Bill Kurtis
Known for
Acting
Born
September 21, 1940 (age 86)
Birthplace
Pensacola, Florida, USA
Biography
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.
In 1982, Kurtis joined Diane Sawyer on The CBS Morning News, the network broadcast from...
Best known work
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
2004
The Sopranos
1999
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
2013
30 Rock
2006
Saturday Night Live
1975
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
2004
Cold Case Files
1999
Cold Case Files
2017
American Justice
1992
'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
2016Filmography
TBA
Making Wavesas Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
2023
2021
Live at Mister Kelly'sas Narrator (voice)
2018
William Allen White: What's the Matter with Kansasas Self - Narrator (voice)
2017
2016
2013
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continuesas Narrator (voice)
2010
Will Rogers and American Politicsas Narrator (voice)
2009
Discovering Deerpathas Narrator (voice)
2009
Stullas Narrator (voice)
2007
Chasing Octoberas Narrator (voice)
2006
2006
U-505: Extend the Experienceas Narrator (voice)
2004
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movieas Bill Lawson
2004
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundyas Bill Lawson
2004
2001
The Atlanta Child Murdersas Narrator (voice)
1999
1999
Eyewitnessas Self - Narrator (voice)
1999
1996
1995
The New Explorers: The Science of Star Trekas Self - Host
1994
1993