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.
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Credits
- 2026 · Godmother as Mr. Martinson
- 2026 · 25 Miles to Normal as John
- 2025 · The American Revolution as (voice)
- 2025 · Out of the Woods as
- 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
- 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 · Captors as Silas Visler
- 2020 · Await the Dawn as David
- 2020 · Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies as Self
- 2020 · More Beautiful for Having Been Broken as Colin
- 2019 · Christmas at the Plaza as Reginald Brookwater
- 2019 · Along Came the Devil II as Reverend Michael
- 2019 · Creepshow as Avery Whitlock
- 2019 · Itsy Bitsy as Walter
- 2019 · Wish Man as Frank Shankwitz Sr.
- 2019 · The Great Alaskan Race as Governor Bone
- 2018 · Any Bullet Will Do as Jonathan Carrington
- 2018 · Corbin Nash as Jack
- 2017 · Last Rampage as Cooper
- 2017 · Yamasong: March of the Hollows as P'Torr The Exile (voice)
- 2017 · Love Locks as Hugo Blanchet
- 2016 · Fishes 'n Loaves: Heaven Sent as Pastor Ezekiel
- 2016 · The Bronx Bull as D.A. Bonomi
- 2015 · The Leisure Class as Edward
- 2014 · Persecuted as Senator Donald Harrison
- 2013 · Saving Lincoln as William H. Seward
- 2012 · Return of the Killer Shrews as Jerry Farrell
- 2012 · That Guy... Who Was in That Thing as Self
- 2011 · God Don't Make the Laws as Bud Kelly / Mayor
- 2011 · 3 Holiday Tails as Rod Wright
- 2010 · Camp Hell as Fr. Phineas McAllister
- 2009 · Christmas Angel as Nick Anderson
- 2009 · The Line as Anthony
- 2005 · Confession as Father Thomas Parker
- 2005 · Touched as Robert Davis
- 2005 · Hate Crime as Pastor Boyd
- 2004 · Kingdom Hospital as Dr. Stegman
- 2003 · Out of the Ashes as Peter Schuman, Interrogator
- 2003 · Evolution X - The Making of X-Men as
- 2002 · L.A. Law: The Movie as Lawrence Diebenkorn
- 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 · LoveLife as Bruce
- 1997 · Color of Justice as Frank Gainer
- 1996 · Grace of My Heart as John Murray
- 1995 · The Skateboard Kid II as Burt Squires
- 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
- 1990 · Tales from the Darkside as Richard Hagstrom
- 1989 · Lady in a Corner as Bill Guthrie
- 1989 · Longtime Companion as David
- 1987 · The Misfit Brigade as Porta
- 1986 · The Ladies Club as Richard Harrison
- 1983 · William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew as Tranio
- 1982 · Kiss My Grits as Dolin T. Pike
- 1981 · The Wave as Ben Ross
- 1981 · High Risk as Dan
- 1980 · The Lathe of Heaven as George Orr
- 1979 · The Horror Show as (archive footage)
- 1978 · Summer of My German Soldier as Anton Reiker
- 1978 · Deadman's Curve as Dean Torrence
- 1977 · The Gathering as George
- 1977 · Short Eyes as Clark Davis
- 1970 · The Strawberry Statement as Simon
- Future · Don’t Look Inside as
- 2022 · Evil at the Door as John Doe
- Future · The Mystery of Casa Matusita as Victor
- 2023 · From the Shadows as Dr. Joseph Cawl
- 2021 · My True Fairytale as Martin Goodwin
- 2020 · Influence as Walter Klein
- 2018 · A Fairy's Game as Spindly (voice)
- 2016 · Bender as Mayor Prentiss
- 2016 · Displacement as Prof. Peter Deckard
- 2015 · Black Beauty as Grandpa
- 2014 · 108 Stitches as Coach Scott Deshields
- 2012 · The Millionaire Tour as The Roman
- 2011 · Coffin as Garrison
- 2009 · A Golden Christmas as Rod Wright
- 2006 · Special Ops: Delta Force as General Preston Rossdale
- 2005 · Going Shopping as Adam
- 2004 · Evergreen as Frank
- 2003 · X2 as Senator Kelly
