8.4Acting
Will Lyman
- Born
- 1948-05-20
- Birthplace
- Burlington, Vermont, USA
Biography
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
Filmography
167 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
American Voices 2026
2026 · Movie
Narrator
Contaminated: The Carpet Industry's Toxic Legacy
2026 · Movie
Narrator
Scammed
2026 · Movie
Narrator
The Deal: Trump Bukele & The Gangs of El Salvador
2026 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
The War Cabinet
2026 · Movie
Narrrator
Battle for Tibet
2025 · Movie
Narrator
The Arborist
2025 · Movie
Arthur Randolph
The Electric State
2025 · Movie
Documentary Narrator (voice)
The Rise of RFK Jr.
2025 · Movie
Narrator
Trump's Power & the Rule of Law
2025 · Movie
Narrator (voice over)
Aftermath
2024 · Movie
Joe Kozak
Children of Ukraine
2024 · Movie
Narrator
Crisis on Campus
2024 · Movie
Narrator
Democracy on Trial
2024 · Movie
Narrator
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
2024 · Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power, and the Supreme Court
2023 · Movie
narrator
Inside the Uvalde Response
2023 · Movie
Narrator
Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza
2023 · Movie
Narrator
Putin and the Presidents
2023 · Movie
Narrator
The Discord Leaks
2023 · Movie
Narrator
Lies, Politics and Democracy
2022 · Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Power of Big Oil
2022 · TV Show
Narrator (voice)
Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack
2022 · Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
America After 9/11
2021 · Movie
narrator
Boeing's Fatal Flaw
2021 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
China's COVID Secrets
2021 · Movie
Self - Narrator
Mother/Android
2021 · Movie
Captain
Shots Fired
2021 · Movie
Narrator
Taliban Takeover
2021 · Movie
Narrator
Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos
2020 · Movie
Narrator
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
2020 · TV Show
Self - Narrator (voice)
Animaniacs
2020 · TV Show
Narrator (voice)
Battle for Hong Kong
2020 · Movie
Narrator
Christmas on Ice
2020 · Movie
Mayor Greenwood
Once Upon a Time in Iraq
2020 · Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
2020 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
United States of Conspiracy
2020 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
UN Sex Abuse Scandal
2018 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
Divided States of America
2017 · Movie
Narrator
Frontline: President Trump
2017 · Movie
Narrator
Hunting ISIS
2017 · Movie
Narrator
Iraq Uncovered
2017 · Movie
Narrator
Life on Parole
2017 · Movie
Narrator
Out of Gitmo
2017 · Movie
narrator
Business of Disaster
2016 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
Chasing Heroin
2016 · Movie
Narrator
Netanyahu at War
2016 · Movie
Self (narrator)
Saudi Arabia Uncovered
2016 · Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Supplements and Safety
2016 · Movie
Self - Narrator
Terror in Europe
2016 · Movie
self
The Choice 2016
2016 · Movie
Narrator
Isis in Afghanistan
2015 · Movie
Cast
Obama at War
2015 · Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Outbreak
2015 · Movie
Self - Narrator
Taliban Hunters
2015 · Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Fight for Yemen
2015 · Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Firestone and the Warlord
2014 · Movie
Self - Narrator
Generation Like
2014 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
Losing Iraq
2014 · Movie
Narrator
Prison State
2014 · Movie
Himself - Narrator (Voice)
Separate and Unequal
2014 · Movie
Narrator
The Trouble with Antibiotics
2014 · Movie
Self - Reporter
United States of Secrets
2014 · TV Show
Narrator
United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy Lost
2014 · Movie
Narrator
A Death in St. Augustine
2013 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis
2013 · Movie
Himself - Narrator
Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown
2012 · Movie
Narrator
Last Man Out
2012 · Movie
Walt Whitman (voice)
Money, Power & Wall Street
2012 · TV Show
Self - Narrator
The Suicide Plan
2012 · Movie
Narrator
Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory
2011 · Movie
Narrator
The Anthrax Files
2011 · Movie
Cast
Behind Taliban Lines
2010 · Movie
Cast
The Other Guys
2010 · Movie
Frontline Narration App
The Boneyard
2009 · Movie
Narrator
Abuse of Power
2008 · Movie
Nolan Flannery
Iron Man
2008 · Movie
Award Ceremony Narrator (voice)
Rules of Engagement
2008 · Movie
Narrator
The War Briefing
2008 · Movie
Narrator
What Doesn't Kill You
2008 · Movie
Sully
Young & Restless in China
2008 · Movie
Cast
Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory
2007 · Movie
Narrator
Endgame
2007 · Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Frontline - News War
2007 · TV Show
Self
I'm Paige Wilson
2007 · Movie
Ben Foxworthy
Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe
2007 · Movie
Moe Fresno
On Our Watch
2007 · Movie
Narrator
Fierce People
2006 · Movie
Documentary Narrator (voice)
Is It Real?
