (voice)
2025
6.5
Aftermath
as Joe Kozak
2024
6.2
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
7.6
Crisis on Campus
as Narrator
2024
0.0
🎬
Children of Ukraine
as Narrator
2024
0.0
Democracy on Trial
as Narrator
2024
9.0
Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza
as Narrator
2023
8.0
The Discord Leaks
as Narrator
2023
0.0
Inside the Uvalde Response
as Narrator
2023
0.0
Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power, and the Supreme Court
as narrator
2023
0.0
Putin and the Presidents
as Narrator
2023
6.0
Lies, Politics and Democracy
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2022
7.0
Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2022
0.0
The Power of Big Oil
as Narrator (voice)
2022
0.0
Mother/Android
as Captain
2021
5.8
Shots Fired
as Narrator
2021
7.0
Taliban Takeover
as Narrator
2021
0.0
Boeing's Fatal Flaw
as Narrator (voice)
2021
8.0
America After 9/11
as narrator
2021
0.0
Animaniacs
as Narrator (voice)
2020
8.4
Christmas on Ice
as Mayor Greenwood
2020
7.0
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
as Narrator (voice)
2020
7.2
United States of Conspiracy
as Narrator (voice)
2020
3.0
Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos
as narrator
2020
7.4
Battle for Hong Kong
as Narrator
2020
5.0
Frontline: America's Great Divide
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2020
8.2
UN Sex Abuse Scandal
as Narrator (voice)
2018
7.5
Life on Parole
as Narrator
2017
7.0
Out of Gitmo
as narrator
2017
0.0
🎬
Frontline: Divided States of America
as Narrator
2017
7.0
🎬
Frontline: President Trump
as Narrator
2017
7.0
The Choice 2016
as Narrator
2016
5.8
Terror in Europe
as self
2016
0.0
Supplements and Safety
as Self - Narrator
2016
0.0
Netanyahu at War
as Self (narrator)
2016
8.0
Firestone and the Warlord
as Self - Narrator
2014
0.0
The Trouble With Antibiotics
as Self / Reporter
2014
0.0
Losing Iraq
as Narrator
2014
8.0
Separate and Unequal
as Narrator
2014
0.0
United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy Lost
as Narrator
2014
7.8
United States of Secrets (Part One): The Program
as Narrator
2014
8.4
United States of Secrets
as Narrator
2014
9.0
Prison State
as Himself - Narrator (Voice)
2014
8.0
Generation Like
as Narrator (voice)
2014
7.0
League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis
as Himself - Narrator
2013
7.6
🎬
Last Man Out
as Walt Whitman (voice)
2012
0.0
Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown
as Narrator
2012
9.0
Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory
as Narrator
2011
5.2
The Other Guys
as Frontline Narration App
2010
6.3
🎬
The Boneyard
as Narrator
2009
8.0
What Doesn't Kill You
as Sully
2008
6.0
The War Briefing
as Narrator
2008
0.0
🎬
Abuse of Power
as Nolan Flannery
2008
2.5
Iron Man
as Award Ceremony Narrator (voice)
2008
7.7
Rules of Engagement
as Narrator
2008
0.0
Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe
as Moe Fresno
2007
1.0
On Our Watch
as Narrator
2007
0.0
Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory
as Narrator
2007
6.0
🎬
I'm Paige Wilson
as Ben Foxworthy
2007
2.0
Fierce People
as Documentary Narrator (voice)
2006
6.1
Little Children
as Narrator (voice)
2006
7.1
Frontline: The Age of AIDS
as Narrator (voice)
2006
10.0
🎬
Is It Real?
as Narrator (voice)
2006
5.3
Commander in Chief
as Teddy Bridges
2005
7.7
Commander in Chief
as Teddy Bridges (uncredited)
2005
7.7
Our Fathers
as Wilson Rogers Jr.
2005
6.4
The New Asylums
as narrator
2005
0.0
The Secret History of the Credit Card
as Narrator
2004
7.0
American Meltdown
as Homeland Chief Utley
2004
5.0
Golden Road: Today's Senior Drivers
as Narrator
2004
0.0
Truth, War and Consequences
as Narrator (voice)
2003
0.0
Mystic River
as FBI Agent Birden
2003
7.7
Threat Matrix
as Roger Atkins
2003
6.0
Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History
as Narrator (voice)
2003
0.0
Coming Home from Space: The Challenge of Re-Entry
as Narrator
2003
0.0
Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific
as Narrator
2003
0.0
Salt Lake 2002: Stories of Olympic Glory
as Narrator
2003
5.9
Alma Mater
2002
0.0
American Porn
as Narrator
2002
5.0
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Roger Jameson
2001
7.6
Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic Glory
as Narrator
2001
7.3
🎬
Sinking the Lusitania
as Narrator
2001
6.0
🎬
Dog Days
as Dad
2001
0.0
Ed
as Gus McGraw
2000
7.7
Satan in the Suburbs
as Narrator (voice)
2000
5.0
Warriors of the French Foreign Legion
as Narrator
2000
0.0
The West Wing
as Narrator (voice)
1999
8.3
The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela
1999
0.0
The Autumn Heart
as Doctor
1999
5.5
Michael Jordan: His Airness
as Narrator
1999
7.0
Nagano ’98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and Glory
as Narrator
1998
5.8
The Siege
as FBI Director
1998
6.3
Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street'
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1998
7.0
A Perfect Murder
as Jason Gates
1998
6.5
Atlanta’s Olympic Glory
as Narrator
1997
4.4
Floating
as Van's Father
1997
6.5
The Bay of Pigs
as Narrator (voice)
1997
0.0
The Crucible
as Isaiah Goodkind
1996
6.6
The Ultimate Guide
as Narrator
1996
0.0
The Ultimate Guide: T-Rex
as Narrator (voice)
1996
0.0
Celtic Pride
as Rich Man
1996
5.3
The Search for Satan
1995
8.0
Welcome to the Dollhouse
as Mr. Edwards
1995
7.1
Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of Glory
as Narrator
1994
5.2
Part Two: The Mao Years 1949–1976
as Narrator (voice)
1994
7.0
Norse America
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1994
0.0
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
as Narrator (voice) (US version, Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?)
1993
7.5
🎬
Columbus And The Age Of Discovery
1992
0.0
🎬
Nixon
as Narrator (voice)
1990
0.0
Law & Order
as Victor Conner
1990
7.4
Hull High
1990
5.7
The Simpsons
as Narrator (voice)
1989
8.0
Hostile Takeover
as Smolen
1989
4.6
Crossbow: The Movie
as William Tell
1989
7.0
Crossbow
as William Tell
1987
6.7
The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1987
0.0
Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera
as narrator (himself)
1985
10.0
Three Sovereigns for Sarah
as Rev. Parris
1985
0.0
Three Sovereigns for Sarah
as Rev. Parris
1985
0.0
Murder, She Wrote
as Allan Wooster
1984
7.5
The Mind of a Murderer: Part 2
as Narrator
1984
0.0
The Mind of a Murderer: Part 1
as Narrator
1984
7.0
Vietnam: A Television History
1983
10.0
Frontline
as Self, Narrator
1983
7.3
Frontline
as Narrator (voice)
1983
7.3
Frontline
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
7.3
NOVA
as Narrator
1974
7.0
NOVA
as Narrator (voice)
1974
7.0
Another World
1964
5.6
China: A Century of Revolution
as Narrator
N/A
News War
as Narrator
N/A
0.0
Yemen Under Siege
as Narrator
N/A
0.0