Will Lyman


Biography

Will Lyman worked on a variety of projects during his entertainment career. Lyman began his acting career with roles in such films as "Office Party" (1988), the dramatic period piece "School Ties" (1992) with Brendan Fraser and the comedic adaptation "Celtic Pride" (1996) with Damon Wayans. He also appeared in the dramatic comedy "Welcome to the Dollhouse" (1996) with Heather Mataraz...

Biography

Will Lyman worked on a variety of projects during his entertainment career. Lyman began his acting career with roles in such films as "Office Party" (1988), the dramatic period piece "School Ties" (1992) with Brendan Fraser and the comedic adaptation "Celtic Pride" (1996) with Damon Wayans. He also appeared in the dramatic comedy "Welcome to the Dollhouse" (1996) with Heather Matarazzo and the Daniel Day-Lewis dramatic adaptation "The Crucible" (1996). Lyman also brought characters to life with his vocal talents in "The Simpsons" (Fox, 1989-). He continued to work steadily in film throughout the nineties and the early 2000s, appearing in the Michael Douglas dramatic adaptation "A Perfect Murder" (1998), "The Siege" (1998) and "Floating" (1999) with Norman Reedus. Recently, he tackled roles in "Dischord" (2003) with Thomas Jay Ryan, the Jason Isaacs comedy "Passionada" (2003) and the Sean Penn dramatic adaptation "Mystic River" (2003). He also appeared in "Fierce People" (2007). Lyman most recently acted in the Will Ferrell box office smash action movie "The Other Guys" (2010).

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

The Big Uneasy (2010)
Voice
The Other Guys (2010)
The Golden Boys (2009)
Iron Man (2008)
Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe (2008)
What Doesn't Kill You (2008)
Young & Restless in China (2008)
Narrator
Fierce People (2007)
Our Fathers (2005)
Bud Greenspan's Athens 2004: Stories of Olympic Glory (2005)
Narrator
Mystic River (2003)
FBI Agent Birden
Dischord (2003)
Alma Mater (2002)
Arthur Knight
Passionada (2002)
Doctor
The Day Reagan Was Shot (2002)
Narration
The Press Secretary (2001)
Narrator
Dog Days (2000)
Nagano '98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and Glory (1998)
Narrator
A Perfect Murder (1998)
Jason Gates
The Siege (1998)
Floating (1997)
Van'S Father
The Crucible (1996)
Celtic Pride (1996)
Man
Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995)
Mr Edwards
Lillehammer '94: 16 Days of Glory (1994)
Narrator
School Ties (1992)
Office Party (1988)
Police Chief

Cast (Special)

