Jul 30, 1947 - Orange, Connecticut, USA
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William Atherton Knight (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.
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| Movie | 1988 | Die Hard | Richard Thornburg | |
| Movie | 2003 | The Last Samurai | Winchester Rep | |
| Movie | 1984 | Ghostbusters | Walter Peck | |
| Movie | 1990 | Die Hard 2 | Richard Thornberg | |
| Movie | 1974 | The Sugarland Express | Clovis Poplin | |
| Movie | 1975 | The Day of the Locust | Tod Hackett | |
| Movie | 1991 | Oscar | Overton | |
| Movie | 2005 | Into the Sun | Agent Block | |
| Movie | 2000 | The Crow: Salvation | Nathan Randall | |
| Movie | 1996 | Bio-Dome | Dr. Noah Faulkner | |
| Movie | 1997 | Mad City | Dohlen | |
| Movie | 1993 | The Pelican Brief | Bob Gminski | |
| Movie | 2005 | Headspace | Dr. Ira Gold | |
| Movie | 1986 | No Mercy | Allan Deveneux | |
| Movie | 1985 | Real Genius | Professor Hathaway | |
| Movie | 1994 | Frank & Jesse | Allan Pinkerton | |
| Movie | 2005 | Gone But Not Forgotten | Sen. Ray Colby | |
| Movie | 2007 | Kush | King | |
| Movie | 2007 | The Girl Next Door | Adult David Moran | |
| Movie | 2001 | Race to Space | Ralph Stanton | |
| Movie | 1977 | Looking for Mr. Goodbar | James | |
| Movie | 1990 | Buried Alive | Cortland "Cort" van Owen | |
| Movie | 2010 | The Kane Files: Life of Trial | Daniel Morgan | |
| Movie | 1975 | The Hindenburg | Boerth | |
| Movie | 1990 | Grim Prairie Tales | Arthur | |
| Movie | 2008 | Aces 'N' Eights | Howard | |
| Movie | 2014 | Jinn | Father Westhoff | |
| Movie | 1998 | Michael Kael vs. the World News Company | James Denit | |
| Movie | 2008 | Ghouls | Stefan | |
| Movie | 1999 | Introducing Dorothy Dandridge | Darryl Zanuck | |
| Movie | 1982 | Tomorrow's Child | Jim Spence | |
| Movie | 2024 | Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | Mayor Walter Peck | |
| Movie | 2012 | Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie | Earle Swinter | |
| Movie | 2012 | Jersey Shore Shark Attack | Dolan | |
| Movie | 1994 | Saints and Sinners | Terence | |
| Movie | 1992 | Chrome Soldiers | Sheriff Blackwell | |
| Movie | 2001 | Burning Down the House | Arthur Kranston | |
| Movie | 2020 | Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters | Self | |
| Movie | 1988 | Intrigue | Doggett | |
| Movie | 1972 | The New Centurions | Johnson | |
| Movie | 1992 | Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder | Eric Walker | |
| Movie | 1995 | Broken Trust | Neil Roemer | |
| Movie | 2000 | Bread and Roses | Party Guest (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1995 | A Night to Die For | Self | |
| Movie | 1997 | Executive Power | President Fields | |
| Movie | N/A | Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story | ||
| Movie | N/A | Where Did the Adults Go? | The Father | |
| Movie | 1981 | The House of Mirth | Lawrence Selden | |
| Movie | 2004 | Who's Your Daddy? | Duncan Mack | |
| Movie | 1976 | Independence | Benjamin Rush | |
| Movie | 2008 | Black Crescent Moon | Jo Dexton | |
| Movie | 2007 | Towards Darkness | John | |
| Movie | 2016 | Ghostheads | Self | |
| Movie | 2017 | Clinical | Terry Drummond | |
| Movie | 1996 | Raven Hawk | Philip Thorne | |
| Movie | 1997 | Hoodlum | Thomas E. Dewey | |
| Movie | 1987 | The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine | Martin 'Alpha' Loeber | |
| Movie | 1973 | Class of '44 | Fraternity President | |
| Movie | 1986 | A Fight for Jenny | Michael Rosen | |
| Movie | 1983 | Malibu | Stan Harvey | |
| Movie | 1995 | Virus | Dr. Reginald Holloway | |
| Movie | 1999 | The Stranger | ||
| Movie | N/A | Return to the Firehouse: Making Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | Self | |
| TV Show | 1996 | Nash Bridges | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Larry Holleran | 1 |
| TV Show | 2005 | Numb3rs | Warren Pierce | 1 |
| TV Show | 2004 | Desperate Housewives | Dr. Barr | 1 |
| TV Show | 2002 | Monk | Commander Nathan Whitaker | 1 |
| TV Show | 1985 | The Twilight Zone | Brian Wolfe (segment "Night of the Meek") | 1 |
| TV Show | 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Malcolm Mayflower | 1 |
| TV Show | 2007 | Life | Mickey Rayborn | 8 |
| TV Show | 1997 | The Practice | D.A. Keith Pratt | 3 |
| TV Show | 1985 | The Equalizer | Martin 'Alpha' Loeber | 2 |
| TV Show | 2004 | Lost | Donald Reynolds | 1 |
| TV Show | 1997 | Stargate SG-1 | Emissary Varta | 1 |
| TV Show | 2001 | Night Visions | William Price (segment "Hate Puppet") | 1 |
| TV Show | 1978 | Centennial | Jim Lloyd | 12 |
| TV Show | 2004 | Boston Legal | A.D.A. Howard Zale | 1 |
| TV Show | 1990 | Max Monroe: Loose Cannon | Sloane | 1 |
| TV Show | 2001 | Justice League | Dr. Destiny / John Dee (voice) | 2 |
| TV Show | 2009 | Castle | Ari Weiss | 1 |
| TV Show | 1995 | The Outer Limits | Franklin Murdoch | 1 |
| TV Show | 2008 | Childrens Hospital | Levon Bainter | 1 |
| TV Show | 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Ned Bogden | 1 |
| TV Show | 1990 | Law & Order | Don Snyder | 1 |
| TV Show | 1990 | Law & Order | Dan Jensen | 1 |
| TV Show | 2020 | Reunited Apart | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Greg Dalton | 1 |
| TV Show | 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Prosecutor Andy Henley | 1 |
| TV Show | 1992 | HBO First Look | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1985 | The Equalizer | Gideon | 1 |
| TV Show | 1985 | The Twilight Zone | (segment "The Card") | 1 |
| TV Show | 2011 | Workaholics | Thor Holmvik | 1 |
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| Movie | 2005 | Headspace | Co-Producer | Production |
