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