William Atherton's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Night Visions William Price Chicken Soup for the Soul Ron

Main Movie Roles 2007 - Totally Baked: A Pot-U-Mentary 2007 - The Girl Next Door 2005 - Into the Sun 2005 - Headspace 2003 - The Last Samurai 2000 - The Crow: Salvation 2000 - Bread and Roses 1997 - Hoodlum 1997 - Mad City 1996 - Bio-Dome 1993 - The Pelican Brief 1991 - Oscar 1990 - Die Hard 2: Die Harder 1988 - Die Hard 1986 - No Mercy 1985 - Real Genius 1984 - Ghostbusters 1977 - Looking for Mr. Goodbar 1975 - The Day of the Locust 1975 - The Hindenburg 1974 - The Sugarland Express

BIOGRAPHY:

Veteran character actor often cast as sleazy villain or self-absorbed yuppie. Most remembered for his fantastic role in Ghost Busters (1984) as Walter Peck. Also had memorable role in Die Hard (1988) as yet another scumbag-ish character, Thornburg.


TRIVIA:

• Has won numerous awards and praise for his On and Off Broadway stage work.
• Sang Irving Berlin's, "What'll I Do?" for "The Great Gatsby".