Overview
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
May 20, 1948 (77 years old)
Will Lyman
Known For
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
The documentary investigates the lives and characters of Kamala Harris...
Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza
As the war in Gaza continues with devastating consequences, a...
Inside the Uvalde Response
Drawing on real-time, firsthand accounts and using official bodycam and...
Putin and the Presidents
FRONTLINE investigates Russian President Vladimir Putin’s clashes with multiple American...
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.
Acting
2025
The Arborist
2025
The Electric State
2024
Aftermath
2024
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
2024
Democracy on Trial
2023
Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza
2023
The Discord Leaks
2023
Inside the Uvalde Response
2023
Putin and the Presidents
2022
Lies, Politics and Democracy
2022
Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack
2021
Mother/Android
2021
Shots Fired
2021
Taliban Takeover
2021
Boeing's Fatal Flaw
2020
Christmas on Ice
2020
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
2020
Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos
2020
Battle for Hong Kong
2020
Frontline: America's Great Divide
2018
UN Sex Abuse Scandal
2017
Life on Parole
2017
Out of Gitmo
2017
Frontline: Divided States of America
2017
Frontline: President Trump
2016
The Choice 2016
2016
Terror in Europe
2016
Netanyahu at War
2014
Firestone and the Warlord
2014
The Trouble With Antibiotics
2014
Losing Iraq
2014
Separate and Unequal
2014
United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy Lost
2014
United States of Secrets
2014
Prison State
2014
Generation Like
2013
League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis
2012
Last Man Out
2012
Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown
2011
Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory
2008
What Doesn't Kill You
2008
The War Briefing
2008
Rules of Engagement
2007
Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe
2007
On Our Watch
2007
Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory
2007
I'm Paige Wilson
2006
Fierce People
2006
Frontline: The Age of AIDS
2006
Is It Real?
2005
The New Asylums
2004
The Secret History of the Credit Card
2004
Golden Road: Today's Senior Drivers
2003
Truth, War and Consequences
2003
Threat Matrix
2003
Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History
2003
Coming Home from Space: The Challenge of Re-Entry
2003
Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific
2002
Alma Mater
2002
American Porn
2001
Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic Glory
2001
Sinking the Lusitania
2001
Dog Days
2000
Warriors of the French Foreign Legion
1999
The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela
1999
Michael Jordan: His Airness
1998
Nagano ’98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and Glory
1998
Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street'
1998
A Perfect Murder
1997
Atlanta’s Olympic Glory
1997
The Bay of Pigs
1996
The Ultimate Guide: T-Rex
1996
Celtic Pride
1995
The Search for Satan
1995
Welcome to the Dollhouse
1994
Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of Glory
1994
Part Two: The Mao Years 1949–1976
1994
Norse America
1993
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
1992
Columbus And The Age Of Discovery
1990
Nixon
1990
Hull High
1989
Crossbow: The Movie
1987
Crossbow
1987
The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People
1985
Three Sovereigns for Sarah
1985
Three Sovereigns for Sarah