Will Lyman

Known For: Acting
Born: May 20, 1948
Place of Birth: Burlington, Vermont, USA

Will Lyman

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.

Filmography

The War Cabinet

2026 · Narrrator

The Deal: Trump Bukele & The Gangs of El Salvador

2026 · Narrator (voice)

Contaminated: The Carpet Industry's Toxic Legacy

2026 · Narrator

The Rise of RFK Jr.

2025 · Narrator

Trump's Power & the Rule of Law

2025 · Narrator (voice over)

The Arborist

2025 · Arthur Randolph

The Electric State

2025 · Documentary Narrator (voice)

Battle for Tibet

2025 · Narrator

Aftermath

2024 · Joe Kozak

The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump

2024 · Self - Narrator (voice)

Crisis on Campus

2024 · Narrator

Children of Ukraine

2024 · Narrator

Democracy on Trial

2024 · Narrator

Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza

2023 · Narrator

The Discord Leaks

2023 · Narrator

Inside the Uvalde Response

2023 · Narrator

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

2023 · narrator

Putin and the Presidents

2023 · Narrator

Lies, Politics and Democracy

2022 · Self - Narrator (voice)

Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack

2022 · Self - Narrator (voice)

The Power of Big Oil

2022 · Narrator (voice)

The Power of Big Oil

2022 · Narrator (voice)

Mother/Android

2021 · Captain

Shots Fired

2021 · Narrator

Taliban Takeover

2021 · Narrator

Boeing's Fatal Flaw

2021 · Narrator (voice)

America After 9/11

2021 · narrator

China's COVID Secrets

2021 · Self - Narrator

Animaniacs

2020 · Narrator (voice)

Christmas on Ice

2020 · Mayor Greenwood

The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden

2020 · Narrator (voice)

United States of Conspiracy

2020 · Narrator (voice)

Once Upon a Time in Iraq

2020 · Self - Narrator (voice)

Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos

2020 · Narrator

Battle for Hong Kong

2020 · Narrator

America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump

2020 · Self - Narrator (voice)

UN Sex Abuse Scandal

2018 · Narrator (voice)

Life on Parole

2017 · Narrator

Iraq Uncovered

2017 · Narrator

Out of Gitmo

2017 · narrator

Hunting ISIS

2017 · Narrator

Divided States of America

Divided States of America

2017 · Narrator

Frontline: President Trump

Frontline: President Trump

2017 · Narrator

The Choice 2016

2016 · Narrator

Terror in Europe

2016 · self

Business of Disaster

2016 · Narrator (voice)

Saudi Arabia Uncovered

2016 · Self - Narrator (voice)

Chasing Heroin

2016 · Narrator

Supplements and Safety

2016 · Self - Narrator

Netanyahu at War

2016 · Self (narrator)

Obama at War

2015 · Self - Narrator (voice)

Taliban Hunters

Taliban Hunters

2015 · Self - Narrator (voice)

Isis in Afghanistan

2015

Outbreak

2015 · Self - Narrator

The Fight for Yemen

2015 · Self - Narrator (voice)

Firestone and the Warlord

2014 · Self - Narrator

The Trouble with Antibiotics

2014 · Self - Reporter

Losing Iraq

2014 · Narrator

Separate and Unequal

2014 · Narrator

United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy Lost

2014 · Narrator

United States of Secrets

2014 · Narrator

Prison State

2014 · Himself - Narrator (Voice)

Generation Like

2014 · Narrator (voice)

A Death in St. Augustine

2013 · Narrator (voice)

League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis

2013 · Himself - Narrator

The Suicide Plan

2012 · Narrator

Last Man Out

2012 · Walt Whitman (voice)

Money, Power & Wall Street

2012 · Self - Narrator

Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown

2012 · Narrator

The Anthrax Files

The Anthrax Files

2011

Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory

2011 · Narrator

The Other Guys

2010 · Frontline Narration App

Behind Taliban Lines

2010

The Boneyard

2009 · Narrator

What Doesn't Kill You

2008 · Sully

The War Briefing

2008 · Narrator

Abuse of Power

2008 · Nolan Flannery

Young & Restless in China

2008

Iron Man

2008 · Award Ceremony Narrator (voice)

Rules of Engagement

2008 · Narrator

Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe

2007 · Moe Fresno

On Our Watch

2007 · Narrator

Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory

2007 · Narrator

Endgame

2007 · Self - Narrator (voice)

I'm Paige Wilson

I'm Paige Wilson

2007 · Ben Foxworthy

Frontline - News War

2007 · Self

Fierce People

2006 · Documentary Narrator (voice)

Little Children

2006 · Narrator (voice)

Return of the Taliban

2006 · Self - Narrator (voice)

The Age of AIDS

2006 · Narrator (voice)

Is It Real?

