Will Lyman

Known for acting · Born 20 May 1948 · 78 · Burlington, Vermont, USA

165 credits

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

Frontline

1983

Another World

1964

Crossbow

1987

NOVA

1974

Is It Real?

2006

What Doesn't Kill You

2008

Aftermath

2024

A Perfect Murder

1998

Christmas on Ice

2020

Threat Matrix

2003

Welcome to the Dollhouse

1996

The Ultimate Guide

1996

Acting (163)

2026The War CabinetNarrratorFilm

2026Contaminated: The Carpet Industry's Toxic LegacyNarratorFilm

2026The Deal: Trump Bukele & The Gangs of El SalvadorNarrator (voice)Film

2025The Electric StateDocumentary Narrator (voice)Film

2025The ArboristArthur RandolphFilm

2025Trump's Power & the Rule of LawNarrator (voice over)Film

2025Battle for TibetNarratorFilm

2025The Rise of RFK Jr.NarratorFilm

2024AftermathJoe KozakFilm

2024The Choice 2024: Harris vs. TrumpSelf - Narrator (voice)Film

2024Democracy on TrialNarratorFilm

2024Children of UkraineNarratorFilm

2024Crisis on CampusNarratorFilm

2023Putin and the PresidentsNarratorFilm

2023Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in GazaNarratorFilm

2023Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power, and the Supreme CourtnarratorFilm

2023Inside the Uvalde ResponseNarratorFilm

2023The Discord LeaksNarratorFilm

2022Lies, Politics and DemocracySelf - Narrator (voice)Film

2022Ukraine: Life Under Russia's AttackSelf - Narrator (voice)Film

2022The Power of Big OilNarrator (voice) · 3 episodesSeries

2021Mother/AndroidCaptainFilm

2021Boeing's Fatal FlawNarrator (voice)Film

2021Shots FiredNarratorFilm

2021America After 9/11narratorFilm

2021Taliban TakeoverNarratorFilm

2021China's COVID SecretsSelf - NarratorFilm

2020AnimaniacsNarrator (voice) · 2 episodesSeries

2020Christmas on IceMayor GreenwoodFilm

2020The Choice 2020: Trump vs. BidenNarrator (voice)Film

2020Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff BezosNarratorFilm

2020United States of ConspiracyNarrator (voice)Film

2020Battle for Hong KongNarratorFilm

2020Once Upon a Time in IraqSelf - Narrator (voice)Film

2020America's Great Divide: From Obama to TrumpSelf - Narrator (voice) · 2 episodesSeries

2018UN Sex Abuse ScandalNarrator (voice)Film

2017Frontline: President TrumpNarratorFilm

2017Divided States of AmericaNarratorFilm

2017Life on ParoleNarratorFilm

2017Out of GitmonarratorFilm

2017Hunting ISISNarratorFilm

2017Iraq UncoveredNarratorFilm

2016Saudi Arabia UncoveredSelf - Narrator (voice)Film

2016The Choice 2016NarratorFilm

2016Netanyahu at WarSelf (narrator)Film

2016Supplements and SafetySelf - NarratorFilm

2016Business of DisasterNarrator (voice)Film

2016Terror in EuropeselfFilm

2016Chasing HeroinNarratorFilm

2015Taliban HuntersSelf - Narrator (voice)Film

2015Obama at WarSelf - Narrator (voice)Film

2015The Fight for YemenSelf - Narrator (voice)Film

2015Isis in AfghanistanFilm

2015OutbreakSelf - NarratorFilm

2014United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy LostNarratorFilm

2014Generation LikeNarrator (voice)Film

2014Losing IraqNarratorFilm

2014Prison StateHimself - Narrator (Voice)Film

2014United States of SecretsNarrator · 2 episodesSeries

2014Firestone and the WarlordSelf - NarratorFilm

2014Separate and UnequalNarratorFilm

2014The Trouble with AntibioticsSelf - ReporterFilm

2013League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion CrisisHimself - NarratorFilm

2013A Death in St. AugustineNarrator (voice)Film

2012Inside Japan's Nuclear MeltdownNarratorFilm

2012Last Man OutWalt Whitman (voice)Film

2012The Suicide PlanNarratorFilm

2012Money, Power & Wall StreetSelf - Narrator · 2 episodesSeries

2011Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic GloryNarratorFilm

2011The Anthrax FilesFilm

2010The Other GuysFrontline Narration AppFilm

2010Behind Taliban LinesFilm

2009The BoneyardNarratorFilm

2008Iron ManAward Ceremony Narrator (voice)Film

2008What Doesn't Kill YouSullyFilm

2008Abuse of PowerNolan FlanneryFilm

2008The War BriefingNarratorFilm

2008Young & Restless in ChinaFilm

2008Rules of EngagementNarratorFilm

2007Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic GloryNarratorFilm

2007Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux UniverseMoe FresnoFilm

