Bruce Davison

Bruce Davison

Known for
Acting
Born
June 28, 1946 (age 80)
Birthplace
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

Bruce Allen Davison (born June 28, 1946) is an American actor and director. He portrayed Senator Robert Kelly in X-Men (2000) and X2 (2003). Davison is also well known for his starring role as Willard Stiles in the cult horror film Willard (1971), his Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning performance in Longtime Companion (1989), and as Thomas Semmes in the HBO original movie Vendetta. His other notable film roles are as Grandpa in Black Beauty (2015), Brig. Gen. Bill Marks in High Crimes, Durwood Cable in Runaway Jury, Dr. Charles Aaron in At First Sight, Richard Bowden in Apt Pupil, Reverend Parris in The Crucible, Ruby in Spies Like Us, and Richard Hagstrom in Stephen King's Golden Tales and Tales from the Darkside - the TV movie and originally in an episode of the anthology series. His best known TV roles are as Dr. Charles Graiman on the TV movie and series Knight Rider (2008), Doug Hellman on Close to Home (2005-2007), Dr. Stegman on Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital (2004-2005), George Henderson on the series Harry and the Hendersons (1991-1993), and Scott Wallace on The Practice.

Known For

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Filmography

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The Roommates poster

The Roommates

Movie · as Arthur

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Game of Power

Game of Power

Movie · as Ballard Wright

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The Mystery of Casa Matusita poster

The Mystery of Casa Matusita

Movie · as Victor

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Don’t Look Inside poster

Don’t Look Inside

Movie

2026
25 Miles to Normal poster

25 Miles to Normal

Movie · as John

2026
Godmother poster

Godmother

Movie · as Mr. Martinson

2025
The Lightning Code poster

The Lightning Code

Movie · as Nikola Tesla

2025
Out of the Woods poster

Out of the Woods

Movie

2025
The American Revolution poster

The American Revolution

TV · as (voice) · 2 eps

2024
Camera poster

Camera

Movie · as Frank Flynn

2024
Universal Basic Guys poster

Universal Basic Guys

TV · as (voice) · 2 eps

2023
From the Shadows poster

From the Shadows

Movie · as Dr. Joseph Cawl

2023
Suitable Flesh poster

Suitable Flesh

Movie · as Ephraim Waite

2023
Condor's Nest poster

Condor's Nest

Movie · as Gerhardt Schrude

2022
The Good Neighbor poster

The Good Neighbor

Movie · as Grant

2022
Evil at the Door poster

Evil at the Door

Movie · as John Doe

2022
Bosch: Legacy poster

Bosch: Legacy

TV · as James Rafferty · 2 eps

2022
The Lincoln Lawyer poster

The Lincoln Lawyer

TV · as Walter Abrams · 1 ep

2022
1923 poster

1923

TV · as Arthur · 3 eps

2021
The Manor poster

The Manor

Movie · as Roland

2021
My True Fairytale poster

My True Fairytale

Movie · as Martin Goodwin

2021
Glow and Darkness

Glow and Darkness

TV · as Pope Urban III · 1 ep

2020
Influence poster

Influence

Movie · as Walter Klein

2020
More Beautiful for Having Been Broken poster

More Beautiful for Having Been Broken

Movie · as Colin

2020
Captors poster

Captors

Movie · as Silas Visler

2020
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies poster

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

Movie · as Self

2020
Await the Dawn poster

Await the Dawn

Movie · as David

2020
We Still Say Grace poster

We Still Say Grace

Movie · as Harold

2020
The Gift of Christmas poster

The Gift of Christmas

Movie · as Bob Rodgers

2019
A Violent Man poster

A Violent Man

Movie · as Benjamin Green

2019
Itsy Bitsy poster

Itsy Bitsy

Movie · as Walter

2019
The Great Alaskan Race poster

The Great Alaskan Race

Movie · as Governor Bone

2019
Along Came the Devil II poster

Along Came the Devil II

Movie · as Reverend Michael

2019
Wish Man poster

Wish Man

Movie · as Frank Shankwitz Sr.

