William Atherton

Acting · Born 1947-07-30 · Orange, Connecticut, USA

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 for

• Where Did the Adults Go? (2025)
• Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)
• Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters (2020)
• Bad Company (2018)
• Clinical (2017)
• Ghostheads (2016)
• Jinn (2014)
• Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012)
• Jersey Shore Shark Attack (2012)
• The Citizen (2012)
• The Kane Files: Life of Trial (2010)
• Aces 'N' Eights (2008)
• Ghouls (2008)
• Black Crescent Moon (2008)
• Kush (2007)
• The Girl Next Door (2007)
• Towards Darkness (2007)
• Into the Sun (2005)
• Headspace (2005)
• Gone But Not Forgotten (2005)
• Who's Your Daddy? (2004)
• The Last Samurai (2003)
• Race to Space (2001)
• Burning Down the House (2001)