Acting credits
143
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Will Lyman
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 120Series: 23Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 163671
IMDb ID: nm0528164
Known for: Acting
Born: May 20, 1948
Age: 77
Place of birth: Burlington, Vermont, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1964 - 2026
Years active: 63
Average TMDB rating: 6.97
Wikidata: Q1629137
Also known as
William Remington Lyman • William Lyman
Other jobs
Executive Producer (1)
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Will Lyman.
Contaminated: The Carpet Industry's Toxic Legacy
as Narrator
2026 Movie
The Rise of RFK Jr.
as Narrator
2025 Movie
8.5
Trump's Power & the Rule of Law
as Narrator (voice over)
2025 Movie
4.5
The Arborist
as Arthur Randolph
2025 Movie
6.5
The Electric State
as Documentary Narrator (voice)
2025 Movie
Battle for Tibet
as Narrator
2025 Movie
6.2
Aftermath
as Joe Kozak
2024 Movie
7.6
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2024 Movie
Crisis on Campus
as Narrator
2024 Movie
9.0
Democracy on Trial
as Narrator
2024 Movie
8.0
Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza
as Narrator
2023 Movie
The Discord Leaks
as Narrator
2023 Movie
Inside the Uvalde Response
as Narrator
2023 Movie
Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power, and the Supreme Court
as narrator
2023 Movie
6.0
Putin and the Presidents
as Narrator
2023 Movie
7.0
Lies, Politics and Democracy
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2022 Movie
Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2022 Movie
The Power of Big Oil
as Narrator (voice)
2022 Movie
5.8
Mother/Android
as Captain
2021 Movie
7.0
Shots Fired
as Narrator
2021 Movie
Taliban Takeover
as Narrator
2021 Movie
8.0
Boeing's Fatal Flaw
as Narrator (voice)
2021 Movie
America After 9/11
as narrator
2021 Movie
7.0
Christmas on Ice
as Mayor Greenwood
2020 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Will Lyman.
8.4
Animaniacs
as Narrator (voice) • 2 eps
2020 Series
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
as Self - Narrator (voice) • 2 eps
2020 Series
9.0
United States of Secrets
as Narrator • 2 eps
2014 Series
Money, Power & Wall Street
as Self - Narrator • 2 eps
2012 Series
Frontline - News War
as Self • 3 eps
2007 Series
5.3
Is It Real?
as Narrator (voice) • 30 eps
2006 Series
7.6
Commander in Chief
as Teddy Bridges • 2 eps
2005 Series
6.0
Threat Matrix
as Roger Atkins • 16 eps
2003 Series
7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Roger Jameson • 1 eps
2001 Series
7.7
Ed
as Gus McGraw • 1 eps
2000 Series
8.3
The West Wing
as Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
1999 Series
The Ultimate Guide
as Narrator • 23 eps
1996 Series
7.3
Law & Order
as Victor Conner • 1 eps
1990 Series
5.7
Hull High
as John Deerborn • 8 eps
1990 Series
8.0
The Simpsons
as Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
1989 Series
6.6
American Experience
as Self - Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
1988 Series
6.2
Crossbow
as William Tell • 72 eps
1987 Series
Three Sovereigns for Sarah
as Rev. Parris • 3 eps
1985 Series
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Allan Wooster • 1 eps
1984 Series
10.0
Vietnam: A Television History
13 eps
1983 Series
7.0
Frontline
as Self - Narrator (voice) • 848 eps
1983 Series
7.0
NOVA
as Narrator • 12 eps
1974 Series
5.2
Another World
749 eps
1964 Series