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William Atherton
Born: 1947-07-30 in 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.
Rated Filmography (61)
Sorted by Score8.7
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
1987
8.5
Burning Down the House
2001
8.2
Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder
1992
7.8
Die Hard
1988
7.6
The Last Samurai
2003
7.5
Independence
1976
7.5
Ghostbusters
1984
7.0
A Night to Die For
1995
7.0
Die Hard 2
1990
6.9
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020
6.8
Buried Alive
1990
6.7
Real Genius
1985
6.7
The Girl Next Door
2007
6.6
The Sugarland Express
1974
6.6
The New Centurions
1972
6.6
Class of '44
1973
6.6
The Pelican Brief
1993
6.5
Aces 'N' Eights
2008
6.5
Hoodlum
1997
6.4
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024
6.4
The Day of the Locust
1975
6.4
Intrigue
1988
6.4
The Citizen
2012
6.4
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999
6.4
Oscar
1991
6.3
Broken Trust
1995
6.3
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1977
6.3
The Hindenburg
1975
6.3
Bread and Roses
2000
6.3
A Fight for Jenny
1986
6.2
Mad City
1997
6.0
Ghostheads
2016
6.0
Race to Space
2001
5.9
Executive Power
1997
5.8
Grim Prairie Tales
1990
5.8
No Mercy
1986
5.5
The Crow: Salvation
2000
5.4
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
2012
5.4
Bad Company
2018
5.3
Clinical
2017
5.2
Frank & Jesse
1994
5.1
Headspace
2005
5.0
Saints and Sinners
1994
4.9
Who's Your Daddy?
2004
4.9
Towards Darkness
2007
4.8
Virus
1995
4.8
The Kane Files: Life of Trial
2010
4.8
Gone But Not Forgotten
2005
4.6
Bio-Dome
1996
4.6
Jersey Shore Shark Attack
2012
4.5
Into the Sun
2005
4.4
Chrome Soldiers
1992
4.3
Tomorrow's Child
1982
4.3
The Stranger
1999
4.1
Jinn
2014
4.0
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company
1998
4.0
Raven Hawk
1996
3.8
Malibu
1983
3.5
Black Crescent Moon
2008
3.4
Kush
2007
3.3
Ghouls
2008