Actor

William Atherton

Acting: 1972 to present · 26 films
Born: 30 July 1947 · age 78
From: Orange, Connecticut, USA

William Atherton Knight Jr. (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.

Career Signature

How William Atherton’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they acted in.

claustrophobic tension

Tonal kin

Hal Holbrook35 films

James Woods59 films

Joanna Cassidy28 films

Michael J. Reynolds19 films

Rutger Hauer52 films

Ned Eisenberg21 films

Bill Paxton53 films

Jeff Corey48 films

How William Atherton’s filmography reads.

Filmography

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Clinical

Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie

The Girl Next Door

Into the Sun

The Last Samurai

The Crow: Salvation

Bread and Roses

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

Mad City

Hoodlum

Bio-Dome

The Pelican Brief

Oscar

Die Hard 2

Buried Alive

Grim Prairie Tales

Die Hard

No Mercy

Real Genius

Ghostbusters

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

The Day of the Locust

The Hindenburg

The Sugarland Express

The New Centurions