Bruce Davison

Bruce Davison

  • Birthday: 1946-06-28
  • Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Also know as: Bruce Davidson

Biography

Bruce Allen Davison (born June 28, 1946) is an American actor and director. He's known for his role as Senator Robert Kelly in the X-Men film franchise – through X-Men (2000) and X2 (2003). He's also well known for his starring role as Willard Stiles in the cult horror film Willard (1971) and 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

Short Cuts

1993

As Howard Finnigan

The King Is Alive

2000

As Ray

Crazy/Beautiful

2001

As Tom Oakley

The Crucible

1996

As Reverend Parris

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths

2010

As President Slade Wilson (voice)

MegaFault

2009

As Dr. Mark Rhodes

Runaway Jury

2003

As Durwood Cable

The Misfit Brigade

1987

As Porta

The Line

2009

As Anthony

The Wave

1981

As Ben Ross

High Crimes

2002

As Brig. Gen. Bill Marks

Steel and Lace

1991

As Albert Morton

8MM 2

2005

As Ambassador Harrington

Spies Like Us

1985

As Ruby

Dahmer

2002

As Lionel Dahmer

Hate Crime

2005

As Pastor Boyd

Apt Pupil

1998

As Richard Bowden

Summer Catch

2001

As Rand Parrish

The Lathe of Heaven

1980

As George Orr

The Dead Girl

2006

As Leah's Father

Mame

1974

As Patrick as an adult

Crimes of Passion

1984

As Donny Hopper

Paulie

1998

As Dr. Reingold

X-Men

2000

As Senator Kelly

X2

2003

As Senator Kelly

Ulzana's Raid

1972

As Lt. Garnett DeBuin

Willard

1971

As Willard Stiles

Last Summer

1969

As Dan

Titanic II

2010

As James Maine

Arctic Blast

2010

As Winslaw

Camp Hell

2010

As Fr. Phineas McAllister

High Risk

1981

As Dan

The Baby-Sitters Club

1995

As Watson

Confession

2005

As Father Thomas Parker

Touched

2005

As Robert Davis

Christmas Angel

2009

As Nick Anderson

A Golden Christmas

2009

As Rod Wright

Short Eyes

1977

As Clark Davis

Brass Target

1978

As Col. Robert Dawson

Off Season

2001

As Dr. Zimmer

Munger Road

2011

As Chief Kirkhoven

Stephen King's Golden Tales

1985

As Richard Hagstrom

The Millionaire Tour

2012

As The Roman

The Lords of Salem

2013

As Francis Matthias

Locked in Silence

1999

As Jim

Live! From Death Row

1992

As Laurence Dvorak

Return of the Killer Shrews

2012

As Jerry Farrell

Lovelife

1997

As Bruce

The Gathering

1977

As George

Bigfoot

2012

As Sheriff Walt Henderson

The Skateboard Kid II

1995

As Burt Squires

3 Holiday Tails

2011

As Rod Wright

Saving Lincoln

2013

As William H. Seward

Peege

1973

As

Deadman's Curve

1978

As Dean Torrence

Knight Rider

2008

As Charles Graiman

Words and Pictures

2014

As Walt

A Memory in My Heart

1999

As Chase Stewart

Beyond the Heavens

2013

As Oliver Henry (adult)

