Actor

Bill Kurtis

September 21, 1940 · Pensacola, Florida, USA

Bill Kurtis (born William Horton Kuretich; September 21, 1940) is an American television journalist, television producer, narrator, and news anchor. He has been noted for his sonorous voice throughout his career. He is most known for narrating A&E's true crime series Cold Case Files as well as American Justice.

Kurtis was studying to become a lawyer in the 1960s, when he was asked to fill in on a temporary news assignment at a television station in Topeka, Kansas. His reporting on a devastating tornado outbreak, led to an on air news reporter and later a very successful news anchor position in Chicago.

Notable work

6.7
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
as Bill Lawson
8.7
The Sopranos (1999)
as Bill Kurtis
6.1
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013)
as Narrator (voice)
7.5
30 Rock (2006)
as Bill Kurtis (voice)

Often works with

Fred Willard
4 titles together
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
Chris Parnell
4 titles together
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, 30 Rock
Will Ferrell
3 titles together
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
Christina Applegate
3 titles together
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
Paul Rudd
3 titles together
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
Steve Carell
3 titles together
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

Full filmography · 13

Live at Mister Kelly's
as Narrator (voice)
2021
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
as Narrator (voice)
20136.1
Will Rogers and American Politics
as Narrator (voice)
2010
Discovering Deerpath
as Narrator (voice)
2009
Stull
as Narrator (voice)
2009
Chasing October
as Narrator (voice)
2007
U-505: Extend the Experience
as Narrator (voice)
2006
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
as Bill Lawson
20046
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
as Bill Lawson
20046.7
The Atlanta Child Murders
as Narrator (voice)
2001