Acting

Will Lyman

Born 1948-05-20 · Burlington, Vermont, USA

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.

Credits

Newest first

Scammed
as Narrator
2026
The War Cabinet
as Narrrator
2026
The Deal: Trump Bukele & The Gangs of El Salvador
as Narrator (voice)
2026
Contaminated: The Carpet Industry's Toxic Legacy
as Narrator
2026
The Rise of RFK Jr.
as Narrator
2025
Trump's Power & the Rule of Law
as Narrator (voice over)
2025
The Arborist
as Arthur Randolph
2025
The Electric State
as Documentary Narrator (voice)
2025
Battle for Tibet
as Narrator
2025
Aftermath
as Joe Kozak
2024
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
Crisis on Campus
as Narrator
2024
Children of Ukraine
as Narrator
2024
Democracy on Trial
as Narrator
2024
Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza
as Narrator
2023
The Discord Leaks
as Narrator
2023
Inside the Uvalde Response
as Narrator
2023
Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power, and the Supreme Court
as narrator
2023
Putin and the Presidents
as Narrator
2023
Lies, Politics and Democracy
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2022
Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2022
The Power of Big Oil
as Narrator (voice)
2022
Mother/Android
as Captain
2021
Shots Fired
as Narrator
2021
Taliban Takeover
as Narrator
2021
Boeing's Fatal Flaw
as Narrator (voice)
2021
America After 9/11
as narrator
2021
China's COVID Secrets
as Self - Narrator
2021
Animaniacs
as Narrator (voice)
2020
Christmas on Ice
as Mayor Greenwood
2020
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
as Narrator (voice)
2020
United States of Conspiracy
as Narrator (voice)
2020
Once Upon a Time in Iraq
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2020
Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos
as Narrator
2020
Battle for Hong Kong
as Narrator
2020
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2020
UN Sex Abuse Scandal
as Narrator (voice)
2018
Life on Parole
as Narrator
2017
Iraq Uncovered
as Narrator
2017
Out of Gitmo
as narrator
2017
Hunting ISIS
as Narrator
2017
Divided States of America
as Narrator
2017
Frontline: President Trump
as Narrator
2017
The Choice 2016
as Narrator
2016
Terror in Europe
as self
2016
Business of Disaster
as Narrator (voice)
2016
Saudi Arabia Uncovered
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2016
Chasing Heroin
as Narrator
2016
Supplements and Safety
as Self - Narrator
2016
Netanyahu at War
as Self (narrator)
2016
Obama at War
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2015
Taliban Hunters
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2015
Isis in Afghanistan
2015
Outbreak
as Self - Narrator
2015
The Fight for Yemen
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2015
Firestone and the Warlord
as Self - Narrator
2014
The Trouble with Antibiotics
as Self - Reporter
2014
Losing Iraq
as Narrator
2014
Separate and Unequal
as Narrator
2014
United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy Lost
as Narrator
2014
United States of Secrets
as Narrator
2014
Prison State
as Himself - Narrator (Voice)
2014
Generation Like
as Narrator (voice)
2014
A Death in St. Augustine
as Narrator (voice)
2013
League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis
as Himself - Narrator
2013
The Suicide Plan
as Narrator
2012
Last Man Out
as Walt Whitman (voice)
2012
Money, Power & Wall Street
as Self - Narrator
2012
Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown
as Narrator
2012
The Anthrax Files
2011
Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory
as Narrator
2011
The Other Guys
as Frontline Narration App
2010
Behind Taliban Lines
2010
The Boneyard
as Narrator
2009
What Doesn't Kill You
as Sully
2008
The War Briefing
as Narrator
2008
Abuse of Power
as Nolan Flannery
2008
Young & Restless in China
2008
Iron Man
as Award Ceremony Narrator (voice)
2008
Rules of Engagement
as Narrator
2008