Will Lyman

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

narrator

America After 9/11

Award Ceremony Narrator (voice)

Iron Man

Narrator (voice)

Boeing's Fatal Flaw

Joe Kozak

Aftermath

Narrator

Taliban Takeover

Mr. Edwards

Welcome to the Dollhouse

Alma Mater

Narrator

Putin and the Presidents

Documentary Narrator (voice)

Fierce People

Rich Man

Celtic Pride

self

Terror in Europe

Narrator

Shots Fired

Wilson Rogers Jr.

Our Fathers

Narrator

The Secret History of the Credit Card

Narrator (voice)

Little Children

Captain

Mother/Android

Narrator (voice)

The Bay of Pigs

narrator

Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power, and the Supreme Court

Narrator (voice)

Generation Like

Narrator

Salt Lake 2002: Stories of Olympic Glory

Self (narrator)

Netanyahu at War

Van's Father

Floating

Narrator

Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown

Narrator

The Boneyard

Narrator (voice)

Part Two: The Mao Years 1949–1976

Narrator

Coming Home from Space: The Challenge of Re-Entry

Doctor

The Autumn Heart

Nolan Flannery

Beacon Hill

Narrator (voice)

The Power of Big Oil

narrator (himself)

Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera

Narrator

Golden Road: Today's Senior Drivers

Narrator

United States of Secrets (Part One): The Program

Narrator

United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy Lost

Narrator

China: A Century of Revolution

Self - Narrator (voice)

Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack

Self - Narrator (voice)

Lies, Politics and Democracy

Narrator

Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza

Self - Narrator (voice)

Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street'

Narrator

Inside the Uvalde Response

Narrator

The Discord Leaks

Walt Whitman (voice)

Last Man Out

Narrator

Losing Iraq

Jason Gates

A Perfect Murder

Himself - Narrator

League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis

Narrator

Warriors of the French Foreign Legion

Narrator

Democracy on Trial

The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela

Narrator (voice)

Truth, War and Consequences

The Search for Satan

Narrator

The Mind of a Murderer: Part 1

Narrator

The Mind of a Murderer: Part 2

narrator

Out of Gitmo

narrator

The New Asylums

Narrator

Children of Ukraine

Columbus And The Age Of Discovery

Narrator (voice)

United States of Conspiracy

Self - Narrator (voice)

Norse America

Self - Narrator (voice)

The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People

Narrator

Crisis on Campus

Narrator

Sinking the Lusitania

Narrator (voice)

Satan in the Suburbs

Narrator

Frontline: President Trump

Narrator

The Choice 2016

Narrator

Frontline: Divided States of America

Narrator (voice)

Frontline: The Age of AIDS

Himself - Narrator (Voice)

Prison State

Sully

What Doesn't Kill You

Narrator

Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of Glory

Narrator

Atlanta’s Olympic Glory

Narrator

Nagano ’98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and Glory

Narrator

Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic Glory

Narrator

Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory

William Tell

Crossbow: The Movie

Narrator

Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory

Narrator

Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific

Narrator

American Porn

Rev. Parris

Three Sovereigns for Sarah

Smolen

Hostile Takeover

Ben Foxworthy

I'm Paige Wilson

narrator

Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos

Narrator

Battle for Hong Kong

Narrator

Michael Jordan: His Airness

Self - Narrator

Firestone and the Warlord

Homeland Chief Utley

American Meltdown

FBI Agent Birden

Mystic River

Narrator (voice)

Nixon

FBI Director

The Siege

Narrator (voice) (US version, Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?)

The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald

Mayor Greenwood

Christmas on Ice

Narrator

Separate and Unequal

Self - Narrator (voice)

Frontline: America's Great Divide

Frontline Narration App

The Other Guys

Narrator (voice)

The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden

Isaiah Goodkind

The Crucible

Dad

Dog Days

Narrator

Life on Parole

Narrator (voice)

Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History

Self - Narrator

Supplements and Safety

Narrator (voice)

UN Sex Abuse Scandal

Self / Reporter

The Trouble With Antibiotics

Self - Narrator (voice)

The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump

Narrator (voice)

The Ultimate Guide: T-Rex

Documentary Narrator (voice)

The Electric State

Arthur Randolph

The Arborist

Moe Fresno

Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe

Narrator

Rules of Engagement

Narrator

The War Briefing

Narrator

On Our Watch

Narrator

News War

Narrator

Yemen Under Siege

Narrator

Hunting ISIS

Narrator

Iraq Uncovered

Narrator

Battle for Tibet

Narrator

The Arming of Saudi Arabia

Narrator

Hostage in Iran

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

115

Gender

Male

Birthday

1948-05-20

Place of Birth

Burlington, Vermont, USA

Also Known As

William Remington Lyman