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)
- 2025 · The Lightning Code as Nikola Tesla
- 2024 · Universal Basic Guys as (voice)
- 2024 · Camera as Frank Flynn
- 2023 · Suitable Flesh as Ephraim Waite
- 2023 · Condor's Nest as Gerhardt Schrude
- 2022 · 1923 as Arthur
- 2022 · The Good Neighbor as Grant
- 2022 · The Lincoln Lawyer as Walter Abrams
- 2022 · Bosch: Legacy as James Rafferty
- 2020 · Await the Dawn as David
- 2019 · Along Came the Devil II as Reverend Michael
- 2019 · Wish Man as Frank Shankwitz Sr.
- 2018 · Any Bullet Will Do as Jonathan Carrington
- 2018 · Along Came the Devil as Reverend Michael
- 2017 · Love Locks as Hugo Blanchet
- 2015 · The Leisure Class as Edward
- 2012 · Bigfoot as Sheriff Walt Henderson
- 2012 · The Millionaire Tour as The Roman
- 2011 · 3 Holiday Tails as Rod Wright
- 2011 · Earth's Final Hours as Rothman
- 2005 · Touched as Robert Davis
- 2005 · Hate Crime as Pastor Boyd
- 2003 · Out of the Ashes as Peter Schuman, Interrogator
- 2003 · Evolution X - The Making of X-Men as
- 2003 · X-Men: Premieres Around the World as Self
- 2000 · X-Men as Senator Kelly
- 1996 · Hidden in America as Michael
- 1996 · It's My Party as Rodney Bingham
- 1996 · Widow's Kiss as Justin Sager
- 1995 · Homage as Joseph Smith
- 1995 · Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog as John McCormick
- 1991 · Steel and Lace as Albert Morton
- 1990 · Tales from the Darkside as Richard Hagstrom
- 1987 · The Misfit Brigade as Porta
- 1981 · The Wave as Ben Ross
- 1979 · The Horror Show as (archive footage)
- 1977 · Short Eyes as Clark Davis
- 1975 · The Last Survivors as Michael Larsen
- 1970 · The Strawberry Statement as Simon
- 1969 · Last Summer as Dan
- Future · Game of Power as Ballard Wright
- 2023 · From the Shadows as Dr. Joseph Cawl
- 2021 · My True Fairytale as Martin Goodwin
- 2020 · Captors as Silas Visler
- 2020 · More Beautiful for Having Been Broken as Colin
- 2020 · Influence as Walter Klein
- 2018 · A Fairy's Game as Spindly (voice)
- 2016 · Bender as Mayor Prentiss
- 2016 · Fishes 'n Loaves: Heaven Sent as Pastor Ezekiel
- 2016 · The Mystery of Casa Matusita as Victor
- 2016 · Displacement as Prof. Peter Deckard
- 2015 · Black Beauty as Grandpa
- 2013 · Saving Lincoln as William H. Seward
- 2011 · Munger Road as Chief Kirkhoven
- 2010 · Camp Hell as Fr. Phineas McAllister
- 2005 · Going Shopping as Adam
- 2004 · The Clinic as Martin Landrum
- 2004 · Evergreen as Frank
- 2003 · X2 as Senator Kelly
- 2002 · Too Young to Be a Dad as Dan Freeman
- 2001 · Off Season as Dr. Zimmer
- 1998 · Little Girl Fly Away as Frank
- 1996 · After Jimmy as Sam Stapp
- 1995 · Down, Out and Dangerous as Brad Harrington
- 1995 · The Skateboard Kid II as Burt Squires
- 1992 · Desperate Choices: To Save My Child as Richard Robbins
- 1992 · Live! From Death Row as Laurence Dvorak
- 1989 · Lady in a Corner as Bill Guthrie
- 1983 · Lies as Stuart Russell
- 1983 · Ghost Dancing as Calvin Oberst
- 1982 · Kiss My Grits as Dolin T. Pike
- 1981 · High Risk as Dan
- 1980 · The Lathe of Heaven as George Orr
- 1978 · Summer of My German Soldier as Anton Reiker
- Future · 25 Miles to Normal as John
- 2022 · Evil at the Door as John Doe
- 2021 · The Manor as Roland
- 2021 · Glow and Darkness as Pope Urban III
- 2020 · We Still Say Grace as Harold
- 2020 · The Gift of Christmas as Bob Rodgers
- 2020 · Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies as Self
- 2019 · Christmas at the Plaza as Reginald Brookwater
- 2019 · Creepshow as Avery Whitlock
- 2019 · Itsy Bitsy as Walter
- 2019 · The Great Alaskan Race as Governor Bone
- 2019 · A Violent Man as Benjamin Green
- 2018 · Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters as
- 2018 · Corbin Nash as Jack
- 2018 · Abnormal Attraction as Dr. Stanley Cole
- 2018 · Insidious: The Last Key as Christian Rainier
- 2017 · The Slider as Ispector Wiesel
- 2017 · Last Rampage as Cooper
- 2017 · Yamasong: March of the Hollows as P'Torr The Exile (voice)
- 2017 · 9/11 as Monohan
- 2017 · Ozark as Randall Schafer
- 2017 · The Son as ENDICOTT
- 2016 · Charlie's Gift as
- 2016 · La La Land as Mia's Father (uncredited)
- 2016 · Designated Survivor as Ray Beckett
- 2016 · The Bronx Bull as D.A. Bonomi
- 2016 · The Curse of Sleeping Beauty as Richard
- 2016 · Get a Job as Lawrence Wilheimer
- 2015 · Blindspot as Jean-Paul Bruyere
- 2015 · Oceanus: Act One as Commander Mitch Conrad
- 2014 · Kingdom as Ron Prince
- 2014 · 108 Stitches as Coach Scott Deshields
- 2014 · 37 as Psychic
- 2014 · Sequestered as
- 2014 · Elwood as Congressman Barber
- 2014 · Words and Pictures as Walt
