Will Lyman
Acting • Born 1948-05-20
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.
Filmography
158 credits
America After 9/11
Movie • 2021
narrator
Iron Man
Movie • 2008
Award Ceremony Narrator (voice)
Boeing's Fatal Flaw
Movie • 2021
Narrator (voice)
Aftermath
Movie • 2024
Joe Kozak
Taliban Takeover
Movie • 2021
Narrator
Welcome to the Dollhouse
Movie • 1996
Mr. Edwards
Alma Mater
Movie • 2002
Putin and the Presidents
Movie • 2023
Narrator
Fierce People
Movie • 2006
Documentary Narrator (voice)
Celtic Pride
Movie • 1996
Rich Man
Terror in Europe
Movie • 2016
self
Shots Fired
Movie • 2021
Narrator
Our Fathers
Movie • 2005
Wilson Rogers Jr.
The Secret History of the Credit Card
Movie • 2004
Narrator
Little Children
Movie • 2006
Narrator (voice)
Mother/Android
Movie • 2021
Captain
The Bay of Pigs
Movie • 1997
Narrator (voice)
Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power, and the Supreme Court
Movie • 2023
narrator
Generation Like
Movie • 2014
Narrator (voice)
Salt Lake City 2002: Stories of Olympic Glory
Movie • 2003
Narrator
Netanyahu at War
Movie • 2016
Self (narrator)
Floating
Movie • 1997
Van's Father
Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown
Movie • 2012
Narrator
The Boneyard
Movie • 2009
Narrator
Part Two: The Mao Years 1949–1976
Movie • 1994
Narrator (voice)
Coming Home from Space: The Challenge of Re-Entry
Movie • 2003
Narrator
The Autumn Heart
Movie • 1999
Doctor
Abuse of Power
Movie • 2008
Nolan Flannery
The Power of Big Oil
Movie • 2022
Narrator (voice)
Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera
Movie • 1985
narrator (himself)
Golden Road: Today's Senior Drivers
Movie • 2004
Narrator
United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy Lost
Movie • 2014
Narrator
Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack
Movie • 2022
Self - Narrator (voice)
Lies, Politics and Democracy
Movie • 2022
Self - Narrator (voice)
Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza
Movie • 2023
Narrator
Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street'
Movie • 1998
Self - Narrator (voice)
Inside the Uvalde Response
Movie • 2023
Narrator
The Discord Leaks
Movie • 2023
Narrator
Last Man Out
Movie • 2012
Walt Whitman (voice)
Losing Iraq
Movie • 2014
Narrator
A Perfect Murder
Movie • 1998
Jason Gates
League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis
Movie • 2013
Himself - Narrator
Democracy on Trial
Movie • 2024
Narrator
Warriors of the French Foreign Legion
Movie • 2000
Narrator
The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela
Movie • 1999
Truth, War and Consequences
Movie • 2003
Narrator (voice)
The Search for Satan
Movie • 1995
The Mind of a Murderer: Part 1
Movie • 1984
Narrator
The Mind of a Murderer: Part 2
Movie • 1984
Narrator
Out of Gitmo
Movie • 2017
narrator
The New Asylums
Movie • 2005
narrator
Children of Ukraine
Movie • 2024
Narrator
United States of Conspiracy
Movie • 2020
Narrator (voice)
Norse America
Movie • 1994
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People
Movie • 1987
Self - Narrator (voice)
Crisis on Campus
Movie • 2024
Narrator
Sinking the Lusitania
Movie • 2001
Narrator
Satan in the Suburbs
Movie • 2000
Narrator (voice)
Frontline: President Trump
Movie • 2017
Narrator
The Choice 2016
Movie • 2016
Narrator
Divided States of America
Movie • 2017
Narrator
The Age of AIDS
Movie • 2006
Narrator (voice)
Prison State
Movie • 2014
Himself - Narrator (Voice)
What Doesn't Kill You
Movie • 2008
Sully
Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of Glory
Movie • 1994
Narrator
Atlanta’s Olympic Glory
Movie • 1997
Narrator
Nagano ’98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and Glory
Movie • 1998
Narrator
Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic Glory
Movie • 2001
Narrator
Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory
Movie • 2007
Narrator
Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory
Movie • 2011
Narrator
Crossbow: The Movie
Movie • 1989
William Tell
Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific
Movie • 2003
Narrator
American Porn
Movie • 2002
Narrator
Three Sovereigns for Sarah
Movie • 1985
Rev. Parris
Hostile Takeover
Movie • 1989
Smolen
I'm Paige Wilson
Movie • 2007
Ben Foxworthy
Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos
Movie • 2020
Narrator
Battle for Hong Kong
Movie • 2020
Narrator
Michael Jordan: His Airness
Movie • 1999
Narrator
Firestone and the Warlord
Movie • 2014
Self - Narrator
American Meltdown
Movie • 2004
Homeland Chief Utley
Mystic River
Movie • 2003
FBI Agent Birden
Nixon
Movie • 1990
Narrator (voice)
The Siege
Movie • 1998
FBI Director
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
Movie • 1993
Narrator (voice) (US version, Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?)
