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Will Lyman

Born May 20, 1948
Burlington, Vermont, USA
78 years old

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.

166 titles
135 Acting
1 Directing
1 Production

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Acting (135)

Iron Man (2008)

Award Ceremony Narrator (voice)

The Simpsons (1989)

Narrator (voice)

Mystic River (2003)

FBI Agent Birden

The Other Guys (2010)

Frontline Narration App

The Electric State (2025)

Documentary Narrator (voice)

A Perfect Murder (1998)

Jason Gates

The Siege (1998)

FBI Director

Little Children (2006)

Narrator (voice)

Mother/Android (2021)

Captain

Law & Order (1990)

Victor Conner

The West Wing (1999)

Narrator (voice)

Animaniacs (2020)

Narrator (voice)

The Crucible (1996)

Isaiah Goodkind

Welcome to the Dollhouse (1996)

Mr. Edwards

Murder, She Wrote (1984)

Allan Wooster

School Ties (1992)

Swanson

Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)

Roger Jameson

What Doesn't Kill You (2008)

Sully

Aftermath (2024)

Joe Kozak

Celtic Pride (1996)

Rich Man

NOVA (1974)

Narrator / Narrator (voice)

Fierce People (2006)

Documentary Narrator (voice)

Christmas on Ice (2020)

Mayor Greenwood

Ed (2000)

Gus McGraw

Show all (135)

Commander in Chief (2005)

Teddy Bridges / Teddy Bridges (uncredited)

Michael Jordan: His Airness (1999)

Narrator

American Meltdown (2004)

Homeland Chief Utley

Floating (1997)

Van's Father

The Arborist (2025)

Arthur Randolph

Another World (1964)

The Day Reagan Was Shot (2001)

Narrator (voice)

Our Fathers (2005)

Wilson Rogers Jr.

Crossbow (1987)

William Tell

The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden (2020)

Narrator (voice)

Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos (2020)

Narrator

American Playhouse (1982)

Reverend Parris

Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of Glory (1994)

Narrator

Salt Lake City 2002: Stories of Olympic Glory (2003)

Narrator

Atlanta’s Olympic Glory (1997)

Narrator

Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory (2011)

Narrator

Hostile Takeover (1989)

Smolen

Is It Real? (2006)

Narrator (voice)

Nagano ’98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and Glory (1998)

Narrator

The Choice 2016 (2016)

Narrator

Threat Matrix (2003)

Roger Atkins

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

Narrator

Abuse of Power (2008)

Nolan Flannery

Generation Like (2014)

Narrator (voice)

Hull High (1990)

John Deerborn

Trump's Power & the Rule of Law (2025)

Narrator (voice over)

UN Sex Abuse Scandal (2018)

Narrator (voice)

Crossbow: The Movie (1989)

William Tell

Losing Iraq (2014)

Narrator

Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic Glory (2001)

Narrator

The Autumn Heart (1999)

Doctor

The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald (1993)

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

The War Cabinet (2026)

Narrrator

United States of Conspiracy (2020)

Narrator (voice)

Boeing's Fatal Flaw (2021)

Narrator (voice)

Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory (2007)

Narrator

Democracy on Trial (2024)

Narrator

Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera (1985)

narrator (himself)

Frontline: President Trump (2017)

Narrator

Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown (2012)

Narrator

Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe (2007)

Moe Fresno

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

Narrator (voice)

Putin and the Presidents (2023)

Narrator

Satan in the Suburbs (2000)

Narrator (voice)

Sinking the Lusitania (2001)

Narrator

The Secret History of the Credit Card (2004)

Narrator

Vietnam: A Television History (1983)

Narrator

A Death in St. Augustine (2013)

Narrator (voice)

Alma Mater (2002)

American Porn (2002)

Narrator

Battle for Hong Kong (2020)

Narrator

Business of Disaster (2016)

Narrator (voice)

Children of Ukraine (2024)

Narrator

Divided States of America (2017)

Narrator

Dog Days (2001)

Dad

I'm Paige Wilson (2007)

Ben Foxworthy

Isis in Afghanistan (2015)

Life on Parole (2017)

Narrator

Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza (2023)

Narrator

Scammed (2026)

Narrator

Shots Fired (2021)

Narrator

The Age of AIDS (2006)

Narrator (voice)

The Bay of Pigs (1997)

