An American character actor with a gift for smug, obstructive officialdom. He turned unlikable authority into an art form as the weaselly reporter Thornburg in 'Die Hard' (1988) and its sequel 'Die Hard 2' (1990), and as the EPA bureaucrat who unleashes chaos in 'Ghostbusters' (1984); he also appeared in 'The Last Samurai' (2003). A stage-trained performer, he has made a long career of memorable antagonists audiences love to loathe. William Atherton is a quintessential American character man, expert at giving big films their most satisfying human obstacle. Read more