Will Lyman

Known for: Acting

Born: 1948-05-20 (age 78)

From: 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.

Filmography (162)

MOVIE★ 10.0
The War Cabinet
2026
as Narrrator
MOVIE
The Deal: Trump Bukele & The Gangs of El Salvador
2026
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE
Contaminated: The Carpet Industry's Toxic Legacy
2026
as Narrator
MOVIE
The Rise of RFK Jr.
2025
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 8.5
Trump's Power & the Rule of Law
2025
as Narrator (voice over)
MOVIE★ 4.0
The Arborist
2025
as Arthur Randolph
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Electric State
2025
as Documentary Narrator (voice)
MOVIE
Battle for Tibet
2025
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.2
Aftermath
2024
as Joe Kozak
MOVIE★ 7.6
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
2024
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE
Crisis on Campus
2024
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 10.0
Children of Ukraine
2024
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 9.0
Democracy on Trial
2024
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 8.0
Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza
2023
as Narrator
MOVIE
The Discord Leaks
2023
as Narrator
MOVIE
Inside the Uvalde Response
2023
as Narrator
MOVIE
Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power, and the Supreme Court
2023
as narrator
MOVIE★ 6.0
Putin and the Presidents
2023
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 7.0
Lies, Politics and Democracy
2022
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE
Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack
2022
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE
The Power of Big Oil
2022
as Narrator (voice)
TV
The Power of Big Oil
2022
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.8
Mother/Android
2021
as Captain
MOVIE★ 7.0
Shots Fired
2021
as Narrator
MOVIE
Taliban Takeover
2021
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 8.0
Boeing's Fatal Flaw
2021
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE
America After 9/11
2021
as narrator
MOVIE
China's COVID Secrets
2021
as Self - Narrator
TV★ 8.4
Animaniacs
2020
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.9
Christmas on Ice
2020
as Mayor Greenwood
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
2020
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 3.0
United States of Conspiracy
2020
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Once Upon a Time in Iraq
2020
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.5
Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos
2020
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 5.0
Battle for Hong Kong
2020
as Narrator
TV
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
2020
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.5
UN Sex Abuse Scandal
2018
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Life on Parole
2017
as Narrator
MOVIE
Iraq Uncovered
2017
as Narrator
MOVIE
Out of Gitmo
2017
as narrator
MOVIE
Hunting ISIS
2017
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 7.0
Divided States of America
2017
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 7.0
Frontline: President Trump
2017
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Choice 2016
2016
as Narrator
MOVIE
Terror in Europe
2016
as self
MOVIE
Business of Disaster
2016
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Saudi Arabia Uncovered
2016
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE
Chasing Heroin
2016
as Narrator
MOVIE
Supplements and Safety
2016
as Self - Narrator
MOVIE★ 8.0
Netanyahu at War
2016
as Self (narrator)
MOVIE
Obama at War
2015
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE
Taliban Hunters
2015
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE
Isis in Afghanistan
2015
MOVIE★ 5.0
Outbreak
2015
as Self - Narrator
MOVIE
The Fight for Yemen
2015
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE
Firestone and the Warlord
2014
as Self - Narrator
MOVIE
The Trouble with Antibiotics
2014
as Self - Reporter
MOVIE★ 8.0
Losing Iraq
2014
as Narrator
MOVIE
Separate and Unequal
2014
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 7.8
United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy Lost
2014
as Narrator
TV★ 9.0
United States of Secrets
2014
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 8.0
Prison State
2014
as Himself - Narrator (Voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Generation Like
2014
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.0
A Death in St. Augustine
2013
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.5
League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis
2013
as Himself - Narrator
MOVIE
The Suicide Plan
2012
as Narrator
MOVIE
Last Man Out
2012
as Walt Whitman (voice)
TV
Money, Power & Wall Street
2012
as Self - Narrator
MOVIE★ 9.0
Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown
2012
as Narrator
MOVIE
The Anthrax Files
2011
MOVIE★ 5.2
Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory
2011
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Other Guys
2010
as Frontline Narration App
MOVIE
Behind Taliban Lines
2010
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Boneyard
2009
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.0
What Doesn't Kill You
2008
as Sully
MOVIE★ 1.0
The War Briefing
2008
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 4.0
Abuse of Power
2008
as Nolan Flannery
MOVIE★ 9.0
Young & Restless in China
2008
MOVIE★ 7.7
Iron Man
2008
as Award Ceremony Narrator (voice)
MOVIE
Rules of Engagement
2008
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 5.5
Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe
2007
as Moe Fresno
MOVIE
On Our Watch
2007
