Will Lyman

Acting•Born May 20, 1948 (age 78)•Burlington, Vermont, USA

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

Filmography

2026

The War Cabinet

as Narrrator

Movie

2026

The Deal: Trump Bukele & The Gangs of El Salvador

as Narrator (voice)

Movie

2026

Contaminated: The Carpet Industry's Toxic Legacy

as Narrator

Movie

2025

The Rise of RFK Jr.

as Narrator

Movie

2025

Trump's Power & the Rule of Law

as Narrator (voice over)

Movie

2025

The Arborist

as Arthur Randolph

Movie

2025

The Electric State

as Documentary Narrator (voice)

Movie

2025

Battle for Tibet

as Narrator

Movie

2024

Aftermath

as Joe Kozak

Movie

2024

The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Movie

2024

Crisis on Campus

as Narrator

Movie

2024

Children of Ukraine

as Narrator

Movie

2024

Democracy on Trial

as Narrator

Movie

2023

Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza

as Narrator

Movie

2023

The Discord Leaks

as Narrator

Movie

2023

Inside the Uvalde Response

as Narrator

Movie

2023

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

as narrator

Movie

2023

Putin and the Presidents

as Narrator

Movie

2022

Lies, Politics and Democracy

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Movie

2022

Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Movie

2022

The Power of Big Oil

as Narrator (voice)

Movie

2022

The Power of Big Oil

as Narrator (voice)

2021

Mother/Android

as Captain

Movie

2021

Shots Fired

as Narrator

Movie

2021

Taliban Takeover

as Narrator

Movie

2021

Boeing's Fatal Flaw

as Narrator (voice)

Movie

2021

America After 9/11

as narrator

Movie

2021

China's COVID Secrets

as Self - Narrator

Movie

2020

Animaniacs

as Narrator (voice)

2020

Christmas on Ice

as Mayor Greenwood

Movie

2020

The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden

as Narrator (voice)

Movie

2020

United States of Conspiracy

as Narrator (voice)

Movie

2020

Once Upon a Time in Iraq

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Movie

2020

Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos

as Narrator

Movie

2020

Battle for Hong Kong

as Narrator

Movie

2020

America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2018

UN Sex Abuse Scandal

as Narrator (voice)

Movie

2017

Life on Parole

as Narrator

Movie

2017

Iraq Uncovered

as Narrator

Movie

2017

Out of Gitmo

as narrator

Movie

2017

Hunting ISIS

as Narrator

Movie

2017

Divided States of America

as Narrator

Movie

2017

Frontline: President Trump

as Narrator

Movie

2016

The Choice 2016

as Narrator

Movie

2016

Terror in Europe

as self

Movie

2016

Business of Disaster

as Narrator (voice)

Movie

2016

Saudi Arabia Uncovered

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Movie

2016

Chasing Heroin

as Narrator

Movie

2016

Supplements and Safety

as Self - Narrator

Movie

2016

Netanyahu at War

as Self (narrator)

Movie

2015

Obama at War

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Movie

2015

Taliban Hunters

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Movie

2015

Isis in Afghanistan

Movie

2015

Outbreak

as Self - Narrator

Movie

2015

The Fight for Yemen

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Movie

2014

Firestone and the Warlord

as Self - Narrator

Movie

2014

The Trouble with Antibiotics

as Self - Reporter

Movie

2014

Losing Iraq

as Narrator

Movie

2014

Separate and Unequal

as Narrator

Movie

2014

United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy Lost

as Narrator

Movie

2014

United States of Secrets

as Narrator

2014

Prison State

as Himself - Narrator (Voice)

Movie

2014

Generation Like

as Narrator (voice)

Movie

2013

A Death in St. Augustine

as Narrator (voice)

Movie

2013

League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis

as Himself - Narrator

Movie

2012

The Suicide Plan

as Narrator

Movie

2012

Last Man Out

as Walt Whitman (voice)

Movie

2012

Money, Power & Wall Street

as Self - Narrator

2012

Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown

as Narrator

Movie

2011

The Anthrax Files

Movie

2011

Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory

as Narrator

Movie

2010

The Other Guys

as Frontline Narration App

Movie

2010

Behind Taliban Lines

Movie

2009

The Boneyard

as Narrator

Movie

2008

What Doesn't Kill You

as Sully

Movie

2008

The War Briefing

as Narrator

Movie

2008

Abuse of Power

as Nolan Flannery

Movie

2008

Young & Restless in China

Movie

2008

Iron Man

as Award Ceremony Narrator (voice)