Grace of My Heart

1996

As John Murray

Someone Else's Child

1994

As Nick Callahan

Persecuted

2014

As Senator Donald Harrison

L.A. Law: The Movie

2002

As Lawrence Diebenkorn

Summer of My German Soldier

1978

As Anton Reiker

Hidden in America

1996

As Michael

Stealing Roses

2012

As Mr. Lowell

The Last Survivors

1975

As Michael Larsen

Widow's Kiss

1996

As Justin Sager

A Mother's Revenge

1993

As Bill Sanders

Homage

1995

As Joseph Smith

Lies

1983

As Stuart Russell

Out of the Ashes

2003

As Peter Schuman, Interrogator

Black Beauty

2015

As Grandpa

Yamasong: March of the Hollows

2017

As P'Torr The Exile

The Affair

1973

As Jamie Patterson

Evergreen

2004

As Frank

Desperate Choices: To Save My Child

1992

As Richard Robbins

Mind Over Murder

1979

As Jason

After Jimmy

1996

As Sam Stapp

Get a Job

2016

As Lawrence Wilheimer

The Leisure Class

2015

As Edward

ManFast

2003

As Rupert Iris

Kingdom Hospital

2004

As Dr. Stegman

French Quarter

1978

As Kid Ross / Inspector Sordik

It's My Party

1996

As Rodney Bingham

37

2014

As Psychic

Displacement

2016

As Prof. Peter Deckard

At First Sight

1999

As Dr. Charles Aaron

Along Came the Devil

2018

As Reverend Michael

Kiss My Grits

1982

As Dolin T. Pike

Fishes 'n Loaves: Heaven Sent

2016

As Pastor Ezekiel

The Bronx Bull

2016

As D.A. Bonomi

Insidious: The Last Key

2018

As Christian Rainier

Last Rampage

2017

As Cooper

Stolen: One Husband

1990

As Dr. Peter Foley

Lady in a Corner

1989

As Bill Guthrie

Love Locks

2017

As Hugo Blanchet

Oceanus: Act One

2015

As Commander Mitch Conrad

Longtime Companion

1989

As David

A Violent Man

2019

As Benjamin Green

The Congregation

2011

As Amos Christner

The Ladies Club

1986

As Richard Harrison

9/11

2017

As Monohan

Corbin Nash

2018

As Jack

Going Shopping

2005

As Adam

God Don't Make the Laws

2011

As Bud Kelly / Mayor

Bender

2016

As Mayor Prentiss

Itsy Bitsy

2019

As Walter

Coffin

2011

As Garrison

Vendetta

1999

As Thomas Semmes

Too Young to Be a Dad

2002

As Dan Freeman

An Ambush of Ghosts

1993

As Bill Betts

The Great Alaskan Race

2019

As Governor Bone

Any Bullet Will Do

2018

As Jonathan Carrington

Tales from the Darkside

1990

As Richard Hagstrom

Color of Justice

1997

As Frank Gainer

Abnormal Attraction

2018

As Dr. Stanley Cole

Along Came the Devil II

2019

As Reverend Michael

Wish Man

2019

As Frank Shankwitz Sr.

A Fairy's Game

2018

As Spindly (voice)

Captors

2022

As Silas Visler

Christmas at the Plaza

2019

As Reginald Brookwater

The Slider

2017

As

Incident at Crestridge

1981

As Clint Larsen

108 Stitches

2014

As Coach Scott Deshields

Await the Dawn

2020

As David

The Manor

2021

As Roland

We Still Say Grace

2020

As Harold

The Gift of Christmas

2020

As Bob Rodgers

My True Fairytale

2021

As Martin Goodwin

Evil at the Door

2022

As John Doe

Earth's Final Hours

2011

As Rothman

The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

1997

As Yehiel Dinur (voice)

The Good Neighbor

2022

As Grant

The Gathering, Part II

1979

As George

Tomorrow's Child

1982

As Cliff Bender

Ghost Dancing

1983

As Calvin Oberst

On The Edge

2001

As (segment "The Other Side")

The Clinic

2004

As Martin Landrum

Suitable Flesh

2023

As Ephraim Waite

Down, Out and Dangerous

1995

As Brad Harrington

The Cure

1995

As Dr. Stevens

Little Girl Fly Away

1998

As Frank

Condor's Nest

2023

As Gerhardt Schrude

The Horror Show

1979

As (archive footage)

Camera

0000

As

Influence

2020

As Walter Klein

The Roommates

0000

As Arthur

X-Men: The Mutant Watch

2000

As Sen. Robert Kelly

Grand Jury

1977

As Bobby Allen

From the Shadows

2023

As Dr. Joseph Cawl

Game of Power

2025

As Ballard Wright

Breach

2007

As John O'Neill

Mother, Jugs & Speed

1976

As Leroy

Production

Bigfoot

2012

As Director

Off Season

2001

As Director

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