Will Lyman
May 20, 1948 (76 years old) in 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
The Simpsons
Narrator (voice)
Law & Order
Victor Conner
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Roger Jameson
NOVA
Narrator
The West Wing
Narrator (voice)
Murder, She Wrote
Allan Wooster
Animaniacs
Narrator (voice)
The Electric State
Documentary Narrator (voice)
Ed
Gus McGraw
Credits
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Narrator★ NR -
The Arborist 2025Arthur Randolph★ NR -
The Electric State 2025Documentary Narrator (voice)★ 6.6 -
Aftermath 2024Joe Kozak★ 6.2 -
Self - Narrator (voice)★ 7.6 -
Crisis on Campus 2024Narrator★ NR -
Children of Ukraine 2024Narrator★ NR -
Democracy on Trial 2024Narrator★ 9 -
Narrator★ 8 -
The Discord Leaks 2023Narrator★ NR -
Narrator★ NR -
narrator★ NR -
Narrator★ 6 -
Self - Narrator (voice)★ 7 -
Self - Narrator (voice)★ NR -
The Power of Big Oil 2022Narrator (voice)★ NR -
Mother/Android 2021Captain★ 5.8 -
Shots Fired 2021Narrator★ 7 -
Taliban Takeover 2021Narrator★ NR -
Boeing's Fatal Flaw 2021Narrator (voice)★ 8 -
America After 9/11 2021narrator★ NR -
Animaniacs 2020Narrator (voice)★ 8.5 -
Christmas on Ice 2020Mayor Greenwood★ 7 -
Narrator (voice)★ 7.2 -
Narrator (voice)★ 3 -
narrator★ 7.4 -
Battle for Hong Kong 2020Narrator★ NR -
Self - Narrator (voice)★ 8.2 -
UN Sex Abuse Scandal 2018Narrator (voice)★ 7.5 -
Life on Parole 2017Narrator★ 7 -
Out of Gitmo 2017narrator★ NR -
Narrator★ 7
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Narrator★ 7
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The Choice 2016 2016Narrator★ 5.8 -
Terror in Europe 2016self★ NR -
Self - Narrator★ NR -
Netanyahu at War 2016Self (narrator)★ 8 -
Self - Narrator★ NR -
Self / Reporter★ NR -
Losing Iraq 2014Narrator★ 8 -
Separate and Unequal 2014Narrator★ NR -
Narrator★ 7.8 -
Narrator★ 8.4 -
Prison State 2014Himself - Narrator (Voice)★ 8 -
Generation Like 2014Narrator (voice)★ 7 -
Himself - Narrator★ 7.6 -
Last Man Out 2012Walt Whitman (voice)★ NR
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Narrator★ NR -
Narrator★ 5.2 -
The Other Guys 2010Frontline Narration App★ 6.3 -
The Boneyard 2009Narrator★ 8
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Sully★ 6 -
Abuse of Power 2008Nolan Flannery★ 2.5
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Iron Man 2008Award Ceremony Narrator (voice)★ 7.7 -
Narrator★ 6 -
I'm Paige Wilson 2007Ben Foxworthy★ 2
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Fierce People 2006Documentary Narrator (voice)★ 6.1 -
Little Children 2006Narrator (voice)★ 7.1 -
Narrator (voice)★ NR -
Is It Real? 2006Narrator (voice)★ 5.3
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Commander in Chief 2005Teddy Bridges★ 7.7 -
Our Fathers 2005Wilson Rogers Jr.★ 6.4 -
The New Asylums 2005narrator★ NR -
Narrator★ 7 -
American Meltdown 2004Homeland Chief Utley★ 5 -
Narrator★ NR -
Narrator (voice)★ NR -
Mystic River 2003FBI Agent Birden★ 7.7 -
Threat Matrix 2003Roger Atkins★ 6 -
Narrator (voice)★ NR -
Narrator★ NR -
Narrator★ NR -
Narrator★ 5.9 -
Alma Mater 2002★ NR -
American Porn 2002Narrator★ 5 -
Roger Jameson★ 7.6 -
Narrator★ 7.3 -
Narrator★ 6
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Dog Days 2001Dad★ NR
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Ed 2000Gus McGraw★ 7.7 -
Narrator★ NR -
Satan in the Suburbs 2000Narrator (voice)★ 5 -
The West Wing 1999Narrator (voice)★ 8.3 -
★ NR -
The Autumn Heart 1999Doctor★ 5.5 -
Narrator★ 7 -
Narrator★ 5.8 -
The Siege 1998FBI Director★ 6.3 -
Self - Narrator (voice)★ 7 -
A Perfect Murder 1998Jason Gates★ 6.5 -
Narrator★ 4.4 -
Floating 1997Van's Father★ 6.5 -
The Bay of Pigs 1997Narrator (voice)★ NR -
The Crucible 1996Isaiah Goodkind★ 6.6 -
Narrator (voice)★ NR -
The Ultimate Guide 1996Narrator★ NR -
Celtic Pride 1996Rich Man★ 5.3 -
The Search for Satan 1995★ 8 -
Mr. Edwards★ 7.1 -
Narrator★ 5.2 -
Narrator (voice)★ 7 -
Norse America 1994Self - Narrator (voice)★ NR -
Narrator (voice) (US version, Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?)★ 7.5 -
★ NR
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Nixon 1990Narrator (voice)★ NR
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Law & Order 1990Victor Conner★ 7.4 -
Hull High 1990★ 5.7 -
The Simpsons 1989Narrator (voice)★ 8 -
Hostile Takeover 1989Smolen★ 4.6 -
Crossbow: The Movie 1989William Tell★ 7 -
Crossbow 1987William Tell★ 6.7 -
Self - Narrator (voice)★ NR -
narrator (himself)★ 10 -
Rev. Parris★ NR -
Murder, She Wrote 1984Allan Wooster★ 7.5 -
★ NR -
Narrator★ 7 -
★ 10 -
NOVA 1974Narrator★ 7 -
Another World 1964★ 5.6