Will Lyman

May 20, 1948 (77 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

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Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Roger Jameson

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The Simpsons

Narrator (voice)

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Law & Order

Victor Conner

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Animaniacs

Narrator (voice)

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The West Wing

Narrator (voice)

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NOVA

Narrator

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Murder, She Wrote

Allan Wooster

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Crossbow

William Tell

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Commander in Chief

Teddy Bridges

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Ed

Gus McGraw

Credits

China: A Century of Revolution Future

Narrator

★ NR
News War Future

Narrator

★ NR
Yemen Under Siege Future

Narrator

★ NR
The Arborist 2025

Arthur Randolph

★ NR
The Electric State 2025

Documentary Narrator (voice)

★ 6.5
Battle for Tibet 2025

Narrator

★ NR
Aftermath 2024

Joe Kozak

★ 6.3
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump 2024

Self - Narrator (voice)

★ 7.6
Crisis on Campus 2024

Narrator

★ NR
Children of Ukraine 2024

Narrator

★ NR
Democracy on Trial 2024

Narrator

★ 9
Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza 2023

Narrator

★ 8
The Discord Leaks 2023

Narrator

★ NR
Inside the Uvalde Response 2023

Narrator

★ NR
Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power, and the Supreme Court 2023

narrator

★ NR
Putin and the Presidents 2023

Narrator

★ 6
Lies, Politics and Democracy 2022

Self - Narrator (voice)

★ 7
Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack 2022

Self - Narrator (voice)

★ NR
The Power of Big Oil 2022

Narrator (voice)

★ NR
Mother/Android 2021

Captain

★ 5.8
Shots Fired 2021

Narrator

★ 7
Taliban Takeover 2021

Narrator

★ NR
Boeing's Fatal Flaw 2021

Narrator (voice)

★ 8
America After 9/11 2021

narrator

★ NR
Animaniacs 2020

Narrator (voice)

★ 8.4
Christmas on Ice 2020

Mayor Greenwood

★ 7
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden 2020

Narrator (voice)

★ 7.2
United States of Conspiracy 2020

Narrator (voice)

★ 3
Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos 2020

narrator

★ 7.5
Battle for Hong Kong 2020

Narrator

★ 5
Frontline: America's Great Divide 2020

Self - Narrator (voice)

★ 8.2
UN Sex Abuse Scandal 2018

Narrator (voice)

★ 7.5
Life on Parole 2017

Narrator

★ 7
Iraq Uncovered 2017

Narrator

★ NR
Out of Gitmo 2017

narrator

★ NR
Hunting ISIS 2017

Narrator

★ NR
Frontline: Divided States of America 2017

Narrator

★ 7
Frontline: President Trump 2017

Narrator

★ 7
The Choice 2016 2016

Narrator

★ 5.8
Terror in Europe 2016

self

★ NR
Supplements and Safety 2016

Self - Narrator

★ NR
Netanyahu at War 2016

Self (narrator)

★ 8
Firestone and the Warlord 2014

Self - Narrator

★ NR
The Trouble With Antibiotics 2014

Self / Reporter

★ NR
Losing Iraq 2014

Narrator

★ 8
Separate and Unequal 2014

Narrator

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

Narrator

★ 7.8
United States of Secrets (Part One): The Program 2014

Narrator

★ 8.4
Prison State 2014

Himself - Narrator (Voice)

★ 8
Generation Like 2014

Narrator (voice)

★ 7
League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis 2013

Himself - Narrator

★ 7.6
Last Man Out 2012

Walt Whitman (voice)

★ NR
Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown 2012

Narrator

★ 9
Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory 2011

Narrator

★ 5.2
The Other Guys 2010

Frontline Narration App

★ 6.3
The Boneyard 2009

Narrator

★ 8
What Doesn't Kill You 2008

Sully

★ 6
The War Briefing 2008

Narrator

★ NR
Abuse of Power 2008

Nolan Flannery

★ 2.5
Iron Man 2008

Award Ceremony Narrator (voice)

★ 7.7
Rules of Engagement 2008

Narrator

★ NR
Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe 2007

Moe Fresno

★ 1
On Our Watch 2007

Narrator

★ NR
Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory 2007

Narrator

★ 6
I'm Paige Wilson 2007

Ben Foxworthy

★ 2
Fierce People 2006

Documentary Narrator (voice)

★ 6.1
Little Children 2006

Narrator (voice)

★ 7.1
Frontline: The Age of AIDS 2006

Narrator (voice)

★ 10
Is It Real? 2006

Narrator (voice)

★ 5.3
Commander in Chief 2005

Teddy Bridges

★ 7.7
Our Fathers 2005

Wilson Rogers Jr.

