Bruce Davison
Known for acting · Born 28 June 1946 · 80 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
259 credits
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
The Lords of Salem
2013
Harry and the Hendersons
1991
Apt Pupil
1998
Short Cuts
1993
Knight Rider
2008
Titanic II
2010
Crazy/Beautiful
2001
Runaway Jury
2003
Dahmer
2002
The Manor
2021
Ozark
2017
Words and Pictures
2014
Acting (257)
202625 Miles to NormalJohnFilm
2026GodmotherMr. MartinsonFilm
2025The American Revolution(voice) · 2 episodesSeries
2025The Lightning CodeNikola TeslaFilm
2025Out of the WoodsFilm
2024CameraFrank FlynnFilm
2024Universal Basic Guys(voice) · 2 episodesSeries
2023Suitable FleshEphraim WaiteFilm
2023Condor's NestGerhardt SchrudeFilm
2023From the ShadowsDr. Joseph CawlFilm
20221923Arthur · 3 episodesSeries
2022The Lincoln LawyerWalter AbramsSeries
2022Bosch: LegacyJames Rafferty · 2 episodesSeries
2022The Good NeighborGrantFilm
2022Evil at the DoorJohn DoeFilm
2021The ManorRolandFilm
2021My True FairytaleMartin GoodwinFilm
2021Glow and DarknessPope Urban IIISeries
2020Skin: A History of Nudity in the MoviesSelfFilm
2020We Still Say GraceHaroldFilm
2020More Beautiful for Having Been BrokenColinFilm
2020Await the DawnDavidFilm
2020CaptorsSilas VislerFilm
2020InfluenceWalter KleinFilm
2020The Gift of ChristmasBob RodgersFilm
2019CreepshowAvery WhitlockSeries
2019Christmas at the PlazaReginald BrookwaterFilm
2019Itsy BitsyWalterFilm
2019Along Came the Devil IIReverend MichaelFilm
2019The Great Alaskan RaceGovernor BoneFilm
2019Wish ManFrank Shankwitz Sr.Film
2019A Violent ManBenjamin GreenFilm
2018Insidious: The Last KeyChristian RainierFilm
2018Along Came the DevilReverend MichaelFilm
2018Corbin NashJackFilm
2018Abnormal AttractionDr. Stanley ColeFilm
2018Any Bullet Will DoJonathan CarringtonFilm
2018A Fairy's GameSpindly (voice)Film
2018Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two SistersFilm
2017OzarkRandall Schafer · 6 episodesSeries
20179/11MonohanFilm
2017The SonENDICOTTSeries
2017Love LocksHugo BlanchetFilm
2017Last RampageCooperFilm
2017Yamasong: March of the HollowsP'Torr The Exile (voice)Film
2017The SliderIspector WieselFilm
2016La La LandMia's Father (uncredited)Film
2016Designated SurvivorRay BeckettSeries
2016Get a JobLawrence WilheimerFilm
2016The Curse of Sleeping BeautyRichardFilm
2016The Bronx BullD.A. BonomiFilm
2016DisplacementProf. Peter DeckardFilm
2016Fishes 'n Loaves: Heaven SentPastor EzekielFilm
2016BenderMayor PrentissFilm
2016Charlie's GiftFilm
2015BlindspotJean-Paul Bruyere · 2 episodesSeries
2015The Leisure ClassEdwardFilm
2015Black BeautyGrandpaFilm
2015Oceanus: Act OneCommander Mitch ConradFilm
2014Mozart in the JungleHesby Ennis · 3 episodesSeries
2014Words and PicturesWaltFilm
2014KingdomRon Prince · 4 episodesSeries
2014Those Who KillHoward BurgessSeries
2014PersecutedSenator Donald HarrisonFilm
2014TripTankDaytona Jack (voice)Series
2014Sequestered · 12 episodesSeries
201437PsychicFilm
2014108 StitchesCoach Scott DeshieldsFilm
2014ElwoodCongressman BarberFilm
2013The Lords of SalemFrancis MatthiasFilm
2013The FostersStewart Adams · 5 episodesSeries
2013Crossing LinesTactical LeaderSeries
2013Beyond the HeavensOliver Henry (adult)Film
2013Saving LincolnWilliam H. SewardFilm
2012The Legend of KorraLord Zuko (voice) · 6 episodesSeries
2012Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23Gabe SharpeSeries
2012Last ResortARTHUR SHEPARDSeries
2012The Millionaire TourThe RomanFilm
2012BigfootSheriff Walt HendersonFilm
