Will Lyman
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
May 20, 1948 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Burlington, Vermont, USA
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.
Known For
| 2026 | Contaminated: The Carpet Industry's Toxic LegacyNarrator | |
| 2026 | The Deal: Trump Bukele & The Gangs of El SalvadorNarrator (voice) | |
| 2025 | The Electric StateDocumentary Narrator (voice) | |
| 2025 | The ArboristArthur Randolph | |
| 2025 | Battle for TibetNarrator | |
| 2025 | The Rise of RFK Jr.Narrator | |
| 2025 | Trump's Power & the Rule of LawNarrator (voice over) | |
| 2024 | AftermathJoe Kozak | |
| 2024 | Democracy on TrialNarrator | |
| 2024 | Children of UkraineNarrator | |
| 2024 | Crisis on CampusNarrator | |
| 2024 | The Choice 2024: Harris vs. TrumpSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2023 | Putin and the PresidentsNarrator | |
| 2023 | Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power, and the Supreme Courtnarrator | |
| 2023 | Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in GazaNarrator | |
| 2023 | Inside the Uvalde ResponseNarrator | |
| 2023 | The Discord LeaksNarrator | |
| 2022 | The Power of Big OilNarrator (voice) | |
| 2022 | Ukraine: Life Under Russia's AttackSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2022 | Lies, Politics and DemocracySelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2021 | America After 9/11narrator | |
| 2021 | Boeing's Fatal FlawNarrator (voice) | |
| 2021 | Taliban TakeoverNarrator | |
| 2021 | Shots FiredNarrator | |
| 2021 | Mother/AndroidCaptain | |
| 2020 | United States of ConspiracyNarrator (voice) | |
| 2020 | Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff BezosNarrator | |
| 2020 | Battle for Hong KongNarrator | |
| 2020 | Christmas on IceMayor Greenwood | |
| 2020 | The Choice 2020: Trump vs. BidenNarrator (voice) | |
| 2020 | Once Upon a Time in IraqSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2020 | AnimaniacsNarrator (voice) | |
| 2020 | America's Great Divide: From Obama to TrumpSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2018 | UN Sex Abuse ScandalNarrator (voice) | |
| 2017 | Out of Gitmonarrator | |
| 2017 | Frontline: President TrumpNarrator | |
| 2017 | Divided States of AmericaNarrator | |
| 2017 | Life on ParoleNarrator | |
| 2017 | Hunting ISISNarrator | |
| 2017 | Iraq UncoveredNarrator | |
| 2016 | Terror in Europeself | |
| 2016 | Netanyahu at WarSelf (narrator) | |
| 2016 | The Choice 2016Narrator | |
| 2016 | Supplements and SafetySelf - Narrator | |
| 2016 | Saudi Arabia UncoveredSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2016 | Business of DisasterNarrator (voice) | |
| 2015 | Taliban HuntersSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2015 | Obama at WarSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2015 | The Fight for YemenSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2015 | Isis in Afghanistan | |
| 2015 | OutbreakSelf - Narrator | |
| 2014 | Generation LikeNarrator (voice) | |
| 2014 | United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy LostNarrator | |
| 2014 | Losing IraqNarrator | |
| 2014 | Prison StateHimself - Narrator (Voice) | |
| 2014 | Firestone and the WarlordSelf - Narrator | |
| 2014 | Separate and UnequalNarrator | |
| 2014 | The Trouble with AntibioticsSelf - Reporter | |
| 2014 | United States of SecretsNarrator | |
| 2013 | League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion CrisisHimself - Narrator | |
| 2013 | A Death in St. AugustineNarrator (voice) | |
| 2012 | Inside Japan's Nuclear MeltdownNarrator | |
| 2012 | Last Man OutWalt Whitman (voice) | |
| 2012 | The Suicide PlanNarrator | |
| 2012 | Money, Power & Wall StreetSelf - Narrator | |
| 2011 | Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic GloryNarrator | |
| 2011 | The Anthrax Files | |
| 2010 | The Other GuysFrontline Narration App | |
| 2010 | Behind Taliban Lines | |
| 2009 | The BoneyardNarrator | |
| 2008 | Iron ManAward Ceremony Narrator (voice) | |
| 2008 | Abuse of PowerNolan Flannery | |
| 2008 | What Doesn't Kill YouSully | |
| 2008 | Rules of EngagementNarrator | |
| 2008 | The War BriefingNarrator | |
| 2008 | Young & Restless in China | |
| 2007 | Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic GloryNarrator | |
| 2007 | I'm Paige WilsonBen Foxworthy | |
| 2007 | Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux UniverseMoe Fresno | |