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.0
Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory
2007
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 5.0
Endgame
2007
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 2.0
I'm Paige Wilson
2007
as Ben Foxworthy
TV
Frontline - News War
2007
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.1
Fierce People
2006
as Documentary Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.1
Little Children
2006
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE
Return of the Taliban
2006
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Age of AIDS
2006
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 5.3
Is It Real?
2006
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 7.6
Commander in Chief
2005
as Teddy Bridges
MOVIE★ 6.5
Our Fathers
2005
as Wilson Rogers Jr.
MOVIE
The New Asylums
2005
as narrator
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Secret History of the Credit Card
2004
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 5.2
American Meltdown
2004
as Homeland Chief Utley
MOVIE
Golden Road: Today's Senior Drivers
2004
as Narrator
MOVIE
Truth, War and Consequences
2003
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.7
Mystic River
2003
as FBI Agent Birden
TV★ 6.1
Threat Matrix
2003
as Roger Atkins
MOVIE
Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History
2003
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE
Coming Home from Space: The Challenge of Re-Entry
2003
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 10.0
Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific
2003
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.5
Salt Lake City 2002: Stories of Olympic Glory
2003
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 9.0
Alma Mater
2002
MOVIE★ 5.0
American Porn
2002
as Narrator
TV★ 7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Roger Jameson
MOVIE★ 7.3
Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic Glory
2001
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 7.0
Sinking the Lusitania
2001
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 10.0
Dog Days
2001
as Dad
TV★ 7.7
Ed
2000
as Gus McGraw
MOVIE★ 9.0
Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain
2000
as Self - Narrator(voice)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Warriors of the French Foreign Legion
2000
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 7.0
Satan in the Suburbs
2000
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 8.3
The West Wing
1999
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE
The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela
1999
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Autumn Heart
1999
as Doctor
MOVIE★ 7.1
Michael Jordan: His Airness
1999
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.3
Nagano ’98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and Glory
1998
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Siege
1998
as FBI Director
MOVIE★ 7.5
Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street'
1998
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.6
A Perfect Murder
1998
as Jason Gates
MOVIE★ 5.3
Atlanta’s Olympic Glory
1997
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.4
Floating
1997
as Van's Father
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Bay of Pigs
1997
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Crucible
1996
as Isaiah Goodkind
MOVIE★ 6.5
NBA at 50
1996
as Self - Narrator
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Ultimate Guide: T-Rex
1996
as Narrator (voice)
TV
The Ultimate Guide
1996
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 5.3
Celtic Pride
1996
as Rich Man
MOVIE★ 7.1
Welcome to the Dollhouse
1996
as Mr. Edwards
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Search for Satan
1995
MOVIE★ 5.4
Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of Glory
1994
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 8.0
Part Two: The Mao Years 1949–1976
1994
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE
Norse America
1994
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
1993
as Narrator (voice) (US version, Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?)
MOVIE
The Arming of Saudi Arabia
1993
as Narrator
TV
Columbus and the Age of Discovery
1992
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE
Nixon
1990
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 7.3
Law & Order
1990
as Victor Conner
TV★ 6.5
Hull High
1990
as John Deerborn
TV★ 8.0
The Simpsons
1989
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 4.9
Hostile Takeover
1989
as Smolen
MOVIE★ 6.3
Crossbow: The Movie
1989
as William Tell
TV★ 6.5
American Experience
1988
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TV★ 6.3
Crossbow
1987
as William Tell
MOVIE
The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People
1987
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE
Hostage in Iran
1986
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 9.0
Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera
1985
as narrator (himself)
MOVIE
Three Sovereigns for Sarah
1985
as Rev. Parris
TV★ 7.0
Three Sovereigns for Sarah
1985
as Rev. Parris
TV★ 7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Allan Wooster
MOVIE
The Mind of a Murderer: Part 2
1984
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Mind of a Murderer: Part 1
1984
as Narrator
TV★ 9.5
Vietnam: A Television History
1983
as Narrator
TV★ 6.6
Frontline
1983
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TV★ 6.6
American Playhouse
1982
as Reverend Parris
TV★ 7.0
NOVA
1974
as Narrator
TV★ 5.5
Another World
1964
MOVIE
News War
—
as Narrator
MOVIE
Yemen Under Siege
—
as Narrator
MOVIE
The Ultimate Guide: Sharks
—
as Narrator