William Atherton

**William Atherton** (lahir 30 Juli 1947) adalah seorang pemeran film, panggung dan televisi asal Amerika Serikat.

## Kehidupan awal
William Atherton lahir dengan nama William Atherton Knight di Orange, Connecticut. Ia adalah putra Robert Atherton Knight dan Roby (nama gadis Robison). Ia belajar akting di Sekolah Drama di Carnegie Tech dan lulus dari Carnegie-Mellon University pada tahun 1969.

## Filmografi

### Film

* *[[The New Centurions]]* (1972) - Johnson
* *[[Class of '44]]* (1973) - Fraternity President
* *[[The Sugarland Express]]* (1974) - Clovis Michael Poplin
* *[[The Day of the Locust (film)|The Day of the Locust]]* (1975) - Tod Hackett
* *[[The Hindenburg (film)|The Hindenburg]]* (1975) - Boerth
* *[[Independence (1976 film)|Independence]]* (1976) - Benjamin Rush
* *[[Looking for Mr. Goodbar (film)|Looking for Mr. Goodbar]]* (1977) - James
* *[[Ghostbusters]]* (1984) - Walter Peck
* *[[Real Genius]]* (1985) - Prof. Jerry Hathaway
* *[[No Mercy (film)|No Mercy]]* (1986) - Allan Deveneux
* *[[Die Hard]]* (1988) - Richard Thornburg
* *[[Grim Prairie Tales]]: Hit the Trail... to Terror* (1990) - Arthur
* *[[Die Hard 2]]* (1990) - Richard Thornburg
* *[[Oscar (1991 film)|Oscar]]* (1991) - Overton
* *[[The Pelican Brief (film)|The Pelican Brief]]* (1993) - Bob Gminski
* *[[Saints and Sinners (1994 film)|Saints and Sinners]]* (1994) - Terence McCone
* *[[Frank & Jesse]]* (1995) - Allan Pinkerton
* *[[Bio-Dome]]* (1996) - Dr. Noah Faulkner
* *Executive Power* (1997) - President John Fields
* *[[Hoodlum (film)|Hoodlum]]* (1997) - Thomas Dewey
* *[[Mad City (film)|Mad City]]* (1997) - Malt Dohlen
* *Michael Kael contre la World News Company* (1998) - James Denit
* *The Stranger* (1999) - Arthur
* *[[The Crow: Salvation]]* (2000) - Nathan Randall
* *[[Burning Down the House (film)|Burning Down the House]]* (2001) - Arthur Kranston
* *[[Night Visions (TV series)|Night Visions]]* (2001) (TV series) - William Price
* *[[Race to Space]]* (2001) - Ralph Stanton
* *[[Who's Your Daddy? (film)|Who's Your Daddy?]]* (2003) - Uncle Duncan 'Duncay' Mack
* *[[The Last Samurai]]* (2003) - Winchester Rep
* *[[Into the Sun (2005 film)|Into the Sun]]* (2005) - Agent Block
* *[[Headspace (film)|Headspace]]* (2005) - Dr. Ira Gold
* *[[Kush (film)|Kush]]* (2007) - King
* *Totally Baked: A Pot-U-Mentary* (2007) - Lyle Funion
* *Hacia la oscuridad (Towards Darkness)* (2007) - John
* *[[The Girl Next Door (2007 film)|The Girl Next Door]]* (2007) - Adult David
* *bgFATLdy* (a.k.a. *Black Crescent Moon*) (2008) - Jo Dexton
* *The Kane Files: Life of Trial* (2010) - Daniel Morgan
* *[[Jinn (film)|Jinn]]* (2010) - Father Westhoff
* *[[Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie]]* (2012)
* *[[Jersey Shore Shark Attack]]* [2012]
* *[[The Citizen (2012 film)]]* [2012]

### Video games

* *[[Ghostbusters: The Video Game]]* (2009) (VG) - Walter Peck (Voice)

### Television

* *[[Centennial (TV miniseries)|Centennial]]* (1978–1979) (TV miniseries) - Jim Lloyd
* *A Single Light* (1981) (TV)
* *[[The House of Mirth (TV film)|The House of Mirth]]* (1981) (TV) - Lawrence Selden
* *Tomorrow's Child* (1982) (TV) - Jim Spence
* *[[Malibu (film)|Malibu]]* (1983) (TV) - Stan Harvey
* *[[The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]* (1985, 1987) (TV series) - Mr. Dundee/Brian Wolfe
* *[[Murder, She Wrote]]* (1985, 1987, 1991) (TV series) - Larry Holleran/Greg Dalton/Andy Henley
* *A Fight for Jenny* (1986) (TV) - Michael Rosen
* *[[The Equalizer]]* (1987, 1989) (TV series) - Martin 'Alpha' Loeber/Gideon
* *Intrigue* (1988) (TV) - Doggett
* *[[Buried Alive (1990 TV film)|Buried Alive]]* (1990) (TV) - Cortland 'Cort' van Owen
* *[[Tales from the Crypt (TV series)|Tales from the Crypt]]* (1991) (TV series) - Malcolm Mayflower
* ** (1992) (TV) - Eric Walker
* *Chrome Soldiers* (1992) (TV) - Sheriff Blackwell
* *[[Virus (1995 film)|Virus]]* (1995) (TV)
* *Broken Trust* (1995) (TV) - Roemer
* *Raven Hawk* (1996) (TV) - Philip Thorne
* *[[Nash Bridges]]* (1996) (TV series) - Dr. Linus Mills
* *[[The Practice]]* (1997, 1999) (TV series) - D.A. Keith Pratt
* *Michael Kael contre la World News Company* (1998) - James Denit
* *[[The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]* (1998) (TV series) - Franklin Murdoch
* *[[Introducing Dorothy Dandridge]]* (1999) (TV) - Darryl Zanuck
* *[[Night Visions (TV series)|Night Visions]]* (2001) (TV series) - William Price
* *[[Law & Order]]* (2002, 2004) (TV series) - Don Snyder/Dan Jensen
* *[[Justice League (TV series)|Justice League]]* (2003) (TV series) - Dr. Destiny (voice only)
* *Gone But Not Forgotten* (2004) (TV) - Sen. Ray Colby
* *[[Boston Legal]]* (2005) (TV series) - A.D.A. Howard Zale
* *[[Stargate SG-1]]* (2006) (TV series) - Varta
* *[[Desperate Housewives]]* (2006) (TV series) - Dr. Barr
* *[[Numb3rs]]* (2007) (TV series) - Warren Pierce
* *[[Aces 'n Eights|Aces 'N' Eights]]* (2008) (TV) - Howard
* *Ghouls* (2008) (TV) - Stefan
* *[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]* (2008) (TV series) - Commander Nathan Whitaker
* *[[Life (NBC TV series)|Life]]* (2008–2009) (TV series) - Mickey Rayborn
* *[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]* (Episode 607: "Dr. Linus") (2010) (TV series) - Principal Donald Reynolds
* *[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]* (2010) (TV series) - Ned Bogden
* *[[Castle (TV series)|Castle]]* (Episode 61: "Head Case") (2011) (TV series) - Dr. Ari Weiss
* *[[Workaholics]]* (Episode 306: "The Meat Jerking Beef Boys") (2012) - Thor Holmvik

## Referensi
# filmference.com
# http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0040472/|filmografi IMDb.com