2012Return of the Killer ShrewsJerry FarrellFilm
2012That Guy... Who Was in That ThingSelfFilm
2012Stealing RosesMr. LowellFilm
2011UnforgettableEdward WytheSeries
2011Earth's Final HoursRothmanFilm
20113 Holiday TailsRod WrightFilm
2011Munger RoadChief KirkhovenFilm
2011CoffinGarrisonFilm
2011God Don't Make the LawsBud Kelly / MayorFilm
2011A Schizophrenic Love StoryDr. BobFilm
2011The CongregationAmos ChristnerFilm
2010Hawaii Five-0Steven CarverSeries
2010Justice League: Crisis on Two EarthsPresident Wilson (voice)Film
2010Titanic IIJames MaineFilm
2010Arctic BlastWinslawFilm
2010Camp HellFr. Phineas McAllisterFilm
2009CastleLou KarnackiSeries
2009Drop Dead DivaJudge Cyrus MaxwellSeries
2009MegaFaultDr. Mark RhodesFilm
2009The LineAnthonyFilm
2009A Golden ChristmasRod WrightFilm
2009Christmas AngelNick AndersonFilm
2009Celebrity Ghost StoriesSelfSeries
2008Terminator: The Sarah Connor ChroniclesDr. Peter SilbermanSeries
2008Knight RiderCharles Graiman · 17 episodesSeries
2008The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas ChaliceProfessor LazloFilm
2008LeverageDan BlackwellSeries
2008Childrens HospitalNarratorSeries
2008Knight RiderCharles GraimanFilm
2007BreachJohn O'NeillFilm
2006PsychWalter SnowdenSeries
2006The Dead GirlLeah's FatherFilm
2006Special Ops: Delta ForceGeneral Preston RossdaleFilm
2005Criminal MindsFather DavisonSeries
2005Ghost WhispererJosh Bedford · 5 episodesSeries
2005Numb3rsRobert OliverSeries
2005The CloserRussell ClarkSeries
2005The TriangleStan Lathem · 3 episodesSeries
20058MM 2Ambassador HarringtonFilm
2005Hate CrimePastor BoydFilm
2005Law & Order: Trial by JuryPeter BettsSeries
2005Close to HomeDoug Hellman · 13 episodesSeries
2005ConfessionFather Thomas ParkerFilm
2005TouchedRobert DavisFilm
2005Going ShoppingAdamFilm
2004LostDouglas Brooks · 2 episodesSeries
2004Battlestar GalacticaDr. Michael RobertSeries
2004The L WordLeonard Kroll · 3 episodesSeries
2004Stephen King's Kingdom HospitalDr. Stegman · 13 episodesSeries
2004Kingdom HospitalDr. StegmanFilm
2004EvergreenFrankFilm
2004The ClinicMartin LandrumFilm
2004On The CouchDaddyFilm
2003X2Senator KellyFilm
2003Runaway JuryDurwood CableFilm
2003Out of the AshesPeter Schuman, InterrogatorFilm
2003ManFastRupert IrisFilm
2003X-Men: Premieres Around the WorldSelfFilm
2003Evolution X - The Making of X-MenFilm
2002CSI: MiamiDane DanielsSeries
2002High CrimesGeneral Bill MarksFilm
2002DahmerLionel DahmerFilm
2002Without a TracePaul CartwrightSeries
2002Too Young to Be a DadDan FreemanFilm
2002L.A. Law: The MovieLawrence DiebenkornFilm
2001Star Trek: EnterpriseMenosSeries
2001Crazy/BeautifulTom OakleyFilm
2001Summer CatchRand ParrishFilm
2001Project GreenlightSelf · 3 episodesSeries
2001On the Edge(segment "The Other Side")Film
2001Off SeasonDr. ZimmerFilm
2000X-MenSenator KellyFilm
2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationAvery TinsdaleSeries
2000X-Men: The Mutant WatchSen. Robert KellyFilm
2000The King Is AliveRayFilm
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitDr. Graham MandellSeries
1999At First SightDr. Charles AaronFilm
1999VendettaThomas SemmesFilm
1999A Memory in My HeartChase StewartFilm
1999Locked in SilenceJimFilm
1998Apt PupilRichard BowdenFilm
1998PaulieDr. ReingoldFilm
1998Little Girl Fly AwayFrankFilm
1997The PracticeScott Wallace · 9 episodesSeries
1997The HungerNew Lighthouse KeeperSeries
1997LoveLifeBruceFilm
1997Color of JusticeFrank GainerFilm
1997The Trial of Adolf EichmannYehiel Dinur (voice)Film
1996The CrucibleReverend ParrisFilm
