Will Lyman

Will Lyman

Acting

Born May 20, 1948 · Burlington, Vermont, USA

1 film as director · Active 2002–2002

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 Tel…

Known for

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989

Law & Order

Law & Order

1990

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001

The West Wing

The West Wing

1999

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

1982

NOVA

NOVA

1974

NOVA

NOVA

1974

NOVA

NOVA

1974

Directed(1)

2002The Pink Satin Suit

Acting(163)

2026The War CabinetNarrrator

2026The Deal: Trump Bukele & The Gangs of El SalvadorNarrator (voice)

2026Contaminated: The Carpet Industry's Toxic LegacyNarrator

2025The Rise of RFK Jr.Narrator

2025Trump's Power & the Rule of LawNarrator (voice over)

2025The ArboristArthur Randolph

2025The Electric StateDocumentary Narrator (voice)

2025Battle for TibetNarrator

2024AftermathJoe Kozak

2024The Choice 2024: Harris vs. TrumpSelf - Narrator (voice)

2024Crisis on CampusNarrator

2024Children of UkraineNarrator

2024Democracy on TrialNarrator

2023Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in GazaNarrator

2023The Discord LeaksNarrator

2023Inside the Uvalde ResponseNarrator

2023Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power, and the Supreme Courtnarrator

2023Putin and the PresidentsNarrator

2022Lies, Politics and DemocracySelf - Narrator (voice)

2022Ukraine: Life Under Russia's AttackSelf - Narrator (voice)

2022The Power of Big OilNarrator (voice)

2021Mother/AndroidCaptain

2021Shots FiredNarrator

2021Taliban TakeoverNarrator

2021Boeing's Fatal FlawNarrator (voice)

2021America After 9/11narrator

2021China's COVID SecretsSelf - Narrator

2020AnimaniacsNarrator (voice)

2020Christmas on IceMayor Greenwood

2020The Choice 2020: Trump vs. BidenNarrator (voice)

2020United States of ConspiracyNarrator (voice)

2020Once Upon a Time in IraqSelf - Narrator (voice)

2020Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff BezosNarrator

2020Battle for Hong KongNarrator

2020America's Great Divide: From Obama to TrumpSelf - Narrator (voice)

2018UN Sex Abuse ScandalNarrator (voice)

2017Life on ParoleNarrator

2017Iraq UncoveredNarrator

2017Out of Gitmonarrator

2017Hunting ISISNarrator

2017Divided States of AmericaNarrator

2017Frontline: President TrumpNarrator

2016The Choice 2016Narrator

2016Terror in Europeself

2016Business of DisasterNarrator (voice)

2016Saudi Arabia UncoveredSelf - Narrator (voice)

2016Chasing HeroinNarrator

2016Supplements and SafetySelf - Narrator

2016Netanyahu at WarSelf (narrator)

2015Obama at WarSelf - Narrator (voice)

2015Taliban HuntersSelf - Narrator (voice)

2015Isis in Afghanistan

2015OutbreakSelf - Narrator

2015The Fight for YemenSelf - Narrator (voice)

2014Firestone and the WarlordSelf - Narrator

2014The Trouble with AntibioticsSelf - Reporter

2014Losing IraqNarrator

2014Separate and UnequalNarrator

2014United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy LostNarrator

2014United States of SecretsNarrator

2014Prison StateHimself - Narrator (Voice)

2014Generation LikeNarrator (voice)

2013A Death in St. AugustineNarrator (voice)

2013League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion CrisisHimself - Narrator

2012The Suicide PlanNarrator

2012Last Man OutWalt Whitman (voice)

2012Money, Power & Wall StreetSelf - Narrator

2012Inside Japan's Nuclear MeltdownNarrator

2011The Anthrax Files

2011Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic GloryNarrator

2010The Other GuysFrontline Narration App

2010Behind Taliban Lines

2009The BoneyardNarrator

2008What Doesn't Kill YouSully

2008The War BriefingNarrator

2008Abuse of PowerNolan Flannery

2008Young & Restless in China

2008Iron ManAward Ceremony Narrator (voice)

