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