Bruce Davison
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 28, 1946 (age 80)
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Credits
- 257
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
Godmother
2026Movie
Mr. Martinson
25 Miles to Normal
2026Movie
John
The American Revolution
2025TV
(voice)
Out of the Woods
2025Movie
The Lightning Code
2025Movie
Nikola Tesla
Universal Basic Guys
2024TV
(voice)
Camera
2024Movie
Frank Flynn
Suitable Flesh
2023Movie
Ephraim Waite
From the Shadows
2023Movie
Dr. Joseph Cawl
Condor's Nest
2023Movie
Gerhardt Schrude
1923
2022TV
Arthur
The Good Neighbor
2022Movie
Grant
The Lincoln Lawyer
2022TV
Walter Abrams
Bosch: Legacy
2022TV
James Rafferty
Evil at the Door
2022Movie
John Doe
The Manor
2021Movie
Roland
Glow and Darkness
2021TV
Pope Urban III
My True Fairytale
2021Movie
Martin Goodwin
We Still Say Grace
2020Movie
Harold
The Gift of Christmas
2020Movie
Bob Rodgers
Captors
2020Movie
Silas Visler
Await the Dawn
2020Movie
David
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
2020Movie
Self
More Beautiful for Having Been Broken
2020Movie
Colin
Influence
2020Movie
Walter Klein
Christmas at the Plaza
2019Movie
Reginald Brookwater
Along Came the Devil II
2019Movie
Reverend Michael
Creepshow
2019TV
Avery Whitlock
Itsy Bitsy
2019Movie
Walter
Wish Man
2019Movie
Frank Shankwitz Sr.
The Great Alaskan Race
2019Movie
Governor Bone
A Violent Man
2019Movie
Benjamin Green
Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters
2018Movie
Any Bullet Will Do
2018Movie
Jonathan Carrington
Along Came the Devil
2018Movie
Reverend Michael
A Fairy's Game
2018Movie
Spindly (voice)
Corbin Nash
2018Movie
Jack
Abnormal Attraction
2018Movie
Dr. Stanley Cole
Insidious: The Last Key
2018Movie
Christian Rainier
The Slider
2017Movie
Ispector Wiesel
Last Rampage
2017Movie
Cooper
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
2017Movie
P'Torr The Exile (voice)
9/11
2017Movie
Monohan
Ozark
2017TV
Randall Schafer
The Son
2017TV
ENDICOTT
Love Locks
2017Movie
Hugo Blanchet
Charlie's Gift
2016Movie
La La Land
2016Movie
Mia's Father (uncredited)
Bender
2016Movie
Mayor Prentiss
Designated Survivor
2016TV
Ray Beckett
Fishes 'n Loaves: Heaven Sent
2016Movie
Pastor Ezekiel
Displacement
2016Movie
Prof. Peter Deckard
The Bronx Bull
2016Movie
D.A. Bonomi
The Curse of Sleeping Beauty
2016Movie
Richard
Get a Job
2016Movie
Lawrence Wilheimer
The Leisure Class
2015Movie
Edward
Blindspot
2015TV
Jean-Paul Bruyere
Oceanus: Act One
2015Movie
Commander Mitch Conrad
Black Beauty
2015Movie
Grandpa
Kingdom
2014TV
Ron Prince
108 Stitches
2014Movie
Coach Scott Deshields
37
2014Movie
Psychic
Sequestered
2014TV
Elwood
2014Movie
Congressman Barber
Words and Pictures
2014Movie
Walt
Persecuted
2014Movie
Senator Donald Harrison
TripTank
2014TV
Daytona Jack (voice)
Those Who Kill
2014TV
Howard Burgess
Mozart in the Jungle
2014TV
Hesby Ennis
Beyond the Heavens
2013Movie
Oliver Henry (adult)
Crossing Lines
2013TV
Tactical Leader
The Fosters
2013TV
Stewart Adams
The Lords of Salem
2013Movie
Francis Matthias
Saving Lincoln
2013Movie
William H. Seward
Return of the Killer Shrews
2012Movie
Jerry Farrell
Bigfoot
2012Movie
Sheriff Walt Henderson
That Guy... Who Was in That Thing
2012Movie
Self
Last Resort
2012TV
ARTHUR SHEPARD
The Millionaire Tour
2012Movie
The Roman
Stealing Roses
2012Movie
Mr. Lowell
The Legend of Korra
2012TV
Lord Zuko (voice)
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
2012TV
Gabe Sharpe
God Don't Make the Laws
2011Movie
