Bruce Davison
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 28, 1946
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Filmography
Don’t Look Inside TBA
Actor
The Mystery of Casa Matusita TBA
as Victor
- Game of Power
Game of Power TBA
as Ballard Wright
The Roommates TBA
as Arthur
Godmother 2026
as Mr. Martinson
25 Miles to Normal 2026
as John
Out of the Woods 2025
Actor
The Lightning Code 2025
as Nikola Tesla
Camera 2024
as Frank Flynn
Suitable Flesh 2023
as Ephraim Waite
From the Shadows 2023
as Dr. Joseph Cawl
Condor's Nest 2023
as Gerhardt Schrude
The Good Neighbor 2022
as Grant
Evil at the Door 2022
as John Doe
The Manor 2021
as Roland
My True Fairytale 2021
as Martin Goodwin
We Still Say Grace 2020
as Harold
The Gift of Christmas 2020
as Bob Rodgers
Captors 2020
as Silas Visler
Await the Dawn 2020
as David
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies 2020
as Self
More Beautiful for Having Been Broken 2020
as Colin
Influence 2020
as Walter Klein
Christmas at the Plaza 2019
as Reginald Brookwater
Along Came the Devil II 2019
as Reverend Michael
Itsy Bitsy 2019
as Walter
Wish Man 2019
as Frank Shankwitz Sr.
The Great Alaskan Race 2019
as Governor Bone
A Violent Man 2019
as Benjamin Green
Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters 2018
Actor
Any Bullet Will Do 2018
as Jonathan Carrington
Along Came the Devil 2018
as Reverend Michael
A Fairy's Game 2018
as Spindly (voice)
Corbin Nash 2018
as Jack
Abnormal Attraction 2018
as Dr. Stanley Cole
Insidious: The Last Key 2018
as Christian Rainier
The Slider 2017
as Ispector Wiesel
Last Rampage 2017
as Cooper
Yamasong: March of the Hollows 2017
as P'Torr The Exile (voice)
9/11 2017
as Monohan
Love Locks 2017
as Hugo Blanchet
Charlie's Gift 2016
Actor
La La Land 2016
as Mia's Father (uncredited)
Bender 2016
as Mayor Prentiss
Fishes 'n Loaves: Heaven Sent 2016
as Pastor Ezekiel
Displacement 2016
as Prof. Peter Deckard
The Bronx Bull 2016
as D.A. Bonomi
The Curse of Sleeping Beauty 2016
as Richard
Get a Job 2016
as Lawrence Wilheimer
The Leisure Class 2015
as Edward
Oceanus: Act One 2015
as Commander Mitch Conrad
Black Beauty 2015
as Grandpa
108 Stitches 2014
as Coach Scott Deshields
37 2014
as Psychic
Elwood 2014
as Congressman Barber
Words and Pictures 2014
as Walt
Persecuted 2014
as Senator Donald Harrison
Beyond the Heavens 2013
as Oliver Henry (adult)
The Lords of Salem 2013
as Francis Matthias
Saving Lincoln 2013
as William H. Seward
Return of the Killer Shrews 2012
as Jerry Farrell
Bigfoot 2012
as Sheriff Walt Henderson, Director
That Guy... Who Was in That Thing 2012
as Self
The Millionaire Tour 2012
as The Roman
Stealing Roses 2012
as Mr. Lowell
God Don't Make the Laws 2011
as Bud Kelly / Mayor
3 Holiday Tails 2011
as Rod Wright
Coffin 2011
as Garrison
Munger Road 2011
as Chief Kirkhoven
A Schizophrenic Love Story 2011
as Dr. Bob
Earth's Final Hours 2011
as Rothman
The Congregation 2011
as Amos Christner
Camp Hell 2010
as Fr. Phineas McAllister
Titanic II 2010
as James Maine
Arctic Blast 2010
as Winslaw
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths 2010
as President Wilson (voice)
A Golden Christmas 2009
as Rod Wright
Christmas Angel 2009
as Nick Anderson
MegaFault 2009
as Dr. Mark Rhodes
The Line 2009
as Anthony
The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice 2008
as Professor Lazlo
Knight Rider 2008
as Charles Graiman
Breach 2007
as John O'Neill
The Dead Girl 2006
as Leah's Father
- Special Ops: Delta Force
Special Ops: Delta Force 2006
as General Preston Rossdale
Confession 2005
as Father Thomas Parker
8MM 2 2005
as Ambassador Harrington
Touched 2005
as Robert Davis
Going Shopping 2005
as Adam
Hate Crime 2005
as Pastor Boyd
