Bruce Davison
Acting
Born: June 28, 1946 (age 80) · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Highest Rated
Biography
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
La La Land
2016
X-Men
2000
X2
2003
Lost
2004
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Criminal Minds
2005
Insidious: The Last Key
2018
Ozark
2017
Blindspot
2015
Seinfeld
1989
The Legend of Korra
2012
Castle
2009
Photos (5)
Movies (166)
Insidious: The Last Key
Christian Rainier
La La Land
Mia's Father (uncredited)
Runaway Jury
Durwood Cable
High Crimes
General Bill Marks
Spies Like Us
Ruby
Breach
John O'Neill
The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice
Professor Lazlo
Apt Pupil
Richard Bowden
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
President Wilson (voice)
The Lords of Salem
Francis Matthias
Paulie
Dr. Reingold
Knight Rider
Charles Graiman
Crimes of Passion
Donny Hopper
Six Degrees of Separation
Larkin
The Dead Girl
Leah's Father
The Good Neighbor
Grant
Crazy/Beautiful
Tom Oakley
The Cure
Dr. Stevens
The Crucible
Reverend Parris
Short Cuts
Howard Finnigan
Words and Pictures
Walt
Titanic II
James Maine
At First Sight
Dr. Charles Aaron
Summer Catch
Rand Parrish
The Curse of Sleeping Beauty
Richard
Arctic Blast
Winslaw
Get a Job
Lawrence Wilheimer
Ulzana's Raid
Lt. Garnett DeBuin
8MM 2
Ambassador Harrington
Along Came the Devil
Reverend Michael
9/11
Monohan
Wish Man
Frank Shankwitz Sr.
Willard
Willard Stiles
Suitable Flesh
Ephraim Waite
The Baby-Sitters Club
Watson
MegaFault
Dr. Mark Rhodes
X-Men: The Mutant Watch
Sen. Robert Kelly
The Manor
Roland
Dahmer
Lionel Dahmer
Itsy Bitsy
Walter
Camp Hell
Fr. Phineas McAllister
Last Summer
Dan
High Risk
Dan
Corbin Nash
Jack
The Misfit Brigade
Porta
Last Rampage
Cooper
Mame
Older Patrick
Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
John McCormick
Vendetta
Thomas Semmes
Out of the Ashes
Peter Schuman, Interrogator
Grace of My Heart
John Murray
LoveLife
Bruce
Along Came the Devil II
Reverend Michael
Steel and Lace
Albert Morton
25 Miles to Normal
John
The Great Alaskan Race
Governor Bone
Brass Target
Col. Robert Dawson
Short Eyes
Clark Davis
Mother, Jugs & Speed
Leroy
Lady in a Corner
Bill Guthrie
Condor's Nest
Gerhardt Schrude
It's My Party
Rodney Bingham
The Strawberry Statement
Simon
The Congregation
Amos Christner
Christmas at the Plaza
Reginald Brookwater
Longtime Companion
David
Bigfoot
Sheriff Walt Henderson
The Ladies Club
Richard Harrison
Earth's Final Hours
Rothman
On the Edge
(segment "The Other Side")
Love Locks
Hugo Blanchet
From the Shadows
Dr. Joseph Cawl
Tales from the Darkside
Richard Hagstrom
The Lightning Code
Nikola Tesla
X-Men
Senator Kelly
37
Psychic
L.A. Law: The Movie
Lawrence Diebenkorn
The Slider
Ispector Wiesel
The Leisure Class
Edward
We Still Say Grace
Harold
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
P'Torr The Exile (voice)
Bender
Mayor Prentiss
Black Beauty
Grandpa
Kingdom Hospital
Dr. Stegman
The Line
Anthony
The Wave
Ben Ross
Captors
Silas Visler
Any Bullet Will Do
Jonathan Carrington
Widow's Kiss
Justin Sager
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
Hate Crime
Pastor Boyd
Fishes 'n Loaves: Heaven Sent
Pastor Ezekiel
Color of Justice
Frank Gainer
William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew
Tranio
Await the Dawn
David
3 Holiday Tails
Rod Wright
The Bronx Bull
D.A. Bonomi
The Skateboard Kid II
Burt Squires
A Golden Christmas
Rod Wright
The Millionaire Tour
The Roman
Confession
Father Thomas Parker
Touched
Robert Davis
Christmas Angel
Nick Anderson
Off Season
Dr. Zimmer
Homage
Joseph Smith
Persecuted
Senator Donald Harrison
Live! From Death Row
Laurence Dvorak
God Don't Make the Laws
Bud Kelly / Mayor
Hidden in America
Michael
The Affair
Jamie Patterson
Munger Road
Chief Kirkhoven
Down, Out and Dangerous
Brad Harrington
More Beautiful for Having Been Broken
Colin
Stephen King's Golden Tales
Richard Hagstrom
The King Is Alive
Ray
A Mother's Revenge
Bill Sanders
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
2003
Stealing Roses
Mr. Lowell
Abnormal Attraction
Dr. Stanley Cole
The Gathering
George
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
Yehiel Dinur (voice)
Deadman's Curve
Dean Torrence
Too Young to Be a Dad
Dan Freeman
Mind Over Murder
Jason
Summer of My German Soldier
Anton Reiker
The Lathe of Heaven
George Orr
Stolen: One Husband
Dr. Peter Foley
French Quarter