★ 6.4
The New Asylums 2005

narrator

★ NR
The Secret History of the Credit Card 2004

Narrator

★ 7
American Meltdown 2004

Homeland Chief Utley

★ 5
Golden Road: Today's Senior Drivers 2004

Narrator

★ NR
Truth, War and Consequences 2003

Narrator (voice)

★ NR
Mystic River 2003

FBI Agent Birden

★ 7.7
Threat Matrix 2003

Roger Atkins

★ 6
Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History 2003

Narrator (voice)

★ NR
Coming Home from Space: The Challenge of Re-Entry 2003

Narrator

★ NR
Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific 2003

Narrator

★ NR
Salt Lake 2002: Stories of Olympic Glory 2003

Narrator

★ 5.9
Alma Mater 2002

★ NR
American Porn 2002

Narrator

★ 5
Law & Order: Criminal Intent 2001

Roger Jameson

★ 7.6
Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic Glory 2001

Narrator

★ 7.3
Sinking the Lusitania 2001

Narrator

★ 6
Dog Days 2001

Dad

★ NR
Ed 2000

Gus McGraw

★ 7.7
Warriors of the French Foreign Legion 2000

Narrator

★ NR
Satan in the Suburbs 2000

Narrator (voice)

★ 5
The West Wing 1999

Narrator (voice)

★ 8.3
The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela 1999

★ NR
The Autumn Heart 1999

Doctor

★ 5.5
Michael Jordan: His Airness 1999

Narrator

★ 7
Nagano ’98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and Glory 1998

Narrator

★ 5.8
The Siege 1998

FBI Director

★ 6.3
Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street' 1998

Self - Narrator (voice)

★ 7
A Perfect Murder 1998

Jason Gates

★ 6.5
Atlanta’s Olympic Glory 1997

Narrator

★ 4.4
Floating 1997

Van's Father

★ 6.5
The Bay of Pigs 1997

Narrator (voice)

★ NR
The Crucible 1996

Isaiah Goodkind

★ 6.6
The Ultimate Guide: T-Rex 1996

Narrator (voice)

★ NR
The Ultimate Guide 1996

Narrator

★ NR
Celtic Pride 1996

Rich Man

★ 5.3
The Search for Satan 1995

★ 8
Welcome to the Dollhouse 1995

Mr. Edwards

★ 7.1
Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of Glory 1994

Narrator

★ 5.2
Part Two: The Mao Years 1949–1976 1994

Narrator (voice)

★ 7
Norse America 1994

Self - Narrator (voice)

★ NR
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald 1993

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

★ 7.5
The Arming of Saudi Arabia 1993

Narrator

★ NR
Columbus And The Age Of Discovery 1992

★ NR
Nixon 1990

Narrator (voice)

★ NR
Law & Order 1990

Victor Conner

★ 7.4
Hull High 1990

★ 5.7
The Simpsons 1989

Narrator (voice)

★ 8
Hostile Takeover 1989

Smolen

★ 4.6
Crossbow: The Movie 1989

William Tell

★ 7
Crossbow 1987

William Tell

★ 6.7
The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People 1987

Self - Narrator (voice)

★ NR
Hostage in Iran 1986

Narrator

★ NR
Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera 1985

narrator (himself)

★ 10
Three Sovereigns for Sarah 1985

Rev. Parris

★ NR
Murder, She Wrote 1984

Allan Wooster

★ 7.5
The Mind of a Murderer: Part 2 1984

Narrator

★ NR
The Mind of a Murderer: Part 1 1984

Narrator

★ 7
Vietnam: A Television History 1983

★ 10
NOVA 1974

Narrator

★ 7
Another World 1964

★ 5.6