2008Rules of EngagementNarrator

2007Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux UniverseMoe Fresno

2007On Our WatchNarrator

2007Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic GloryNarrator

2007EndgameSelf - Narrator (voice)

2007I'm Paige WilsonBen Foxworthy

2007Frontline - News WarSelf

2006Little ChildrenNarrator (voice)

2006Return of the TalibanSelf - Narrator (voice)

2006The Age of AIDSNarrator (voice)

2006Fierce PeopleDocumentary Narrator (voice)

2006Is It Real?Narrator (voice)

2005Commander in ChiefTeddy Bridges

2005Our FathersWilson Rogers Jr.

2005The New Asylumsnarrator

2004The Secret History of the Credit CardNarrator

2004American MeltdownHomeland Chief Utley

2004Golden Road: Today's Senior DriversNarrator

2003Truth, War and ConsequencesNarrator (voice)

2003Mystic RiverFBI Agent Birden

2003Threat MatrixRoger Atkins

2003Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of HistoryNarrator (voice)

2003Coming Home from Space: The Challenge of Re-EntryNarrator

2003Wake Island: Alamo of the PacificNarrator

2003Salt Lake City 2002: Stories of Olympic GloryNarrator

2002American PornNarrator

2001The Day Reagan Was ShotNarrator (voice)

2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentRoger Jameson

2001Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic GloryNarrator

2001Sinking the LusitaniaNarrator

2001Dog DaysDad

2000EdGus McGraw

2000Finest Hour: The Battle of BritainSelf - Narrator(voice)

2000Warriors of the French Foreign LegionNarrator

2000Satan in the SuburbsNarrator (voice)

1999The West WingNarrator (voice)

1999The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela

1999The Autumn HeartDoctor

1999Michael Jordan: His AirnessNarrator

1998Nagano ’98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and GloryNarrator

1998The SiegeFBI Director

1998Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street'Self - Narrator (voice)

1998A Perfect MurderJason Gates

1997Atlanta’s Olympic GloryNarrator

1997FloatingVan's Father

1997The Bay of PigsNarrator (voice)

1996The CrucibleIsaiah Goodkind

1996NBA at 50Self - Narrator

1996The Ultimate Guide: T-RexNarrator (voice)

1996The Ultimate GuideNarrator

1996Celtic PrideRich Man

1996Welcome to the DollhouseMr. Edwards

1996The Ultimate Guide: SharksNarrator

1995The Search for Satan

1994Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of GloryNarrator

1994Part Two: The Mao Years 1949–1976Narrator (voice)

1994Norse AmericaSelf - Narrator (voice)

1993The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey OswaldNarrator (voice) (US version, Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?)

1993The Arming of Saudi ArabiaNarrator

1992School TiesSwanson

1992Columbus and the Age of DiscoverySelf - Narrator (voice)

1990NixonNarrator (voice)

1990Law & OrderVictor Conner

1990Hull HighJohn Deerborn

1989The SimpsonsNarrator (voice)

1989Hostile TakeoverSmolen

1989Crossbow: The MovieWilliam Tell

1988American ExperienceSelf - Narrator (voice)

1987CrossbowWilliam Tell

1987The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint PeopleSelf - Narrator (voice)

1986Hostage in IranNarrator

1985Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Operanarrator (himself)

1985Three Sovereigns for SarahRev. Parris

1985Three Sovereigns for SarahRev. Parris

1984Murder, She WroteAllan Wooster

1984The Mind of a Murderer: Part 2Narrator

1984The Mind of a Murderer: Part 1Narrator

1983Vietnam: A Television HistoryNarrator

1983FrontlineSelf - Narrator (voice)

1982American PlayhouseReverend Parris

1974NOVANarrator

1964Another World

News WarNarrator

Yemen Under SiegeNarrator