William Atherton

William Atherton

出生 : 1947-07-30, Orange, Connecticut, USA

略歴

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Atherton Knight (born July 30, 1947) is an American actor, best known for portraying Richard Thornburg in Die Hard and its sequel and Walter Peck in Ghostbusters.

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William Atherton
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ゴーストバスターズ/フローズン・サマー
Walter Peck
The Spengler family returns to where it all started – the iconic New York City firehouse – to team up with the original Ghostbusters, who've developed a top-secret research lab to take busting ghosts to the next level. But when the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second Ice Age.
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
Self
The documentary that tells us the full story from where it all started through to the future of the "Ghostbusters" franchise.
クリニカル
Terry Drummond
A psychiatrist tries to put her life back together after a violent attack by seeking to repair the life of a new patient, but he has his own terrifying history.
Ghostheads
Self
A documentary that explores the extreme side of the Ghostbusters fandom. Join us as we travel the world meeting extreme Ghostbusters fans. Every Ghosthead is unique. Every Franchise is its own. Every pop culture fandom should learn how to give back to the community.
Jinn
Father Westhoff
From the beginning, stories of angels and men have captured our imaginations and have been etched into our history crossing all boundaries of culture, religion, and time. These two races have dominated the landscape of modern mythology for countless centuries, almost washing away the evidence that a third ever existed. This third race, born of smokeless fire, was called the jinn. Similar to humans in many ways, the jinn lived invisibly among us and only under dire or unusual circumstances were our paths ever meant to cross.
Jersey Shore Shark Attack
Dolan
Many years ago, hundreds of locals and tourists were massacred by giant man-eating sharks in the infamous 1916 Jersey Shore attacks. But that's just a legend... or is it? It's a holiday weekend on the Jersey Shore and, unbeknownst to anyone, underwater drills have attracted dozens of albino bull sharks to the pier. When a man goes missing, TC (The Complication), Nookie and friends fear the worst and plead with the police chief to close down the beach. It isn't until a famous singer is eaten alive during a performance on the pier that the shark hunt begins. Now, the Preppies must work together with the Guidos in order to save the Jersey Shore and its inhabitants from another vicious slaughter.
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Earle Swinter
Two guys get a billion dollars to make a movie, only to watch their dream run off course.
The Kane Files: Life of Trial
Daniel Morgan
Scott Kane (Drew Fuller), a man with a checkered past is trying to live a clean life. When his son Owen falls ill, Kane finds his only option is to turn to Daniel Morgan (William Atherton), the local kingpin of the criminal underworld. Morgan offers to help Kane's family, but double-crosses him. When Morgan tries killing Kane by employing a dirty cop, Jace Olsen (Ethan Embry), Kane escapes from prison to seek his revenge and save his son. With the FBI (William Devane) and Police (Embry) on his tail, Kane must utilize all his deadly skills to save his family and himself.
Ghouls
Stefan
Stefan invites his daughter, Jennifer, to travel to Romania for the funeral of his mother. His mystic girlfriend Liz travels with them to the cursed village of Pelosoara, where they are welcomed by Stefan's brother Vladimir, and Jennifer finds the locals are very peculiar people. Jennifer learns that she is the only woman from the bloodline of her father. At the funeral a stranger approaches and asks Jennifer to meet him in the square in one hour. When Jennifer arrives at the meeting place, she sees a creature devouring the man she was there to meet and is saved by Thomas. The man tells her that he is the last druid on Earth, protecting the world against the evil ancients. They were defeated by the druids in the past and banished to the spiritual world. That night, there was to be a reclamation ceremony where the evil queen possesses a vessel to open a vortex between the spiritual and the real world to bring the ancients back to Earth...
Black Crescent Moon
Jo Dexton
A small town sheriff who's investigating a murder at the local diner ends up finding more than he bargained for in the town and in himself.
Aces 'N' Eights
Howard
Already taking a gamble settling in the uncharted west, the peaceful settlers of a town destined for railroad greatness suddenly find themselves being ruthlessly gunned down. With no law and order to be found, justice falls onto the shoulders of an elderly rancher and an accomplished, but retired, gunslinger.
