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Will Lyman

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: Acting

Born: Burlington, Vermont, USA, 1948-05-20

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1984	The Mind of a Murderer: Part 1	Narrator	70
2	1984	The Mind of a Murderer: Part 2	Narrator	0
3	1985	Three Sovereigns for Sarah	Rev. Parris	0
4	1985	Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera	narrator (himself)	100
5	1986	Hostage in Iran	Narrator	0
6	1987	The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People	Self - Narrator (voice)	0
7	1989	Crossbow: The Movie	William Tell	70
8	1989	Hostile Takeover	Smolen	46
9	1990	Nixon	Narrator (voice)	0
10	1992	Columbus And The Age Of Discovery		0
11	1993	The Arming of Saudi Arabia	Narrator	0
12	1993	The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald	Narrator (voice) (US version, Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?)	75
13	1994	Norse America	Self - Narrator (voice)	0
14	1994	Part Two: The Mao Years 1949–1976	Narrator (voice)	70
15	1994	Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of Glory	Narrator	52
16	1995	Welcome to the Dollhouse	Mr. Edwards	71
17	1995	The Search for Satan		80
18	1996	Celtic Pride	Rich Man	53
19	1996	The Ultimate Guide: T-Rex	Narrator (voice)	0
20	1996	The Crucible	Isaiah Goodkind	66
21	1997	The Bay of Pigs	Narrator (voice)	0
22	1997	Floating	Van's Father	65
23	1997	Atlanta’s Olympic Glory	Narrator	44
24	1998	A Perfect Murder	Jason Gates	65
25	1998	Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street'	Self - Narrator (voice)	70
26	1998	The Siege	FBI Director	63
27	1998	Nagano ’98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and Glory	Narrator	58
28	1999	Michael Jordan: His Airness	Narrator	70
29	1999	The Autumn Heart	Doctor	55
30	1999	The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela		0
31	2000	Warriors of the French Foreign Legion	Narrator	0
32	2000	Satan in the Suburbs	Narrator (voice)	50
33	2001	Dog Days	Dad	0
34	2001	Sinking the Lusitania	Narrator	60
35	2001	Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic Glory	Narrator	73
36	2002	American Porn	Narrator	50
37	2002	Alma Mater		0
38	2003	Salt Lake City 2002: Stories of Olympic Glory	Narrator	59
39	2003	Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific	Narrator	0
40	2003	Coming Home from Space: The Challenge of Re-Entry	Narrator	0
41	2003	Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History	Narrator (voice)	0
42	2003	Mystic River	FBI Agent Birden	77
43	2003	Truth, War and Consequences	Narrator (voice)	0
44	2004	Golden Road: Today's Senior Drivers	Narrator	0
45	2004	American Meltdown	Homeland Chief Utley	51
46	2004	The Secret History of the Credit Card	Narrator	70
47	2005	The New Asylums	narrator	0
48	2005	Our Fathers	Wilson Rogers Jr.	64
49	2006	Frontline: The Age of AIDS	Narrator (voice)	100
50	2006	Little Children	Narrator (voice)	71
51	2006	Fierce People	Documentary Narrator (voice)	61
52	2007	I'm Paige Wilson	Ben Foxworthy	20
53	2007	Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory	Narrator	60
54	2007	On Our Watch	Narrator	0
55	2007	Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe	Moe Fresno	10
56	2008	Rules of Engagement	Narrator	0
57	2008	Iron Man	Award Ceremony Narrator (voice)	77
58	2008	Abuse of Power	Nolan Flannery	25
59	2008	The War Briefing	Narrator	0
60	2008	What Doesn't Kill You	Sully	60
61	2009	The Boneyard	Narrator	80
62	2010	The Other Guys	Frontline Narration App	63
63	2011	Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory	Narrator	52
