Will Lyman
May 20, 1948 (77 years old) in Burlington, Vermont, USA
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
Credits
- 2025 · Trump's Power & the Rule of Law as Narrator (voice over)
- 2025 · Battle for Tibet as Narrator
- 2023 · Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza as Narrator
- 2023 · Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power, and the Supreme Court as narrator
- 2021 · Taliban Takeover as Narrator
- 2020 · United States of Conspiracy as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · Iraq Uncovered as Narrator
- 2017 · Out of Gitmo as narrator
- 2017 · Hunting ISIS as Narrator
- 2016 · The Choice 2016 as Narrator
- 2016 · Business of Disaster as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · Supplements and Safety as Self - Narrator
- 2016 · Netanyahu at War as Self (narrator)
- 2015 · Obama at War as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2014 · Firestone and the Warlord as Self - Narrator
- 2014 · Separate and Unequal as Narrator
- 2014 · United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy Lost as Narrator
- 2008 · What Doesn't Kill You as Sully
- 2008 · Abuse of Power as Nolan Flannery
- 2008 · Rules of Engagement as Narrator
- 2006 · Return of the Taliban as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · The New Asylums as narrator
- 2004 · The Secret History of the Credit Card as Narrator
- 2004 · Golden Road: Today's Senior Drivers as Narrator
- 2003 · Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Sinking the Lusitania as Narrator
- 2001 · Dog Days as Dad
- 1999 · The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela as
- 1999 · Michael Jordan: His Airness as Narrator
- 1997 · Floating as Van's Father
- 1996 · NBA at 50 as Self - Narrator
- 1996 · The Ultimate Guide as Narrator
- 1996 · The Ultimate Guide: T-Rex as Narrator (voice)
- 1996 · Celtic Pride as Rich Man
- 1994 · Norse America as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1990 · Hull High as
- 1986 · Hostage in Iran as Narrator
- 1985 · Three Sovereigns for Sarah as Rev. Parris
- 1983 · Vietnam: A Television History as
- 1964 · Another World as
- Future · News War as Narrator
- 2025 · The Rise of RFK Jr. 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 · The Discord Leaks as Narrator
- 2023 · Inside the Uvalde Response 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 · Boeing's Fatal Flaw as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · America After 9/11 as narrator
- 2020 · Animaniacs as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · Christmas on Ice as Mayor Greenwood
- 2020 · The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · Once Upon a Time in Iraq as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos as Narrator
- 2020 · Battle for Hong Kong as Narrator
- 2020 · America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · UN Sex Abuse Scandal as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · Life on Parole as Narrator
- 2017 · Divided States of America as Narrator
- 2017 · Frontline: President Trump as Narrator
- 2016 · Terror in Europe as self
- 2016 · Saudi Arabia Uncovered as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Isis in Afghanistan as
- 2015 · The Fight for Yemen as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2014 · The Trouble with Antibiotics as Self - Reporter
- 2014 · Losing Iraq as Narrator
- 2014 · United States of Secrets as Narrator
- 2014 · Prison State as Himself - Narrator (Voice)
- 2014 · Generation Like as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis as Himself - Narrator
- 2012 · The Suicide Plan as Narrator
- 2012 · Last Man Out as Walt Whitman (voice)
- 2012 · Money, Power & Wall Street as Self - Narrator
- 2012 · Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown as Narrator
- 2011 · The Anthrax Files as
- 2011 · Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory as Narrator
- 2010 · The Other Guys as Frontline Narration App
- 2010 · Behind Taliban Lines as
- 2009 · The Boneyard as Narrator
- 2008 · The War Briefing as Narrator
- 2008 · Young & Restless in China as
- 2008 · Iron Man as Award Ceremony Narrator (voice)
- 2007 · Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe as Moe Fresno
- 2007 · On Our Watch as Narrator
- 2007 · Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory as Narrator
- 2007 · Endgame as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2007 · I'm Paige Wilson as Ben Foxworthy
- 2007 · Frontline - News War as Self
- 2006 · Fierce People as Documentary Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · Little Children as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · The Age of AIDS as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · Is It Real? as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · Commander in Chief as Teddy Bridges
- 2005 · Commander in Chief as Teddy Bridges (uncredited)
- 2005 · Our Fathers as Wilson Rogers Jr.
- 2004 · American Meltdown as Homeland Chief Utley
- 2003 · Truth, War and Consequences as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Mystic River as FBI Agent Birden
- 2003 · Threat Matrix as Roger Atkins
- 2003 · Coming Home from Space: The Challenge of Re-Entry as Narrator
- 2003 · Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific as Narrator
- 2003 · Salt Lake City 2002: Stories of Olympic Glory as Narrator
- 2002 · Alma Mater as
- 2002 · American Porn as Narrator
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Roger Jameson
- 2001 · Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic Glory as Narrator
- 2000 · Ed as Gus McGraw
- 1997 · Atlanta’s Olympic Glory as Narrator
- 1995 · The Search for Satan as
- Future · Taliban Hunters as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain as Self - Narrator(voice)
- 2000 · Satan in the Suburbs as Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · Warriors of the French Foreign Legion as Narrator
- 1999 · The West Wing as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 · The Autumn Heart as Doctor
- 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 · The Bay of Pigs as Narrator (voice)
- 1996 · The Crucible as Isaiah Goodkind
- 1996 · 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)
- 1993 · The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald as Narrator (voice) (US version, Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?)
- 1993 · The Arming of Saudi Arabia as Narrator
- 1992 · Columbus and the Age of Discovery as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1990 · Nixon as Narrator (voice)
- 1990 · Law & Order as Victor Conner
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Narrator (voice)
- 1989 · Hostile Takeover as Smolen
- 1989 · Crossbow: The Movie as William Tell
- 1988 · American Experience as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1987 · Crossbow 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
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Allan Wooster
- 1984 · The Mind of a Murderer: Part 2 as Narrator
- 1984 · The Mind of a Murderer: Part 1 as Narrator
- 1983 · Frontline as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1974 · NOVA as Narrator
- 1974 · NOVA as Narrator (voice)
- 1974 · NOVA as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Future · Yemen Under Siege as Narrator
- Future · The Ultimate Guide: Sharks as Narrator