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Will Lyman

Actor · 1948 · Burlington

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.

Filmography

ACTOR · 141

American Voices 20262026 · Narrator
Contaminated: The Carpet Industry's Toxic Legacy2026 · Narrator
Scammed2026 · Narrator
The Deal: Trump Bukele & The Gangs of El Salvador2026 · Narrator (voice)
The War Cabinet2026 · Narrrator
Battle for Tibet2025 · Narrator
The Electric State2025 · Documentary Narrator (voice)
The Arborist2025 · Arthur Randolph
The Rise of RFK Jr.2025 · Narrator
Trump's Power & the Rule of Law2025 · Narrator (voice over)
Children of Ukraine2024 · Narrator
Crisis on Campus2024 · Narrator
Democracy on Trial2024 · Narrator
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump2024 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Aftermath2024 · Joe Kozak
Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power, and the Supreme Court2023 · narrator
Inside the Uvalde Response2023 · Narrator
Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza2023 · Narrator
Putin and the Presidents2023 · Narrator
The Discord Leaks2023 · Narrator
Lies, Politics and Democracy2022 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack2022 · Self - Narrator (voice)
America After 9/112021 · narrator
Boeing's Fatal Flaw2021 · Narrator (voice)
China's COVID Secrets2021 · Self - Narrator
Mother/Android2021 · Captain
Shots Fired2021 · Narrator
Taliban Takeover2021 · Narrator
Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos2020 · Narrator
Battle for Hong Kong2020 · Narrator
Christmas on Ice2020 · Mayor Greenwood
Once Upon a Time in Iraq2020 · Self - Narrator (voice)
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden2020 · Narrator (voice)
United States of Conspiracy2020 · Narrator (voice)
UN Sex Abuse Scandal2018 · Narrator (voice)
Divided States of America2017 · Narrator
Frontline: President Trump2017 · Narrator
Hunting ISIS2017 · Narrator
Iraq Uncovered2017 · Narrator
Life on Parole2017 · Narrator
Out of Gitmo2017 · narrator
Business of Disaster2016 · Narrator (voice)
Chasing Heroin2016 · Narrator
Saudi Arabia Uncovered2016 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Netanyahu at War2016 · Self (narrator)
Supplements and Safety2016 · Self - Narrator
Terror in Europe2016 · self
The Choice 20162016 · Narrator
Isis in Afghanistan2015
Obama at War2015 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Outbreak2015 · Self - Narrator
Taliban Hunters2015 · Self - Narrator (voice)
The Fight for Yemen2015 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Firestone and the Warlord2014 · Self - Narrator
Generation Like2014 · Narrator (voice)
Losing Iraq2014 · Narrator
Prison State2014 · Himself - Narrator (voice)
Separate and Unequal2014 · Narrator
The Trouble with Antibiotics2014 · Self - Reporter
United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy Lost2014 · Narrator
A Death in St. Augustine2013 · Narrator (voice)
League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis2013 · Himself - Narrator
Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown2012 · Narrator
Last Man Out2012 · Walt Whitman (voice)
The Suicide Plan2012 · Narrator
Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory2011 · Narrator
The Anthrax Files2011
Behind Taliban Lines2010
The Other Guys2010 · Frontline Narration App
The Boneyard2009 · Narrator
Abuse of Power2008 · Nolan Flannery
Iron Man2008 · Award Ceremony Narrator (voice)
Rules of Engagement2008 · Narrator
FreeWhat Doesn't Kill You2008 · Sully
The War Briefing2008 · Narrator
Young & Restless in China2008
Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory2007 · Narrator
Endgame2007 · Self - Narrator (voice)
I'm Paige Wilson2007 · Ben Foxworthy
Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe2007 · Moe Fresno
On Our Watch2007 · Narrator
Fierce People2006 · Documentary Narrator (voice)
Return of the Taliban2006 · Self - Narrator (voice)
The Age of AIDS2006 · Narrator (voice)
The Dark Side2006 · Self - Narrator
