William Atherton Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
William Atherton Knight was born on July 30, 1947 in Orange, Connecticut, the son of Robert and Roby Atherton Knight. He studied acting at the Drama School at Carnegie Tech and graduated from Carnegie-Mellon in 1969. A veteran of stage, film and television, Atherton began as a leading man in Steven Spielberg's The Sugarland Express (1974), John ...
Ghostbusters, Die Hard 2, Die Hard, The Last Samurai, Real Genius, The Sugarland Express, Bio-Dome, The Girl Next Door, Looking for Mr. Goodbar, The Day of the Locust, The Pelican Brief, The Hindenburg, Jinn, The Crow: Salvation, No Mercy, Jersey Shore Shark Attack, Hoodlum, Mad City, Tim and Eric's...
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Centennial
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Leo
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Known around the world for what have become his signature film characters: the television reporter, Dick Thornburg in Die Hard (1988) and Die Hard 2 (1990); the EPA official, Walter Peck in Ghostbusters (1984); Professor Jerry Hathaway in Real Genius (1985) and the mad scientist, Dr. Noah Faulkner in Bio-Dome (1996).
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Often plays manipulative yet well-dressed scoundrels
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Rich smooth voice
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If you have to be the antagonist, you often have a lot more creative powers. You have a lot more color to you.
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I'm a farm boy from Connecticut, and I adopted urban life.
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Has starred as Honore in the 2011 Los Angeles production of "Gigi" and performed the show's enormously popular song, "Yes, I Remember It Well", with his co-star, Millicent Martin at the McCallum Theatre's annual charity event in Palm Springs.
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Attended and graduated from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1969.
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Studied acting at the Drama School at Carnegie Institute of Technology.
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Has sung Irving Berlin's, "What'll I Do?" for the opening title sequence in "The Great Gatsby". It was also featured in Robert Evans' documentary The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002).
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Has won numerous awards and praise for his on and off-Broadway stage work.
$5 Million