Bud Greenspan Presents Athens 2004: Stories of Olympic Glory (2005)
Narrator
A Merry Mickey Celebration (2003)
The 1972 Munich Games: Bud Greenspan Remembers (2002)
Narrator
Dot Con (2002)
Narrator
An Ordinary Crime (2002)
Narrator
Looking for Answers (2001)
Narrator
Harvest of Fear (2001)
Narrator
Dangerous Straits (2001)
Narrator
Organ Farm (2001)
Narrator
Blind Man's Bluff (2001)
Narrator
The Ultimate Guide: Spiders (2001)
Narration
Russian Trinity (2001)
Narrator
Sex: Unknown (2001)
Narrator
Tojo's War (2001)
Narrator
Medicating Kids (2001)
Narrator
Gunning For Saddam (2001)
Narrator
The Ultimate Guide: Submarines (2001)
Narration
Saving Elian (2001)
Narrator
Bioterror (2001)
Narrator
Saudi Time Bomb? (2001)
Narrator
The Ultimate Guide: Pyramids (2001)
Narrator
Sydney 2000 Olympics: Bud Greenspan's Gold From Down Under (2001)
Narrator
Sinking the Lusitania (2001)
Narrator
The Ultimate Guide: Planes (2000)
Narration
The Ultimate Guide: Extreme Weather (2000)
Narration
The Future of War (2000)
Narrator
The Battle Over School Choice (2000)
Narrator
The Ultimate Guide: Human Body (2000)
Narration
Kenny the Shark (2000)
The Survival of Saddam (2000)
Narrator
What's Up With the Weather? (2000)
Narrator
Stationed in the Stars (2000)
Narrator
Drug Wars (2000)
Narrator
Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain (2000)
Narration
Satan in the Suburbs (2000)
Narrator
U.S. Navy SEALs III -- Direct Action (2000)
Narration
The Ultimate Guide: Mummies (2000)
Narration
Collapse (2000)
Narrator
Real Justice (2000)
Narrator
The Case For Innocence (2000)
Narrator
Bud Greenspan's Favorite Stories of Olympic Glory (2000)
Narrator
Bud Greenspan's Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing (2000)
Narration
Ultimate Guide: Ants (1999)
Narration
Pinehurst: Stories of Good Times & Great Golf (1999)
Narrator
Snitch (1999)
Narrator
Spying on Saddam (1999)
Narrator
John Paul II: The Millennial Pope (1999)
Narrator
The Crash (1999)
Narrator
The Ultimate Guide: Dolphins (1999)
Narration
Secrets of the SAT (1999)
Narrator
The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs (1999)
Narrator
The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela (1999)
Narrator
Apocalypse! (1999)
Narrator
Hunting bin Laden (1999)
Narrator
The Triumph of Evil (1999)
Narration
Making Babies (1999)
Narrator
How to Survive (1999)
Narration
The Lost Children of Rockdale County (1999)
Narrator
Curse of Tutankhamun (1999)
Narrator
Russian Roulette (1999)
Narrator
U.S. Navy SEALs -- In Harm's Way (1999)
Narrator
Last Battle of the Gulf War (1998)
Narrator
The High Price of Health (1998)
Narrator
TWA 800: The Investigation (1998)
Narrator
Plague War (1998)
Narrator
Nagano '98 Olympics: Bud Greenspan's Stories of Honor and Glory (1998)
Narrator
The Ultimate Guide: Horses (1998)
Narration
Ageless Heroes (1998)
Narrator
From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians (1998)
Narrator
Silent Spring Revisited (1998)
Narrator
Ambush in Mogadishu (1998)
Narrator
Anatomy of a Homicide: Life on the Street (1998)
Narrator
Terror in Space (1998)
Narrator
Busted: America's War on Marijuana (1998)
Narrator
Supersonic Spies (1998)
Narrator
Atlanta's Olympic Glory (1997)
Narrator
The Bay of Pigs (1997)
Narration
Behind the Mask: The IRA and Sinn Fein (1997)
Narrator
Murder, Money, and Mexico (1997)
Narrator
China: Born Under the Red Flag (1997)
Narration
What Jennifer Saw (1997)
Narrator
Hot Guns (1997)
Narrator
Innocence Lost: The Plea (1997)
Narrator
Nazi Gold (1997)
Narrator
Murder on "Abortion Row" (1996)
Narrator
The Gulf War (1996)
Narrator
Breast Implants on Trial (1996)
Narrator
Nixon (1996)
Narrator
Loose Nukes (1996)
Narrator
100 Years of Olympic Glory (1996)
Narration
The Ultimate Guide: Sharks (1996)
Narration
Angel on Death Row (1996)
Narrator
America's Greatest Olympians (1996)
Narration
What Happened to Bill Clinton? (1995)
Narrator
Divided Memories (1995)
Narration
Currents of Fear (1995)
Narration
The Vanishing Father (1995)
Narrator
Welcome to Happy Valley (1995)
Narration
AIDS Research: The Story So Far (1994)
Narrator
The Mao Years (1994)
Narration
Apollo 13: To the Edge and Back (1994)
Narrator
Lillehammer '94: 16 Days of Glory (Do Not Use) (1994)
Narration
Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald? (1993)
Narration
L.A. Is Burning: Five Reports From a Divided City (1993)
Narrator
The Trouble With Baseball (1993)
Narrator
The Secret File on J. Edgar Hoover (1993)
Narrator
The Machine That Changed the World (1992)
Narrator
Columbus' Magnificent Voyage (1992)
Narration
The Quiz Show Scandal (1991)
Narration
Innocence Lost (1991)
Narrator
Dedicated to the One I Love (1991)
Peter Miller
Columbus and the Age of Discovery (1991)
Narration
Two Decades and a Wake-Up (1990)
Narrator
The Decade of Destruction -- A Frontline Special Series (1990)
Narrator
China in Revolution, 1911-1949 (1989)
Narration
Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera (1986)
Narrator
Concealed Enemies (1984)

Misc. Crew (Special)

Rollover: The Hidden History of the SUV (2002)
Other

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

Meltdown (2004)
Ghosts of Rwanda (2004)
Narrator
George Washington (1984)

Life Events

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