May 20, 1948 - Burlington, Vermont, USA
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.
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| Movie | 2021 | America After 9/11 | narrator | |
| Movie | 2008 | Iron Man | Award Ceremony Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 2021 | Boeing's Fatal Flaw | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 2024 | Aftermath | Joe Kozak | |
| Movie | 2021 | Taliban Takeover | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1995 | Welcome to the Dollhouse | Mr. Edwards | |
| Movie | 2002 | Alma Mater | ||
| Movie | 2023 | Putin and the Presidents | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2006 | Fierce People | Documentary Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 1996 | Celtic Pride | Rich Man | |
| Movie | 2016 | Terror in Europe | self | |
| Movie | 2021 | Shots Fired | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2005 | Our Fathers | Wilson Rogers Jr. | |
| Movie | 2004 | The Secret History of the Credit Card | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2006 | Little Children | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 2021 | Mother/Android | Captain | |
| Movie | 1997 | The Bay of Pigs | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 2023 | Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power, and the Supreme Court | narrator | |
| Movie | 2014 | Generation Like | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 2003 | Salt Lake City 2002: Stories of Olympic Glory | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2016 | Netanyahu at War | Self (narrator) | |
| Movie | 1997 | Floating | Van's Father | |
| Movie | 2012 | Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2009 | The Boneyard | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1994 | Part Two: The Mao Years 1949–1976 | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 2003 | Coming Home from Space: The Challenge of Re-Entry | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1999 | The Autumn Heart | Doctor | |
| Movie | 2008 | Abuse of Power | Nolan Flannery | |
| Movie | 2022 | The Power of Big Oil | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 1985 | Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera | narrator (himself) | |
| Movie | 2004 | Golden Road: Today's Senior Drivers | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2014 | United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy Lost | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2022 | Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack | Self - Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 2022 | Lies, Politics and Democracy | Self - Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 2023 | Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1998 | Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street' | Self - Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 2023 | Inside the Uvalde Response | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2023 | The Discord Leaks | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2012 | Last Man Out | Walt Whitman (voice) | |
| Movie | 2014 | Losing Iraq | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1998 | A Perfect Murder | Jason Gates | |
| Movie | 2013 | League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis | Himself - Narrator | |
| Movie | 2024 | Democracy on Trial | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2000 | Warriors of the French Foreign Legion | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1999 | The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela | ||
| Movie | 2003 | Truth, War and Consequences | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 1995 | The Search for Satan | ||
| Movie | 1984 | The Mind of a Murderer: Part 1 | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1984 | The Mind of a Murderer: Part 2 | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2017 | Out of Gitmo | narrator | |
| Movie | 2005 | The New Asylums | narrator | |
| Movie | 2024 | Children of Ukraine | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1992 | Columbus And The Age Of Discovery | ||
| Movie | 2020 | United States of Conspiracy | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 1994 | Norse America | Self - Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 1987 | The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People | Self - Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 2024 | Crisis on Campus | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2001 | Sinking the Lusitania | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2000 | Satan in the Suburbs | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 2017 | Frontline: President Trump | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2016 | The Choice 2016 | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2017 | Frontline: Divided States of America | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2006 | Frontline: The Age of AIDS | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 2014 | Prison State | Himself - Narrator (Voice) | |
| Movie | 2008 | What Doesn't Kill You | Sully | |
| Movie | 1994 | Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of Glory | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1997 | Atlanta’s Olympic Glory | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1998 | Nagano ’98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and Glory | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2001 | Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic Glory | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2007 | Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2011 | Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1989 | Crossbow: The Movie | William Tell | |
| Movie | 2003 | Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2002 | American Porn | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1985 | Three Sovereigns for Sarah | Rev. Parris | |
| Movie | 1989 | Hostile Takeover | Smolen | |
| Movie | 2007 | I'm Paige Wilson | Ben Foxworthy | |
| Movie | 2020 | Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos | narrator | |
| Movie | 2020 | Battle for Hong Kong | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1999 | Michael Jordan: His Airness | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2014 | Firestone and the Warlord | Self - Narrator | |
| Movie | 2004 | American Meltdown | Homeland Chief Utley | |
| Movie | 2003 | Mystic River | FBI Agent Birden | |
| Movie | 1990 | Nixon | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 1998 | The Siege | FBI Director | |
| Movie | 1993 | The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald | Narrator (voice) (US version, Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?) | |
| Movie | 2020 | Christmas on Ice | Mayor Greenwood | |
| Movie | 2014 | Separate and Unequal | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2010 | The Other Guys | Frontline Narration App | |
| Movie | 2020 | The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 1996 | The Crucible | Isaiah Goodkind | |
| Movie | 2001 | Dog Days | Dad | |
| Movie | 2017 | Life on Parole | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2003 | Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 2016 | Supplements and Safety | Self - Narrator | |
| Movie | 2014 | The Trouble With Antibiotics | Self / Reporter | |
| Movie | 2018 | UN Sex Abuse Scandal | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 2024 | The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump | Self - Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 1996 | The Ultimate Guide: T-Rex | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 2025 | The Electric State | Documentary Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 2025 | The Arborist | Arthur Randolph | |
| Movie | 2007 | Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe | Moe Fresno | |
| Movie | 2008 | Rules of Engagement | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2008 | The War Briefing | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2007 | On Our Watch | Narrator | |
| Movie | N/A | News War | Narrator | |
| Movie | N/A | Yemen Under Siege | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2017 | Hunting ISIS | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2017 | Iraq Uncovered | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2025 | Battle for Tibet | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1993 | The Arming of Saudi Arabia | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1986 | Hostage in Iran | Narrator | |
| TV Show | 1999 | The West Wing | Narrator (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2000 | Ed | Gus McGraw | 1 |
| TV Show | 1964 | Another World | 749 | |
| TV Show | 1990 | Hull High | 8 | |
| TV Show | 1996 | The Ultimate Guide | Narrator | 23 |
| TV Show | 1974 | NOVA | Narrator | 12 |
| TV Show | 2006 | Is It Real? | Narrator (voice) | 30 |
| TV Show | 1983 | Frontline | Self, Narrator | 1 |
| TV Show | 1990 | Law & Order | Victor Conner | 1 |
| TV Show | 1987 | Crossbow | William Tell | 72 |
| TV Show | 1983 | Vietnam: A Television History | 13 | |
| TV Show | 1983 | Frontline | Narrator (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2003 | Threat Matrix | Roger Atkins | 16 |
| TV Show | 1974 | NOVA | Narrator (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Roger Jameson | 1 |
| TV Show | 1985 | Three Sovereigns for Sarah | Rev. Parris | 3 |
| TV Show | 2005 | Commander in Chief | Teddy Bridges | 2 |
| TV Show | 2005 | Commander in Chief | Teddy Bridges (uncredited) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1989 | The Simpsons | Narrator (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1983 | Frontline | Self - Narrator (voice) | 839 |
| TV Show | 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Allan Wooster | 1 |
| TV Show | 2020 | Animaniacs | Narrator (voice) | 2 |
| TV Show | 2014 | United States of Secrets | Narrator | 2 |
| TV Show | 2020 | America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2 |
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| Movie | 2002 | The Pink Satin Suit | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1986 | Hostage in Iran | Executive Producer | Production |
