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Bruce Davison

Acting · Born 1946-06-28 · 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

Filmography

202625 Miles to NormalJohn
2025The American Revolution(voice)
2025The Lightning CodeNikola Tesla
2024Universal Basic Guys(voice)
2024CameraFrank Flynn
2023Suitable FleshEphraim Waite
2023From the ShadowsDr. Joseph Cawl
2023Condor's NestGerhardt Schrude
20221923Arthur
2022The Good NeighborGrant
2022The Lincoln LawyerWalter Abrams
2022Bosch: LegacyJames Rafferty
2022Evil at the DoorJohn Doe
2021The ManorRoland
2021Glow and DarknessPope Urban III
2021My True FairytaleMartin Goodwin
2020We Still Say GraceHarold
2020The Gift of ChristmasBob Rodgers
2020CaptorsSilas Visler
2020Await the DawnDavid
2020Skin: A History of Nudity in the MoviesSelf
2020More Beautiful for Having Been BrokenColin
2020InfluenceWalter Klein
2019Christmas at the PlazaReginald Brookwater
2019Along Came the Devil IIReverend Michael
2019CreepshowAvery Whitlock
2019Itsy BitsyWalter
2019Wish ManFrank Shankwitz Sr.
2019The Great Alaskan RaceGovernor Bone
2019A Violent ManBenjamin Green
2018Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters
2018Any Bullet Will DoJonathan Carrington
2018Along Came the DevilReverend Michael
2018A Fairy's GameSpindly (voice)
2018Corbin NashJack
2018Abnormal AttractionDr. Stanley Cole
2018Insidious: The Last KeyChristian Rainier
2017The SliderIspector Wiesel
2017Last RampageCooper
2017Yamasong: March of the HollowsP'Torr The Exile (voice)
20179/11Monohan
2017OzarkRandall Schafer
2017The SonENDICOTT
2017Love LocksHugo Blanchet
2016Charlie's Gift
2016La La LandMia's Father (uncredited)
2016BenderMayor Prentiss
2016Designated SurvivorRay Beckett
2016Fishes 'n Loaves: Heaven SentPastor Ezekiel
2016The Mystery of Casa MatusitaVictor
2016DisplacementProf. Peter Deckard
2016The Bronx BullD.A. Bonomi
2016The Curse of Sleeping BeautyRichard
2016Get a JobLawrence Wilheimer
2015The Leisure ClassEdward
2015BlindspotJean-Paul Bruyere
2015Oceanus: Act OneCommander Mitch Conrad
2015Black BeautyGrandpa
2014KingdomRon Prince
2014108 StitchesCoach Scott Deshields
201437Psychic
2014Sequestered
2014ElwoodCongressman Barber
2014Words and PicturesWalt
2014PersecutedSenator Donald Harrison
2014TripTankDaytona Jack (voice)
2014Those Who KillHoward Burgess
2014Mozart in the JungleHesby Ennis
2013Beyond the HeavensOliver Henry (adult)
2013Crossing LinesTactical Leader
2013The FostersStewart Adams
2013The Lords of SalemFrancis Matthias
2013Saving LincolnWilliam H. Seward
2012Return of the Killer ShrewsJerry Farrell
2012BigfootSheriff Walt Henderson
2012That Guy... Who Was in That ThingSelf
2012Last ResortARTHUR SHEPARD
2012The Millionaire TourThe Roman
2012Stealing RosesMr. Lowell
2012The Legend of KorraLord Zuko (voice)
2012Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23Gabe Sharpe
2011God Don't Make the LawsBud Kelly / Mayor
20113 Holiday TailsRod Wright
2011CoffinGarrison
2011Munger RoadChief Kirkhoven
2011UnforgettableEdward Wythe
2011A Schizophrenic Love StoryDr. Bob
2011Earth's Final HoursRothman
2011The CongregationAmos Christner
2010Hawaii Five-0Steven Carver
2010Camp HellFr. Phineas McAllister
2010Titanic IIJames Maine
2010Arctic BlastWinslaw
2010Justice League: Crisis on Two EarthsPresident Wilson (voice)
2009A Golden ChristmasRod Wright
2009Christmas AngelNick Anderson
2009MegaFaultDr. Mark Rhodes
2009Celebrity Ghost StoriesSelf
2009Drop Dead DivaJudge Cyrus Maxwell
2009The LineAnthony
2009CastleLou Karnacki
2008Childrens HospitalNarrator
2008LeverageDan Blackwell
2008The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas ChaliceProfessor Lazlo
2008Knight RiderCharles Graiman
2008Knight RiderCharles Graiman
2008Terminator: The Sarah Connor ChroniclesDr. Peter Silberman
2007BreachJohn O'Neill
2006The Dead GirlLeah's Father
2006Special Ops: Delta ForceGeneral Preston Rossdale
2006PsychWalter Snowden
2005The TriangleStan Lathem
2005ConfessionFather Thomas Parker
20058MM 2Ambassador Harrington
2005TouchedRobert Davis
2005Going ShoppingAdam
2005Ghost WhispererJosh Bedford
2005Criminal MindsFather Davison
2005Close to HomeDoug Hellman
2005The CloserRussell Clark
2005Law & Order: Trial by JuryPeter Betts
2005Numb3rsRobert Oliver
2005Hate CrimePastor Boyd
2004Battlestar GalacticaDr. Michael Robert
2004LostDouglas Brooks
2004On The CouchDaddy