隣の家の少女
Adult David Moran
1958年、小さな街で暮らすデイヴィッドの隣家に、ニューヨークから姉妹が越して来る。二人は家庭の事情で叔母の所に預けられており、デイヴィッドはすぐに姉のメグと打ち解ける。だが、次第に彼はメグが叔母とその息子たちに虐待されていると気付き始め……。<実話を基にしたジャック・ケッチャムの同名の小説を映画化した、血も凍るようなスリラームービー。田舎町で少年時代を送った男が回想する、かつて隣人が無垢な少女に対して行った悪夢そのものの虐待を見せつける。かわいそうな犠牲者を演じるのはブライス・オーファース。彼女をいじめ抜く叔母をブランチ・ベイカーが演じている。ケッチャムの残虐世界をリアルに映し出す衝撃の映像の連続に驚がくする。>
Kush
King
A young drug dealer Dusty, is torn between the money and getting out. When his partner Christian, is caught up in a kidnapping and murder scheme.
Towards Darkness
John
About a kidnapped hostage's life, and the frustration his family, a special ops team, and a man in charge of delivering the ransom money all feel as they rush to save him.
イントゥ・ザ・サン
Agent Block
不法入国外国人の一掃を公約に掲げた都知事候補が射殺される。日本語が堪能なCIAエージェント、ハンターが来日して捜査を開始するが……。2005年11月に公開された極太任侠アクション。
Headspace
Co-Producer
25-year-old Alex Borden's chance encounter with a mysterious stranger has found his intellect rapidly expanding, but as the power of his mind grows so too does the mystery of a brutal series of murders. Now, as the killer seems to set his sights on Alex, the frightened genius must use his newfound brain power to put an end to the mayhem once and for all.
Headspace
Dr. Ira Gold
25-year-old Alex Borden's chance encounter with a mysterious stranger has found his intellect rapidly expanding, but as the power of his mind grows so too does the mystery of a brutal series of murders. Now, as the killer seems to set his sights on Alex, the frightened genius must use his newfound brain power to put an end to the mayhem once and for all.
Gone but Not Forgotten
Sen. Ray Colby
An Oregon woman vanishes. In her wake remains a single black rose & a note reading gone but not forgotten. Now a man stands accused: a private eye has gone missing: a detective knows more than she lets on: & a tough female attorney has entered a web of duplicity revenge & multiple murder.
Who's Your Daddy?
Duncan Mack
An adopted Ohio high school senior discovers he is the inherited heir to a porn empire. Dropped into a bitter power struggle, his new flock of beautiful co-workers come to his aid.
ラスト サムライ
Winchester Rep
南北戦争時代のアメリカ。北軍の士官として参軍したネイサン・オールグレン大尉は南軍やインディアンと戦いの中、無関係のインディアン部族を攻撃し、子供たちを撃ち、良心の呵責に悩まされ酒浸りになる。日本の実業家の大村はバグリー大佐を介し軍隊の教授職として雇いに来ていた。当時の日本は明治維新で近代国家建設のために急速な近代的軍備増強が必要だった。多額の報酬に魅せられたオールグレンは、僚友ガントとともに日本に渡り、軍隊訓練を指揮する。
Race to Space
Ralph Stanton
In the 1960s a young woman works at NASA as an animal trainer responsible for the chimpanzee who will go into space.
Burning Down the House
Arthur Kranston
A down-on-his-luck film director sets fire to his home so he can collect the insurance money and fund his new movie. But crime apparently does pay, because once the rumor mill gets wind of his plans, everyone suddenly wants a slice of his new project's pie.
クロウ 復讐の翼
Nathan Randall
Alex Corvis returns to the world of the living to avenge the murder of his girlfriend, who he was wrongly accused of killing. But first he must uncover the truth about who really killed her.
The Stranger
A young woman's dreams become real-life nightmares after a mysterious stranger comes into her life.
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Darryl Zanuck
An acclaimed stage performer, Dorothy still struggled with the challenge of her color, in a time that wouldn't let some stars in by the front door. Yet against the odds she beat out many more famous rivals for the role of "Carmen Jones", becoming the first black woman ever nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award. Marriages and affairs would break her heart, but her heart was strong. Seductive and easily seduced, she was born to be a star - with all the glory and all the pain of being loved, abused, cheated, glorified, undermined and undefeated. Here was a woman who wouldn't wait in the wings. Halle Berry stars as Dorothy Dandrige.
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company
James Denit
A naive French reporter is sent to an African town to cover a sensational news story, unaware that it has been faked by an international news giant in the hopes of getting the US president re-elected for a third term.
