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Will Lyman

Acting • 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.

Known For

A Perfect Murder

A Perfect Murder

1998

What Doesn't Kill You

What Doesn't Kill You

2008

Welcome to the Dollhouse

Welcome to the Dollhouse

1996

Aftermath

Aftermath

2024

Christmas on Ice

Christmas on Ice

2020

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

1982

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Filmography

2026
The War CabinetFilm
Narrrator
★ 9.3
2026
ScammedFilm
Narrator
★ 7.0
2026
The Deal: Trump Bukele & The Gangs of El SalvadorFilm
Narrator (voice)
2026
Contaminated: The Carpet Industry's Toxic LegacyFilm
Narrator
2026
American Voices 2026Film
Narrator
2025
The Electric StateFilm
Documentary Narrator (voice)
★ 6.5
2025
The ArboristFilm
Arthur Randolph
★ 4.0
2025
Trump's Power & the Rule of LawFilm
Narrator (voice over)
★ 8.5
2025
The Rise of RFK Jr.Film
Narrator
2025
Battle for TibetFilm
Narrator
2024
AftermathFilm
Joe Kozak
★ 6.2
2024
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. TrumpFilm
Self - Narrator (voice)
★ 7.4
2024
Democracy on TrialFilm
Narrator
★ 9.0
2024
Children of UkraineFilm
Narrator
★ 10.0
2024
Crisis on CampusFilm
Narrator
2023
Putin and the PresidentsFilm
Narrator
★ 6.0
2023
Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in GazaFilm
Narrator
★ 8.0
2023
The Discord LeaksFilm
Narrator
2023
Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power, and the Supreme CourtFilm
narrator
2023
Inside the Uvalde ResponseFilm
Narrator
2022
Lies, Politics and DemocracyFilm
Self - Narrator (voice)
★ 7.0
2022
The Power of Big OilTV
Narrator (voice) • 3 episodes
2022
Ukraine: Life Under Russia's AttackFilm
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
Mother/AndroidFilm
Captain
★ 5.8
2021
Boeing's Fatal FlawFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 8.0
2021
Shots FiredFilm
Narrator
★ 7.0
2021
China's COVID SecretsFilm
Self - Narrator
2021
America After 9/11Film
narrator
2021
Taliban TakeoverFilm
Narrator
2020
AnimaniacsTV
Narrator (voice) • 2 episodes
★ 8.4
2020
Christmas on IceFilm
Mayor Greenwood
★ 6.9
2020
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. BidenFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 7.2
2020
Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff BezosFilm
Narrator
★ 7.5
2020
Once Upon a Time in IraqFilm
Self - Narrator (voice)
★ 8.0
2020
United States of ConspiracyFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 3.0
2020
Battle for Hong KongFilm
Narrator
★ 5.0
2020
America's Great Divide: From Obama to TrumpTV
Self - Narrator (voice) • 2 episodes
2018
UN Sex Abuse ScandalFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 7.5
2017
Frontline: President TrumpFilm
Narrator
★ 7.0
2017
Life on ParoleFilm
Narrator
★ 7.0
2017
Divided States of AmericaFilm
Narrator
★ 7.0
2017
Iraq UncoveredFilm
Narrator
2017
Out of GitmoFilm
narrator
2017
Hunting ISISFilm
Narrator
2016
Saudi Arabia UncoveredFilm
Self - Narrator (voice)
★ 6.5
2016
The Choice 2016Film
Narrator
★ 5.8
2016
Business of DisasterFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 10.0
2016
Supplements and SafetyFilm
Self - Narrator
★ 10.0
2016
Netanyahu at WarFilm
Self (narrator)
★ 8.0
2016
Terror in EuropeFilm
self
2016
Chasing HeroinFilm
Narrator
2015
Taliban HuntersFilm
Self - Narrator (voice)