2006 · TV Show
Narrator (voice)
Little Children
2006 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
Return of the Taliban
2006 · Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Age of AIDS
2006 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Dark Side
2006 · Movie
Self - Narrator
Commander in Chief
2005 · TV Show
Teddy Bridges · Teddy Bridges (uncredited)
Our Fathers
2005 · Movie
Wilson Rogers Jr.
The New Asylums
2005 · Movie
narrator
American Meltdown
2004 · Movie
Homeland Chief Utley
Golden Road: Today's Senior Drivers
2004 · Movie
Narrator
The Secret History of the Credit Card
2004 · Movie
Narrator
Coming Home from Space: The Challenge of Re-Entry
2003 · Movie
Narrator
Mystic River
2003 · Movie
FBI Agent Birden
Salt Lake City 2002: Stories of Olympic Glory
2003 · Movie
Narrator
Threat Matrix
2003 · TV Show
Roger Atkins
Truth, War and Consequences
2003 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific
2003 · Movie
Narrator
Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History
2003 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
Alma Mater
2002 · Movie
Cast
American Porn
2002 · Movie
Narrator
The Pink Satin Suit
2002 · Movie
Director
Dog Days
2001 · Movie
Dad
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · TV Show
Roger Jameson
Sinking the Lusitania
2001 · Movie
Narrator
Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic Glory
2001 · Movie
Narrator
The Day Reagan Was Shot
2001 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
Ed
2000 · TV Show
Gus McGraw
Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain
2000 · Movie
Self - Narrator(voice)
Satan in the Suburbs
2000 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
Warriors of the French Foreign Legion
2000 · Movie
Narrator
Michael Jordan: His Airness
1999 · Movie
Narrator
The Autumn Heart
1999 · Movie
Doctor
The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela
1999 · Movie
Cast
The West Wing
1999 · TV Show
Narrator (voice)
A Perfect Murder
1998 · Movie
Jason Gates
Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street'
1998 · Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Nagano ’98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and Glory
1998 · Movie
Narrator
The Siege
1998 · Movie
FBI Director
Atlanta’s Olympic Glory
1997 · Movie
Narrator
Floating
1997 · Movie
Van's Father
The Bay of Pigs
1997 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
Celtic Pride
1996 · Movie
Rich Man
NBA at 50
1996 · Movie
Self - Narrator
The Crucible
1996 · Movie
Isaiah Goodkind
The Ultimate Guide
1996 · TV Show
Narrator
The Ultimate Guide: Sharks
1996 · Movie
Narrator
The Ultimate Guide: T-Rex
1996 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
Welcome to the Dollhouse
1996 · Movie
Mr. Edwards
The Search for Satan
1995 · Movie
Cast
Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of Glory
1994 · Movie
Narrator
Norse America
1994 · Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Part Two: The Mao Years 1949–1976
1994 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Arming of Saudi Arabia
1993 · Movie
Narrator
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
1993 · Movie
Narrator (voice) (US version, Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?)
Columbus and the Age of Discovery
1992 · TV Show
Self - Narrator (voice)
School Ties
1992 · Movie
Swanson
Hull High
1990 · TV Show
John Deerborn
Law & Order
1990 · TV Show
Victor Conner
Nixon
1990 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
Crossbow: The Movie
1989 · Movie
William Tell
Hostile Takeover
1989 · Movie
Smolen
The Simpsons
1989 · TV Show
Narrator (voice)
American Experience
1988 · TV Show
Self - Narrator (voice)
Crossbow
1987 · TV Show
William Tell
The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People
1987 · Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Hostage in Iran
1986 · Movie
Narrator · Executive Producer
Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera
1985 · Movie
narrator (himself)
Three Sovereigns for Sarah
1985 · Movie
Rev. Parris
Three Sovereigns for Sarah
1985 · TV Show
Rev. Parris
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · TV Show
Allan Wooster
The Mind of a Murderer: Part 1
1984 · Movie
Narrator
The Mind of a Murderer: Part 2
1984 · Movie
Narrator
Frontline
1983 · TV Show
Self - Narrator (voice)
Vietnam: A Television History
1983 · TV Show
Narrator
American Playhouse
1982 · TV Show
Reverend Parris
NOVA
1974 · TV Show
Narrator · Narrator (voice) · Self - Narrator (voice)
Another World
1964 · TV Show
Cast
News War
Date unknown · Movie
Narrator
Yemen Under Siege
Date unknown · Movie
Narrator