Movie

2008

Rules of Engagement

as Narrator

Movie

2007

Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe

as Moe Fresno

Movie

2007

On Our Watch

as Narrator

Movie

2007

Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory

as Narrator

Movie

2007

Endgame

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Movie

2007

I'm Paige Wilson

as Ben Foxworthy

Movie

2007

Frontline - News War

as Self

2006

Fierce People

as Documentary Narrator (voice)

Movie

2006

Little Children

as Narrator (voice)

Movie

2006

Return of the Taliban

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Movie

2006

The Age of AIDS

as Narrator (voice)

Movie

2006

Is It Real?

as Narrator (voice)

2005

Commander in Chief

as Teddy Bridges

2005

Commander in Chief

as Teddy Bridges (uncredited)

2005

Our Fathers

as Wilson Rogers Jr.

Movie

2005

The New Asylums

as narrator

Movie

2004

The Secret History of the Credit Card

as Narrator

Movie

2004

American Meltdown

as Homeland Chief Utley

Movie

2004

Golden Road: Today's Senior Drivers

as Narrator

Movie

2003

Truth, War and Consequences

as Narrator (voice)

Movie

2003

Mystic River

as FBI Agent Birden

Movie

2003

Threat Matrix

as Roger Atkins

2003

Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History

as Narrator (voice)

Movie

2003

Coming Home from Space: The Challenge of Re-Entry

as Narrator

Movie

2003

Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific

as Narrator

Movie

2003

Salt Lake City 2002: Stories of Olympic Glory

as Narrator

Movie

2002

Alma Mater

Movie

2002

American Porn

as Narrator

Movie

2001

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Roger Jameson

2001

Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic Glory

as Narrator

Movie

2001

Sinking the Lusitania

as Narrator

Movie

2001

Dog Days

as Dad

Movie

2000

as Gus McGraw

2000

Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain

as Self - Narrator(voice)

Movie

2000

Warriors of the French Foreign Legion

as Narrator

Movie

2000

Satan in the Suburbs

as Narrator (voice)

Movie

1999

The West Wing

as Narrator (voice)

1999

The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela

Movie

1999

The Autumn Heart

as Doctor

Movie

1999

Michael Jordan: His Airness

as Narrator

Movie

1998

Nagano ’98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and Glory

as Narrator

Movie

1998

The Siege

as FBI Director

Movie

1998

Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street'

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Movie

1998

A Perfect Murder

as Jason Gates

Movie

1997

Atlanta’s Olympic Glory

as Narrator

Movie

1997

Floating

as Van's Father

Movie

1997

The Bay of Pigs

as Narrator (voice)

Movie

1996

The Crucible

as Isaiah Goodkind

Movie

1996

NBA at 50

as Self - Narrator

Movie

1996

The Ultimate Guide: T-Rex

as Narrator (voice)

Movie

1996

The Ultimate Guide

as Narrator

1996

Celtic Pride

as Rich Man

Movie

1996

Welcome to the Dollhouse

as Mr. Edwards

Movie

1995

The Search for Satan

Movie

1994

Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of Glory

as Narrator

Movie

1994

Part Two: The Mao Years 1949–1976

as Narrator (voice)

Movie

1994

Norse America

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Movie

1993

The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald

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

Movie

1993

The Arming of Saudi Arabia

as Narrator

Movie

1992

Columbus and the Age of Discovery

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1990

Nixon

as Narrator (voice)

Movie

1990

Law & Order

as Victor Conner

1990

Hull High

as John Deerborn

1989

The Simpsons

as Narrator (voice)

1989

Hostile Takeover

as Smolen

Movie

1989

Crossbow: The Movie

as William Tell

Movie

1988

American Experience

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1987

Crossbow

as William Tell

1987

The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Movie

1986

Hostage in Iran

as Narrator

Movie

1985

Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera

as narrator (himself)

Movie

1985

Three Sovereigns for Sarah

as Rev. Parris

Movie

1985

Three Sovereigns for Sarah

as Rev. Parris

1984

Murder, She Wrote

as Allan Wooster

1984

The Mind of a Murderer: Part 2

as Narrator

Movie

1984

The Mind of a Murderer: Part 1

as Narrator

Movie

1983

Vietnam: A Television History

as Narrator

1983

Frontline

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1974

NOVA

as Narrator

1974

NOVA

as Narrator (voice)

1974

NOVA

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1964

Another World

—

News War

as Narrator

Movie

—

Yemen Under Siege

as Narrator

Movie

—

The Ultimate Guide: Sharks

as Narrator

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing

BirthdayMay 20, 1948

Place of BirthBurlington, Vermont, USA

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