★ 10.0
2015
The Fight for YemenFilm
Self - Narrator (voice)
★ 10.0
2015
Isis in AfghanistanFilm
★ 10.0
2015
OutbreakFilm
Self - Narrator
★ 7.5
2015
Obama at WarFilm
Self - Narrator (voice)
★ 6.0
2014
United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy LostFilm
Narrator
★ 7.8
2014
Generation LikeFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 7.0
2014
Losing IraqFilm
Narrator
★ 8.0
2014
Prison StateFilm
Himself - Narrator (Voice)
★ 8.0
2014
United States of SecretsTV
Narrator • 2 episodes
★ 9.0
2014
Firestone and the WarlordFilm
Self - Narrator
2014
Separate and UnequalFilm
Narrator
2014
The Trouble with AntibioticsFilm
Self - Reporter
2013
League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion CrisisFilm
Himself - Narrator
★ 7.5
2013
A Death in St. AugustineFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 6.0
2012
Inside Japan's Nuclear MeltdownFilm
Narrator
★ 10.0
2012
Money, Power & Wall StreetTV
Self - Narrator • 2 episodes
2012
Last Man OutFilm
Walt Whitman (voice)
2012
The Suicide PlanFilm
Narrator
2011
Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic GloryFilm
Narrator
★ 5.2
2011
The Anthrax FilesFilm
2010
The Other GuysFilm
Frontline Narration App
★ 6.3
2010
Behind Taliban LinesFilm
2009
The BoneyardFilm
Narrator
★ 8.0
2008
Iron ManFilm
Award Ceremony Narrator (voice)
★ 7.7
2008
What Doesn't Kill YouFilm
Sully
★ 6.0
2008
Abuse of PowerFilm
Nolan Flannery
★ 4.0
2008
Young & Restless in ChinaFilm
★ 9.0
2008
The War BriefingFilm
Narrator
★ 1.0
2008
Rules of EngagementFilm
Narrator
2007
Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic GloryFilm
Narrator
★ 6.0
2007
Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux UniverseFilm
Moe Fresno
★ 5.5
2007
EndgameFilm
Self - Narrator (voice)
★ 5.0
2007
I'm Paige WilsonFilm
Ben Foxworthy
★ 2.0
2007
Frontline - News WarTV
Self • 3 episodes
2007
On Our WatchFilm
Narrator
2006
Little ChildrenFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 7.1
2006
Fierce PeopleFilm
Documentary Narrator (voice)
★ 6.1
2006
Is It Real?TV
Narrator (voice) • 30 episodes
★ 5.3
2006
The Age of AIDSFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 10.0
2006
The Dark SideFilm
Self - Narrator
★ 10.0
2006
Return of the TalibanFilm
Self - Narrator (voice)
2005
Commander in ChiefTV
Teddy Bridges • 2 episodes
★ 7.5
2005
Commander in ChiefTV
Teddy Bridges (uncredited) • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
2005
Our FathersFilm
Wilson Rogers Jr.
★ 6.5
2005
The New AsylumsFilm
narrator
2004
American MeltdownFilm
Homeland Chief Utley
★ 5.4
2004
The Secret History of the Credit CardFilm
Narrator
★ 7.0
2004
Golden Road: Today's Senior DriversFilm
Narrator
2003
Mystic RiverFilm
FBI Agent Birden
★ 7.7
2003
Threat MatrixTV
Roger Atkins • 16 episodes
★ 6.2
2003
Salt Lake City 2002: Stories of Olympic GloryFilm
Narrator
★ 6.5
2003
Wake Island: Alamo of the PacificFilm
Narrator
★ 10.0
2003
Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of HistoryFilm
Narrator (voice)
2003
Truth, War and ConsequencesFilm
Narrator (voice)
2003
Coming Home from Space: The Challenge of Re-EntryFilm
Narrator
2002
Alma MaterFilm
★ 9.0
2002
American PornFilm
Narrator
★ 5.0
2001
Law & Order: Criminal IntentTV
Roger Jameson • 1 episodes
★ 7.6
2001
The Day Reagan Was ShotFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 6.4
2001
Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic GloryFilm
