Bruce Davison
Known for Acting · 255 credits
- Born
- 1946-06-28 (age 79)
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Also known as
- Bruce Davidson · 브루스 데이비슨 · 布鲁斯·戴维森 · بروس دیویسن
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
TV Shows (75)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Dr. Graham Mandell
Criminal Minds
2005
as Father Davison
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Avery Tinsdale
CSI: Miami
2002
as Dane Daniels
Castle
2009
as Lou Karnacki
Lost
2004
as Douglas Brooks
Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Steven Carver
Seinfeld
1989
as Wyck Thayer
Psych
2006
as Walter Snowden
JAG
1995
as Morris Sperling
Without a Trace
2002
as Paul Cartwright
The Closer
2005
as Russell Clark
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as David Carroll
Star Trek: Voyager
1995
as Jareth
Ghost Whisperer
2005
as Josh Bedford
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter / Self - Nominee
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001
as Menos
The Lincoln Lawyer
2022
as Walter Abrams
The Practice
1997
as Scott Wallace
Chicago Hope
1994
as Burt Peters
1923
2022
as Arthur
Blindspot
2015
as Jean-Paul Bruyere
Battlestar Galactica
2004
as Dr. Michael Robert
The Waltons
1972
as Bob Hill
Numb3rs
2005
as Robert Oliver
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Jake Weiss
Ozark
2017
as Randall Schafer
Unforgettable
2011
as Edward Wythe
The Legend of Korra
2012
as Lord Zuko (voice)
Hotel
1982
The L Word
2004
as Leonard Kroll
The Fosters
2013
as Stewart Adams
Hunter
1984
as Deputy Chief Wyler / Capt. Wyler
Leverage
2008
as Dan Blackwell
The Outer Limits
1995
as Dr. 'Mac' McEnerney
Designated Survivor
2016
as Ray Beckett
Lou Grant
1977
as Andrew Raines
Drop Dead Diva
2009
as Judge Cyrus Maxwell
Tales from the Darkside
1984
as Richard Hagstrom
Childrens Hospital
2008
as Narrator
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Luden Sandelton
Police Woman
1974
Close to Home
2005
as Doug Hellman
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
2008
as Dr. Peter Silberman
thirtysomething
1987
Bosch: Legacy
2022
as James Rafferty
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
Amazing Stories
1985
as Richard
Cybill
1995
as Mark Davis
Designing Women
1986
Creepshow
2019
as Avery Whitlock
Crossing Lines
2013
as Tactical Leader
Mozart in the Jungle
2014
as Hesby Ennis
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
2012
as Gabe Sharpe
V
1984
as John Langley
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
as Peter Betts
Police Story
1973
Kingdom
2014
as Ron Prince
The Hunger
1997
as New Lighthouse Keeper
Harry and the Hendersons
1991
as George Henderson
Movies (180)
La La Land
2016
as Mia's Father (uncredited)
Insidious: The Last Key
2018
as Christian Rainier
The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice
2008
as Professor Lazlo
High Crimes
2002
as Brig. Gen. Bill Marks
Runaway Jury
2003
as Durwood Cable
Paulie
1998
as Dr. Reingold
The Crucible
1996
as Reverend Parris
Knight Rider
2008
as Charles Graiman
The Cure
1995
as Dr. Stevens
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
2010
as President Wilson (voice)
Short Cuts
1993
as Howard Finnigan
Crimes of Passion
1984
as Donny Hopper
Apt Pupil
1998
as Richard Bowden
Suitable Flesh
2023
as Ephraim Waite
Titanic II
2010
as James Maine
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
2020
as Self
Spies Like Us
1985
as Ruby
The Lords of Salem
2013
as Francis Matthias
Breach
2007
as John O'Neill
Crazy/Beautiful
2001
as Tom Oakley
Arctic Blast
2010
as Winslaw
Summer Catch
2001
as Rand Parrish
Mame
1974
as Patrick as an adult
Ulzana's Raid
1972
as Lt. Garnett DeBuin
8MM 2
2005
as Ambassador Harrington
X-Men: The Mutant Watch
2000
as Sen. Robert Kelly
Get a Job
2016
as Lawrence Wilheimer
The Baby-Sitters Club
1995
as Watson
Dahmer
2002
as Lionel Dahmer
Six Degrees of Separation
1993
as Larkin
Along Came the Devil
2018
as Reverend Michael
9/11
2017
as Monohan
The Dead Girl
2006
as Leah's Father
The Misfit Brigade
1987
as Porta
The Manor
2021
as Roland
Condor's Nest
2023
as Gerhardt Schrude
The Good Neighbor
2022
as Grant
Influence
2020
as Walter Klein
Camp Hell
2010
as Fr. Phineas McAllister
At First Sight
1999
as Dr. Charles Aaron
Camera
2024
as Frank Flynn
Last Summer
1969
as Dan
Willard
1971
as Willard Stiles
Words and Pictures
2014
as Walt
Love Locks
2017
as Hugo Blanchet
Confession
2005
as Father Thomas Parker
Wish Man
2019
as Frank Shankwitz Sr.