マッド・シティ
Dohlen
真面目な博物館の元警備員サムが経費削減する館長へ再就職交渉に散弾銃を携行した。あくまでも威嚇のつもりが元同僚警備員に誤って発砲したものが命中、サムは止むなく館内にいた子供たちを人質にろう城してしまう。トイレにいて事件に居合わせたTV報道記者マックスは、全国ネット放映網への再帰を狙いスクープ取材に係るが、事情を聴きサムに対する事実を広めようと世論の同情を引出すものの、事件収束へ向かうより面白半分の興味が優先した世論操作から高視聴率となる。事件を聞きつけた大マスコミにより更なる事実と違う虚構のニュース合戦が繰り広げられる。
Executive Power
President Fields
While protecting the U.S. President, Secret Service agent Nick Sager helps him to dispose of the body of a young girl, who accidentally died during an adulterous encounter. Some time later, a few weeks before the elections, the disillusioned ex-agent is approached by his former partner. The President's former aide, and one of few people who knew about the cover-up, is found dead in mysterious circumstances.
Hoodlum
Thomas E. Dewey
In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem—is arrested, Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson takes over the business and must resist an invasion from a merciless mobster.
Raven Hawk
Philip Thorne
A Native-American woman, who was framed for the murders of her parents years before, returns to her reservation to seek revenge.
Bio-Dome
Dr. Noah Faulkner
Bud and Doyle are two losers who are doing nothing with their lives. Both of their girlfriends are actively involved in saving the environment, but the two friends couldn't care less about saving the Earth. One day, when a group of scientists begin a mission to live inside a "Bio-Dome" for a year without outside contact, Bud and Doyle mistakenly become part of the project themselves.
Broken trust
Judge Nash is highly regarded for his position and decisions in the courtroom. He's approached by a special agent from a government task force investigating corrupt judges and lawyers, and asked to participate in a sting operation. Initially it's against some people Nash has no trouble believing are corrupt, but as the scope of the sting widens to include some of his friends, he tries to get out. That's when the agent threatens to reveal information that would embarrass Judge Nash if he doesn't continue.
Virus
Dr. Reginald Holloway
Who could have deliberately released a rare and deadly African plague that is now spreading uncontrollably throughout America's largest urban areas? A lone determined doctor desperately and fearlessly searches for the truth, but she soon finds herself targeted for death as well. With time running out to save human kind, Dr. Marissa Blumenthal discovers that the strange disease may have actually been unleashed by the medical establishment itself.
Frank & Jesse
Allan Pinkerton
At the end of the Civil War, Frank and Jesse James and other former guerillas who rode with Quantrill and Bill Anderson take the oath of allegiance to the Union. Feeling oppressed by Chicago railroad investors, the James and Younger brothers, Bob and Charlie Ford, Clell Miller and Arch Clements take to robbing banks, trains and coaches, with Pinkerton sworn to bringing them to justice.
ペリカン文書
Bob Gminski
検察官を目指し法科に通うダービーは、世間を騒がす最高裁連続殺人に関する自分なりの説をまとめ文書を作った。それがいつの間に国家の上層部の黒幕の目に触れ、“ペリカン文書”と名付けられ、彼女は命を狙われる。恋人でもあった恩師は殺された。孤立無援の彼女を助ける者は新聞記者のD・ワシントンの他にいない……。ジョン・グリシャムのベストセラーをジュリア・ロバーツ主演で映画化したサスペンス・スリラー。
Chrome Soldiers
Sheriff Blackwell
Five ex-soldiers go to a small town in Oregon to help a friend investigate the murder of his brother.
Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder
Eric Walker
Convinced that his long-time patient Nick Osborn didn't murder his boss, Mark Sloan starts investigating the case himself, supported by a junior doctor and a young female pathologist.
Oscar
Overton
Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite having no experience in making money in a legal fashion, Snaps sets about to keep his promise.
Grim Prairie Tales
Arthur
Two travelers meet on the open prairie, and pass their time together by trading stories with each other. Their tales become a sort of competition, each attempting to relate something which might disturb the other.
ダイ・ハード2
Richard Thornburg
ジョン・マックレーン刑事は、ロスに住む妻ホリーと一緒にクリスマス休暇を過ごすため、吹雪の中ワシントンのダレス国際空港に迎えに来ていた。テレビではラテン・アメリカの麻薬王エスペランザ将軍の到着を報じており、反共主義者の元陸軍大佐スチュワートの姿を空港内で見かけていたマックレーンは大佐の部下らしき軍人たちがうろついているのに不審を覚え、後をつける。
Buried Alive
Cortland "Cort" van Owen
A married woman and her lover plot to kill her husband to make off with the insurance money. However, their attempt to murder him using poisonous fish toxins backfires in surprising ways.