Narrator
★ 7.3
2001
Dog DaysFilm
Dad
★ 10.0
2001
Sinking the LusitaniaFilm
Narrator
★ 7.0
2000
EdTV
Gus McGraw • 1 episodes
★ 7.7
2000
Warriors of the French Foreign LegionFilm
Narrator
★ 10.0
2000
Finest Hour: The Battle of BritainFilm
Self - Narrator(voice)
★ 9.0
2000
Satan in the SuburbsFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 7.0
1999
The West WingTV
Narrator (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 8.3
1999
Michael Jordan: His AirnessFilm
Narrator
★ 7.1
1999
The Autumn HeartFilm
Doctor
★ 6.0
1999
The Long Walk of Nelson MandelaFilm
1998
A Perfect MurderFilm
Jason Gates
★ 6.6
1998
The SiegeFilm
FBI Director
★ 6.3
1998
Nagano ’98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and GloryFilm
Narrator
★ 6.3
1998
Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street'Film
Self - Narrator (voice)
★ 7.5
1997
FloatingFilm
Van's Father
★ 6.4
1997
Atlanta’s Olympic GloryFilm
Narrator
★ 5.3
1997
The Bay of PigsFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 8.0
1996
Welcome to the DollhouseFilm
Mr. Edwards
★ 7.1
1996
The CrucibleFilm
Isaiah Goodkind
★ 6.6
1996
Celtic PrideFilm
Rich Man
★ 5.3
1996
NBA at 50Film
Self - Narrator
★ 6.5
1996
The Ultimate Guide: T-RexFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 10.0
1996
The Ultimate GuideTV
Narrator • 23 episodes
1996
The Ultimate Guide: SharksFilm
Narrator
1995
The Search for SatanFilm
★ 8.0
1994
Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of GloryFilm
Narrator
★ 5.4
1994
Part Two: The Mao Years 1949–1976Film
Narrator (voice)
★ 8.0
1994
Norse AmericaFilm
Self - Narrator (voice)
1993
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey OswaldFilm
Narrator (voice) (US version, Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?)
★ 7.3
1993
The Arming of Saudi ArabiaFilm
Narrator
1992
School TiesFilm
Swanson
★ 6.5
1992
Columbus and the Age of DiscoveryTV
Self - Narrator (voice) • 7 episodes
1990
Law & OrderTV
Victor Conner • 1 episodes
★ 7.3
1990
Hull HighTV
John Deerborn • 8 episodes
★ 6.5
1990
NixonFilm
Narrator (voice)
1989
The SimpsonsTV
Narrator (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 8.0
1989
Hostile TakeoverFilm
Smolen
★ 4.9
1989
Crossbow: The MovieFilm
William Tell
★ 6.3
1988
American ExperienceTV
Self - Narrator (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 6.5
1987
CrossbowTV
William Tell • 72 episodes
★ 6.3
1987
The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint PeopleFilm
Self - Narrator (voice)
1986
Hostage in IranFilm
Narrator
1985
Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of OperaFilm
narrator (himself)
★ 9.0
1985
Three Sovereigns for SarahTV
Rev. Parris • 3 episodes
★ 7.0
1985
Three Sovereigns for SarahFilm
Rev. Parris
1984
Murder, She WroteTV
Allan Wooster • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
1984
The Mind of a Murderer: Part 1Film
Narrator
★ 7.0
1984
The Mind of a Murderer: Part 2Film
Narrator
1983
FrontlineTV
Self - Narrator (voice) • 858 episodes
★ 6.5
1983
Vietnam: A Television HistoryTV
Narrator • 13 episodes
★ 9.5
1982
American PlayhouseTV
Reverend Parris • 3 episodes
★ 6.6
1974
NOVATV
Narrator • 12 episodes
★ 7.1
1974
NOVATV
Narrator (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 7.1
1974
NOVATV
Self - Narrator (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 7.1
1964
Another WorldTV
★ 5.5