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* IAmNotSpock: While he doesn't necessarily mind the association with roles like Walter Peck and Dick Thornburg, he's made a point of letting fans know that he isn't anything like the smarmy, sarcastic jerks he plays.
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* SmugSnake: Many characters. Few characters actors can sell smarmy overconfidence and arrogance as well.
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** ''Film/GhostbustersFrozenEmpire'' (2024)
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* {{Jerkass}}: Not in real life, but many of his characters post ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}''. At the time he resented it, but in the ''Entertainment Weekly'' interview for ''Ghostbusters'' 30th anniversary he says it gave him a great niche that he wound up making a good living off of.
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* {{Jerkass}}: [[MeanCharacterNiceActor Not in real life, life]], but many of his characters post ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}''. At the time he resented it, but in the ''Entertainment Weekly'' interview for ''Ghostbusters'' 30th anniversary he says it gave him a great niche that he wound up making a good living off of.
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* ''[[Recap/DiagnosisMurderDiagnosisOfMurder Diagnosis of Murder]]'' (1992) as Eric Walker
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William Atherton (born William Atherton Knight; July 30, 1947 in Orange, Connecticut) is an American film, stage and television actor. He's perhaps best known for his role as {{jerkass}} EPA inspector Walter Peck in ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}'', and since then has mostly (but not exclusively) played jerks.
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William Atherton (born William Atherton Knight; July 30, 1947 in Orange, Connecticut) is an American film, stage and television actor. He's perhaps best known for his role as {{jerkass}} EPA inspector Walter "Dickless" Peck in ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}'', and since then has mostly (but not exclusively) played jerks.
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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'' (1985-87) as Mr. Dundee/Brian Wolfe
* ''Series/TheEqualizer'' (1987–89) as Martin 'Alpha' Loeber/Gideon
* ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'' (1998) as Franklin Murdoch
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' (2004) as Dr. Destiny
* ''Series/StargateSG1'' (2006) as Emissary Varta
* ''Series/TheEqualizer'' (1987–89) as Martin 'Alpha' Loeber/Gideon
* ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'' (1998) as Franklin Murdoch
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' (2004) as Dr. Destiny
* ''Series/StargateSG1'' (2006) as Emissary Varta
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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'' (1985-87) (2 episodes, 1985-87) as Mr. Dundee/Brian Wolfe
* ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' (3 episodes, 1985–91) as Larry Holleran/Greg Dalton/Andy Henley
* ''Series/TheEqualizer''(1987–89) (2 episodes, 1987–89) as Martin 'Alpha' Loeber/Gideon
* ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'' (1 episode, 1991) as Malcolm Mayflower
* ''Series/NashBridges'' (1 episode, 1996) as Dr. Linus Mills
* ''Series/ThePractice'' (3 episodes, 1997–99) as DA Keith Pratt
* ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995''(1998) (1 episode, 1998) as Franklin Murdoch
* ''Series/NightVisions'' (1 episode, 2001) as William Price
* ''Series/LawAndOrder'' (2 episodes, 2002–04) as Don Snyder/Dan Jensen
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''(2004) (1 episode, 2003) as Dr. Destiny
Destiny/John Dee (voice)
* ''Series/BostonLegal'' (1 episode, 2005) as ADA Howard Zale
* ''Series/StargateSG1''(2006) (1 episode, 2006) as Emissary VartaVarta
* ''Series/DesperateHousewives'' (1 episode, 2006) as Dr. Barr
* ''Series/{{Monk}}'' (1 episode, 2008) as Commander Nathan Whitaker
* ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' (3 episodes, 1985–91) as Larry Holleran/Greg Dalton/Andy Henley
* ''Series/TheEqualizer''
* ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'' (1 episode, 1991) as Malcolm Mayflower
* ''Series/NashBridges'' (1 episode, 1996) as Dr. Linus Mills
* ''Series/ThePractice'' (3 episodes, 1997–99) as DA Keith Pratt
* ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995''
* ''Series/NightVisions'' (1 episode, 2001) as William Price
* ''Series/LawAndOrder'' (2 episodes, 2002–04) as Don Snyder/Dan Jensen
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''
* ''Series/BostonLegal'' (1 episode, 2005) as ADA Howard Zale
* ''Series/StargateSG1''
* ''Series/DesperateHousewives'' (1 episode, 2006) as Dr. Barr
* ''Series/{{Monk}}'' (1 episode, 2008) as Commander Nathan Whitaker
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* ''Series/{{Lost}}'' (2010) (1 episode, 2010) as Principal Donald Reynolds
* ''Series/TheGlades'' (1 episode, 2010) as Big Jack Hasker
* ''Series/{{Castle}}'' (1 episode, 2011) as Dr. Ari Weiss
* ''Series/{{Workaholics}}'' (1 episode, 2012) as Thor Holmvik
* ''Series/ChildrensHospital'' (1 episode, 2013) as Levon Bainter
* ''Series/{{Defiance}}''(2013) (2014) as Viceroy Berto Mercado
* ''Series/TheGlades'' (1 episode, 2010) as Big Jack Hasker
* ''Series/{{Castle}}'' (1 episode, 2011) as Dr. Ari Weiss
* ''Series/{{Workaholics}}'' (1 episode, 2012) as Thor Holmvik
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* ''Series/{{Defiance}}''
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William Atherton (born July 30, 1947 in Orange, Connecticut), born William Atherton Knight, is an American film, stage and television actor. He's perhaps best known for his role as Walter Peck in ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}'', and since then has mostly (but not exclusively) played jerks.
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William Atherton (born William Atherton Knight; July 30, 1947 in Orange, Connecticut), born William Atherton Knight, Connecticut) is an American film, stage and television actor. He's perhaps best known for his role as {{jerkass}} EPA inspector Walter Peck in ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}'', and since then has mostly (but not exclusively) played jerks.jerks.
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* PlayingAgainstType: He played a rare sympathetic role as the adult David in ''Literature/TheGirlNextDoor''.
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* PlayingWithCharacterType: In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', he voiced Doctor Destiny, who was a smug jerk like many of his other characters. However, Doctor Destiny’s smugness came from being a flat-out sociopath with delusions of grandeur, and he psychologically tortured people out of petty vengeance, even murdering his ex-wife for leaving him, taking his characters’s usual cruelty to downright unsettling levels.
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* ''Film/DieHard'' (1988) as Richard 'Dick' Thornberg
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William Atherton (born July 30, 1947), born William Atherton Knight, is an American film, stage and television actor. He's perhaps best known for his role as Walter Peck in ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}'', and since then has mostly (but not exclusively) played jerks.
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William Atherton (born July 30, 1947), 1947 in Orange, Connecticut), born William Atherton Knight, is an American film, stage and television actor. He's perhaps best known for his role as Walter Peck in ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}'', and since then has mostly (but not exclusively) played jerks.
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* ''Film/GrimPrairieTales'' (1990) as Arthur
