Will Lyman
Acting
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.
As actor 163
The Simpsons
1989
Law & Order
1990
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
The West Wing
1999
NOVA
1974
Frontline
1983
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Iron Man
2008
American Playhouse
1982
American Experience
1988
Animaniacs
2020
Mystic River
2003
The Other Guys
2010
Ed
2000
Commander in Chief
2005
The Electric State
2025
Threat Matrix
2003
Crossbow
1987
A Perfect Murder
1998
Little Children
2006
The Siege
1998
The Crucible
1996
Aftermath
2024
Mother/Android
2021
School Ties
1992
Vietnam: A Television History
1983
Welcome to the Dollhouse
1996
Another World
1964
What Doesn't Kill You
2008
Dog Days
2001
American Meltdown
2004
Abuse of Power
2008
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
2020
The Ultimate Guide
1996
Fierce People
2006
Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos
2020
Celtic Pride
1996
Outbreak
2015
Trump's Power & the Rule of Law
2025
Is It Real?
2006
Frontline - News War
2007
Hull High
1990
Norse America
1994
The Age of AIDS
2006
The War Cabinet
2026
Iraq Uncovered
2017
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
2024
Taliban Hunters
2015
Generation Like
2014
Three Sovereigns for Sarah
1985
Our Fathers
2005
News War
League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis
2013
The Boneyard
2009
The Search for Satan
1995
The Power of Big Oil
2022
United States of Conspiracy
2020
Christmas on Ice
2020
China's COVID Secrets
2021
Endgame
2007
Alma Mater
2002
Terror in Europe
2016
The Ultimate Guide: T-Rex
1996
Columbus and the Age of Discovery
1992
Money, Power & Wall Street
2012
Michael Jordan: His Airness
1999
Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza
2023
The Bay of Pigs
1997
Floating
1997
A Death in St. Augustine
2013
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
2020
Part Two: The Mao Years 1949–1976
1994
Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain
2000
Three Sovereigns for Sarah
1985
The Arborist
2025
Contaminated: The Carpet Industry's Toxic Legacy
2026
The Autumn Heart
1999
Coming Home from Space: The Challenge of Re-Entry
2003
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
1993
Firestone and the Warlord
2014
Crossbow: The Movie
1989
Taliban Takeover
2021
Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera
1985
The Day Reagan Was Shot
2001
Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific
2003
I'm Paige Wilson
2007
Hostile Takeover
1989
American Porn
2002
United States of Secrets
2014
On Our Watch
2007
Out of Gitmo
2017
Nixon
1990
Business of Disaster
2016
Inside the Uvalde Response
2023
Putin and the Presidents
2023
The Ultimate Guide: Sharks
1996
Salt Lake City 2002: Stories of Olympic Glory
2003
Hunting ISIS
2017
The New Asylums
2005
Battle for Hong Kong
2020
The Secret History of the Credit Card
2004
Life on Parole
2017
The Arming of Saudi Arabia
1993
Satan in the Suburbs
2000
Supplements and Safety
2016
America After 9/11
2021
The Rise of RFK Jr.
2025
Sinking the Lusitania
2001
UN Sex Abuse Scandal
2018
Children of Ukraine
2024
Yemen Under Siege
Last Man Out
2012
NBA at 50
1996
Losing Iraq
2014
The Choice 2016
2016
Golden Road: Today's Senior Drivers
2004
The Discord Leaks
2023
Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory
2011
Rules of Engagement
2008
Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack
2022
The Fight for Yemen
2015
The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela
1999
Netanyahu at War
2016
Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History
2003
Return of the Taliban
2006
Battle for Tibet
2025
Atlanta’s Olympic Glory
1997
Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe
2007
Separate and Unequal
2014
Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory
2007
Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of Glory
1994
The Mind of a Murderer: Part 1
1984
Nagano ’98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and Glory
1998
Young & Restless in China
2008
Hostage in Iran
1986
Behind Taliban Lines
2010
Shots Fired
2021
Isis in Afghanistan
2015
Crisis on Campus
2024
Boeing's Fatal Flaw
2021
Truth, War and Consequences
2003
Prison State
2014
Once Upon a Time in Iraq
2020
Divided States of America
2017
Democracy on Trial
2024
The Mind of a Murderer: Part 2
1984
Lies, Politics and Democracy
2022
Saudi Arabia Uncovered
2016
United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy Lost
2014
The Deal: Trump Bukele & The Gangs of El Salvador
2026
Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street'
1998
Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power, and the Supreme Court
2023
The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People
1987
The Anthrax Files
2011
Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown
2012
Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic Glory
2001
The Suicide Plan
2012
The War Briefing
2008
Obama at War
2015
Chasing Heroin
2016
Warriors of the French Foreign Legion
2000
Frontline: President Trump
2017
The Trouble with Antibiotics
2014