Bruce Davison
Known for Acting · 256 credits
- Born
- 1946-06-28 (age 80)
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Also known as
- Bruce Allen Davison
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 (76)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Dr. Graham Mandell
Criminal Minds
2005
as Father Davison
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Avery Tinsdale
Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Steven Carver
CSI: Miami
2002
as Dane Daniels
Lost
2004
as Douglas Brooks
Castle
2009
as Lou Karnacki
Seinfeld
1989
as Wyck Thayer
The Closer
2005
as Russell Clark
JAG
1995
as Morris Sperling
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as David Carroll
Psych
2006
as Walter Snowden
Without a Trace
2002
as Paul Cartwright
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter / Self - Nominee
Ghost Whisperer
2005
as Josh Bedford
Star Trek: Voyager
1995
as Jareth
Chicago Hope
1994
as Burt Peters
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001
as Menos
Numb3rs
2005
as Robert Oliver
The Waltons
1972
as Bob Hill
The Practice
1997
as Scott Wallace
The Lincoln Lawyer
2022
as Walter Abrams
Ozark
2017
as Randall Schafer
Hunter
1984
as Deputy Chief Wyler / Capt. Wyler
Blindspot
2015
as Jean-Paul Bruyere
Battlestar Galactica
2004
as Dr. Michael Robert
1923
2022
as Arthur
The Legend of Korra
2012
as Lord Zuko (voice)
Lou Grant
1977
as Andrew Raines
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Jake Weiss
Unforgettable
2011
as Edward Wythe
Designated Survivor
2016
as Ray Beckett
American Playhouse
1982
as David
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Luden Sandelton
Childrens Hospital
2008
as Narrator
Hotel
1982
The Fosters
2013
as Stewart Adams
The Outer Limits
1995
as Dr. 'Mac' McEnerney
Leverage
2008
as Dan Blackwell
Tales from the Darkside
1984
as Richard Hagstrom
The L Word
2004
as Leonard Kroll
Police Woman
1974
thirtysomething
1987
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
2008
as Dr. Peter Silberman
Drop Dead Diva
2009
as Judge Cyrus Maxwell
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
Bosch: Legacy
2022
as James Rafferty
Amazing Stories
1985
as Richard
Close to Home
2005
as Doug Hellman
Designing Women
1986
Cybill
1995
as Mark Davis
Mozart in the Jungle
2014
as Hesby Ennis
The Hunger
1997
as New Lighthouse Keeper
Creepshow
2019
as Avery Whitlock
Kingdom
2014
as Ron Prince
Crossing Lines
2013
as Tactical Leader
The Son
2017
as ENDICOTT
Police Story
1973
V
1984
as John Langley
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
2012
as Gabe Sharpe
Movies (180)
La La Land
2016
as Mia's Father (uncredited)
Insidious: The Last Key
2018
as Christian Rainier
Runaway Jury
2003
as Durwood Cable
Breach
2007
as John O'Neill
Knight Rider
2008
as Charles Graiman
Captors
2020
as Silas Visler
High Crimes
2002
as General Bill Marks
Arctic Blast
2010
as Winslaw
X-Men: The Mutant Watch
2000
as Sen. Robert Kelly
Titanic II
2010
as James Maine
Short Cuts
1993
as Howard Finnigan
The Crucible
1996
as Reverend Parris
Apt Pupil
1998
as Richard Bowden
Crazy/Beautiful
2001
as Tom Oakley
The Lords of Salem
2013
as Francis Matthias
LoveLife
1997
as Bruce
Wish Man
2019
as Frank Shankwitz Sr.
