Will Lyman

ActorDirectorProducer May 20 (age 77) Burlington, Vermont, USA 1964–2025 (61 year career)

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Biography

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

Film

Iron Man

Award Ceremony Narrator (voice)

Film

Mystic River

FBI Agent Birden

Film

The Other Guys

Frontline Narration App

Film

Little Children

Narrator (voice)

Film

The Electric State

Documentary Narrator (voice)

Film

A Perfect Murder

Jason Gates

Film

The Siege

FBI Director

Film

Welcome to the Dollhouse

Mr. Edwards

Filmography

Acting (155)

Movies (130)

The Electric State

2025

as Documentary Narrator (voice)

The Arborist

as Arthur Randolph

Battle for Tibet

as Narrator

The Rise of RFK Jr.

2025

as Narrator

Trump's Power & the Rule of Law

2025

as Narrator (voice over)

Aftermath

as Joe Kozak

Crisis on Campus

as Narrator

Democracy on Trial

as Narrator

Children of Ukraine

as Narrator

The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump

2024

as Self - Narrator (voice)

7.6

Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza

2023

as Narrator

8.0

Putin and the Presidents

2023

as Narrator

6.0

The Discord Leaks

2023

as Narrator

Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power, and the Supreme Court

2023

as narrator

Inside the Uvalde Response

2023

as Narrator

Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack

2022

as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Power of Big Oil

2022

as Narrator (voice)

Lies, Politics and Democracy

2022

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Mother/Android

as Captain

Taliban Takeover

as Narrator

Boeing's Fatal Flaw

2021

as Narrator (voice)

8.0

America After 9/11

2021

as narrator

Shots Fired

as Narrator

Christmas on Ice

as Mayor Greenwood

Battle for Hong Kong

as Narrator

Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos

2020

as Narrator

7.5

The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden

2020

as Narrator (voice)

7.2

United States of Conspiracy

2020

as Narrator (voice)

3.0

Once Upon a Time in Iraq

2020

as Self - Narrator (voice)

8.0

UN Sex Abuse Scandal

2018

as Narrator (voice)

7.5

Frontline: President Trump

as Narrator

Life on Parole

as Narrator

Hunting ISIS

as Narrator

Divided States of America

2017

as Narrator

7.0

Iraq Uncovered

2017

as Narrator

Out of Gitmo

2017

as narrator

Business of Disaster

2016

as Narrator (voice)

Netanyahu at War

2016

as Self (narrator)

8.0

Supplements and Safety

2016

as Self - Narrator

Terror in Europe

2016

as self

The Choice 2016

2016

as Narrator

5.8

Saudi Arabia Uncovered

2016

as Self - Narrator (voice)

6.4

Obama at War

2015

as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Fight for Yemen

2015

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Isis in Afghanistan

2015

Outbreak

2015

as Self - Narrator

5.0

Firestone and the Warlord

2014

as Self - Narrator

Separate and Unequal

2014

as Narrator

Generation Like

2014

as Narrator (voice)

7.0

Prison State

2014

as Himself - Narrator (Voice)

8.0

The Trouble with Antibiotics

2014

as Self - Reporter

Losing Iraq

2014

as Narrator

8.0

United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy Lost

2014

as Narrator

7.8

League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis

2013

as Himself - Narrator

7.5

The Suicide Plan

2012

as Narrator

Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown

2012

as Narrator

9.0

Last Man Out

2012

as Walt Whitman (voice)

The Anthrax Files

2011

Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory

2011

as Narrator

5.2

The Other Guys

2010

as Frontline Narration App

Behind Taliban Lines

The Boneyard

as Narrator

Iron Man

as Award Ceremony Narrator (voice)

7.7

What Doesn't Kill You

2008

as Sully

6.0

Rules of Engagement

2008

as Narrator

Young & Restless in China

Abuse of Power

as Nolan Flannery

The War Briefing

as Narrator

I'm Paige Wilson

as Ben Foxworthy

On Our Watch

as Narrator

Endgame

2007

as Self - Narrator (voice)

5.0

Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory

2007

as Narrator

6.0

Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe

2007

as Moe Fresno

1.0

Fierce People

2006

as Documentary Narrator (voice)

The Age of AIDS

as Narrator (voice)

Little Children

as Narrator (voice)

Return of the Taliban

2006

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Our Fathers

2005

as Wilson Rogers Jr.

