William Atherton

Born

7/30/1947

Orange, Connecticut, USA

William Atherton

Biography

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 For61 Movies

Die Hard
1988
★7.8
Ghostbusters
1984
★7.5
The Last Samurai
2003
★7.6
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024
★6.4
Die Hard 2
1990
★7.0
The Pelican Brief
1993
★6.6
The Girl Next Door
2007
★6.7
Oscar
1991
★6.3
Hoodlum
1997
★6.5
Real Genius
1985
★6.7
The Crow: Salvation
2000
★5.5
Bio-Dome
1996
★4.6
No Mercy
1986
★5.8
Buried Alive
1990
★6.8
Mad City
1997
★6.2
Into the Sun
2005
★4.5
The Sugarland Express
1974
★6.6
Jinn
2014
★4.1
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1977
★6.3
Gone But Not Forgotten
2005
★4.8
The Day of the Locust
1975
★6.4
Frank & Jesse
1994
★5.2
The Hindenburg
1975
★6.3
Who's Your Daddy?
2004
★4.9
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020
★6.9
The New Centurions
1972
★6.6
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999
★6.4
Ghostheads
2016
★6.0
Bread and Roses
2000
★6.3
The Citizen
2012
★6.4
Ghouls
2008
★3.3
Executive Power
1997
★5.9
Headspace
2005
★5.1
Aces 'N' Eights
2008
★6.5
Raven Hawk
1996
★4.0
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
2012
★5.5
Clinical
2017
★5.3
Broken Trust
1995
★6.3
Jersey Shore Shark Attack
2012
★4.6
Class of '44
1973
★6.6
Chrome Soldiers
1992
★4.4
Virus
1995
★4.8
Towards Darkness
2007
★4.9
Intrigue
1988
★6.4
Grim Prairie Tales
1990
★5.8
Race to Space
2001
★6.0
A Night to Die For
1995
★7.0
Bad Company
2018
★5.4
A Fight for Jenny
1986
★6.3
Tomorrow's Child
1982
★4.3
The Kane Files: Life of Trial
2010
★4.8
Saints and Sinners
1994
★5.0
Burning Down the House
2001
★8.5
Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder
1992
★8.2
Black Crescent Moon
2008
★3.5
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company
1998
★4.0
The Stranger
1999
★4.3
Malibu
1983
★3.8
Independence
1976
★7.5
Kush
2007
★3.4
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
1987
★8.7