2007I'm Paige WilsonBen FoxworthyFilm

2007EndgameSelf - Narrator (voice)Film

2007On Our WatchNarratorFilm

2007Frontline - News WarSelf · 3 episodesSeries

2006Little ChildrenNarrator (voice)Film

2006Fierce PeopleDocumentary Narrator (voice)Film

2006Is It Real?Narrator (voice) · 30 episodesSeries

2006The Age of AIDSNarrator (voice)Film

2006Return of the TalibanSelf - Narrator (voice)Film

2005Commander in ChiefTeddy Bridges · 2 episodes, Teddy Bridges (uncredited)Series

2005Our FathersWilson Rogers Jr.Film

2005The New AsylumsnarratorFilm

2004American MeltdownHomeland Chief UtleyFilm

2004The Secret History of the Credit CardNarratorFilm

2004Golden Road: Today's Senior DriversNarratorFilm

2003Mystic RiverFBI Agent BirdenFilm

2003Salt Lake City 2002: Stories of Olympic GloryNarratorFilm

2003Threat MatrixRoger Atkins · 16 episodesSeries

2003Wake Island: Alamo of the PacificNarratorFilm

2003Coming Home from Space: The Challenge of Re-EntryNarratorFilm

2003Truth, War and ConsequencesNarrator (voice)Film

2003Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of HistoryNarrator (voice)Film

2002Alma MaterFilm

2002American PornNarratorFilm

2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentRoger JamesonSeries

2001The Day Reagan Was ShotNarrator (voice)Film

2001Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic GloryNarratorFilm

2001Sinking the LusitaniaNarratorFilm

2001Dog DaysDadFilm

2000EdGus McGrawSeries

2000Satan in the SuburbsNarrator (voice)Film

2000Warriors of the French Foreign LegionNarratorFilm

2000Finest Hour: The Battle of BritainSelf - Narrator(voice)Film

1999The West WingNarrator (voice)Series

1999Michael Jordan: His AirnessNarratorFilm

1999The Autumn HeartDoctorFilm

1999The Long Walk of Nelson MandelaFilm

1998A Perfect MurderJason GatesFilm

1998The SiegeFBI DirectorFilm

1998Nagano ’98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and GloryNarratorFilm

1998Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street'Self - Narrator (voice)Film

1997FloatingVan's FatherFilm

1997Atlanta’s Olympic GloryNarratorFilm

1997The Bay of PigsNarrator (voice)Film

1996The CrucibleIsaiah GoodkindFilm

1996Welcome to the DollhouseMr. EdwardsFilm

1996Celtic PrideRich ManFilm

1996NBA at 50Self - NarratorFilm

1996The Ultimate Guide: T-RexNarrator (voice)Film

1996The Ultimate Guide: SharksNarratorFilm

1996The Ultimate GuideNarrator · 23 episodesSeries

1995The Search for SatanFilm

1994Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of GloryNarratorFilm

1994Part Two: The Mao Years 1949–1976Narrator (voice)Film

1994Norse AmericaSelf - Narrator (voice)Film

1993The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey OswaldNarrator (voice) (US version, Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?)Film

1993The Arming of Saudi ArabiaNarratorFilm

1992School TiesSwansonFilm

1992Columbus and the Age of DiscoverySelf - Narrator (voice) · 7 episodesSeries

1990Law & OrderVictor ConnerSeries

1990Hull HighJohn Deerborn · 8 episodesSeries

1990NixonNarrator (voice)Film

1989The SimpsonsNarrator (voice)Series

1989Hostile TakeoverSmolenFilm

1989Crossbow: The MovieWilliam TellFilm

1988American ExperienceSelf - Narrator (voice)Series

1987CrossbowWilliam Tell · 72 episodesSeries

1987The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint PeopleSelf - Narrator (voice)Film

1986Hostage in IranNarratorFilm

1985Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Operanarrator (himself)Film

1985Three Sovereigns for SarahRev. Parris · 3 episodesSeries

1985Three Sovereigns for SarahRev. ParrisFilm

1984Murder, She WroteAllan WoosterSeries

1984The Mind of a Murderer: Part 1NarratorFilm

1984The Mind of a Murderer: Part 2NarratorFilm

1983FrontlineSelf - Narrator (voice) · 855 episodesSeries

1983Vietnam: A Television HistoryNarrator · 13 episodesSeries

1982American PlayhouseReverend Parris · 3 episodesSeries

1974NOVANarrator · 12 episodes, Narrator (voice), Self - Narrator (voice)Series

1964Another World · 749 episodesSeries

—Yemen Under SiegeNarratorFilm

—News WarNarratorFilm

Directing (1)

2002The Pink Satin SuitDirectorFilm

Production (1)

1986Hostage in IranExecutive ProducerFilm