1948-05-20 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.
Children of Ukraine | Narrator | 2024-04-16 | |
Crisis on Campus | Narrator | 2024-06-11 | |
Democracy on Trial | Narrator | 2024-01-30 | |
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2024-09-24 | |
Aftermath | Kozak | 2024-09-27 | |
Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power, and the Supreme Court | narrator | 2023-05-09 | |
The Discord Leaks | Narrator | 2023-12-12 | |
Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza | Narrator | 2023-12-19 | |
Inside the Uvalde Response | Narrator | 2023-12-05 | |
Putin and the Presidents | Narrator | 2023-01-31 | |
The Power of Big Oil | Narrator (voice) | 2022-04-19 | |
Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2022-08-02 | |
Lies, Politics and Democracy | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2022-09-06 | |
Boeing's Fatal Flaw | Narrator (voice) | 2021-09-14 | |
America After 9/11 | narrator | 2021-09-07 | |
Taliban Takeover | Narrator | 2021-10-12 | |
Mother/Android | Captain | 2021-12-17 | |
Shots Fired | Narrator | 2021-10-26 | |
Christmas on Ice | Mayor Greenwood | 2020-10-23 | |
Frontline: America's Great Divide | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2020-01-13 | |
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden | Narrator (voice) | 2020-09-22 | |
United States of Conspiracy | Narrator (voice) | 2020-07-28 | |
Battle for Hong Kong | Narrator | 2020-02-11 | |
Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos | narrator | 2020-02-18 | |
UN Sex Abuse Scandal | Narrator (voice) | 2018-01-01 | |
Life on Parole | Narrator | 2017-07-18 | |
Frontline: President Trump | Narrator | 2017-01-03 | |
Frontline: Divided States of America | Narrator | 2017-01-17 | |
Out of Gitmo | narrator | 2017-02-27 | |
Terror in Europe | self | 2016-10-18 | |
The Choice 2016 | Narrator | 2016-11-05 | |
Netanyahu at War | Self (narrator) | 2016-01-05 | |
Supplements and Safety | Self - Narrator | 2016-01-19 | |
Firestone and the Warlord | Self - Narrator | 2014-11-18 | |
Generation Like | Narrator (voice) | 2014-02-18 | |
Prison State | Himself - Narrator (Voice) | 2014-04-29 | |
The Trouble With Antibiotics | Self / Reporter | 2014-10-14 | |
Losing Iraq (Frontline) | Narrator | 2014-07-29 | |
Separate and Unequal | Narrator | 2014-07-15 | |
United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy Lost | Narrator | 2014-05-20 | |
United States of Secrets (Part One): The Program | Narrator | 2014-05-13 | |
League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis | Himself - Narrator | 2013-10-08 | |
Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown | Narrator | 2012-02-28 | |
Last Man Out | Walt Whitman (voice) | 2012-05-05 | |
Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory | Narrator | 2011-04-28 | |
The Other Guys | Frontline Narration App | 2010-08-06 | |
The Boneyard | Narrator | 2009-10-06 | |
Iron Man | Award Ceremony Narrator (voice) | 2008-04-30 | |
Beacon Hill | Nolan Flannery | 2008-08-16 | |
What Doesn't Kill You | Sully | 2008-12-12 | |
Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory | Narrator | 2007-07-05 | |
I'm Paige Wilson | Ben Foxworthy | 2007-06-14 | |
Fierce People | Documentary Narrator (voice) | 2007-11-05 | |
Frontline: The Age of AIDS | Narrator (voice) | 2006-05-30 | |
Little Children | Narrator (voice) | 2006-10-06 | |
Our Fathers | Wilson Rogers Jr. | 2005-05-11 | |
The New Asylums | narrator | 2005-05-10 | |
The Secret History of the Credit Card | Narrator | 2004-11-23 | |
Golden Road: Today's Senior Drivers | Narrator | 2004-01-01 | |
American Meltdown | Homeland Chief Utley | 2004-06-06 | |
Truth, War and Consequences | Narrator (voice) | 2003-10-09 | |
Mystic River | FBI Agent Birden | 2003-10-07 | |
Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History | Narrator (voice) | 2003-07-28 | |
Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific | Narrator | 2003-06-02 | |
Salt Lake 2002: Stories of Olympic Glory | Narrator | 2003-01-07 | |
Coming Home from Space: The Challenge of Re-Entry | Narrator | 2003-06-25 | |
Alma Mater | 2002-10-12 | ||
American Porn | Narrator | 2002-02-21 | |
Sinking the Lusitania | Narrator | 2001-03-27 | |
Dog Days | Dad | 2001-01-01 | |
Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic Glory | Narrator | 2001-08-26 | |
Satan in the Suburbs | Narrator (voice) | 2000-01-01 | |
Warriors of the French Foreign Legion | Narrator | 2000-01-01 | |
The Autumn Heart | Doctor | 1999-01-27 | |
The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela | 1999-05-25 | ||
Michael Jordan: His Airness | Narrator | 1999-01-01 | |
The Siege | FBI Director | 1998-11-06 | |
Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street' | Self - Narrator (voice) | 1998-11-04 | |
A Perfect Murder | Jason Gates | 1998-06-05 | |
Nagano ’98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and Glory | Narrator | 1998-12-20 | |
Floating | Van's Father | 1997-02-20 | |
Atlanta’s Olympic Glory | Narrator | 1997-12-07 | |
The Bay of Pigs | Narrator (voice) | 1997-01-01 | |
Welcome to the Dollhouse | Mr. Edwards | 1996-03-22 | |
The Ultimate Guide: T-Rex | Narrator (voice) | 1996-04-21 | |
The Crucible | Isaiah Goodkind | 1996-11-27 | |
Celtic Pride | Rich Man | 1996-04-19 | |
The Search for Satan | 1995-10-24 | ||
Norse America | Self - Narrator (voice) | 1994-03-15 | |
The Mao Years: 1949-1976 | Narrator (voice) | 1994-04-13 | |
Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of Glory | Narrator | 1994-11-27 | |
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald | Narrator (voice) (US version, Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?) | 1993-11-09 | |
Columbus And The Age Of Discovery | 1992-07-04 | ||
Nixon | Narrator (voice) | 1990-10-15 | |
Hostile Takeover | Smolen | 1989-09-01 | |
Crossbow: The Movie | William Tell | 1989-01-01 | |
The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People | Self - Narrator (voice) | 1987-07-17 | |
Three Sovereigns for Sarah | Rev. Parris | 1985-05-01 | |
Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera | narrator (himself) | 1985-10-14 | |
The Mind of a Murderer: Part 2 | 1984-03-26 | ||
The Mind of a Murderer: Part 1 | Narrator | 1984-03-19 | |
China: A Century of Revolution | Narrator |