1996Grace of My HeartJohn MurrayFilm
1996It's My PartyRodney BinghamFilm
1996Hidden in AmericaMichaelFilm
1996Widow's KissJustin SagerFilm
1996After JimmySam StappFilm
1995Star Trek: VoyagerJarethSeries
1995JAGMorris SperlingSeries
1995The CureDr. StevensFilm
1995The Outer LimitsDr. 'Mac' McEnerneySeries
1995Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow DogJohn McCormickFilm
1995The Baby-Sitters ClubWatsonFilm
1995CybillMark DavisSeries
1995HomageJoseph SmithFilm
1995The Skateboard Kid IIBurt SquiresFilm
1995Down, Out and DangerousBrad HarringtonFilm
1994Touched by an AngelJake WeissSeries
1994Chicago HopeBurt Peters · 2 episodesSeries
1994Someone Else's ChildNick CallahanFilm
1993Short CutsHoward FinniganFilm
1993Six Degrees of SeparationLarkinFilm
1993Stephen King's Golden TalesRichard HagstromFilm
1993A Mother's RevengeBill SandersFilm
1993An Ambush of GhostsBill BettsFilm
1992Desperate Choices: To Save My ChildRichard RobbinsFilm
1992Live! From Death RowLaurence DvorakFilm
1991Harry and the HendersonsGeorge Henderson · 72 episodesSeries
1991Steel and LaceAlbert MortonFilm
1990Tales from the DarksideRichard HagstromFilm
1990Stolen: One HusbandDr. Peter FoleyFilm
1989SeinfeldWyck Thayer · 3 episodesSeries
1989Tales from the CryptLuden SandeltonSeries
1989Longtime CompanionDavidFilm
1989Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton StoryJimmy Donahue · 6 episodesSeries
1989Lady in a CornerBill GuthrieFilm
1987The Misfit BrigadePortaFilm
1987thirtysomethingSeries
1986Designing WomenSeries
1986The Ladies ClubRichard HarrisonFilm
1985Spies Like UsRubyFilm
1985Amazing StoriesRichardSeries
1984Murder, She WroteDavid CarrollSeries
1984VJohn Langley · 3 episodesSeries
1984Crimes of PassionDonny HopperFilm
1984HunterWyler · 14 episodesSeries
1984Tales from the DarksideRichard HagstromSeries
1983LiesStuart RussellFilm
1983William Shakespeare's The Taming of the ShrewTranioFilm
1983Ghost DancingCalvin OberstFilm
1982HotelSeries
1982American PlayhouseDavidSeries
1982Kiss My GritsDolin T. PikeFilm
1982Tomorrow's ChildCliff BenderFilm
1981The WaveBen RossFilm
1981High RiskDanFilm
1981Incident at CrestridgeClint LarsenFilm
1980The Lathe of HeavenGeorge OrrFilm
1979Mind Over MurderJasonFilm
1979The Horror Show(archive footage)Film
1979The Gathering, Part IIGeorgeFilm
1978Brass TargetCol. Robert DawsonFilm
1978Deadman's CurveDean TorrenceFilm
1978Summer of My German SoldierAnton ReikerFilm
1978French QuarterKid Ross / Inspector SordikFilm
1978Mourning Becomes ElectraOrin Mannon · 5 episodesSeries
1977Short EyesClark DavisFilm
1977Lou GrantAndrew RainesSeries
1977The GatheringGeorgeFilm
1977Grand JuryBobby AllenFilm
1977Portrait of Grandpa DocBruce - as a Young ManFilm
1976Mother, Jugs & SpeedLeroyFilm
1975The Last SurvivorsMichael LarsenFilm
1974MameOlder PatrickFilm
1974Police WomanSeries
1974The Lives of Benjamin Franklin · 4 episodesSeries
1973Police Story · 2 episodesSeries
1973PeegeFilm
1973The AffairJamie PattersonFilm
1972Ulzana's RaidLt. Garnett DeBuinFilm
1972The Waltons, Bob HillSeries
1972The Jerusalem FileDavid ArmstrongFilm
1971WillardWillard StilesFilm
1971Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to MeFitzgoreFilm
1970The Strawberry StatementSimonFilm
1969Last SummerDanFilm
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Presenter · 2 episodes, Self - NomineeSeries
—The RoommatesArthurFilm
—Game of PowerBallard WrightFilm
—The Mystery of Casa MatusitaVictorFilm
—Don’t Look InsideFilm
Directing (2)
2012BigfootDirectorFilm
2001Off SeasonDirectorFilm