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
Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Steven Carver
Lost
2004
as Douglas Brooks
Seinfeld
1989
as Wyck Thayer
Castle
2009
as Lou Karnacki
CSI: Miami
2002
as Dane Daniels
Psych
2006
as Walter Snowden
JAG
1995
as Morris Sperling
The Closer
2005
as Russell Clark
Without a Trace
2002
as Paul Cartwright
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as David Carroll
Star Trek: Voyager
1995
as Jareth
Ghost Whisperer
2005
as Josh Bedford
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001
as Menos
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter / Self - Nominee
The Practice
1997
as Scott Wallace
The Lincoln Lawyer
2022
as Walter Abrams
Chicago Hope
1994
as Burt Peters
The Waltons
1972
as Bob Hill
Blindspot
2015
as Jean-Paul Bruyere
Ozark
2017
as Randall Schafer
Battlestar Galactica
2004
as Dr. Michael Robert
Numb3rs
2005
as Robert Oliver
Unforgettable
2011
as Edward Wythe
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Jake Weiss
The Legend of Korra
2012
as Lord Zuko (voice)
Hotel
1982
1923
2022
as Arthur
The Fosters
2013
as Stewart Adams
The Outer Limits
1995
as Dr. 'Mac' McEnerney
The L Word
2004
as Leonard Kroll
Designated Survivor
2016
as Ray Beckett
Police Woman
1974
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Luden Sandelton
Leverage
2008
as Dan Blackwell
Hunter
1984
as Deputy Chief Wyler / Capt. Wyler
Drop Dead Diva
2009
as Judge Cyrus Maxwell
Tales from the Darkside
1984
as Richard Hagstrom
Childrens Hospital
2008
as Narrator
Lou Grant
1977
as Andrew Raines
Amazing Stories
1985
as Richard
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
2008
as Dr. Peter Silberman
Bosch: Legacy
2022
as James Rafferty
thirtysomething
1987
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
Cybill
1995
as Mark Davis
Close to Home
2005
as Doug Hellman
Mozart in the Jungle
2014
as Hesby Ennis
Designing Women
1986
Kingdom
2014
as Ron Prince
Creepshow
2019
as Avery Whitlock
Crossing Lines
2013
as Tactical Leader
V
1984
as John Langley
The Hunger
1997
as New Lighthouse Keeper
Police Story
1973
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
as Peter Betts
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
2012
as Gabe Sharpe
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 Manor
2021
as Roland
Knight Rider
2008
as Charles Graiman
The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice
2008
as Professor Lazlo
Runaway Jury
2003
as Durwood Cable
Paulie
1998
as Dr. Reingold
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
2010
as President Wilson (voice)
Brass Target
1978
as Col. Robert Dawson
Short Cuts
1993
as Howard Finnigan
The Cure
1995
as Dr. Stevens
Wish Man
2019
as Frank Shankwitz Sr.
High Crimes
2002
as Brig. Gen. Bill Marks
Suitable Flesh
2023
as Ephraim Waite
Love Locks
2017
as Hugo Blanchet
Vendetta
1999
as Thomas Semmes
Titanic II
2010
as James Maine
Crimes of Passion
1984
as Donny Hopper
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
2020
as Self
8MM 2
2005
as Ambassador Harrington
Elwood
2014
as Congressman Barber
Breach
2007
as John O'Neill
The Crucible
1996
as Reverend Parris
Spies Like Us
1985
as Ruby
Itsy Bitsy
2019
as Walter
Apt Pupil
1998
as Richard Bowden
The Good Neighbor
2022
as Grant
Summer Catch
2001
as Rand Parrish
Camp Hell
2010
as Fr. Phineas McAllister
The Lords of Salem
2013
as Francis Matthias
Mame
1974
as Patrick as an adult
Last Summer
1969
as Dan
Arctic Blast
2010
as Winslaw
Crazy/Beautiful
2001
as Tom Oakley
Six Degrees of Separation
1993
as Larkin
Willard
1971
as Willard Stiles