2004Kingdom HospitalDr. Stegman
2004Stephen King's Kingdom HospitalDr. Stegman
2004The L WordLeonard Kroll
2004The ClinicMartin Landrum
2004EvergreenFrank
2003X2Senator Kelly
2003Out of the AshesPeter Schuman, Interrogator
2003Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
2003X-Men: Premieres Around the WorldSelf
2003Runaway JuryDurwood Cable
2003ManFastRupert Iris
2002Without a TracePaul Cartwright
2002CSI: MiamiDane Daniels
2002DahmerLionel Dahmer
2002Too Young to Be a DadDan Freeman
2002L.A. Law: The MovieLawrence Diebenkorn
2002High CrimesGeneral Bill Marks
2001Off SeasonDr. Zimmer
2001Project GreenlightSelf
2001Star Trek: EnterpriseMenos
2001Summer CatchRand Parrish
2001Crazy/BeautifulTom Oakley
2001On the Edge(segment "The Other Side")
2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationAvery Tinsdale
2000X-MenSenator Kelly
2000X-Men: The Mutant WatchSen. Robert Kelly
2000The King Is AliveRay
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitDr. Graham Mandell
1999VendettaThomas Semmes
1999A Memory in My HeartChase Stewart
1999At First SightDr. Charles Aaron
1999Locked in SilenceJim
1998Apt PupilRichard Bowden
1998Little Girl Fly AwayFrank
1998PaulieDr. Reingold
1997Color of JusticeFrank Gainer
1997The HungerNew Lighthouse Keeper
1997The Trial of Adolf EichmannYehiel Dinur (voice)
1997LovelifeBruce
1997The PracticeScott Wallace
1996Hidden in AmericaMichael
1996The CrucibleReverend Parris
1996After JimmySam Stapp
1996Grace of My HeartJohn Murray
1996It's My PartyRodney Bingham
1996Widow's KissJustin Sager
1995JAGMorris Sperling
1995Down, Out and DangerousBrad Harrington
1995The Baby-Sitters ClubWatson
1995HomageJoseph Smith
1995The CureDr. Stevens
1995The Outer LimitsDr. 'Mac' McEnerney
1995Star Trek: VoyagerJareth
1995Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow DogJohn McCormick
1995CybillMark Davis
1995The Skateboard Kid IIBurt Squires
1994Someone Else's ChildNick Callahan
1994Touched by an AngelJake Weiss
1994Chicago HopeBurt Peters
1993Six Degrees of SeparationLarkin
1993A Mother's RevengeBill Sanders
1993Short CutsHoward Finnigan
1993Stephen King's Golden TalesRichard Hagstrom
1993An Ambush of GhostsBill Betts
1992Desperate Choices: To Save My ChildRichard Robbins
1992Live! From Death RowLaurence Dvorak
1991Steel and LaceAlbert Morton
1991Harry and the HendersonsGeorge Henderson
1990Tales from the DarksideRichard Hagstrom
1990Stolen: One HusbandDr. Peter Foley
1989Lady in a CornerBill Guthrie
1989Longtime CompanionDavid
1989SeinfeldWyck Thayer
1989Tales from the CryptLuden Sandelton
1989Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton StoryJimmy Donahue
1987thirtysomething
1987The Misfit BrigadePorta
1986Designing Women
1986The Ladies ClubRichard Harrison
1985Spies Like UsRuby
1985Amazing StoriesRichard
1984VJohn Langley
1984Crimes of PassionDonny Hopper
1984Murder, She WroteDavid Carroll
1984Tales from the DarksideRichard Hagstrom
1984HunterDeputy Chief Wyler
1983LiesStuart Russell
1983Ghost DancingCalvin Oberst
1983William Shakespeare's The Taming of the ShrewTranio
1982Hotel
1982Kiss My GritsDolin T. Pike
1982Tomorrow's ChildCliff Bender
1981Incident at CrestridgeClint Larsen
1981The WaveBen Ross
1981High RiskDan
1980The Lathe of HeavenGeorge Orr
1979The Gathering, Part IIGeorge
1979Mind Over MurderJason
1979The Horror Show(archive footage)
1978Brass TargetCol. Robert Dawson
1978Mourning Becomes ElectraOrin Mannon
1978Summer of My German SoldierAnton Reiker
1978French QuarterKid Ross / Inspector Sordik
1978Deadman's CurveDean Torrence
1977The GatheringGeorge
1977Portrait of Grandpa DocBruce - as a Young Man
1977Short EyesClark Davis
1977Lou GrantAndrew Raines
1977Grand JuryBobby Allen
1976Mother, Jugs & SpeedLeroy
1975The Last SurvivorsMichael Larsen
1974The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
1974Police Woman
1974MamePatrick as an adult
1973The AffairJamie Patterson
1973Peege
1973Police Story
1972Ulzana's RaidLt. Garnett DeBuin
1972The Waltons
1972The Jerusalem FileDavid Armstrong
1971Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to MeFitzgore
1971WillardWillard Stiles
1970The Strawberry StatementSimon
1969Last SummerDan
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Presenter
—The RoommatesArthur
—Game of PowerBallard Wright
—Don’t Look Inside
—GodmotherMr. Martinson

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