2006 · Narrator (voice)

Commander in Chief

2005 · Teddy Bridges, Teddy Bridges (uncredited)

Our Fathers

2005 · Wilson Rogers Jr.

The New Asylums

2005 · narrator

The Secret History of the Credit Card

2004 · Narrator

American Meltdown

2004 · Homeland Chief Utley

Golden Road: Today's Senior Drivers

2004 · Narrator

Truth, War and Consequences

2003 · Narrator (voice)

Mystic River

2003 · FBI Agent Birden

Threat Matrix

2003 · Roger Atkins

Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History

2003 · Narrator (voice)

Coming Home from Space: The Challenge of Re-Entry

2003 · Narrator

Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific

2003 · Narrator

Salt Lake City 2002: Stories of Olympic Glory

2003 · Narrator

Alma Mater

2002

American Porn

2002 · Narrator

The Pink Satin Suit

The Pink Satin Suit

2002 · Director

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001 · Roger Jameson

Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic Glory

2001 · Narrator

Sinking the Lusitania

Sinking the Lusitania

2001 · Narrator

Dog Days

2001 · Dad

Ed

2000 · Gus McGraw

Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain

Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain

2000 · Self - Narrator(voice)

Warriors of the French Foreign Legion

2000 · Narrator

Satan in the Suburbs

2000 · Narrator (voice)

The West Wing

1999 · Narrator (voice)

The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela

1999

The Autumn Heart

1999 · Doctor

Michael Jordan: His Airness

1999 · Narrator

Nagano ’98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and Glory

1998 · Narrator

The Siege

1998 · FBI Director

Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street'

1998 · Self - Narrator (voice)

A Perfect Murder

1998 · Jason Gates

Atlanta’s Olympic Glory

1997 · Narrator

Floating

1997 · Van's Father

The Bay of Pigs

1997 · Narrator (voice)

The Crucible

1996 · Isaiah Goodkind

NBA at 50

1996 · Self - Narrator

The Ultimate Guide: T-Rex

1996 · Narrator (voice)

The Ultimate Guide

1996 · Narrator

Celtic Pride

1996 · Rich Man

Welcome to the Dollhouse

1996 · Mr. Edwards

The Search for Satan

1995

Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of Glory

1994 · Narrator

Part Two: The Mao Years 1949–1976

1994 · Narrator (voice)

Norse America

1994 · Self - Narrator (voice)

The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald

1993 · Narrator (voice) (US version, Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?)

The Arming of Saudi Arabia

1993 · Narrator

Columbus and the Age of Discovery

Columbus and the Age of Discovery

1992 · Self - Narrator (voice)

Nixon

1990 · Narrator (voice)

Law & Order

1990 · Victor Conner

Hull High

1990 · John Deerborn

The Simpsons

1989 · Narrator (voice)

Hostile Takeover

1989 · Smolen

Crossbow: The Movie

1989 · William Tell

American Experience

1988 · Self - Narrator (voice)

Crossbow

1987 · William Tell

The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People

1987 · Self - Narrator (voice)

Hostage in Iran

1986 · Narrator, Executive Producer

Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera

1985 · narrator (himself)

Three Sovereigns for Sarah

1985 · Rev. Parris

Three Sovereigns for Sarah

1985 · Rev. Parris

Murder, She Wrote

1984 · Allan Wooster

The Mind of a Murderer: Part 2

1984 · Narrator

The Mind of a Murderer: Part 1

1984 · Narrator

Vietnam: A Television History

1983 · Narrator

Frontline

1983 · Self - Narrator (voice)

American Playhouse

1982 · Reverend Parris

NOVA

1974 · Narrator, Narrator (voice), Self - Narrator (voice)

Another World

1964

News War

— · Narrator

Yemen Under Siege

— · Narrator

The Ultimate Guide: Sharks

— · Narrator

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