- 2003 · X-Men: Premieres Around the World as Self
- 2003 · ManFast as Rupert Iris
- 2002 · Too Young to Be a Dad as Dan Freeman
- 2001 · Off Season as Dr. Zimmer
- 1997 · The Trial of Adolf Eichmann as Yehiel Dinur (voice)
- 1996 · Hidden in America as Michael
- 1995 · Down, Out and Dangerous as Brad Harrington
- 1994 · Someone Else's Child as Nick Callahan
- 1993 · An Ambush of Ghosts as Bill Betts
- 1992 · Live! From Death Row as Laurence Dvorak
- 1983 · Lies as Stuart Russell
- 1979 · Mind Over Murder as Jason
- 1978 · French Quarter as Kid Ross / Inspector Sordik
- 1975 · The Last Survivors as Michael Larsen
- 1973 · The Affair as Jamie Patterson
- Future · Game of Power as Ballard Wright
- 2019 · A Violent Man as Benjamin Green
- 2018 · Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters as
- 2018 · Along Came the Devil as Reverend Michael
- 2018 · Abnormal Attraction as Dr. Stanley Cole
- 2018 · Insidious: The Last Key as Christian Rainier
- 2017 · The Slider as Ispector Wiesel
- 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 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 · 37 as Psychic
- 2014 · Sequestered as
- 2014 · Elwood as Congressman Barber
- 2014 · Words and Pictures as Walt
- 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 · Bigfoot as Sheriff Walt Henderson
- 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 · Munger Road as Chief Kirkhoven
- 2011 · Unforgettable as Edward Wythe
- 2011 · A Schizophrenic Love Story as Dr. Bob
- 2011 · Earth's Final Hours as Rothman
- 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 · 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 · 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 · The L Word as Leonard Kroll
- 2004 · The Clinic as Martin Landrum
- 2003 · Runaway Jury as Durwood Cable
- 2002 · Without a Trace as Paul Cartwright
- 2002 · CSI: Miami as Dane Daniels
- 2002 · Dahmer as Lionel Dahmer
- 2002 · High Crimes as General 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 · The Practice as Scott Wallace
- 1996 · The Crucible as Reverend Parris
- 1996 · After Jimmy as Sam Stapp
- 1996 · It's My Party as Rodney Bingham
- 1996 · Widow's Kiss as Justin Sager
- 1995 · JAG as 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 · Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog as John McCormick
- 1995 · Cybill as Mark Davis
- 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 · Golden Tales as Richard Hagstrom
- 1991 · Harry and the Hendersons as George Henderson
- 1990 · Stolen: One Husband as Dr. Peter Foley
- 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 Wyler
- 1983 · Ghost Dancing as Calvin Oberst
- 1982 · Hotel as
- 1982 · Tomorrow's Child as Cliff Bender
- 1982 · American Playhouse as David
- 1981 · Incident at Crestridge as Clint Larsen
- 1971 · Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me as Fitzgore
- Future · The Roommates as Arthur
- 1979 · The Gathering, Part II as George
- 1978 · Brass Target as Col. Robert Dawson
- 1978 · Mourning Becomes Electra as Orin Mannon
- 1977 · Portrait of Grandpa Doc as Bruce - as a Young Man
- 1977 · Lou Grant as Andrew Raines
- 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 Older Patrick
- 1973 · Peege as
- 1973 · Police Story as
- 1973 · Police Story as Victor Joe Vero
- 1972 · Ulzana's Raid as Lt. Garnett DeBuin
- 1972 · The Waltons as
- 1972 · The Waltons as Bob Hill
- 1972 · The Jerusalem File as David Armstrong
- 1971 · Willard as Willard Stiles
- 1969 · Last Summer as Dan
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee