Bill Kurtis
Known for Acting · 27 credits
- Born
- 1940-09-21 (age 85)
- Place of birth
- Pensacola, Florida, USA
- Also known as
- William Horton Kuretich
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 New York City. The two were also on the CBS Early Morning News, which aired an hour earlier on most CBS stations. He also anchored three CBS Reports: The Plane That Fell from the Sky, The Golden Leaf, and The Gift of Life.
He became especially interested in investigative in-depth reports and documentaries. When he returned to Chicago and for a time resumed his anchor duties, he also founded a production company, Kurtis Productions.
Kurtis hosted or produced a number of crime and news documentary shows, including Investigative Reports, American Justice, and Cold Case Files. Kurtis is the scorekeeper/announcer for National Public Radio (NPR)'s news comedy/quiz show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, and served as the host of Through the Decades, a documentary-style news magazine seen on Decades.
Known For
TV Shows (12)
The Sopranos
1999
as Bill Kurtis
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self (uncredited)
30 Rock
2006
as Bill Kurtis (voice)
Cold Case Files
1999
as Self - Narrator (voice)
American Justice
1992
as Self - Host
Cold Case Files
2017
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Unexplained
1996
as Narrator (voice)
Investigative Reports
1991
as Self - Host
The American Revolution
1994
as Self - Host
The Mafia: Empire of Crime
1993
as Self - Host
Cold Case Files: DNA Speaks
2023
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Investigating History
2004
as Self - Host
Movies (15)
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
2004
as Bill Lawson
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
2013
as Narrator (voice)
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
2004
as Bill Lawson
'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
2016
as Self
Chasing October
2007
as Narrator (voice)
Live at Mister Kelly's
2021
as Narrator (voice)
The New Explorers: The Science of Star Trek
1995
as Self - Host
Will Rogers and American Politics
2010
as Narrator (voice)
William Allen White: What's the Matter with Kansas
2018
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Making Waves
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Discovering Deerpath
2009
as Narrator (voice)
The Atlanta Child Murders
2001
as Narrator (voice)
Eyewitness
1999
as Self - Narrator (voice)
U-505: Extend the Experience
2006
as Narrator (voice)
Stull
2009
as Narrator (voice)
About Bill Kurtis
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… With 27 credits spanning from 1975 to 2023, Bill Kurtis has appeared in 15 films and 12 TV shows.
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Most Popular Bill Kurtis Movies
- Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) — as Bill Lawson
- Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013) — as Narrator (voice)
- Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie (2004) — as Bill Lawson
- '85: The Greatest Team in Football History (2016) — as Self
- Chasing October (2007) — as Narrator (voice)
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