64	2012	Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown	Narrator	90
65	2012	Last Man Out	Walt Whitman (voice)	0
66	2013	League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis	Himself - Narrator	76
67	2014	Generation Like	Narrator (voice)	70
68	2014	Prison State	Himself - Narrator (Voice)	80
69	2014	United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy Lost	Narrator	78
70	2014	Separate and Unequal	Narrator	0
71	2014	Losing Iraq	Narrator	80
72	2014	The Trouble With Antibiotics	Self / Reporter	0
73	2014	Firestone and the Warlord	Self - Narrator	0
74	2016	Netanyahu at War	Self (narrator)	80
75	2016	Supplements and Safety	Self - Narrator	0
76	2016	Terror in Europe	self	0
77	2016	The Choice 2016	Narrator	58
78	2017	Frontline: President Trump	Narrator	70
79	2017	Frontline: Divided States of America	Narrator	70
80	2017	Hunting ISIS	Narrator	0
81	2017	Out of Gitmo	narrator	0
82	2017	Iraq Uncovered	Narrator	0
83	2017	Life on Parole	Narrator	70
84	2018	UN Sex Abuse Scandal	Narrator (voice)	75
85	2020	Battle for Hong Kong	Narrator	50
86	2020	Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos	narrator	75
87	2020	United States of Conspiracy	Narrator (voice)	30
88	2020	The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden	Narrator (voice)	72
89	2020	Christmas on Ice	Mayor Greenwood	70
90	2021	America After 9/11	narrator	0
91	2021	Boeing's Fatal Flaw	Narrator (voice)	80
92	2021	Taliban Takeover	Narrator	0
93	2021	Shots Fired	Narrator	70
94	2021	Mother/Android	Captain	58
95	2022	The Power of Big Oil	Narrator (voice)	0
96	2022	Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack	Self - Narrator (voice)	0
97	2022	Lies, Politics and Democracy	Self - Narrator (voice)	70
98	2023	Putin and the Presidents	Narrator	60
99	2023	Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power, and the Supreme Court	narrator	0
100	2023	Inside the Uvalde Response	Narrator	0
101	2023	The Discord Leaks	Narrator	0
102	2023	Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza	Narrator	80
103	2024	Democracy on Trial	Narrator	90
104	2024	Children of Ukraine	Narrator	100
105	2024	Crisis on Campus	Narrator	0
106	2024	The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump	Self - Narrator (voice)	76
107	2024	Aftermath	Joe Kozak	63
108	2025	Battle for Tibet	Narrator	0
109	2025	The Electric State	Documentary Narrator (voice)	65
110	2025	The Arborist	Arthur Randolph	0
111		News War	Narrator	0
112		Yemen Under Siege	Narrator	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1964	Another World		56
2	1974	NOVA	Narrator	70
3	1974	NOVA	Narrator (voice)	70
4	1983	Frontline	Self, Narrator	74
5	1983	Frontline	Narrator (voice)	74
6	1983	Frontline	Self - Narrator (voice)	74
7	1983	Vietnam: A Television History		100
8	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Allan Wooster	75
9	1985	Three Sovereigns for Sarah	Rev. Parris	0
10	1987	Crossbow	William Tell	67
11	1989	The Simpsons	Narrator (voice)	80
12	1990	Hull High		57
13	1990	Law & Order	Victor Conner	74
14	1996	The Ultimate Guide	Narrator	0
15	1999	The West Wing	Narrator (voice)	83
16	2000	Ed	Gus McGraw	77
17	2001	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Roger Jameson	76
18	2003	Threat Matrix	Roger Atkins	60
19	2005	Commander in Chief	Teddy Bridges	77
20	2005	Commander in Chief	Teddy Bridges (uncredited)	77
21	2006	Is It Real?	Narrator (voice)	53
22	2007	Frontline - News War	Self	0
23	2014	United States of Secrets	Narrator	90
24	2020	America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump	Self - Narrator (voice)	0
25	2020	Animaniacs	Narrator (voice)	84