Ulzana's Raid
1972
as Lt. Garnett DeBuin
Along Came the Devil
2018
as Reverend Michael
The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice
2008
as Professor Lazlo
The Cure
1995
as Dr. Stevens
Crimes of Passion
1984
as Donny Hopper
Paulie
1998
as Dr. Reingold
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
2010
as President Wilson (voice)
Lady in a Corner
1989
as Bill Guthrie
The Dead Girl
2006
as Leah's Father
Get a Job
2016
as Lawrence Wilheimer
At First Sight
1999
as Dr. Charles Aaron
Suitable Flesh
2023
as Ephraim Waite
The Baby-Sitters Club
1995
as Watson
Godmother
as Mr. Martinson
Spies Like Us
1985
as Ruby
The Good Neighbor
2022
as Grant
Last Summer
1969
as Dan
The Clinic
2004
as Martin Landrum
Camp Hell
2010
as Fr. Phineas McAllister
8MM 2
2005
as Ambassador Harrington
Someone Else's Child
1994
as Nick Callahan
The Congregation
2011
as Amos Christner
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
2020
as Self
The Curse of Sleeping Beauty
2016
as Richard
Six Degrees of Separation
1993
as Larkin
9/11
2017
as Monohan
Summer Catch
2001
as Rand Parrish
MegaFault
2009
as Dr. Mark Rhodes
Christmas at the Plaza
2019
as Reginald Brookwater
Condor's Nest
2023
as Gerhardt Schrude
Bender
2016
as Mayor Prentiss
Earth's Final Hours
2011
as Rothman
The Lightning Code
2025
as Nikola Tesla
Game of Power
as Ballard Wright
The Millionaire Tour
2012
as The Roman
Bigfoot
2012
as Sheriff Walt Henderson
Last Rampage
2017
as Cooper
Grace of My Heart
1996
as John Murray
Corbin Nash
2018
as Jack
Vendetta
1999
as Thomas Semmes
Mame
1974
as Patrick as an adult
Words and Pictures
2014
as Walt
It's My Party
1996
as Rodney Bingham
The Manor
2021
as Roland
Itsy Bitsy
2019
as Walter
The Great Alaskan Race
2019
as Governor Bone
Tales from the Darkside
1990
as Richard Hagstrom
Longtime Companion
1989
as David
The Bronx Bull
2016
as D.A. Bonomi
Out of the Ashes
2003
as Peter Schuman, Interrogator
Kingdom Hospital
2004
as Dr. Stegman
Evil at the Door
2022
as John Doe
Summer of My German Soldier
1978
as Anton Reiker
Dahmer
2002
as Lionel Dahmer
Incident at Crestridge
1981
as Clint Larsen
Hidden in America
1996
as Michael
3 Holiday Tails
2011
as Rod Wright
The Last Survivors
1975
as Michael Larsen
Kiss My Grits
1982
as Dolin T. Pike
The Skateboard Kid II
1995
as Burt Squires
The Gathering
1977
as George
Mother, Jugs & Speed
1976
as Leroy
A Memory in My Heart
1999
as Chase Stewart
X-Men: Premieres Around the World
2003
as Self
Persecuted
2014
as Senator Donald Harrison
Brass Target
1978
as Col. Robert Dawson
Willard
1971
as Willard Stiles
Locked in Silence
1999
as Jim
The Misfit Brigade
1987
as Porta
Along Came the Devil II
2019
as Reverend Michael
Too Young to Be a Dad
2002
as Dan Freeman
Off Season
2001
as Dr. Zimmer
Little Girl Fly Away
1998
as Frank
Widow's Kiss
1996
as Justin Sager
The Strawberry Statement
1970
as Simon
More Beautiful for Having Been Broken
2020
as Colin
Love Locks
2017
as Hugo Blanchet
Confession
2005
as Father Thomas Parker
L.A. Law: The Movie
2002
as Lawrence Diebenkorn
The Slider
2017
as Ispector Wiesel
Abnormal Attraction
2018
as Dr. Stanley Cole
Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
1995
as John McCormick
From the Shadows
2023
as Dr. Joseph Cawl
The King Is Alive
2000
as Ray
The Leisure Class
2015
as Edward
On the Edge
2001
as (segment "The Other Side")
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
1997
as Yehiel Dinur (voice)
A Mother's Revenge
1993
as Bill Sanders
25 Miles to Normal
2026
as John
The Line
2009
as Anthony
Mind Over Murder
1979
as Jason
Return of the Killer Shrews
2012
as Jerry Farrell
Fishes 'n Loaves: Heaven Sent
2016
as Pastor Ezekiel
High Risk
1981
as Dan
The Gathering, Part II
1979
as George
A Golden Christmas
2009
as Rod Wright
Short Eyes
1977
as Clark Davis
Stealing Roses
2012
as Mr. Lowell
An Ambush of Ghosts
1993
as Bill Betts
Going Shopping
2005
as Adam
Saving Lincoln
2013
as William H. Seward
Black Beauty
2015
as Grandpa
Stolen: One Husband
1990
as Dr. Peter Foley
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 256 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Bruce Davison has appeared in 180 films and 76 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
- Runaway Jury (2003) — as Durwood Cable
- Breach (2007) — as John O'Neill
- Knight Rider (2008) — as Charles Graiman
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