- 2014 · Persecuted as Senator Donald Harrison
- 2014 · TripTank as Daytona Jack (voice)
- 2014 · Those Who Kill as Howard Burgess
- 2014 · Mozart in the Jungle as Hesby Ennis
- 2013 · Beyond the Heavens as Oliver Henry (adult)
- 2013 · Crossing Lines as Tactical Leader
- 2013 · The Fosters as Stewart Adams
- 2013 · The Lords of Salem as Francis Matthias
- 2012 · Return of the Killer Shrews as Jerry Farrell
- 2012 · That Guy... Who Was in That Thing as Self
- 2012 · Last Resort as ARTHUR SHEPARD
- 2012 · Stealing Roses as Mr. Lowell
- 2012 · The Legend of Korra as Lord Zuko (voice)
- 2012 · Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 as Gabe Sharpe
- 2011 · God Don't Make the Laws as Bud Kelly / Mayor
- 2011 · Coffin as Garrison
- 2011 · Unforgettable as Edward Wythe
- 2011 · A Schizophrenic Love Story as Dr. Bob
- 2011 · The Congregation as Amos Christner
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as Steven Carver
- 2010 · Titanic II as James Maine
- 2010 · Arctic Blast as Winslaw
- 2010 · Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths as President Wilson (voice)
- 2009 · A Golden Christmas as Rod Wright
- 2009 · Christmas Angel as Nick Anderson
- 2009 · MegaFault as Dr. Mark Rhodes
- 2009 · Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
- 2009 · Drop Dead Diva as Judge Cyrus Maxwell
- 2009 · The Line as Anthony
- 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 · Special Ops: Delta Force as General Preston Rossdale
- 2006 · Psych as Walter Snowden
- 2005 · The Triangle as Stan Lathem
- 2005 · Confession as Father Thomas Parker
- 2005 · 8MM 2 as Ambassador Harrington
- 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 · On The Couch as Daddy
- 2004 · Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital as Dr. Stegman
- 2004 · Kingdom Hospital as Dr. Stegman
- 2004 · The L Word as Leonard Kroll
- 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 · Dahmer as Lionel Dahmer
- 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
- 2001 · On the Edge as (segment "The Other Side")
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Avery Tinsdale
- 2000 · X-Men: The Mutant Watch as Sen. Robert Kelly
- 2000 · The King Is Alive as Ray
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Dr. Graham Mandell
- 1999 · Vendetta as Thomas Semmes
- 1999 · A Memory in My Heart as Chase Stewart
- 1999 · At First Sight as Dr. Charles Aaron
- 1999 · Locked in Silence as Jim
- 1998 · Apt Pupil as Richard Bowden
- 1998 · Paulie as Dr. Reingold
- 1997 · Color of Justice as Frank Gainer
- 1997 · The Hunger as New Lighthouse Keeper
- 1997 · The Trial of Adolf Eichmann as Yehiel Dinur (voice)
- 1997 · Lovelife as Bruce
- 1997 · The Practice as Scott Wallace
- 1996 · The Crucible as Reverend Parris
- 1996 · Grace of My Heart as John Murray
- 1995 · JAG as Morris Sperling
- 1995 · The Baby-Sitters Club as Watson
- 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 · A Mother's Revenge as Bill Sanders
- 1993 · Short Cuts as Howard Finnigan
- 1993 · Stephen King's Golden Tales as Richard Hagstrom
- 1993 · An Ambush of Ghosts as Bill Betts
- 1991 · Harry and the Hendersons as George Henderson
- 1990 · Stolen: One Husband as Dr. Peter Foley
- 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
- 1986 · The Ladies Club as Richard Harrison
- 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
- 1983 · William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew as Tranio
- 1982 · Hotel as
- 1982 · Tomorrow's Child as Cliff Bender
- 1981 · Incident at Crestridge as Clint Larsen
- 1979 · The Gathering, Part II as George
- 1979 · Mind Over Murder as Jason
- 1978 · Brass Target as Col. Robert Dawson
- 1978 · Mourning Becomes Electra as Orin Mannon
- 1978 · French Quarter as Kid Ross / Inspector Sordik
- 1978 · Deadman's Curve as Dean Torrence
- 1977 · The Gathering as George
- 1977 · Portrait of Grandpa Doc as Bruce - as a Young Man
- 1977 · Lou Grant as Andrew Raines
- 1973 · Peege as
- 1972 · The Jerusalem File as David Armstrong
- Future · The Roommates as Arthur
- 1977 · Grand Jury as Bobby Allen
- 1976 · Mother, Jugs & Speed as Leroy
- 1974 · The Lives of Benjamin Franklin as
- 1974 · Police Woman as
- 1974 · Mame as Patrick as an adult
- 1973 · The Affair as Jamie Patterson
- 1973 · Police Story as
- 1972 · Ulzana's Raid as Lt. Garnett DeBuin
- 1972 · The Waltons as
- 1972 · The Waltons as Bob Hill
- 1971 · Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me as Fitzgore
- 1971 · Willard as Willard Stiles
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · Don’t Look Inside as
- Future · Godmother as Mr. Martinson