2019
Christmas at the Plaza poster

Christmas at the Plaza

Movie · as Reginald Brookwater

2019
Creepshow poster

Creepshow

TV · as Avery Whitlock · 1 ep

2018
Along Came the Devil poster

Along Came the Devil

Movie · as Reverend Michael

2018
Insidious: The Last Key poster

Insidious: The Last Key

Movie · as Christian Rainier

2018
Corbin Nash poster

Corbin Nash

Movie · as Jack

2018
Any Bullet Will Do poster

Any Bullet Will Do

Movie · as Jonathan Carrington

2018
Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters poster

Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters

Movie

2018
Abnormal Attraction poster

Abnormal Attraction

Movie · as Dr. Stanley Cole

2018
A Fairy's Game poster

A Fairy's Game

Movie · as Spindly (voice)

2017
Yamasong: March of the Hollows poster

Yamasong: March of the Hollows

Movie · as P'Torr The Exile (voice)

2017
Last Rampage poster

Last Rampage

Movie · as Cooper

2017
Love Locks poster

Love Locks

Movie · as Hugo Blanchet

2017
9/11 poster

9/11

Movie · as Monohan

2017
The Slider poster

The Slider

Movie · as Ispector Wiesel

2017
Ozark poster

Ozark

TV · as Randall Schafer · 6 eps

2017
The Son poster

The Son

TV · as ENDICOTT · 1 ep

2016
Charlie's Gift poster

Charlie's Gift

Movie

2016
Get a Job poster

Get a Job

Movie · as Lawrence Wilheimer

2016
The Curse of Sleeping Beauty poster

The Curse of Sleeping Beauty

Movie · as Richard

2016
Displacement poster

Displacement

Movie · as Prof. Peter Deckard

2016
Fishes 'n Loaves: Heaven Sent poster

Fishes 'n Loaves: Heaven Sent

Movie · as Pastor Ezekiel

2016
The Bronx Bull poster

The Bronx Bull

Movie · as D.A. Bonomi

2016
Bender poster

Bender

Movie · as Mayor Prentiss

2016
La La Land poster

La La Land

Movie · as Mia's Father (uncredited)

2016
Designated Survivor poster

Designated Survivor

TV · as Ray Beckett · 1 ep

2015
Black Beauty poster

Black Beauty

Movie · as Grandpa

2015
The Leisure Class poster

The Leisure Class

Movie · as Edward

2015
Oceanus: Act One poster

Oceanus: Act One

Movie · as Commander Mitch Conrad

2015
Blindspot poster

Blindspot

TV · as Jean-Paul Bruyere · 2 eps

2014
Words and Pictures poster

Words and Pictures

Movie · as Walt

2014
Persecuted poster

Persecuted

Movie · as Senator Donald Harrison

2014
37 poster

37

Movie · as Psychic

2014
108 Stitches poster

108 Stitches

Movie · as Coach Scott Deshields

2014
Elwood poster

Elwood

Movie · as Congressman Barber

2014
Sequestered poster

Sequestered

TV · 12 eps

2014
Kingdom poster

Kingdom

TV · as Ron Prince · 4 eps

2014
TripTank poster

TripTank

TV · as Daytona Jack (voice) · 1 ep

2014
Those Who Kill poster

Those Who Kill

TV · as Howard Burgess · 1 ep

2014
Mozart in the Jungle poster

Mozart in the Jungle

TV · as Hesby Ennis · 3 eps

2013
The Lords of Salem poster

The Lords of Salem

Movie · as Francis Matthias

2013
Saving Lincoln poster

Saving Lincoln

Movie · as William H. Seward

2013
Beyond the Heavens poster

Beyond the Heavens

Movie · as Oliver Henry (adult)

2013
The Fosters poster

The Fosters

TV · as Stewart Adams · 5 eps

2013
Crossing Lines poster

Crossing Lines

TV · as Tactical Leader · 1 ep

2012
The Millionaire Tour poster

The Millionaire Tour

Movie · as The Roman

2012
That Guy... Who Was in That Thing poster

That Guy... Who Was in That Thing

Movie · as Self

2012
Return of the Killer Shrews poster

Return of the Killer Shrews

Movie · as Jerry Farrell

2012
Bigfoot poster

Bigfoot

Movie · as Sheriff Walt Henderson

2012
Stealing Roses poster

Stealing Roses

Movie · as Mr. Lowell

2012
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 poster

Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23

TV · as Gabe Sharpe · 1 ep

2012
Last Resort poster

Last Resort

TV · as ARTHUR SHEPARD · 1 ep

2012
The Legend of Korra poster

The Legend of Korra

TV · as Lord Zuko (voice) · 6 eps

2011
Munger Road poster

Munger Road

Movie · as Chief Kirkhoven

2011
3 Holiday Tails poster

3 Holiday Tails

Movie · as Rod Wright

2011
A Schizophrenic Love Story poster

A Schizophrenic Love Story

Movie · as Dr. Bob

2011
The Congregation poster

The Congregation

Movie · as Amos Christner

2011
God Don't Make the Laws poster

God Don't Make the Laws

Movie · as Bud Kelly / Mayor

2011
Coffin poster

Coffin

Movie · as Garrison

2011
Earth's Final Hours poster

Earth's Final Hours

Movie · as Rothman

2011
Unforgettable poster

Unforgettable

TV · as Edward Wythe · 1 ep

2010
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths poster

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths

Movie · as President Wilson (voice)