Intrigue
Doggett
A spy is looking for his old colleague who now works for the other side.
ダイ・ハード
Richard Thornburg
クリスマス・イブの夜、LAのハイテクビルを最新兵器で武装した謎のテロリスト集団が襲う。彼らの要求を拒んだ重役達は即座に射殺。なすすべも無く怯える人質たち。ビルの中にいた非番警官ジョン・マクレーンは外部との連絡が一切遮断された中、ただ一人命をかけた闘いを挑んだ!
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
Martin 'Alpha' Loeber
Robert McCall (Edward Woodward) is forced to work with a former terrorist turned monk by the name of Joseph Heiden(Telly Savalas), whom he despises and mistrusts, on a deadly mission in New York.
No Mercy
Allan Deveneux
An unconventional undercover Chicago cop and his partner are recruited to commit the murder of a New Orleans criminal kingpin.
A Fight for Jenny
Michael Rosen
When Kelsey remarries, her struggle to get custody of her daughter from her first marriage is complicated by her current husband being black.
天才アカデミー
Professor Hathaway
15歳で大学に入った天才少年の愛と冒険をコミカルに描く。
ゴーストバスターズ
Walter Peck
ニューヨークのコロンビア大学で超常現象や幽霊・霊体の研究を行っていたピーター・ヴェンクマン博士ら冴えない研究者3人。ある日、一方的に研究費を打ち切られたことをきっかけに借金に借金を重ね、科学的に超常現象全般を扱い幽霊退治を行う会社「ゴーストバスターズ」を開業。当初は資金もなく依頼もゼロに近かったが、とあるホテルでの幽霊退治をきっかけにビジネスは大当たり、メディアや行政からも注目視される。
Malibu
Stan Harvey
A young couple from Milwaukee moves into the fabled, high-society Malibu beach community and becomes involved with the lives of the various people living in the community.
Tomorrow's Child
Jim Spence
The wife of a research geneticist agrees to the experimental procedure of a 'test-tube baby' by having her fetus brought to full term in a glass jar in a laboratory.
The House of Mirth
Lawrence Selden
Lily Bart, a well-born, but penniless woman of the high society of New York City, who was raised and educated to become wife to a rich man. As an unmarried woman with gambling debts and an uncertain future, Lily is destroyed by the society who created her...
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
James
A dedicated schoolteacher spends her nights cruising bars, looking for abusive men with whom she can engage in progressively violent sexual encounters.
Independence
Benjamin Rush
John Huston directs this film giving relevance and life to the hallowed buildings and ground making up Independence National Historical Park. Through vignettes, the people and events are re-created for the present-day visitor. Featuring Eli Wallach as Benjamin Franklin.
The Hindenburg
Boerth
In this highly speculative historical thriller, Colonel Franz Ritter (George C. Scott), a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of security. As he races against the clock to uncover a possible saboteur aboard the doomed zeppelin he finds that any of the passengers and crew could be the culprit.
The Day of the Locust
Tod Hackett
Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the lurid world of film industry, gets infatuated with his neighbor Faye Greener, an aspiring actress who prefers the life that Homer Simpson, a lone accountant, can offer her.
続・激突!/カージャック
Clovis Michael Poplin
テキサスで窃盗犯により服役中だった男が脱獄。パトカーをカー・ジャックし、何十台ものパトカーに追跡されながら里子に出された子供の元へ暴走する……。実話を元にしたスピルバーグの劇場用初監督作品。
Class of '44
Fraternity President
Sequel to "Summer of '42" reunites Hermie, Oscy and Benjie as they graduate from high school. Benjie departs shortly to war while Hermie and Oscy go on to college and experience fraternity hazings, cheating on exams, sex scandals and other unsavory college activities. Hermie grows apart from his childhood friend Oscy and begins a relationship with Julie that allows him to settle down into maturity.
The New Centurions
Johnson
An idealistic rookie cop joins the LAPD to make ends meet while finishing law school, and is indoctrinated by a seasoned veteran. As time goes on, he loses his ambitions and family as police work becomes his entire life.
Where Did the Adults Go?
The Father
When three siblings reunite at their family summer home on the anniversary of their parents’ death, a power struggle ensues when the eldest proposes selling the house so she and her wife can afford to start a family.