Bud Kelly / Mayor
3 Holiday Tails
2011Movie
Rod Wright
Coffin
2011Movie
Garrison
Munger Road
2011Movie
Chief Kirkhoven
Unforgettable
2011TV
Edward Wythe
A Schizophrenic Love Story
2011Movie
Dr. Bob
Earth's Final Hours
2011Movie
Rothman
The Congregation
2011Movie
Amos Christner
Hawaii Five-0
2010TV
Steven Carver
Camp Hell
2010Movie
Fr. Phineas McAllister
Titanic II
2010Movie
James Maine
Arctic Blast
2010Movie
Winslaw
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
2010Movie
President Wilson (voice)
A Golden Christmas
2009Movie
Rod Wright
Christmas Angel
2009Movie
Nick Anderson
MegaFault
2009Movie
Dr. Mark Rhodes
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009TV
Self
Drop Dead Diva
2009TV
Judge Cyrus Maxwell
The Line
2009Movie
Anthony
Castle
2009TV
Lou Karnacki
Childrens Hospital
2008TV
Narrator
Leverage
2008TV
Dan Blackwell
The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice
2008Movie
Professor Lazlo
Knight Rider
2008TV
Charles Graiman
Knight Rider
2008Movie
Charles Graiman
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
2008TV
Dr. Peter Silberman
Breach
2007Movie
John O'Neill
The Dead Girl
2006Movie
Leah's Father
Special Ops: Delta Force
2006Movie
General Preston Rossdale
Psych
2006TV
Walter Snowden
The Triangle
2005TV
Stan Lathem
Confession
2005Movie
Father Thomas Parker
8MM 2
2005Movie
Ambassador Harrington
Touched
2005Movie
Robert Davis
Going Shopping
2005Movie
Adam
Ghost Whisperer
2005TV
Josh Bedford
Criminal Minds
2005TV
Father Davison
Close to Home
2005TV
Doug Hellman
The Closer
2005TV
Russell Clark
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005TV
Peter Betts
Numb3rs
2005TV
Robert Oliver
Hate Crime
2005Movie
Pastor Boyd
Battlestar Galactica
2004TV
Dr. Michael Robert
Lost
2004TV
Douglas Brooks
On The Couch
2004Movie
Daddy
Kingdom Hospital
2004Movie
Dr. Stegman
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
2004TV
Dr. Stegman
The L Word
2004TV
Leonard Kroll
The Clinic
2004Movie
Martin Landrum
Evergreen
2004Movie
Frank
Runaway Jury
2003Movie
Durwood Cable
X2
2003Movie
Senator Kelly
Out of the Ashes
2003Movie
Peter Schuman, Interrogator
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
2003Movie
X-Men: Premieres Around the World
2003Movie
Self
ManFast
2003Movie
Rupert Iris
Without a Trace
2002TV
Paul Cartwright
CSI: Miami
2002TV
Dane Daniels
Dahmer
2002Movie
Lionel Dahmer
Too Young to Be a Dad
2002Movie
Dan Freeman
L.A. Law: The Movie
2002Movie
Lawrence Diebenkorn
High Crimes
2002Movie
General Bill Marks
Off Season
2001Movie
Dr. Zimmer
Project Greenlight
2001TV
Self
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001TV
Menos
Summer Catch
2001Movie
Rand Parrish
Crazy/Beautiful
2001Movie
Tom Oakley
On the Edge
2001Movie
(segment "The Other Side")
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000TV
Avery Tinsdale
X-Men
2000Movie
Senator Kelly
X-Men: The Mutant Watch
2000Movie
Sen. Robert Kelly
The King Is Alive
2000Movie
Ray
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999TV
Dr. Graham Mandell
Vendetta
1999Movie
Thomas Semmes
A Memory in My Heart
1999Movie
Chase Stewart
At First Sight
1999Movie
Dr. Charles Aaron
Locked in Silence
1999Movie
Jim
Apt Pupil
1998Movie
Richard Bowden
Little Girl Fly Away
1998Movie
Frank
Paulie
1998Movie
Dr. Reingold
LoveLife
1997Movie
Bruce
Color of Justice
1997Movie
Frank Gainer
The Hunger
1997TV
New Lighthouse Keeper
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
1997Movie
Yehiel Dinur (voice)
The Practice
1997TV
Scott Wallace
Hidden in America