2010
Titanic II poster

Titanic II

Movie · as James Maine

2010
Arctic Blast poster

Arctic Blast

Movie · as Winslaw

2010
Camp Hell poster

Camp Hell

Movie · as Fr. Phineas McAllister

2010
Hawaii Five-0 poster

Hawaii Five-0

TV · as Steven Carver · 1 ep

2009
MegaFault poster

MegaFault

Movie · as Dr. Mark Rhodes

2009
The Line poster

The Line

Movie · as Anthony

2009
A Golden Christmas poster

A Golden Christmas

Movie · as Rod Wright

2009
Christmas Angel poster

Christmas Angel

Movie · as Nick Anderson

2009
Castle poster

Castle

TV · as Lou Karnacki · 1 ep

2009
Drop Dead Diva poster

Drop Dead Diva

TV · as Judge Cyrus Maxwell · 1 ep

2009
Celebrity Ghost Stories poster

Celebrity Ghost Stories

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2008
The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice poster

The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice

Movie · as Professor Lazlo

2008
Knight Rider poster

Knight Rider

Movie · as Charles Graiman

2008
Knight Rider poster

Knight Rider

TV · as Charles Graiman · 17 eps

2008
Childrens Hospital poster

Childrens Hospital

TV · as Narrator · 1 ep

2008
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles poster

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

TV · as Dr. Peter Silberman · 1 ep

2008
Leverage poster

Leverage

TV · as Dan Blackwell · 1 ep

2007
Breach poster

Breach

Movie · as John O'Neill

2006
The Dead Girl poster

The Dead Girl

Movie · as Leah's Father

2006
Special Ops: Delta Force

Special Ops: Delta Force

Movie · as General Preston Rossdale

2006
Psych poster

Psych

TV · as Walter Snowden · 1 ep

2005
8MM 2 poster

8MM 2

Movie · as Ambassador Harrington

2005
Hate Crime poster

Hate Crime

Movie · as Pastor Boyd

2005
Confession poster

Confession

Movie · as Father Thomas Parker

2005
Touched poster

Touched

Movie · as Robert Davis

2005
Going Shopping poster

Going Shopping

Movie · as Adam

2005
Ghost Whisperer poster

Ghost Whisperer

TV · as Josh Bedford · 5 eps

2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury poster

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

TV · as Peter Betts · 1 ep

2005
Criminal Minds poster

Criminal Minds

TV · as Father Davison · 1 ep

2005
The Triangle poster

The Triangle

TV · as Stan Lathem · 3 eps

2005
Numb3rs poster

Numb3rs

TV · as Robert Oliver · 1 ep

2005
The Closer poster

The Closer

TV · as Russell Clark · 1 ep

2005
Close to Home poster

Close to Home

TV · as Doug Hellman · 13 eps

2004
The Clinic

The Clinic

Movie · as Martin Landrum

2004
Evergreen poster

Evergreen

Movie · as Frank

2004
Kingdom Hospital poster

Kingdom Hospital

Movie · as Dr. Stegman

2004
On The Couch poster

On The Couch

Movie · as Daddy

2004
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital poster

Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital

TV · as Dr. Stegman · 13 eps

2004
Battlestar Galactica poster

Battlestar Galactica

TV · as Dr. Michael Robert · 1 ep

2004
The L Word poster

The L Word

TV · as Leonard Kroll · 3 eps

2004
Lost poster

Lost

TV · as Douglas Brooks · 2 eps

2003
Runaway Jury poster

Runaway Jury

Movie · as Durwood Cable

2003
X2 poster

X2

Movie · as Senator Kelly

2003
Out of the Ashes poster

Out of the Ashes

Movie · as Peter Schuman, Interrogator

2003
ManFast poster

ManFast

Movie · as Rupert Iris

2003
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men poster

Evolution X - The Making of X-Men

Movie

2003
X-Men: Premieres Around the World poster

X-Men: Premieres Around the World

Movie · as Self

2002
High Crimes poster

High Crimes

Movie · as General Bill Marks

2002
Dahmer poster

Dahmer

Movie · as Lionel Dahmer

2002
L.A. Law: The Movie poster

L.A. Law: The Movie

Movie · as Lawrence Diebenkorn

2002
Too Young to Be a Dad poster

Too Young to Be a Dad

Movie · as Dan Freeman

2002
CSI: Miami poster

CSI: Miami

TV · as Dane Daniels · 1 ep

2002
Without a Trace poster

Without a Trace

TV · as Paul Cartwright · 1 ep

2001
Crazy/Beautiful poster

Crazy/Beautiful

Movie · as Tom Oakley

2001
Summer Catch poster

Summer Catch

Movie · as Rand Parrish

2001
Off Season poster

Off Season

Movie · as Dr. Zimmer

2001
On the Edge poster

On the Edge

Movie · as (segment "The Other Side")

