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William Atherton Knight II, dit William Atherton, est un acteur américain, né le 30 juillet 1947 à Orange, dans le Connecticut. Biographie [ modifier | modifier le code ] Cette section est vide, insuffisamment détaillée ou incomplète.
Biografia. William Atherton nacque a Orange, Connecticut, figlio di Robert Atherton Knight.Dopo una serie di piccoli ruoli cinematografici, interpretò lo sfortunato fuggitivo Clovis Popeline in Sugarland Express (1974) di Steven Spielberg e apparve nel film Hindenburg (1975). Interpretò inoltre un ruolo da protagonista nella miniserie Colorado (1978), basata sul romanzo di James Albert Michener.
William Atherton s'inscrit en arts dramatiques à la Drama School de Carnegie Tech puis à l'Université Carnegie-Mellon, dont il sort diplômé en 1969. Dès lors, il joue dans de nombreuses ...
William Atherton studierte Schauspiel am Pasadena Playhouse und an der Carnegie Mellon University. Nach wenigen Jahren als Theaterschauspieler machte er 1972 in Richard Fleischers Kriminalfilm Polizeirevier Los Angeles-Ost in einer kleinen Nebenrolle sein Filmdebüt. 1974 wurde Atherton durch eine erste Hauptrolle in dem Film Sugarland Express ...
William Atherton (born William Atherton Knight; July 30, 1947) is an American movie, stage and television actor. He is known for his roles as Richard "Dick" Thornburg in Die Hard and in Die Hard 2 and as Walter Peck in Ghostbusters.
William Atherton's career has spanned motion pictures, Broadway and television. He first achieved international recognition as the leading man in Steven Spielberg's debut feature The Sugarland Express (1974), and next starred in John Schlesinger's The Day of the Locust (1975), Robert Wise's The Hindenburg (1975) and Richard Brooks' Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977).
A pale, fair-haired, lanky performer, William Atherton first distinguished himself in the theater. After becoming the youngest member of the Long Wharf Theater Company (New Haven, Connecticut) while still a high school student, he went on to off-Broadway where he originated the part of Ronnie Shaughnessy in John Guare's "The House of Blue Leaves," as well as the title roles of David Rabe's ...
