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