Will Lyman
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 20, 1948 (age 78)
- Birthplace
- Burlington, Vermont, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
News War
Movie · as Narrator
Yemen Under Siege
Movie · as Narrator
Putin’s War at Home
Movie · as Narrator
Contaminated: The Carpet Industry's Toxic Legacy
Movie · as Narrator
The Deal: Trump Bukele & The Gangs of El Salvador
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The War Cabinet
Movie · as Narrrator
Scammed
Movie · as Narrator
American Voices 2026
Movie · as Narrator
The Electric State
Movie · as Documentary Narrator (voice)
The Arborist
Movie · as Arthur Randolph
Battle for Tibet
Movie · as Narrator
The Rise of RFK Jr.
Movie · as Narrator
Trump's Power & the Rule of Law
Movie · as Narrator (voice over)
Aftermath
Movie · as Joe Kozak
Democracy on Trial
Movie · as Narrator
Children of Ukraine
Movie · as Narrator
Crisis on Campus
Movie · as Narrator
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Putin and the Presidents
Movie · as Narrator
Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power, and the Supreme Court
Movie · as narrator
Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza
Movie · as Narrator
Inside the Uvalde Response
Movie · as Narrator
The Discord Leaks
Movie · as Narrator
Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Lies, Politics and Democracy
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Power of Big Oil
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 3 eps
America After 9/11
Movie · as narrator
Boeing's Fatal Flaw
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Taliban Takeover
Movie · as Narrator
Shots Fired
Movie · as Narrator
Mother/Android
Movie · as Captain
China's COVID Secrets
Movie · as Self - Narrator
United States of Conspiracy
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos
Movie · as Narrator
Battle for Hong Kong
Movie · as Narrator
Christmas on Ice
Movie · as Mayor Greenwood
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Once Upon a Time in Iraq
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Animaniacs
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
UN Sex Abuse Scandal
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Out of Gitmo
Movie · as narrator
Frontline: President Trump
Movie · as Narrator
Divided States of America
Movie · as Narrator
Life on Parole
Movie · as Narrator
Hunting ISIS
Movie · as Narrator
Iraq Uncovered
Movie · as Narrator
Terror in Europe
Movie · as self
Netanyahu at War
Movie · as Self (narrator)
The Choice 2016
Movie · as Narrator
Supplements and Safety
Movie · as Self - Narrator
Saudi Arabia Uncovered
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Business of Disaster
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Chasing Heroin
Movie · as Narrator
Taliban Hunters
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Obama at War
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Fight for Yemen
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Isis in Afghanistan
Movie
Outbreak
Movie · as Self - Narrator
Generation Like
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy Lost
Movie · as Narrator
Losing Iraq
Movie · as Narrator
Prison State
Movie · as Himself - Narrator (Voice)
Firestone and the Warlord
Movie · as Self - Narrator
Separate and Unequal
Movie · as Narrator
The Trouble with Antibiotics
Movie · as Self - Reporter
United States of Secrets
TV · as Narrator · 2 eps
League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis
Movie · as Himself - Narrator
A Death in St. Augustine
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown
Movie · as Narrator
Last Man Out
Movie · as Walt Whitman (voice)
The Suicide Plan
Movie · as Narrator
Money, Power & Wall Street
TV · as Self - Narrator · 2 eps
Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory
Movie · as Narrator
The Anthrax Files
Movie
The Other Guys
Movie · as Frontline Narration App
Behind Taliban Lines
Movie
The Boneyard
Movie · as Narrator
Iron Man
Movie · as Award Ceremony Narrator (voice)
Abuse of Power
Movie · as Nolan Flannery
What Doesn't Kill You
Movie · as Sully
Rules of Engagement
Movie · as Narrator
The War Briefing
Movie · as Narrator
Young & Restless in China
Movie
Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory
Movie · as Narrator
I'm Paige Wilson
Movie · as Ben Foxworthy
Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe
Movie · as Moe Fresno
On Our Watch
Movie · as Narrator
Endgame
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Frontline - News War
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Fierce People
Movie · as Documentary Narrator (voice)
Little Children
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Age of AIDS
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Return of the Taliban
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Dark Side
Movie · as Self - Narrator
Is It Real?
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 30 eps
Our Fathers
Movie · as Wilson Rogers Jr.
The New Asylums
Movie · as narrator
Commander in Chief
TV · as Teddy Bridges, Teddy Bridges (uncredited) · 2 eps
The Secret History of the Credit Card
Movie · as Narrator
Golden Road: Today's Senior Drivers
Movie · as Narrator
American Meltdown
Movie · as Homeland Chief Utley
Salt Lake City 2002: Stories of Olympic Glory
Movie · as Narrator
Coming Home from Space: The Challenge of Re-Entry
Movie · as Narrator
Truth, War and Consequences
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific
Movie · as Narrator
Mystic River
Movie · as FBI Agent Birden
Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Threat Matrix
TV · as Roger Atkins · 16 eps
Alma Mater
Movie
American Porn
Movie · as Narrator
Sinking the Lusitania
Movie · as Narrator
Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic Glory
Movie · as Narrator
Dog Days
Movie · as Dad
The Day Reagan Was Shot
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV · as Roger Jameson · 1 ep
Warriors of the French Foreign Legion
Movie · as Narrator
Satan in the Suburbs
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain
Movie · as Self - Narrator(voice)
Ed
TV · as Gus McGraw · 1 ep
The Autumn Heart
Movie · as Doctor
The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela
Movie
Michael Jordan: His Airness
Movie · as Narrator
The West Wing
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street'
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
A Perfect Murder
Movie · as Jason Gates
Nagano ’98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and Glory
Movie · as Narrator
The Siege
Movie · as FBI Director
The Bay of Pigs
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Floating
Movie · as Van's Father
Atlanta’s Olympic Glory
Movie · as Narrator
Welcome to the Dollhouse
Movie · as Mr. Edwards
Celtic Pride
Movie · as Rich Man
The Crucible
Movie · as Isaiah Goodkind
The Ultimate Guide: T-Rex
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
NBA at 50
Movie · as Self - Narrator
The Ultimate Guide: Sharks
Movie · as Narrator
The Ultimate Guide
TV · as Narrator · 23 eps
The Search for Satan
Movie
Part Two: The Mao Years 1949–1976
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Norse America
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of Glory
Movie · as Narrator
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
Movie · as Narrator (voice) (US version, Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?)
The Arming of Saudi Arabia
Movie · as Narrator
School Ties
Movie · as Swanson
Columbus and the Age of Discovery
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 7 eps
Nixon
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Hull High
TV · as John Deerborn · 8 eps
Law & Order
TV · as Victor Conner · 1 ep
Crossbow: The Movie
Movie · as William Tell
Hostile Takeover
Movie · as Smolen
The Simpsons
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
American Experience
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Crossbow
TV · as William Tell · 72 eps
Hostage in Iran
Movie · as Narrator
Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera
Movie · as narrator (himself)
Three Sovereigns for Sarah
Movie · as Rev. Parris
Three Sovereigns for Sarah
TV · as Rev. Parris · 3 eps
The Mind of a Murderer: Part 1
Movie · as Narrator
The Mind of a Murderer: Part 2
Movie · as Narrator
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Allan Wooster · 1 ep
Vietnam: A Television History
TV · as Narrator · 13 eps
Frontline
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 859 eps
American Playhouse
TV · as Reverend Parris · 3 eps
NOVA
TV · as Narrator, Narrator (voice), Self - Narrator (voice) · 12 eps
Another World
TV · 749 eps