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