About
Will Lyman
Overview
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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| 2024 | Aftermath | Actor | Kozak | 58 Average |
| 2024 | The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump | Actor | Self - Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2024 | Crisis on Campus | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2024 | Children of Ukraine | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2024 | Democracy on Trial | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2023 | Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza | Actor | Narrator | 58 Average |
| 2023 | The Discord Leaks | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2023 | Inside the Uvalde Response | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2023 | Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power, and the Supreme Court | Actor | narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2023 | Putin and the Presidents | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2022 | Lies, Politics and Democracy | Actor | Self - Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2022 | Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack | Actor | Self - Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2022 | The Power of Big Oil | Actor | Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2021 | Mother/Android | Actor | Captain | 58 Average |
| 2021 | Shots Fired | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2021 | Taliban Takeover | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2021 | Boeing's Fatal Flaw | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2021 | America After 9/11 | Actor | narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2020 | Christmas on Ice | Actor | Mayor Greenwood | 60 Fair |
| 2020 | The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2020 | United States of Conspiracy | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 58 Average |
| 2020 | Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos | Actor | narrator | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Battle for Hong Kong | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2020 | Frontline: America's Great Divide | Actor | Self - Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2018 | UN Sex Abuse Scandal | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Life on Parole | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Out of Gitmo | Actor | narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2017 | Frontline: Divided States of America | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Frontline: President Trump | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2016 | The Choice 2016 | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2016 | Terror in Europe | Actor | self | N/A N/A |
| 2016 | Supplements and Safety | Actor | Self - Narrator | 60 Fair |
| 2016 | Netanyahu at War | Actor | Self (narrator) | 59 Average |
| 2014 | Firestone and the Warlord | Actor | Self - Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2014 | The Trouble With Antibiotics | Actor | Self / Reporter | N/A N/A |
| 2014 | Losing Iraq (Frontline) | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2014 | Separate and Unequal | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2014 | United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy Lost | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2014 | United States of Secrets (Part One): The Program | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2014 | Prison State | Actor | Himself - Narrator (Voice) | 59 Average |
| 2014 | Generation Like | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2013 | League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis | Actor | Himself - Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Last Man Out | Actor | Walt Whitman (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2012 | Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2011 | Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2010 | The Other Guys | Actor | Frontline Narration App | 62 Fair |
| 2009 | The Boneyard | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2008 | What Doesn't Kill You | Actor | Sully | 59 Average |
| 2008 | Abuse of Power | Actor | Nolan Flannery | 59 Average |
| 2008 | Iron Man | Actor | Award Ceremony Narrator (voice) | 76 Good |
| 2007 | Fierce People | Actor | Documentary Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2007 | I'm Paige Wilson | Actor | Ben Foxworthy | 59 Average |
| 2006 | Little Children | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 66 Fair |
| 2006 | Frontline: The Age of AIDS | Actor | Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2006 | Is It Real? | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 69 Fair |
| 2005 | Our Fathers | Actor | Wilson Rogers Jr. | 59 Average |
| 2005 | The New Asylums | Actor | narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2004 | The Secret History of the Credit Card | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2004 | American Meltdown | Actor | Homeland Chief Utley | 58 Average |
| 2004 | Golden Road: Today's Senior Drivers | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2003 | Truth, War and Consequences | Actor | Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2003 | Mystic River | Actor | FBI Agent Birden | 75 Good |
| 2003 | Threat Matrix | Actor | Roger Atkins | 68 Fair |
| 2003 | Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History | Actor | Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2003 | Coming Home from Space: The Challenge of Re-Entry | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2003 | Salt Lake 2002: Stories of Olympic Glory | Actor | Narrator | 58 Average |
| 2003 | Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2002 | Alma Mater | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2002 | American Porn | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2001 | Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic Glory | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2001 | Sinking the Lusitania | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2001 | Dog Days | Actor | Dad | N/A N/A |
| 2000 | Satan in the Suburbs | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2000 | Warriors of the French Foreign Legion | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 1999 | The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1999 | The Autumn Heart | Actor | Doctor | 59 Average |
| 1999 | Michael Jordan: His Airness | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 1998 | Nagano ’98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and Glory | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 1998 | The Siege | Actor | FBI Director | 61 Fair |
| 1998 | Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street' | Actor | Self - Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1998 | A Perfect Murder | Actor | Jason Gates | 63 Fair |
| 1997 | Atlanta’s Olympic Glory | Actor | Narrator | 58 Average |
| 1997 | China - A Century of Revolution | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 1997 | Floating | Actor | Van's Father | 59 Average |
| 1997 | The Bay of Pigs | Actor | Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1996 | The Crucible | Actor | Isaiah Goodkind | 62 Fair |
| 1996 | Celtic Pride | Actor | Rich Man | 57 Average |
| 1996 | Welcome to the Dollhouse | Actor | Mr. Edwards | 64 Fair |
| 1995 | The Search for Satan | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1994 | Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of Glory | Actor | Narrator | 58 Average |
| 1994 | The Mao Years: 1949-1976 | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1994 | Norse America | Actor | Self - Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1993 | Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald? | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1992 | Columbus And The Age Of Discovery | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1992 | The Machine That Changed the World | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 1990 | Nixon | Actor | Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1990 | Hull High | Actor | 69 Fair |
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| 1989 | Crossbow: The Movie | Actor | William Tell | 58 Average |
| 1988 | Hostile Takeover | Actor | Smolen | 58 Average |
| 1987 | Crossbow | Actor | William Tell | 69 Fair |
| 1987 | The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People | Actor | Self - Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1985 | Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera | Actor | narrator (himself) | 59 Average |
| 1985 | Three Sovereigns for Sarah | Actor | Rev. Parris | N/A N/A |
| 1985 | Three Sovereigns for Sarah | Actor | Rev. Parris | N/A N/A |
| 1984 | The Mind of a Murderer: Part 2 | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1984 | The Mind of a Murderer: Part 1 | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 1983 | Vietnam: A Television History | Actor | 70 Good |
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| 1983 | Frontline | Actor | Self - Narrator (voice) | 71 Good |
Directing |
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| 2002 | The Pink Satin Suit | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |