Will Lyman

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 124

Gender Male

Birthday May 20, 1948 (76 years old)

Place of Birth Burlington, Vermont, USA

Also Known As

William Remington Lyman
William Lyman

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Will Lyman

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

Acting

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as Narrator

2025		The Arborist as Arthur Randolph
2025		The Electric State as Documentary Narrator (voice)

2024		Aftermath as Joe Kozak
2024		The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump as Self - Narrator (voice)
2024		Crisis on Campus as Narrator
2024		Children of Ukraine as Narrator
2024		Democracy on Trial as Narrator

2023		Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza as Narrator
2023		The Discord Leaks as Narrator
2023		Inside the Uvalde Response as Narrator
2023		Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power, and the Supreme Court as narrator
2023		Putin and the Presidents as Narrator

2022		Lies, Politics and Democracy as Self - Narrator (voice)
2022		Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack as Self - Narrator (voice)
2022		The Power of Big Oil as Narrator (voice)

2021		Mother/Android as Captain
2021		Shots Fired as Narrator
2021		Taliban Takeover as Narrator
2021		Boeing's Fatal Flaw as Narrator (voice)
2021		America After 9/11 as narrator

2020		Animaniacs (2 episodes) as Narrator (voice)
2020		Christmas on Ice as Mayor Greenwood
2020		The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden as Narrator (voice)
2020		United States of Conspiracy as Narrator (voice)
2020		Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos as narrator
2020		Battle for Hong Kong as Narrator
2020		Frontline: America's Great Divide as Self - Narrator (voice)

2018

as Narrator (voice)

2017		Life on Parole as Narrator
2017		Out of Gitmo as narrator
2017		Frontline: Divided States of America as Narrator
2017		Frontline: President Trump as Narrator

2016		The Choice 2016 as Narrator
2016		Terror in Europe as self
2016		Supplements and Safety as Self - Narrator
2016		Netanyahu at War as Self (narrator)

2014		Firestone and the Warlord as Self - Narrator
2014		The Trouble With Antibiotics as Self / Reporter
2014		Losing Iraq (Frontline) as Narrator
2014		Separate and Unequal as Narrator
2014		United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy Lost as Narrator
2014		United States of Secrets (2 episodes) as Narrator
2014		United States of Secrets (Part One): The Program as Narrator
2014		Prison State as Himself - Narrator (Voice)
2014		Generation Like as Narrator (voice)

2013

as Himself - Narrator

2012		Last Man Out as Walt Whitman (voice)
2012		Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown as Narrator

2011

as Narrator

2010

as Frontline Narration App

2009

as Narrator

2008		What Doesn't Kill You as Sully
2008		Abuse of Power as Nolan Flannery
2008		Iron Man as Award Ceremony Narrator (voice)

2007		Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory as Narrator
2007		I'm Paige Wilson as Ben Foxworthy

2006		Fierce People as Documentary Narrator (voice)
2006		Little Children as Narrator (voice)
2006		Frontline: The Age of AIDS as Narrator (voice)
2006		Is It Real? (30 episodes) as Narrator (voice)

2005		Commander in Chief (1 episode) as Teddy Bridges (uncredited) (2 episodes) as Teddy Bridges
2005		Our Fathers as Wilson Rogers Jr.
2005		The New Asylums as narrator

2004		The Secret History of the Credit Card as Narrator
2004		American Meltdown as Homeland Chief Utley
2004		Golden Road: Today's Senior Drivers as Narrator

2003		Truth, War and Consequences as Narrator (voice)
2003		Mystic River as FBI Agent Birden
2003		Threat Matrix (16 episodes) as Roger Atkins
2003		Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History as Narrator (voice)
2003		Coming Home from Space: The Challenge of Re-Entry as Narrator
2003		Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific as Narrator
2003		Salt Lake 2002: Stories of Olympic Glory as Narrator

2002		Alma Mater
2002		American Porn as Narrator

2001		Law & Order: Criminal Intent (1 episode) as Roger Jameson
2001		Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic Glory as Narrator
2001		Sinking the Lusitania as Narrator
2001		Dog Days as Dad

2000		Ed (1 episode) as Gus McGraw
2000		Satan in the Suburbs as Narrator (voice)
2000		Warriors of the French Foreign Legion as Narrator

1999		The West Wing (1 episode) as Narrator (voice)
1999		The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela
1999		The Autumn Heart as Doctor
1999		Michael Jordan: His Airness as Narrator

1998		Nagano ’98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and Glory as Narrator
1998		The Siege as FBI Director
1998		Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street' as Self - Narrator (voice)
1998		A Perfect Murder as Jason Gates

1997		Atlanta’s Olympic Glory as Narrator
1997		Floating as Van's Father
1997		The Bay of Pigs as Narrator (voice)

1996		The Crucible as Isaiah Goodkind
1996		The Ultimate Guide (23 episodes) as Narrator
1996		The Ultimate Guide: T-Rex as Narrator (voice)
1996		Celtic Pride as Rich Man

1995		The Search for Satan
1995		Welcome to the Dollhouse as Mr. Edwards

1994		Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of Glory as Narrator
1994		Part Two: The Mao Years 1949–1976 as Narrator (voice)
1994		Norse America as Self - Narrator (voice)

1993

as Narrator (voice) (US version, Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?)

1992

1990		Nixon as Narrator (voice)
1990		Law & Order (1 episode) as Victor Conner
1990		Hull High (8 episodes)

1989		The Simpsons (1 episode) as Narrator (voice)
1989		Hostile Takeover as Smolen
1989		Crossbow: The Movie as William Tell

1987		Crossbow (72 episodes) as William Tell
1987		The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People as Self - Narrator (voice)

1985		Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera as narrator (himself)
1985		Three Sovereigns for Sarah as Rev. Parris
1985		Three Sovereigns for Sarah (3 episodes) as Rev. Parris

1984		Murder, She Wrote (1 episode) as Allan Wooster
1984		The Mind of a Murderer: Part 2
1984		The Mind of a Murderer: Part 1 as Narrator

1983		Vietnam: A Television History (13 episodes)
1983		Frontline (828 episodes) as Self - Narrator (voice) (1 episode) as Narrator (voice) (1 episode) as Self, Narrator

1974

(1 episode) as Narrator (voice) (12 episodes) as Narrator

1964

(749 episodes)

Directing

2002

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