| 2007 | On Our WatchNarrator | |
| 2007 | EndgameSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2007 | Frontline - News WarSelf | |
| 2006 | Fierce PeopleDocumentary Narrator (voice) | |
| 2006 | Little ChildrenNarrator (voice) | |
| 2006 | The Age of AIDSNarrator (voice) | |
| 2006 | Return of the TalibanSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2006 | Is It Real?Narrator (voice) | |
| 2005 | Our FathersWilson Rogers Jr. | |
| 2005 | The New Asylumsnarrator | |
| 2005 | Commander in ChiefTeddy Bridges | |
| 2005 | Commander in ChiefTeddy Bridges (uncredited) | |
| 2004 | The Secret History of the Credit CardNarrator | |
| 2004 | Golden Road: Today's Senior DriversNarrator | |
| 2004 | American MeltdownHomeland Chief Utley | |
| 2003 | Salt Lake City 2002: Stories of Olympic GloryNarrator | |
| 2003 | Coming Home from Space: The Challenge of Re-EntryNarrator | |
| 2003 | Truth, War and ConsequencesNarrator (voice) | |
| 2003 | Wake Island: Alamo of the PacificNarrator | |
| 2003 | Mystic RiverFBI Agent Birden | |
| 2003 | Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of HistoryNarrator (voice) | |
| 2003 | Threat MatrixRoger Atkins | |
| 2002 | Alma Mater | |
| 2002 | American PornNarrator | |
| 2001 | Sinking the LusitaniaNarrator | |
| 2001 | Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic GloryNarrator | |
| 2001 | Dog DaysDad | |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal IntentRoger Jameson | |
| 2000 | Warriors of the French Foreign LegionNarrator | |
| 2000 | Satan in the SuburbsNarrator (voice) | |
| 2000 | Finest Hour: The Battle of BritainSelf - Narrator(voice) | |
| 2000 | EdGus McGraw | |
| 1999 | The Autumn HeartDoctor | |
| 1999 | The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela | |
| 1999 | Michael Jordan: His AirnessNarrator | |
| 1999 | The West WingNarrator (voice) | |
| 1998 | Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street'Self - Narrator (voice) | |
| 1998 | A Perfect MurderJason Gates | |
| 1998 | Nagano ’98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and GloryNarrator | |
| 1998 | The SiegeFBI Director | |
| 1997 | The Bay of PigsNarrator (voice) | |
| 1997 | FloatingVan's Father | |
| 1997 | Atlanta’s Olympic GloryNarrator | |
| 1996 | Welcome to the DollhouseMr. Edwards | |
| 1996 | Celtic PrideRich Man | |
| 1996 | The CrucibleIsaiah Goodkind | |
| 1996 | The Ultimate Guide: T-RexNarrator (voice) | |
| 1996 | NBA at 50Self - Narrator | |
| 1996 | The Ultimate GuideNarrator | |
| 1995 | The Search for Satan | |
| 1994 | Part Two: The Mao Years 1949–1976Narrator (voice) | |
| 1994 | Norse AmericaSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 1994 | Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of GloryNarrator | |
| 1993 | The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey OswaldNarrator (voice) (US version, Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?) | |
| 1993 | The Arming of Saudi ArabiaNarrator | |
| 1992 | Columbus and the Age of DiscoverySelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 1990 | NixonNarrator (voice) | |
| 1990 | Hull HighJohn Deerborn | |
| 1990 | Law & OrderVictor Conner | |
| 1989 | Crossbow: The MovieWilliam Tell | |
| 1989 | Hostile TakeoverSmolen | |
| 1989 | The SimpsonsNarrator (voice) | |
| 1988 | American ExperienceSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 1987 | The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint PeopleSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 1987 | CrossbowWilliam Tell | |
| 1986 | Hostage in IranNarrator | |
| 1985 | Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Operanarrator (himself) | |
| 1985 | Three Sovereigns for SarahRev. Parris | |
| 1985 | Three Sovereigns for SarahRev. Parris | |
| 1984 | The Mind of a Murderer: Part 1Narrator | |
| 1984 | The Mind of a Murderer: Part 2Narrator | |
| 1984 | Murder, She WroteAllan Wooster | |
| 1983 | Vietnam: A Television HistoryNarrator | |
| 1983 | FrontlineSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 1974 | NOVANarrator | |
| 1974 | NOVANarrator (voice) | |
| 1974 | NOVASelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 1964 | Another World | |
| - | News WarNarrator | |
| - | Yemen Under SiegeNarrator | |
| - | The Ultimate Guide: SharksNarrator |
| 1986 | Hostage in IranExecutive Producer |
| 2002 | The Pink Satin SuitDirector |