Brass Target
1978
as Col. Robert Dawson
Earth's Final Hours
2011
as Rothman
The Line
2009
as Anthony
The Great Alaskan Race
2019
as Governor Bone
Itsy Bitsy
2019
as Walter
Mother, Jugs & Speed
1976
as Leroy
Elwood
2014
as Congressman Barber
Longtime Companion
1989
as David
Hate Crime
2005
as Pastor Boyd
Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
1995
as John McCormick
A Golden Christmas
2009
as Rod Wright
The Lightning Code
2025
as Nikola Tesla
MegaFault
2009
as Dr. Mark Rhodes
Vendetta
1999
as Thomas Semmes
Fishes 'n Loaves: Heaven Sent
2016
as Pastor Ezekiel
Corbin Nash
2018
as Jack
The Curse of Sleeping Beauty
2016
as Richard
Out of the Ashes
2003
as Peter Schuman, Interrogator
Grace of My Heart
1996
as John Murray
The Horror Show
1979
as (archive footage)
The Bronx Bull
2016
as D.A. Bonomi
It's My Party
1996
as Rodney Bingham
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
1997
as Yehiel Dinur (voice)
High Risk
1981
as Dan
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
2003
From the Shadows
2023
as Dr. Joseph Cawl
Deadman's Curve
1978
as Dean Torrence
Lies
1983
as Stuart Russell
The King Is Alive
2000
as Ray
Incident at Crestridge
1981
as Clint Larsen
3 Holiday Tails
2011
as Rod Wright
Christmas at the Plaza
2019
as Reginald Brookwater
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
2017
as P'Torr The Exile (voice)
A Memory in My Heart
1999
as Chase Stewart
After Jimmy
1996
as Sam Stapp
Last Rampage
2017
as Cooper
Bigfoot
2012
as Sheriff Walt Henderson
Lady in a Corner
1989
as Bill Guthrie
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child
1992
as Richard Robbins
Evergreen
2004
as Frank
The Ladies Club
1986
as Richard Harrison
Kiss My Grits
1982
as Dolin T. Pike
Christmas Angel
2009
as Nick Anderson
That Guy... Who Was in That Thing
2012
as Self
Stolen: One Husband
1990
as Dr. Peter Foley
Kingdom Hospital
2004
as Dr. Stegman
Off Season
2001
as Dr. Zimmer
The Leisure Class
2015
as Edward
Steel and Lace
1991
as Albert Morton
Abnormal Attraction
2018
as Dr. Stanley Cole
ManFast
2003
as Rupert Iris
108 Stitches
2014
as Coach Scott Deshields
Persecuted
2014
as Senator Donald Harrison
On the Edge
2001
as (segment "The Other Side")
The Clinic
2004
as Martin Landrum
L.A. Law: The Movie
2002
as Lawrence Diebenkorn
The Mystery of Casa Matusita
2016
as Victor
The Strawberry Statement
1970
as Simon
Lovelife
1997
as Bruce
Little Girl Fly Away
1998
as Frank
Too Young to Be a Dad
2002
as Dan Freeman
Widow's Kiss
1996
as Justin Sager
The Wave
1981
as Ben Ross
Coffin
2011
as Garrison
Stephen King's Golden Tales
1993
as Richard Hagstrom
Await the Dawn
2020
as David
Someone Else's Child
1994
as Nick Callahan
Hidden in America
1996
as Michael
More Beautiful for Having Been Broken
2020
as Colin
Going Shopping
2005
as Adam
Homage
1995
as Joseph Smith
Down, Out and Dangerous
1995
as Brad Harrington
Saving Lincoln
2013
as William H. Seward
About Bruce Davison
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… With 255 credits spanning from 1944 to 2025, Bruce Davison has appeared in 180 films and 75 TV shows.
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Most Popular Bruce Davison Movies
- La La Land (2016) — as Mia's Father (uncredited)
- Insidious: The Last Key (2018) — as Christian Rainier
- The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice (2008) — as Professor Lazlo
- High Crimes (2002) — as Brig. Gen. Bill Marks
- Runaway Jury (2003) — as Durwood Cable
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