On The Couch 2004
as Daddy
Kingdom Hospital 2004
as Dr. Stegman
- The Clinic
The Clinic 2004
as Martin Landrum
Evergreen 2004
as Frank
Runaway Jury 2003
as Durwood Cable
X2 2003
as Senator Kelly
Out of the Ashes 2003
as Peter Schuman, Interrogator
X-Men: Premieres Around the World 2003
as Self
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men 2003
Actor
ManFast 2003
as Rupert Iris
Dahmer 2002
as Lionel Dahmer
Too Young to Be a Dad 2002
as Dan Freeman
L.A. Law: The Movie 2002
as Lawrence Diebenkorn
High Crimes 2002
as General Bill Marks
Off Season 2001
as Dr. Zimmer, Director
Summer Catch 2001
as Rand Parrish
Crazy/Beautiful 2001
as Tom Oakley
On the Edge 2001
as (segment "The Other Side")
X-Men 2000
as Senator Kelly
X-Men: The Mutant Watch 2000
as Sen. Robert Kelly
The King Is Alive 2000
as Ray
Vendetta 1999
as Thomas Semmes
A Memory in My Heart 1999
as Chase Stewart
At First Sight 1999
as Dr. Charles Aaron
Locked in Silence 1999
as Jim
Apt Pupil 1998
as Richard Bowden
Little Girl Fly Away 1998
as Frank
Paulie 1998
as Dr. Reingold
LoveLife 1997
as Bruce
Color of Justice 1997
as Frank Gainer
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann 1997
as Yehiel Dinur (voice)
Hidden in America 1996
as Michael
The Crucible 1996
as Reverend Parris
- After Jimmy
After Jimmy 1996
as Sam Stapp
Grace of My Heart 1996
as John Murray
It's My Party 1996
as Rodney Bingham
Widow's Kiss 1996
as Justin Sager
Down, Out and Dangerous 1995
as Brad Harrington
The Baby-Sitters Club 1995
as Watson
Homage 1995
as Joseph Smith
The Cure 1995
as Dr. Stevens
Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog 1995
as John McCormick
The Skateboard Kid II 1995
as Burt Squires
- Someone Else's Child
Someone Else's Child 1994
as Nick Callahan
Six Degrees of Separation 1993
as Larkin
A Mother's Revenge 1993
as Bill Sanders
Short Cuts 1993
as Howard Finnigan
Golden Tales 1993
as Richard Hagstrom
An Ambush of Ghosts 1993
as Bill Betts
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child 1992
as Richard Robbins
Live! From Death Row 1992
as Laurence Dvorak
Steel and Lace 1991
as Albert Morton
Tales from the Darkside 1990
as Richard Hagstrom
Stolen: One Husband 1990
as Dr. Peter Foley
Lady in a Corner 1989
as Bill Guthrie
Longtime Companion 1989
as David
The Misfit Brigade 1987
as Porta
The Ladies Club 1986
as Richard Harrison
Spies Like Us 1985
as Ruby
Crimes of Passion 1984
as Donny Hopper
Lies 1983
as Stuart Russell
- Ghost Dancing
Ghost Dancing 1983
as Calvin Oberst
William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew 1983
as Tranio
Kiss My Grits 1982
as Dolin T. Pike
Tomorrow's Child 1982
as Cliff Bender
Incident at Crestridge 1981
as Clint Larsen
The Wave 1981
as Ben Ross
High Risk 1981
as Dan
The Lathe of Heaven 1980
as George Orr
The Gathering, Part II 1979
as George
Mind Over Murder 1979
as Jason
The Horror Show 1979
as (archive footage)
Brass Target 1978
as Col. Robert Dawson
Summer of My German Soldier 1978
as Anton Reiker
French Quarter 1978
as Kid Ross / Inspector Sordik
Deadman's Curve 1978
as Dean Torrence
The Gathering 1977
as George
- Portrait of Grandpa Doc
Portrait of Grandpa Doc 1977
as Bruce - as a Young Man
Short Eyes 1977
as Clark Davis
- Grand Jury
Grand Jury 1977
as Bobby Allen
Mother, Jugs & Speed 1976
as Leroy
The Last Survivors 1975
as Michael Larsen
Mame 1974
as Older Patrick
The Affair 1973
as Jamie Patterson
Peege 1973
Actor
Ulzana's Raid 1972
as Lt. Garnett DeBuin
The Jerusalem File 1972
as David Armstrong
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me 1971
as Fitzgore
Willard 1971
as Willard Stiles
The Strawberry Statement 1970
as Simon
Last Summer 1969
as Dan
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