Will Lyman
Acting
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.
TV Shows(24)
Animaniacs
Narrator (voice)
2020
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
Self - Narrator (voice)
2020
United States of Secrets
Narrator
2014
Money, Power & Wall Street
Self - Narrator
2012
Frontline - News War
Self
2007
Is It Real?
Narrator (voice)
2006
Commander in Chief
Teddy Bridges
2005
Threat Matrix
Roger Atkins
2003
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Roger Jameson
2001
Ed
Gus McGraw
2000
The West Wing
Narrator (voice)
1999
The Ultimate Guide
Narrator
1996
Columbus and the Age of Discovery
Self - Narrator (voice)
1992
Law & Order
Victor Conner
1990
Hull High
John Deerborn
1990
The Simpsons
Narrator (voice)
1989
American Experience
Self - Narrator (voice)
1988
Crossbow
William Tell
1987
Three Sovereigns for Sarah
Rev. Parris
1985
Murder, She Wrote
Allan Wooster
1984
Vietnam: A Television History
Narrator
1983
Frontline
Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
NOVA
Narrator
1974
Another World
1964
Movies(133)
The Deal: Trump Bukele & The Gangs of El Salvador
Narrator (voice)
2026
Contaminated: The Carpet Industry's Toxic Legacy
Narrator
2026
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
Taliban Hunters
Self - Narrator (voice)
2015
Isis in Afghanistan
2015
Outbreak
Self - Narrator
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
A Death in St. Augustine
Narrator (voice)
2013
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
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
News War
Narrator
Yemen Under Siege
Narrator
The Ultimate Guide: Sharks
Narrator