Will Lyman

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
May 20, 1948 (77 years old)

Will Lyman

Known For

The Arborist
Movie 2025

The Arborist

A grief-stricken arborist and her son awaken a haunting when they begin felling trees at the estate of a mysterious recluse.

The Electric State
2h 5m
Movie 2025

The Electric State

An orphaned teen hits the road with a mysterious robot to find her long-lost brother, teaming up with a smuggler and his wisecracking sidekick.

Aftermath
1h 35m
Movie 2024

Aftermath

A returning war veteran, stricken with PTSD, gets trapped with his teenage sister on Boston's Tobin Memorial Bridge when a heavily armed group of ex-military revolutionaries take everyone hostage.

The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
1h 55m
Movie 2024

The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump

The documentary investigates the lives and characters of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump as they seek the presidency. In a historic election, those who know the candidates best reveal key moments that shape how they would lead America. Award-winning filmmaker Michael Kirk and his team sat down with Trump and Harris’ friends, advisors and critics, as well as authors, journalists and political insiders to present deeply reported narrative arcs of both candidates’ lives, going all the way back to their childhoods. What emerges in FRONTLINE's "The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump" is the story of two fighters: One seeking vindication and promising a return to greatness, and the other seeking to move beyond the past and promising a greater future.

Democracy on Trial
2h 24m
Movie 2024

Democracy on Trial

FRONTLINE investigates the roots of the criminal cases against former President Trump stemming from his 2020 election loss. With the presidential race for 2024 underway, veteran political filmmaker Michael Kirk and his team examine the House Jan. 6 committee’s evidence, the historic charges against Trump and the threat to democracy.

Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza
1h 25m
Movie 2023

Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza

As the war in Gaza continues with devastating consequences, a major 90-minute documentary offers a sweeping examination of the critical moments leading up to this crisis over the course of the past three decades, and the pivotal role of a central player: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Starting with the Oslo peace accords and continuing through the Oct. 7 Hamas attack and the ongoing war in Gaza, the documentary draws on years of reporting and is an incisive look at the long history of failed peace efforts and violent conflict in the region — and the increasing tensions between Israel and its ally, the U.S., over the war’s catastrophic toll and what comes next.

The Discord Leaks
0h 54m
Movie 2023

The Discord Leaks

An investigation into how a young Air National Guardsman allegedly leaked classified documents on the Discord chat platform. With The Washington Post, FRONTLINE examines Jack Teixeira’s alleged leak of national security secrets, why he wasn’t stopped and the role of platforms like Discord.

Inside the Uvalde Response
0h 54m
Movie 2023

Inside the Uvalde Response

Drawing on real-time, firsthand accounts and using official bodycam and audio, FRONTLINE, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune reconstruct the chaotic response to the Uvalde school shooting and examine the missteps.

Putin and the Presidents
0h 54m
Movie 2023

Putin and the Presidents

FRONTLINE investigates Russian President Vladimir Putin’s clashes with multiple American presidents as he’s tried to rebuild the Russian empire. Veteran filmmaker Michael Kirk (Putin’s Revenge, Putin’s Road to War) and his team trace the miscalculations and missteps of U.S. presidents over five administrations, culminating in Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

Lies, Politics and Democracy
1h 54m
Movie 2022

Lies, Politics and Democracy

Frontline’s season premiere investigates American political leaders and choices they’ve made that have undermined and threatened democracy in the U.S. In a two-hour documentary special premiering ahead of the 2022 midterms, Frontline examines how officials fed the public lies about the 2020 presidential election and embraced rhetoric that led to political violence.

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.

Acting

2025
The Arborist
2025
The Electric State
2024
Aftermath
2024
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
2024
Democracy on Trial
2023
Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza
2023
The Discord Leaks
2023
Inside the Uvalde Response
2023
Putin and the Presidents
2022
Lies, Politics and Democracy
2022
Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack
2021
Mother/Android
2021
Shots Fired
2021
Taliban Takeover
2021
Boeing's Fatal Flaw
2020
Christmas on Ice
2020
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
2020
Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos
2020
Battle for Hong Kong
2020
Frontline: America's Great Divide
2018
UN Sex Abuse Scandal
2017
Life on Parole
2017
Out of Gitmo
2017
Frontline: Divided States of America
2017
Frontline: President Trump
2016
The Choice 2016
2016
Terror in Europe
2016
Netanyahu at War
2014
Firestone and the Warlord
2014
The Trouble With Antibiotics
2014
Losing Iraq
2014
Separate and Unequal
2014
United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy Lost
2014
United States of Secrets
2014
Prison State
2014
Generation Like
2013
League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis
2012
Last Man Out
2012
Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown
2011
Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory
2008
What Doesn't Kill You
2008
The War Briefing
2008
Rules of Engagement
2006
Is It Real?
2003
Threat Matrix
1996
The Ultimate Guide: T-Rex
1996
Celtic Pride
1995
The Search for Satan
1995
Welcome to the Dollhouse
1994
Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of Glory
1994
Part Two: The Mao Years 1949–1976
1994
Norse America
1993
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
1992
Columbus And The Age Of Discovery
1990
Nixon
1990
Hull High
1989
Crossbow: The Movie
1987
Crossbow
1987
The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People
1985
Three Sovereigns for Sarah
1985
Three Sovereigns for Sarah

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