Kid Ross / Inspector Sordik
Little Girl Fly Away
Frank
Saving Lincoln
William H. Seward
Locked in Silence
Jim
Lies
Stuart Russell
Evil at the Door
John Doe
Displacement
Prof. Peter Deckard
Camera
Frank Flynn
Kiss My Grits
Dolin T. Pike
Going Shopping
Adam
X2
Senator Kelly
An Ambush of Ghosts
Bill Betts
Influence
Walter Klein
The Gift of Christmas
Bob Rodgers
Incident at Crestridge
Clint Larsen
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child
Richard Robbins
Coffin
Garrison
A Violent Man
Benjamin Green
ManFast
Rupert Iris
The Last Survivors
Michael Larsen
108 Stitches
Coach Scott Deshields
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
Fitzgore
Tomorrow's Child
Cliff Bender
Return of the Killer Shrews
Jerry Farrell
Evergreen
Frank
Elwood
Congressman Barber
My True Fairytale
Martin Goodwin
A Fairy's Game
Spindly (voice)
On The Couch
Daddy
Beyond the Heavens
Oliver Henry (adult)
The Jerusalem File
David Armstrong
Out of the Woods
2025
Charlie's Gift
2016
The Gathering, Part II
George
A Memory in My Heart
Chase Stewart
Oceanus: Act One
Commander Mitch Conrad
A Schizophrenic Love Story
Dr. Bob
Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters
2018
Peege
1973
TV Shows (73)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Dr. Graham Mandell · 1 eps
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Avery Tinsdale · 1 eps
Criminal Minds
Father Davison · 1 eps
Hawaii Five-0
Steven Carver · 1 eps
CSI: Miami
Dane Daniels · 1 eps
Castle
Lou Karnacki · 1 eps
Lost
Douglas Brooks · 2 eps
JAG
Morris Sperling · 1 eps
Seinfeld
Wyck Thayer · 3 eps
The Closer
Russell Clark · 1 eps
Star Trek: Voyager
Jareth · 1 eps
Psych
Walter Snowden · 1 eps
Ghost Whisperer
Josh Bedford · 5 eps
Without a Trace
Paul Cartwright · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
David Carroll · 1 eps
Chicago Hope
Burt Peters · 2 eps
The Lincoln Lawyer
Walter Abrams · 1 eps
American Playhouse
David · 1 eps
The Legend of Korra
Lord Zuko (voice) · 6 eps
Numb3rs
Robert Oliver · 1 eps
Battlestar Galactica
Dr. Michael Robert · 1 eps
The Practice
Scott Wallace · 9 eps
Star Trek: Enterprise
Menos · 1 eps
Touched by an Angel
Jake Weiss · 1 eps
Blindspot
Jean-Paul Bruyere · 2 eps
The Waltons
1 eps
The Waltons
Bob Hill · 1 eps
Unforgettable
Edward Wythe · 1 eps
Tales from the Darkside
Richard Hagstrom · 1 eps
Ozark
Randall Schafer · 6 eps
The Outer Limits
Dr. 'Mac' McEnerney · 1 eps
Hotel
1 eps
Hunter
Wyler · 14 eps
Tales from the Crypt
Luden Sandelton · 1 eps
Childrens Hospital
Narrator · 1 eps
Designated Survivor
Ray Beckett · 1 eps
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Dr. Peter Silberman · 1 eps
1923
Arthur · 3 eps
Bosch: Legacy
James Rafferty · 2 eps
Leverage
Dan Blackwell · 1 eps
Drop Dead Diva
Judge Cyrus Maxwell · 1 eps
The Fosters
Stewart Adams · 5 eps
Police Woman
1 eps
The L Word
Leonard Kroll · 3 eps
Designing Women
1 eps
Lou Grant
Andrew Raines · 1 eps
Cybill
Mark Davis · 1 eps
Close to Home
Doug Hellman · 13 eps
Amazing Stories
Richard · 1 eps
Creepshow
Avery Whitlock · 1 eps
Mozart in the Jungle
Hesby Ennis · 3 eps
thirtysomething
1 eps
Police Story
2 eps
The Hunger
New Lighthouse Keeper · 1 eps
Harry and the Hendersons
George Henderson · 72 eps
Universal Basic Guys
(voice) · 2 eps
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Peter Betts · 1 eps
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
Gabe Sharpe · 1 eps
Crossing Lines
Tactical Leader · 1 eps
Knight Rider
Charles Graiman · 17 eps
Kingdom
Ron Prince · 4 eps
V
John Langley · 3 eps
Last Resort
ARTHUR SHEPARD · 1 eps
The American Revolution
(voice) · 2 eps
The Triangle
Stan Lathem · 3 eps
TripTank
Daytona Jack (voice) · 1 eps
The Son
ENDICOTT · 1 eps
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
Dr. Stegman · 13 eps
Those Who Kill
Howard Burgess · 1 eps
Sequestered
12 eps
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
4 eps
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
Jimmy Donahue · 6 eps
Mourning Becomes Electra
Orin Mannon · 5 eps
Self / Appearances (7)
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · 2 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 1 eps
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self · 1 eps
Project Greenlight
Self · 3 eps
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
Self
That Guy... Who Was in That Thing
Self
X-Men: Premieres Around the World
Self
