Will Lyman

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

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.

Personal Information

Place of Birth

Burlington, Vermont, USA

About

Acting, Male

Birthday

20 May 1948, 77 years old

Known For

Iron Man

Mystic River

The Other Guys

The Electric State

A Perfect Murder

The Siege

Little Children

Mother/Android

The Crucible

Filmography

Production

Writing

Creator

The Rise of RFK Jr.

Narrator

2025

Trump's Power & the Rule of Law

Narrator (voice over)

2025

The Arborist

Arthur Randolph

2025

The Electric State

Documentary Narrator (voice)

2025

Battle for Tibet

Narrator

2025

Aftermath

Joe Kozak

2024

The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump

Self - Narrator (voice)

2024

Crisis on Campus

Narrator

2024

Children of Ukraine

Narrator

2024

Democracy on Trial

Narrator

2024

Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza

Narrator

2023

The Discord Leaks

Narrator

2023

Inside the Uvalde Response

Narrator

2023

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

narrator

2023

Putin and the Presidents

Narrator

2023

Lies, Politics and Democracy

Self - Narrator (voice)

2022

Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack

Self - Narrator (voice)

2022

The Power of Big Oil

Narrator (voice)

2022

Mother/Android

Captain

2021

Shots Fired

Narrator

2021

Taliban Takeover

Narrator

2021

Boeing's Fatal Flaw

Narrator (voice)

2021

America After 9/11

narrator

2021

Christmas on Ice

Mayor Greenwood

2020

The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden

Narrator (voice)

2020

United States of Conspiracy

Narrator (voice)

2020

Once Upon a Time in Iraq

Self - Narrator (voice)

2020

Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos

Narrator

2020

Battle for Hong Kong

Narrator

2020

UN Sex Abuse Scandal

Narrator (voice)

2018

Life on Parole

Narrator

2017

Iraq Uncovered

Narrator

2017

Out of Gitmo

narrator

2017

Hunting ISIS

Narrator

2017

Divided States of America

Narrator

2017

Frontline: President Trump

Narrator

2017

The Choice 2016

Narrator

2016

Terror in Europe

self

2016

Business of Disaster

Narrator (voice)

2016

Saudi Arabia Uncovered

Self - Narrator (voice)

2016

Supplements and Safety

Self - Narrator

2016

Netanyahu at War

Self (narrator)

2016

Obama at War

Self - Narrator (voice)

2015

Isis in Afghanistan

2015

The Fight for Yemen

Self - Narrator (voice)

2015

Firestone and the Warlord

Self - Narrator

2014

The Trouble with Antibiotics

Self - Reporter

2014

Losing Iraq

Narrator

2014

Separate and Unequal

Narrator

2014

United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy Lost

Narrator

2014

Prison State

Himself - Narrator (Voice)

2014

Generation Like

Narrator (voice)

2014

League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis

Himself - Narrator

2013

The Suicide Plan

Narrator

2012

Last Man Out

Walt Whitman (voice)

2012

Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown

Narrator

2012

The Anthrax Files

2011

Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory

Narrator

2011

The Other Guys

Frontline Narration App

2010

Behind Taliban Lines

2010

The Boneyard

Narrator

2009

What Doesn't Kill You

Sully

2008

The War Briefing

Narrator

2008

Abuse of Power

Nolan Flannery

2008

Young & Restless in China

2008

Iron Man

Award Ceremony Narrator (voice)

2008

Rules of Engagement

Narrator

2008

Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe

Moe Fresno

2007

On Our Watch

Narrator

2007

Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory

Narrator

2007

News War

Narrator

Unknown

Yemen Under Siege

Narrator

Unknown

Endgame

Self - Narrator (voice)

2007

I'm Paige Wilson

Ben Foxworthy

2007

Fierce People

Documentary Narrator (voice)

2006

Little Children

Narrator (voice)

2006

Return of the Taliban

Self - Narrator (voice)

2006

The Age of AIDS

Narrator (voice)

2006

Our Fathers

Wilson Rogers Jr.

2005

The New Asylums

narrator

2005

The Secret History of the Credit Card

Narrator

2004

American Meltdown

Homeland Chief Utley

2004

Golden Road: Today's Senior Drivers

Narrator

2004

Truth, War and Consequences

Narrator (voice)

2003

Mystic River

FBI Agent Birden

2003

Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History

Narrator (voice)

2003

Coming Home from Space: The Challenge of Re-Entry

Narrator

2003

Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific

Narrator

2003

Salt Lake City 2002: Stories of Olympic Glory

Narrator

2003

Alma Mater

2002

American Porn

Narrator

2002

Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic Glory

Narrator

2001

Sinking the Lusitania

Narrator

2001

Dog Days

Dad

2001

Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain

Self - Narrator(voice)

2000

Warriors of the French Foreign Legion

Narrator

2000

Satan in the Suburbs

Narrator (voice)

2000

The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela

1999

The Autumn Heart

Doctor

1999

Michael Jordan: His Airness

Narrator

1999

Nagano ’98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and Glory

Narrator

1998

The Siege

FBI Director

1998

Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street'

Self - Narrator (voice)

1998

A Perfect Murder

Jason Gates

1998

Atlanta’s Olympic Glory

Narrator

1997

Floating

Van's Father

1997

The Bay of Pigs

Narrator (voice)

1997

The Crucible

Isaiah Goodkind

1996

NBA at 50

Self - Narrator

1996

The Ultimate Guide: T-Rex

Narrator (voice)

1996

Celtic Pride

Rich Man

1996

Welcome to the Dollhouse

Mr. Edwards

1996

The Search for Satan

1995

Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of Glory

Narrator

1994

Part Two: The Mao Years 1949–1976

Narrator (voice)

1994

Norse America

Self - Narrator (voice)

1994

The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald

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

1993

The Arming of Saudi Arabia

Narrator

1993

Nixon

Narrator (voice)

1990

Hostile Takeover

Smolen

1989

Crossbow: The Movie

William Tell

1989

The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People

Self - Narrator (voice)

1987

Hostage in Iran

Narrator

1986

Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera

narrator (himself)

1985

Three Sovereigns for Sarah

Rev. Parris

1985

The Mind of a Murderer: Part 2

Narrator

1984

The Mind of a Murderer: Part 1

Narrator

1984

Taliban Hunters

Self - Narrator (voice)

Unknown

The Ultimate Guide: Sharks

Narrator

Unknown