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.
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)
Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?
(Narrator (voice))
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 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))