X-Men: The Mutant Watch
2000
as Sen. Robert Kelly
Ulzana's Raid
1972
as Lt. Garnett DeBuin
Dahmer
2002
as Lionel Dahmer
Get a Job
2016
as Lawrence Wilheimer
Corbin Nash
2018
as Jack
After Jimmy
1996
as Sam Stapp
The Dead Girl
2006
as Leah's Father
Condor's Nest
2023
as Gerhardt Schrude
Longtime Companion
1989
as David
Black Beauty
2015
as Grandpa
9/11
2017
as Monohan
Words and Pictures
2014
as Walt
Bigfoot
2012
as Sheriff Walt Henderson
At First Sight
1999
as Dr. Charles Aaron
Fishes 'n Loaves: Heaven Sent
2016
as Pastor Ezekiel
The Curse of Sleeping Beauty
2016
as Richard
French Quarter
1978
as Kid Ross / Inspector Sordik
Homage
1995
as Joseph Smith
Along Came the Devil
2018
as Reverend Michael
Evergreen
2004
as Frank
The Misfit Brigade
1987
as Porta
Camera
2024
as Frank Flynn
The Baby-Sitters Club
1995
as Watson
Grace of My Heart
1996
as John Murray
Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
1995
as John McCormick
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
2003
Confession
2005
as Father Thomas Parker
The Line
2009
as Anthony
37
2014
as Psychic
The Ladies Club
1986
as Richard Harrison
More Beautiful for Having Been Broken
2020
as Colin
The Great Alaskan Race
2019
as Governor Bone
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
1997
as Yehiel Dinur (voice)
From the Shadows
2023
as Dr. Joseph Cawl
Mother, Jugs & Speed
1976
as Leroy
A Golden Christmas
2009
as Rod Wright
On the Edge
2001
as (segment "The Other Side")
Christmas Angel
2009
as Nick Anderson
Hate Crime
2005
as Pastor Boyd
Out of the Ashes
2003
as Peter Schuman, Interrogator
MegaFault
2009
as Dr. Mark Rhodes
Short Eyes
1977
as Clark Davis
Influence
2020
as Walter Klein
Persecuted
2014
as Senator Donald Harrison
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
2017
as P'Torr The Exile (voice)
The Gathering
1977
as George
A Memory in My Heart
1999
as Chase Stewart
Christmas at the Plaza
2019
as Reginald Brookwater
Kingdom Hospital
2004
as Dr. Stegman
Earth's Final Hours
2011
as Rothman
ManFast
2003
as Rupert Iris
The Lightning Code
2025
as Nikola Tesla
It's My Party
1996
as Rodney Bingham
3 Holiday Tails
2011
as Rod Wright
The Horror Show
1979
as (archive footage)
The Last Survivors
1975
as Michael Larsen
Lies
1983
as Stuart Russell
Bender
2016
as Mayor Prentiss
Abnormal Attraction
2018
as Dr. Stanley Cole
The Leisure Class
2015
as Edward
The Strawberry Statement
1970
as Simon
The Bronx Bull
2016
as D.A. Bonomi
High Risk
1981
as Dan
Saving Lincoln
2013
as William H. Seward
Captors
2020
as Silas Visler
X-Men
2000
as Senator Kelly
Color of Justice
1997
as Frank Gainer
Someone Else's Child
1994
as Nick Callahan
Return of the Killer Shrews
2012
as Jerry Farrell
That Guy... Who Was in That Thing
2012
as Self
The King Is Alive
2000
as Ray
Await the Dawn
2020
as David
Widow's Kiss
1996
as Justin Sager
Lovelife
1997
as Bruce
Special Ops: Delta Force
2006
as General Preston Rossdale
Game of Power
as Ballard Wright
Last Rampage
2017
as Cooper
Steel and Lace
1991
as Albert Morton
The Lathe of Heaven
1980
as George Orr
Any Bullet Will Do
2018
as Jonathan Carrington
Little Girl Fly Away
1998
as Frank
Displacement
2016
as Prof. Peter Deckard
L.A. Law: The Movie
2002
as Lawrence Diebenkorn
The Clinic
2004
as Martin Landrum
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 2026, 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 Manor (2021) — as Roland
- Knight Rider (2008) — as Charles Graiman
- The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice (2008) — as Professor Lazlo
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