2001
Star Trek: Enterprise poster

Star Trek: Enterprise

TV · as Menos · 1 ep

2001
Project Greenlight poster

Project Greenlight

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2000
The King Is Alive poster

The King Is Alive

Movie · as Ray

2000
X-Men poster

X-Men

Movie · as Senator Kelly

2000
X-Men: The Mutant Watch poster

X-Men: The Mutant Watch

Movie · as Sen. Robert Kelly

2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

TV · as Avery Tinsdale · 1 ep

1999
Locked in Silence poster

Locked in Silence

Movie · as Jim

1999
A Memory in My Heart poster

A Memory in My Heart

Movie · as Chase Stewart

1999
At First Sight poster

At First Sight

Movie · as Dr. Charles Aaron

1999
Vendetta poster

Vendetta

Movie · as Thomas Semmes

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Dr. Graham Mandell · 1 ep

1998
Apt Pupil poster

Apt Pupil

Movie · as Richard Bowden

1998
Paulie poster

Paulie

Movie · as Dr. Reingold

1998
Little Girl Fly Away poster

Little Girl Fly Away

Movie · as Frank

1997
LoveLife poster

LoveLife

Movie · as Bruce

1997
Color of Justice poster

Color of Justice

Movie · as Frank Gainer

1997
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann poster

The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

Movie · as Yehiel Dinur (voice)

