William Atherton

William Atherton

Birthday:Jul 30, 1947
Place of birth:Orange, Connecticut, USA

Filmography

2007
The Girl Next Door

The Girl Next Door

Thriller Crime Drama Horror Psychological Drama
6.5

20071h 31min

United States

Director: Gregory Wilson

In a quiet suburban town in the summer of 1958, two recently orphaned sisters are placed in the care of their mentally unstable Aunt Ruth. But Ruth's depraved sense of discipline will soon lead to unspeakable acts of abuse and torture that involve her young sons, the neighborhood children, and one 12-year-old boy whose life will be changed forever.

1997
Mad City

Mad City

Thriller Drama
6.3

19971h 54min

United States

Director: Costa-Gavras

A misguided museum guard who loses his job and then tries to get it back at gunpoint is thrown into the fierce world of ratings-driven TV gone mad.


Hoodlum

Hoodlum

Crime Drama
6.3

19972h 10min

United States

Director: Bill Duke

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.

1993
The Pelican Brief

The Pelican Brief

Thriller Crime Drama
6.6

19932h 21min

United States

Director: Alan J. Pakula

A law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-reaching web of murder, corruption, and greed.

1990
Die Hard 2

Die Hard 2

Action Thriller
7.2

19902h 4min

United States

Director: Renny Harlin

One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a snowy Christmas Eve, as he waits for his wife's plane to land at Washington Dulles International Airport, terrorists take over the air traffic control system in a plot to free a South American army general and drug smuggler being flown into the US to face drug charges. It's now up to McClane to take on the terrorists, while coping with an inept airport police chief, an uncooperative anti-terrorist squad, and the life of his wife and everyone else trapped in planes circling overhead.


Buried Alive

Buried Alive

Thriller Crime Horror TV Movie
6.4

19901h 34min

United States

Director: Frank Darabont

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.