1996Movie
Michael
The Crucible
1996Movie
Reverend Parris
After Jimmy
1996Movie
Sam Stapp
Grace of My Heart
1996Movie
John Murray
It's My Party
1996Movie
Rodney Bingham
Widow's Kiss
1996Movie
Justin Sager
JAG
1995TV
Morris Sperling
Down, Out and Dangerous
1995Movie
Brad Harrington
The Baby-Sitters Club
1995Movie
Watson
Homage
1995Movie
Joseph Smith
The Cure
1995Movie
Dr. Stevens
The Outer Limits
1995TV
Dr. 'Mac' McEnerney
Star Trek: Voyager
1995TV
Jareth
Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
1995Movie
John McCormick
Cybill
1995TV
Mark Davis
The Skateboard Kid II
1995Movie
Burt Squires
Someone Else's Child
1994Movie
Nick Callahan
Touched by an Angel
1994TV
Jake Weiss
Chicago Hope
1994TV
Burt Peters
Six Degrees of Separation
1993Movie
Larkin
A Mother's Revenge
1993Movie
Bill Sanders
Short Cuts
1993Movie
Howard Finnigan
Stephen King's Golden Tales
1993Movie
Richard Hagstrom
An Ambush of Ghosts
1993Movie
Bill Betts
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child
1992Movie
Richard Robbins
Live! From Death Row
1992Movie
Laurence Dvorak
Steel and Lace
1991Movie
Albert Morton
Harry and the Hendersons
1991TV
George Henderson
Tales from the Darkside
1990Movie
Richard Hagstrom
Stolen: One Husband
1990Movie
Dr. Peter Foley
Lady in a Corner
1989Movie
Bill Guthrie
Longtime Companion
1989Movie
David
Seinfeld
1989TV
Wyck Thayer
Tales from the Crypt
1989TV
Luden Sandelton
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
1989TV
Jimmy Donahue
thirtysomething
1987TV
The Misfit Brigade
1987Movie
Porta
Designing Women
1986TV
The Ladies Club
1986Movie
Richard Harrison
Spies Like Us
1985Movie
Ruby
Amazing Stories
1985TV
Richard
V
1984TV
John Langley
Crimes of Passion
1984Movie
Donny Hopper
Murder, She Wrote
1984TV
David Carroll
Tales from the Darkside
1984TV
Richard Hagstrom
Hunter
1984TV
Wyler
Lies
1983Movie
Stuart Russell
Ghost Dancing
1983Movie
Calvin Oberst
William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew
1983Movie
Tranio
Hotel
1982TV
Kiss My Grits
1982Movie
Dolin T. Pike
Tomorrow's Child
1982Movie
Cliff Bender
American Playhouse
1982TV
David
Incident at Crestridge
1981Movie
Clint Larsen
The Wave
1981Movie
Ben Ross
High Risk
1981Movie
Dan
The Lathe of Heaven
1980Movie
George Orr
The Gathering, Part II
1979Movie
George
Mind Over Murder
1979Movie
Jason
The Horror Show
1979Movie
(archive footage)
Brass Target
1978Movie
Col. Robert Dawson
Mourning Becomes Electra
1978TV
Orin Mannon
Summer of My German Soldier
1978Movie
Anton Reiker
French Quarter
1978Movie
Kid Ross / Inspector Sordik
Deadman's Curve
1978Movie
Dean Torrence
The Gathering
1977Movie
George
Portrait of Grandpa Doc
1977Movie
Bruce - as a Young Man
Short Eyes
1977Movie
Clark Davis
Lou Grant
1977TV
Andrew Raines
Grand Jury
1977Movie
Bobby Allen
Mother, Jugs & Speed
1976Movie
Leroy
The Last Survivors
1975Movie
Michael Larsen
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
1974TV
Police Woman
1974TV
Mame
1974Movie
Older Patrick
The Affair
1973Movie
Jamie Patterson
Peege
1973Movie
Police Story
1973TV
Ulzana's Raid
1972Movie
Lt. Garnett DeBuin
The Waltons
1972TV
Bob Hill
The Jerusalem File
1972Movie
David Armstrong
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
1971Movie
Fitzgore
Willard
1971Movie
Willard Stiles
The Strawberry Statement
1970Movie
Simon
Last Summer
1969Movie
Dan
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee
Game of Power
Movie
Ballard Wright
The Mystery of Casa Matusita
Movie
Victor
The Roommates
Movie
Arthur
Don’t Look Inside
Movie