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
America After 9/11 narrator
Iron Man Award Ceremony Narrator (voice)
Boeing's Fatal Flaw Narrator (voice)
Aftermath Kozak
Taliban Takeover Narrator
Welcome to the Dollhouse Mr. Edwards
Alma Mater
Putin and the Presidents Narrator
Fierce People Documentary Narrator (voice)
Celtic Pride Rich Man
Terror in Europe self
Shots Fired Narrator
Our Fathers Wilson Rogers Jr.
The Secret History of the Credit Card Narrator
Little Children Narrator (voice)
Mother/Android Captain
The Bay of Pigs Narrator (voice)
Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power, and the Supreme Court narrator
Generation Like Narrator (voice)
Salt Lake 2002: Stories of Olympic Glory Narrator
Netanyahu at War Self (narrator)
Floating Van's Father
Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown Narrator
The Boneyard Narrator
The Mao Years: 1949-1976 Narrator (voice)
Coming Home from Space: The Challenge of Re-Entry Narrator
The Autumn Heart Doctor
Abuse of Power Nolan Flannery
The Power of Big Oil Narrator (voice)
Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera narrator (himself)
Golden Road: Today's Senior Drivers Narrator
United States of Secrets (Part One): The Program Narrator
United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy Lost Narrator
China: A Century of Revolution Narrator
Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack Self - Narrator (voice)
Lies, Politics and Democracy Self - Narrator (voice)
Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza Narrator
Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street' Self - Narrator (voice)
Inside the Uvalde Response Narrator
The Discord Leaks Narrator
Last Man Out Walt Whitman (voice)
Losing Iraq (Frontline) Narrator
A Perfect Murder Jason Gates
League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis Himself - Narrator
Warriors of the French Foreign Legion Narrator
Democracy on Trial Narrator
The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela
Truth, War and Consequences Narrator (voice)
The Search for Satan
The Mind of a Murderer: Part 1 Narrator
The Mind of a Murderer: Part 2
Out of Gitmo narrator
The New Asylums narrator
Children of Ukraine Narrator
Columbus And The Age Of Discovery
United States of Conspiracy Narrator (voice)
Norse America Self - Narrator (voice)
The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People Self - Narrator (voice)
Crisis on Campus Narrator
Sinking the Lusitania Narrator
Satan in the Suburbs Narrator (voice)
Frontline: President Trump Narrator
The Choice 2016 Narrator
Frontline: Divided States of America Narrator
Frontline: The Age of AIDS Narrator (voice)
Prison State Himself - Narrator (Voice)
What Doesn't Kill You Sully
Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of Glory Narrator
Atlanta’s Olympic Glory Narrator
Nagano ’98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and Glory Narrator
Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic Glory Narrator
Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory Narrator
Crossbow: The Movie William Tell
Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory Narrator
Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific Narrator
American Porn Narrator
Three Sovereigns for Sarah Rev. Parris
Hostile Takeover Smolen
I'm Paige Wilson Ben Foxworthy
Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos narrator
Battle for Hong Kong Narrator
Michael Jordan: His Airness Narrator
Firestone and the Warlord Self - Narrator
American Meltdown Homeland Chief Utley
Mystic River FBI Agent Birden
Nixon Narrator (voice)
The Siege FBI Director
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald Narrator (voice) (US version, Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?)
Christmas on Ice Mayor Greenwood
Separate and Unequal Narrator
Frontline: America's Great Divide Self - Narrator (voice)
The Other Guys Frontline Narration App
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden Narrator (voice)
The Crucible Isaiah Goodkind
Dog Days Dad
Life on Parole Narrator
Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History Narrator (voice)
Supplements and Safety Self - Narrator
UN Sex Abuse Scandal Narrator (voice)
The Trouble With Antibiotics Self / Reporter
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump Self - Narrator (voice)
The Ultimate Guide: T-Rex Narrator (voice)
Shows
The West Wing Narrator (voice)
Ed Gus McGraw
Another World
Hull High
The Ultimate Guide Narrator
NOVA Narrator
Is It Real? Narrator (voice)
Frontline Self, Narrator
Law & Order Victor Conner
Crossbow William Tell
Vietnam: A Television History
Frontline Narrator (voice)
Threat Matrix Roger Atkins
NOVA Narrator (voice)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent Roger Jameson
Three Sovereigns for Sarah Rev. Parris
Commander in Chief Teddy Bridges
Commander in Chief Teddy Bridges (uncredited)
The Simpsons Narrator (voice)
Frontline Self - Narrator (voice)
Murder, She Wrote Allan Wooster
Animaniacs Narrator (voice)
