Also known as: William Atherton Knight · ویلیام آترتون · William Atherton Knight Jr.
Biography
William Atherton Knight Jr. (born July 30, 1947) is an American actor, best known for portraying Richard Thornburg in Die Hard and its sequel and Walter Peck in Ghostbusters.
Known for
7.8
Movie
Die Hard
1988
7.5
Movie
Ghostbusters
1984
7.6
Movie
The Last Samurai
2003
7.0
Movie
Die Hard 2
1990
8.0
TV
Lost
2004
8.0
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
8.0
TV
Castle
2009
7.9
TV
Desperate Housewives
2004
8.3
TV
Stargate SG-1
1997
6.4
Movie
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024
6.6
Movie
The Pelican Brief
1993
7.9
TV
Monk
2002
Filmography(89)
89 titles across Movies & TV
0
Movie
Where Did the Adults Go?
2025
6.4
Movie
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024
5.5
TV
Reunited Apart
2020
6.9
Movie
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020
5.4
Movie
Bad Company
2018
5.3
Movie
Clinical
2017
6.0
Movie
Ghostheads
2016
4.1
Movie
Jinn
2014
6.4
Movie
The Citizen
2012
4.6
Movie
Jersey Shore Shark Attack
2012
5.5
Movie
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
2012
7.4
TV
Workaholics
2011
4.8
Movie
The Kane Files: Life of Trial
2010
8.0
TV
Castle
2009
6.9
TV
Childrens Hospital
2008
3.3
Movie
Ghouls
2008
3.5
Movie
Black Crescent Moon
2008
6.5
Movie
Aces 'N' Eights
2008
7.6
TV
Life
2007
6.7
Movie
The Girl Next Door
2007
3.4
Movie
Kush
2007
4.9
Movie
Towards Darkness
2007
4.5
Movie
Into the Sun
2005
5.1
Movie
Headspace
2005
7.0
TV
Numb3rs
2005
4.8
Movie
Gone But Not Forgotten
2005
7.9
TV
Desperate Housewives
2004
7.9
TV
Boston Legal
2004
8.0
TV
Lost
2004
4.9
Movie
Who's Your Daddy?
2004
7.6
Movie
The Last Samurai
2003
7.9
TV
Monk
2002
8.2
TV
Justice League
2001
6.0
Movie
Race to Space
2001
7.1
TV
Night Visions
2001
8.5
Movie
Burning Down the House
2001
6.3
Movie
Bread and Roses
2000
5.5
Movie
The Crow: Salvation
2000
4.3
Movie
The Stranger
1999
8.0
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
6.4
Movie
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999
4.0
Movie
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company
1998
6.2
Movie
Mad City
1997
5.9
Movie
Executive Power
1997
6.5
Movie
Hoodlum
1997
8.3
TV
Stargate SG-1
1997
7.6
TV
The Practice
1997
4.0
Movie
Raven Hawk
1996
6.6
TV
Nash Bridges
1996
4.6
Movie
Bio-Dome
1996
6.3
Movie
Broken Trust
1995
7.0
Movie
A Night to Die For
1995
4.8
Movie
Virus
1995
7.7
TV
The Outer Limits
1995
5.2
Movie
Frank & Jesse
1994
5.0
Movie
Saints and Sinners
1994
6.6
Movie
The Pelican Brief
1993
5.5
TV
HBO First Look
1992
4.4
Movie
Chrome Soldiers
1992
8.2
Movie
Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder
1992
6.3
Movie
Oscar
1991
5.8
Movie
Grim Prairie Tales
1990
7.3
TV
Law & Order
1990
7.0
Movie
Die Hard 2
1990
6.8
Movie
Buried Alive
1990
5.0
TV
Max Monroe: Loose Cannon
1990
8.0
TV
Tales from the Crypt
1989
6.4
Movie
Intrigue
1988
7.8
Movie
Die Hard
1988
8.7
Movie
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
1987
5.8
Movie
No Mercy
1986
6.3
Movie
A Fight for Jenny
1986
7.7
TV
The Twilight Zone
1985
7.1
TV
The Equalizer
1985
6.7
Movie
Real Genius
1985
7.5
TV
Murder, She Wrote
1984
7.5
Movie
Ghostbusters
1984
3.8
Movie
Malibu
1983
4.3
Movie
Tomorrow's Child
1982
8.0
Movie
The House of Mirth
1981
7.7
TV
Centennial
1978
6.3
Movie
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1977
9.0
Movie
Independence
1976
6.3
Movie
The Hindenburg
1975
6.4
Movie
The Day of the Locust
1975
6.6
Movie
The Sugarland Express
1974
6.6
Movie
Class of '44
1973
6.6
Movie
The New Centurions
1972
0
Movie
Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story