Little Children2006 · Narrator (voice)
Our Fathers2005 · Wilson Rogers Jr.
The New Asylums2005 · narrator
American Meltdown2004 · Homeland Chief Utley
Golden Road: Today's Senior Drivers2004 · Narrator
The Secret History of the Credit Card2004 · Narrator
Coming Home from Space: The Challenge of Re-Entry2003 · Narrator
Mystic River2003 · FBI Agent Birden
Salt Lake City 2002: Stories of Olympic Glory2003 · Narrator
Truth, War and Consequences2003 · Narrator (voice)
Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific2003 · Narrator
Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History2003 · Narrator (voice)
Alma Mater2002
American Porn2002 · Narrator
Dog Days2001 · Dad
The Day Reagan Was Shot2001 · Narrator (voice)
Sinking the Lusitania2001 · Narrator
Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic Glory2001 · Narrator
Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain2000 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Satan in the Suburbs2000 · Narrator (voice)
Warriors of the French Foreign Legion2000 · Narrator
Michael Jordan: His Airness1999 · Narrator
The Autumn Heart1999 · Doctor
The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela1999
Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street'1998 · Self - Narrator (voice)
A Perfect Murder1998 · Jason Gates
The Siege1998 · FBI Director
Nagano ’98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and Glory1998 · Narrator
Atlanta’s Olympic Glory1997 · Narrator
Floating1997 · Van's Father
The Bay of Pigs1997 · Narrator (voice)
Welcome to the Dollhouse1996 · Mr. Edwards
The Crucible1996 · Isaiah Goodkind
Celtic Pride1996 · Rich Man
NBA at 501996 · Self - Narrator
The Ultimate Guide: Sharks1996 · Narrator
The Ultimate Guide: T-Rex1996 · Narrator (voice)
The Search for Satan1995
Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of Glory1994 · Narrator
Norse America1994 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Part Two: The Mao Years 1949–19761994 · Narrator (voice)
The Arming of Saudi Arabia1993 · Narrator
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald1993 · Narrator (voice) (US version, Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?)
School Ties1992 · Swanson
Nixon1990 · Narrator (voice)
Crossbow: The Movie1989 · William Tell
Hostile Takeover1989 · Smolen
The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People1987 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Hostage in Iran1986 · Narrator
Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera1985 · narrator (himself)
Three Sovereigns for Sarah1985 · Rev. Parris
The Mind of a Murderer: Part 11984 · Narrator
The Mind of a Murderer: Part 21984 · Narrator
News WarNarrator
Putin’s War at HomeNarrator
Yemen Under SiegeNarrator
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DIRECTOR · 1

The Pink Satin Suit2002

PRODUCER · 1

Hostage in Iran1986

SERIES · 25

The Power of Big Oil2022 · Narrator (voice)
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump2020 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Animaniacs2020 · Narrator (voice)
United States of Secrets2014 · Narrator
Money, Power & Wall Street2012 · Self - Narrator
Frontline - News War2007 · Self
Is It Real?2006 · Narrator (voice)
Commander in Chief2005 · Teddy Bridges
Threat Matrix2003 · Roger Atkins
Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · Roger Jameson
Ed2000 · Gus McGraw
The West Wing1999 · Narrator (voice)
The Ultimate Guide1996 · Narrator
Columbus and the Age of Discovery1992 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Hull High1990 · John Deerborn
Law & Order1990 · Victor Conner
The Simpsons1989 · Narrator (voice)
American Experience1988 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Crossbow1987 · William Tell
Three Sovereigns for Sarah1985 · Rev. Parris
Murder, She Wrote1984 · Allan Wooster
Vietnam: A Television History1983 · Narrator
American Playhouse1982 · Reverend Parris
NOVA1974 · Narrator, Narrator (voice)
Another World1964
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