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William “Will” Lyman is an American voice-over artist and actor. Perhaps best known for his polished, resonant voice, Lyman has narrated the PBS series Frontline since its second season in 1984 and plays William Tell in the action/adventure television series Crossbow.
Birth Name
William Remington Lyman
Born
Thursday, 20 May 1948
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Ukraine, Life Under Russia's Attack | Narrator | 2022 |
| The Power of Big Oil | Narrator | 2022 |
| Mother/Android | Captain | 2021 |
| Buried | Self - 'Frontline' Narrator | 2021 |
| Animaniacs | Narrator | 2020 |
| Christmas on Ice | Mayor Greenwood | 2020 |
| The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden | Self - Narrator / Narrator (voice) | 2020 |
| Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory | Narrator | 2011 |
| God in America | Narrator / Self | 2010 |
| The Big Uneasy | Self - Narration | 2010 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Ukraine, Life Under Russia's Attack | Narrator | 2022 |
| The Power of Big Oil | Narrator | 2022 |
| Mother/Android | Captain | 2021 |
| Buried | Self - 'Frontline' Narrator | 2021 |
| Animaniacs | Narrator | 2020 |
| Christmas on Ice | Mayor Greenwood | 2020 |
| The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden | Self - Narrator / Narrator (voice) | 2020 |
| Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory | Narrator | 2011 |
| God in America | Narrator / Self | 2010 |
| The Big Uneasy | Self - Narration | 2010 |
| The Other Guys | Frontline Narration App | 2010 |
| What Doesn't Kill You | Sully | 2008 |
| Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe | Moe Fresno | 2008 |
| The Suicide Tourist | Himself - Narrator | 2008 |
| Ted Kennedy: Tragedy Scandal and Redemption | Self - Narrator | 2008 |
| Iron Man | Award Ceremony Narrator / Award Ceremony Narrator (voice) | 2008 |
| Bud Greenspan's Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory | Narrator | 2007 |
| I'm Paige Wilson | Foxworthy / Ben Foxworthy | 2007 |
| Little Children | Narrator | 2006 |
| Brotherhood | Atty. General Dan Vanderpool | 2006 |
| Commander in Chief | Teddy Bridges | 2005 |
| Our Fathers | Wilson Rogers Jr. | 2005 |
| Is It Real? | Self - Narrator / Narrator (voice) | 2005 |
| Fierce People | Documentary Narrator (voice) / Documentary Narrator | 2005 |
| Bud Greenspan's Athens 2004: Stories of Olympic Glory | Narrator | 2005 |
| The Question of God: Sigmund Freud & C.S. Lewis | Narrator | 2004 |
| UFO Files | Narrator | 2004 |
| Meltdown | Homeland Chief Utley | 2004 |
| Abuse of Power | Nolan Flannery | 2004 |
| NBA 100 Greatest Plays | Self - Narrator | 2003 |
| Threat Matrix | Colonel Roger Atkins / Roger Atkins | 2003 |
| Mystic River | FBI Agent Birden | 2003 |
| Salt Lake City 2002: Bud Greenspan's Stories of Olympic Glory | Narrator | 2003 |
| 2001-2002 Los Angeles Lakers NBA Champions | Narrator | 2002 |
| The Perfect Gooseys | The Headmaster | 2002 |
| The Day Reagan Was Shot | Narrator | 2001 |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Roger Jameson | 2001 |
| Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic Glory | Narrator | 2001 |
| Air Jaws: Sharks of South Africa | Narrator (voice) | 2001 |
| Dischord | Capt. Jack | 2001 |
| Ed | Gus McGraw | 2000 |
| The Prosecutors: In Pursuit of Justice | Narrator | 2000 |
| Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain | Narrator | 2000 |
| Warriors of the French Foreign Legion | Narrator | 2000 |
| Satan in the Suburbs | Narrator (voice) / Narrator | 2000 |
| The Bone Yard | Narrator | 2000 |
| The West Wing | Narrator | 1999 |
| The Autumn Heart | Doctor | 1999 |
| The Curse of Tutankhamun | Narrator | 1999 |
| Michael Jordan: His Airness | Narrator | 1999 |
| Nagano '98 Olympics: Bud Greenspan's Stories of Honor and Glory | Narrator | 1998 |
| The Siege | FBI Director | 1998 |
| A Perfect Murder | Jason Gates | 1998 |
| Atlanta's Olympic Glory | Narrator | 1997 |
| Floating | Van's Father | 1997 |
| Survival in the Sky | Self - Narrator | 1996 |
| The Crucible | Isaiah Goodkind | 1996 |
| Celtic Pride | Rich Man | 1996 |
| Welcome to the Dollhouse | Mr. Edwards | 1996 |
| Lillehammer '94: 16 Days of Glory | Narrator | 1994 |
| Modern Marvels | Narrator | 1993 |
| School Ties | Swanson | 1992 |
| Columbus and the Age of Discovery | Self - Narrator | 1992 |
| Mann & Machine | Banito Ruggerio | 1992 |
| Law & Order | Victor Conner | 1990 |
| Hull High | John Deerborn | 1990 |
| The Simpsons | Narrator | 1989 |
| Crossbow: The Movie | William Tell | 1989 |
| American Experience | Narrator | 1988 |
| Hostile Takeover | Smolen | 1988 |
| Dispatches | Narrator | 1987 |
| Crossbow | William Tell | 1987 |
| Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera | Narrator / narrator (himself) | 1985 |
| Spenser: For Hire | Capt. Ben Morrison / Lt. Grant | 1985 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Allan Wooster | 1984 |
| George Washington | Lawrence | 1984 |
| Vietnam: A Television History | Narrator | 1983 |
| Frontline | Narrator (voice) / Himself - Narrator / Narrator / Himself - Narrator (voice) / Self - Narrator / Himself / Self - Narrator (voice) / Narrator in presentation (voice) / Herself | 1983 |
| American Playhouse | Gabriel Javsicas / Rev. Parris | 1982 |
| CBS Schoolbreak Special | Peter Miller | 1980 |
| Ryan's Hope | Ken Alexander | 1975 |
| Nova | Narrator / Narrator (voice) / Self - Narrator (voice) / Self (narrator) | 1974 |
| Guiding Light | Carroll O'Malley | 1952 |
