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