1997
The Practice poster

The Practice

TV · as Scott Wallace · 9 eps

1997
The Hunger poster

The Hunger

TV · as New Lighthouse Keeper · 1 ep

1996
The Crucible poster

The Crucible

Movie · as Reverend Parris

1996
Grace of My Heart poster

Grace of My Heart

Movie · as John Murray

1996
Hidden in America poster

Hidden in America

Movie · as Michael

1996
Widow's Kiss poster

Widow's Kiss

Movie · as Justin Sager

1996
After Jimmy

After Jimmy

Movie · as Sam Stapp

1996
It's My Party poster

It's My Party

Movie · as Rodney Bingham

1995
Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog poster

Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog

Movie · as John McCormick

1995
The Baby-Sitters Club poster

The Baby-Sitters Club

Movie · as Watson

1995
The Skateboard Kid II poster

The Skateboard Kid II

Movie · as Burt Squires

1995
Homage poster

Homage

Movie · as Joseph Smith

1995
Down, Out and Dangerous poster

Down, Out and Dangerous

Movie · as Brad Harrington

1995
The Cure poster

The Cure

Movie · as Dr. Stevens

1995
Star Trek: Voyager poster

Star Trek: Voyager

TV · as Jareth · 1 ep

1995
Cybill poster

Cybill

TV · as Mark Davis · 1 ep

1995
The Outer Limits poster

The Outer Limits

TV · as Dr. 'Mac' McEnerney · 1 ep

1995
JAG poster

JAG

TV · as Morris Sperling · 1 ep

1994
Someone Else's Child

Someone Else's Child

Movie · as Nick Callahan

1994
Chicago Hope poster

Chicago Hope

TV · as Burt Peters · 2 eps

1994
Touched by an Angel poster

Touched by an Angel

TV · as Jake Weiss · 1 ep

1993
Short Cuts poster

Short Cuts

Movie · as Howard Finnigan

1993
Six Degrees of Separation poster

Six Degrees of Separation

Movie · as Larkin

1993
A Mother's Revenge poster

A Mother's Revenge

Movie · as Bill Sanders

1993
Golden Tales poster

Golden Tales

Movie · as Richard Hagstrom

1993
An Ambush of Ghosts poster

An Ambush of Ghosts

Movie · as Bill Betts

1992
Live! From Death Row poster

Live! From Death Row

Movie · as Laurence Dvorak

1992
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child poster

Desperate Choices: To Save My Child

Movie · as Richard Robbins

1991
Steel and Lace poster

Steel and Lace

Movie · as Albert Morton

1991
Harry and the Hendersons poster

Harry and the Hendersons

TV · as George Henderson · 72 eps

1990
Stolen: One Husband poster

Stolen: One Husband

Movie · as Dr. Peter Foley

1990
Tales from the Darkside poster

Tales from the Darkside

Movie · as Richard Hagstrom

1989
Lady in a Corner poster

Lady in a Corner

Movie · as Bill Guthrie

1989
Longtime Companion poster

Longtime Companion

Movie · as David

1989
Seinfeld poster

Seinfeld

TV · as Wyck Thayer · 3 eps

1989
Tales from the Crypt poster

Tales from the Crypt

TV · as Luden Sandelton · 1 ep

1989
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story poster

Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

TV · as Jimmy Donahue · 6 eps

1987
The Misfit Brigade poster

The Misfit Brigade

Movie · as Porta

1987
thirtysomething poster

thirtysomething

TV · 1 ep

1986
The Ladies Club poster

The Ladies Club

Movie · as Richard Harrison

1986
Designing Women poster

Designing Women

TV · 1 ep

1985
Spies Like Us poster

Spies Like Us

Movie · as Ruby

1985
Amazing Stories poster

Amazing Stories

TV · as Richard · 1 ep

1984
Crimes of Passion poster

Crimes of Passion

Movie · as Donny Hopper

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as David Carroll · 1 ep

1984
V poster

V

TV · as John Langley · 3 eps

1984
Tales from the Darkside poster

Tales from the Darkside

TV · as Richard Hagstrom · 1 ep

1984
Hunter poster

Hunter

TV · as Wyler · 14 eps

1983
Ghost Dancing

Ghost Dancing

Movie · as Calvin Oberst

1983
Lies poster

Lies

Movie · as Stuart Russell

1983
William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew poster

William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew

Movie · as Tranio

1982
Tomorrow's Child poster

Tomorrow's Child

Movie · as Cliff Bender

1982
Kiss My Grits poster

Kiss My Grits

Movie · as Dolin T. Pike

1982
Hotel poster

Hotel

TV · 1 ep

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as David · 1 ep

1981
The Wave poster

The Wave

Movie · as Ben Ross

1981
High Risk poster

High Risk

Movie · as Dan

1981
Incident at Crestridge poster

Incident at Crestridge

Movie · as Clint Larsen

1980
The Lathe of Heaven poster

The Lathe of Heaven

Movie · as George Orr

1979
The Horror Show poster

The Horror Show

Movie · as (archive footage)

1979
The Gathering, Part II poster

The Gathering, Part II

Movie · as George

1979
Mind Over Murder poster

Mind Over Murder

Movie · as Jason

1978
Brass Target poster

Brass Target

Movie · as Col. Robert Dawson

1978
Deadman's Curve poster

Deadman's Curve

Movie · as Dean Torrence

1978
Summer of My German Soldier poster

Summer of My German Soldier

Movie · as Anton Reiker

1978
French Quarter poster

French Quarter

Movie · as Kid Ross / Inspector Sordik

1978
Mourning Becomes Electra poster

Mourning Becomes Electra

TV · as Orin Mannon · 5 eps

1977
Short Eyes poster

Short Eyes

Movie · as Clark Davis

1977
The Gathering poster

The Gathering

Movie · as George

1977
Grand Jury

Grand Jury

Movie · as Bobby Allen

1977
Portrait of Grandpa Doc

Portrait of Grandpa Doc

Movie · as Bruce - as a Young Man

1977
Lou Grant poster

Lou Grant

TV · as Andrew Raines · 1 ep

1976
Mother, Jugs & Speed poster

Mother, Jugs & Speed

Movie · as Leroy

1975
The Last Survivors poster

The Last Survivors

Movie · as Michael Larsen

1974
Mame poster

Mame

Movie · as Older Patrick

1974
Police Woman poster

Police Woman

TV · 1 ep

1974
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin poster

The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

TV · 4 eps

1973
Peege poster

Peege

Movie

1973
The Affair poster

The Affair

Movie · as Jamie Patterson

1973
Police Story poster

Police Story

TV · as Victor Joe Vero · 1 ep

1972
Ulzana's Raid poster

Ulzana's Raid

Movie · as Lt. Garnett DeBuin

1972
The Jerusalem File poster

The Jerusalem File

Movie · as David Armstrong

1972
The Waltons poster

The Waltons

TV · as Bob Hill · 1 ep

1971
Willard poster

Willard

Movie · as Willard Stiles

1971
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me poster

Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me

Movie · as Fitzgore

1970
The Strawberry Statement poster

The Strawberry Statement

Movie · as Simon

1969
Last Summer poster

Last Summer

Movie · as Dan

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee · 2 eps