6.4

The New Asylums

2005

as narrator

American Meltdown

2004

as Homeland Chief Utley

5.1

The Secret History of the Credit Card

2004

as Narrator

7.0

Golden Road: Today's Senior Drivers

2004

as Narrator

Mystic River

2003

as FBI Agent Birden

7.7

Truth, War and Consequences

2003

as Narrator (voice)

Coming Home from Space: The Challenge of Re-Entry

2003

as Narrator

Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History

2003

as Narrator (voice)

Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific

2003

as Narrator

Salt Lake City 2002: Stories of Olympic Glory

as Narrator

Alma Mater

American Porn

as Narrator

Dog Days

as Dad

Sinking the Lusitania

2001

as Narrator

6.0

Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic Glory

as Narrator

Satan in the Suburbs

as Narrator (voice)

Warriors of the French Foreign Legion

2000

as Narrator

Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain

2000

as Self - Narrator(voice)

The Autumn Heart

1999

as Doctor

5.5

The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela

1999

Michael Jordan: His Airness

as Narrator

A Perfect Murder

as Jason Gates

The Siege

as FBI Director

Nagano ’98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and Glory

1998

as Narrator

5.8

Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street'

1998

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Floating

as Van's Father

The Bay of Pigs

as Narrator (voice)

Atlanta’s Olympic Glory

as Narrator

The Crucible

as Isaiah Goodkind

Welcome to the Dollhouse

as Mr. Edwards

Celtic Pride

as Rich Man

NBA at 50

as Self - Narrator

The Ultimate Guide: T-Rex

1996

as Narrator (voice)

The Search for Satan

1995

8.0

Part Two: The Mao Years 1949–1976

1994

as Narrator (voice)

7.0

Norse America

1994

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of Glory

1994

as Narrator

5.2

The Arming of Saudi Arabia

1993

as Narrator

The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald

1993

as Narrator (voice) (US version, Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?)

7.5

Nixon

1990

as Narrator (voice)

Crossbow: The Movie

as William Tell

Hostile Takeover

as Smolen

The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People

1987

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Hostage in Iran

1986

as Narrator

Three Sovereigns for Sarah

1985

as Rev. Parris

Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera

1985

as narrator (himself)

10.0

The Mind of a Murderer: Part 1

1984

as Narrator

7.0

The Mind of a Murderer: Part 2

1984

as Narrator

News War

as Narrator

The Ultimate Guide: Sharks

as Narrator

Taliban Hunters

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Yemen Under Siege

as Narrator

Television (25)

Animaniacs

2020

as Narrator (voice)

8.4

America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump

2020

as Self - Narrator (voice)

United States of Secrets

2014

as Narrator

9.0

Money, Power & Wall Street

2012

as Self - Narrator

Frontline - News War

2007

as Self

Is It Real?

as Narrator (voice)

Commander in Chief

as Teddy Bridges

Threat Matrix

as Roger Atkins

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Roger Jameson

as Gus McGraw

The West Wing

as Narrator (voice)

The Ultimate Guide

as Narrator

Columbus and the Age of Discovery

1992

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Law & Order

as Victor Conner

Hull High

The Simpsons

as Narrator (voice)

American Experience

as Self - Narrator (voice)

6.6

Crossbow

1987

as William Tell

6.2

Three Sovereigns for Sarah

1985

as Rev. Parris

Murder, She Wrote

1984

as Allan Wooster

7.5

Frontline

1983

as Self - Narrator (voice)

6.9

Frontline

1983

as Self - Narrator (voice)

6.9

Vietnam: A Television History

1983

10.0

NOVA

1974

as Self - Narrator (voice)

7.0

Another World

1964

5.2

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

The Pink Satin Suit

2002

Director

Hostage in Iran

1986

Executive Producer