Christmas on Ice
Movie • 2020
Mayor Greenwood
Separate and Unequal
Movie • 2014
Narrator
The Other Guys
Movie • 2010
Frontline Narration App
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
Movie • 2020
Narrator (voice)
The Crucible
Movie • 1996
Isaiah Goodkind
Dog Days
Movie • 2001
Dad
Life on Parole
Movie • 2017
Narrator
Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History
Movie • 2003
Narrator (voice)
Supplements and Safety
Movie • 2016
Self - Narrator
The Trouble with Antibiotics
Movie • 2014
Self - Reporter
UN Sex Abuse Scandal
Movie • 2018
Narrator (voice)
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
Movie • 2024
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Ultimate Guide: T-Rex
Movie • 1996
Narrator (voice)
The Electric State
Movie • 2025
Documentary Narrator (voice)
The Arborist
Movie • 2025
Arthur Randolph
Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe
Movie • 2007
Moe Fresno
Rules of Engagement
Movie • 2008
Narrator
The War Briefing
Movie • 2008
Narrator
On Our Watch
Movie • 2007
Narrator
News War
Movie
Narrator
Yemen Under Siege
Movie
Narrator
Hunting ISIS
Movie • 2017
Narrator
Iraq Uncovered
Movie • 2017
Narrator
Battle for Tibet
Movie • 2025
Narrator
The Arming of Saudi Arabia
Movie • 1993
Narrator
Hostage in Iran
Movie • 1986
Narrator
Return of the Taliban
Movie • 2006
Self - Narrator (voice)
Endgame
Movie • 2007
Self - Narrator (voice)
Taliban Hunters
Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Once Upon a Time in Iraq
Movie • 2020
Self - Narrator (voice)
Saudi Arabia Uncovered
Movie • 2016
Self - Narrator (voice)
Obama at War
Movie • 2015
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Fight for Yemen
Movie • 2015
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Suicide Plan
Movie • 2012
Narrator
Business of Disaster
Movie • 2016
Narrator (voice)
NBA at 50
Movie • 1996
Self - Narrator
Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain
Movie • 2000
Self - Narrator(voice)
Isis in Afghanistan
Movie • 2015
The Anthrax Files
Movie • 2011
The Rise of RFK Jr.
Movie • 2025
Narrator
Behind Taliban Lines
Movie • 2010
Trump's Power & the Rule of Law
Movie • 2025
Narrator (voice over)
Young & Restless in China
Movie • 2008
The Ultimate Guide: Sharks
Movie
Narrator
Contaminated: The Carpet Industry's Toxic Legacy
Movie • 2026
Narrator
Outbreak
Movie • 2015
Self - Narrator
The West Wing
TV • 1999
Narrator (voice)
Ed
TV • 2000
Gus McGraw
Another World
TV • 1964
Hull High
TV • 1990
John Deerborn
The Ultimate Guide
TV • 1996
Narrator
NOVA
TV • 1974
Narrator
Is It Real?
TV • 2006
Narrator (voice)
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Victor Conner
Crossbow
TV • 1987
William Tell
Vietnam: A Television History
TV • 1983
Narrator
Threat Matrix
TV • 2003
Roger Atkins
NOVA
TV • 1974
Narrator (voice)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Roger Jameson
Three Sovereigns for Sarah
TV • 1985
Rev. Parris
Commander in Chief
TV • 2005
Teddy Bridges
Commander in Chief
TV • 2005
Teddy Bridges (uncredited)
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Narrator (voice)
Frontline
TV • 1983
Self - Narrator (voice)
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Allan Wooster
Animaniacs
TV • 2020
Narrator (voice)
United States of Secrets
TV • 2014
Narrator
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
TV • 2020
Self - Narrator (voice)
Frontline - News War
TV • 2007
Self
NOVA
TV • 1974
Self - Narrator (voice)
American Experience
TV • 1988
Self - Narrator (voice)
Money, Power & Wall Street
TV • 2012
Self - Narrator
Columbus and the Age of Discovery
TV • 1992
Self - Narrator (voice)