Narrator (voice)

The Boneyard (2009)

Narrator

The Mind of a Murderer: Part 1 (1984)

Narrator

The Search for Satan (1995)

The Ultimate Guide: T-Rex (1996)

Narrator (voice)

The War Briefing (2008)

Narrator

Three Sovereigns for Sarah (1985)

Rev. Parris

Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific (2003)

Narrator

Warriors of the French Foreign Legion (2000)

Narrator

Yemen Under Siege

Narrator

Young & Restless in China (2008)

America After 9/11 (2021)

narrator

American Voices 2026 (2026)

Narrator

Battle for Tibet (2025)

Narrator

Behind Taliban Lines (2010)

Chasing Heroin (2016)

Narrator

Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power, and the Supreme Court (2023)

narrator

Coming Home from Space: The Challenge of Re-Entry (2003)

Narrator

Contaminated: The Carpet Industry's Toxic Legacy (2026)

Narrator

Crisis on Campus (2024)

Narrator

Golden Road: Today's Senior Drivers (2004)

Narrator

Hostage in Iran (1986)

Narrator

Hunting ISIS (2017)

Narrator

Inside the Uvalde Response (2023)

Narrator

Iraq Uncovered (2017)

Narrator

Last Man Out (2012)

Walt Whitman (voice)

News War

Narrator

Nixon (1990)

Narrator (voice)

On Our Watch (2007)

Narrator

Out of Gitmo (2017)

narrator

Putin’s War at Home

Narrator

Rules of Engagement (2008)

Narrator

Separate and Unequal (2014)

Narrator

Taliban Takeover (2021)

Narrator

The Anthrax Files (2011)

The Arming of Saudi Arabia (1993)

Narrator

The Deal: Trump Bukele & The Gangs of El Salvador (2026)

Narrator (voice)

The Discord Leaks (2023)

Narrator

The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela (1999)

The Mind of a Murderer: Part 2 (1984)

Narrator

The New Asylums (2005)

narrator

The Power of Big Oil (2022)

Narrator (voice)

The Rise of RFK Jr. (2025)

Narrator

The Suicide Plan (2012)

Narrator

The Ultimate Guide (1996)

Narrator

The Ultimate Guide: Sharks (1996)

Narrator

Three Sovereigns for Sarah (1985)

Rev. Parris

Truth, War and Consequences (2003)

Narrator (voice)

Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History (2003)

Narrator (voice)

Directing (1)

The Pink Satin Suit (2002)

Production (1)

Hostage in Iran (1986)

Executive production

Appearances (31)

NOVA (1974)

Self - Narrator (voice)

American Experience (1988)

Self - Narrator (voice)

Saudi Arabia Uncovered (2016)

Self - Narrator (voice)

League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis (2013)

Himself - Narrator

The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump (2024)

Self - Narrator (voice)

NBA at 50 (1996)

Self - Narrator

Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street' (1998)

Self - Narrator (voice)

Lies, Politics and Democracy (2022)

Self - Narrator (voice)

Prison State (2014)

Himself - Narrator (Voice)

Endgame (2007)

Self - Narrator (voice)

Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain (2000)

Self - Narrator(voice)

Netanyahu at War (2016)

Self (narrator)

Obama at War (2015)

Self - Narrator (voice)

Once Upon a Time in Iraq (2020)

Self - Narrator (voice)

Outbreak (2015)

Self - Narrator

Supplements and Safety (2016)

Self - Narrator

Taliban Hunters (2015)

Self - Narrator (voice)

The Dark Side (2006)

Self - Narrator

The Fight for Yemen (2015)

Self - Narrator (voice)

America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump (2020)

Self - Narrator (voice)

China's COVID Secrets (2021)

Self - Narrator

Columbus and the Age of Discovery (1992)

Self - Narrator (voice)

Firestone and the Warlord (2014)

Self - Narrator

Frontline - News War (2007)

Self

Show all (31)

Money, Power & Wall Street (2012)

Self - Narrator

Norse America (1994)

Self - Narrator (voice)

Return of the Taliban (2006)

Self - Narrator (voice)

Terror in Europe (2016)

self

The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People (1987)

Self - Narrator (voice)

The Trouble with Antibiotics (2014)

Self - Reporter

Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack (2022)

Self - Narrator (voice)