William Howard Peter Wisher Jr. is an American screenwriter, known for his work with long-time friend

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on the screenplays for ''

The Terminator ''The Terminator'' is a 1984 American science fiction action film directed by James Cameron, written by Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd and produced by Hurd. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator, a cybernetic assassin sent back in t ...

'' and '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day'', and his work with Caleb Carr on '' Exorcist: The Beginning'' and '' Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist''.

Career

Wisher has had roles behind and in front of the camera. In the first ''Terminator'' film, Wisher has a brief role as 1L19 (real name unknown), an LAPD police officer who is incapacitated next to his own police cruiser by the Terminator, who then steals his vehicle and briefly assumes his identity on the police radio band. He also has a cameo appearance in ''Terminator 2: Judgment Day''; here he plays a man shopping with his girlfriend and takes pictures of

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's T-800 Terminator getting back on his feet after being thrown through a store window. He also plays news reporter Bill Tyler in Cameron's 1989 film ''

The Abyss ''The Abyss'' is a 1989 American science fiction film written and directed by James Cameron and starring Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and Michael Biehn. When an American submarine sinks in the Caribbean, a US search and recovery tea ...

''. Wisher's other screenwriting work includes ''

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'', '' The 13th Warrior'' and both versions of ''

The Exorcist ''The Exorcist'' is a 1973 American supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin from a screenplay by William Peter Blatty, based on The Exorcist (novel), his 1971 novel. The film stars Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Jason Miller (play ...

'' prequel. He is an uncredited

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on two films in the ''

Die Hard ''Die Hard'' is a 1988 American action film directed by John McTiernan and written by Jeb Stuart (writer), Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza, based on the 1979 novel ''Nothing Lasts Forever (Thorp novel), Nothing Lasts Forever'' by Roderick ...

'' series, 1995's '' Die Hard with a Vengeance'' and 2007's ''

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'' (on which he also served as

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Filmography

Uncredited revisions * '' Pumpkinhead'' (1988) * '' A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child'' (1989) * '' Judgment Night'' (1993) * '' Die Hard with a Vengeance'' (1995) * '' Broken Arrow'' (1996) * ''

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'' (1996) * '' Mercury Rising'' (1998) * ''

'' (2007)

Unmade projects

Acting credits

References

External links

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William Wisher @thetvdb.com
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