Bruce Davison

ActorDirector Jun 28 (age 79) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 1969–2025 (56 year career)

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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 C…

Known For

Film

La La Land

Mia's Father (uncredited)

Film

X-Men

Senator Kelly

Film

X2

Senator Kelly

Film

Insidious: The Last Key

Christian Rainier

Film

Runaway Jury

Durwood Cable

Film

Knight Rider

Charles Graiman

Film

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths

President Wilson (voice)

Film

Short Cuts

Howard Finnigan

Filmography

Acting (255)

Movies (179)

The Lightning Code

as Nikola Tesla

Camera

as Frank Flynn

Suitable Flesh

as Ephraim Waite

Condor's Nest

as Gerhardt Schrude

From the Shadows

as Dr. Joseph Cawl

The Good Neighbor

as Grant

Evil at the Door

as John Doe

The Manor

as Roland

My True Fairytale

as Martin Goodwin

We Still Say Grace

as Harold

The Gift of Christmas

as Bob Rodgers

Captors

as Silas Visler

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

as Self

Influence

as Walter Klein

More Beautiful for Having Been Broken

as Colin

Await the Dawn

as David

Itsy Bitsy

as Walter

Wish Man

as Frank Shankwitz Sr.

6.8

The Great Alaskan Race

2019

as Governor Bone

5.8

Christmas at the Plaza

2019

as Reginald Brookwater

6.4

Along Came the Devil II

as Reverend Michael

A Violent Man

as Benjamin Green

Abnormal Attraction

as Dr. Stanley Cole

Insidious: The Last Key

as Christian Rainier

Along Came the Devil

as Reverend Michael

A Fairy's Game

as Spindly (voice)

Corbin Nash

as Jack

Any Bullet Will Do

as Jonathan Carrington

4.6

Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters

9/11

as Monohan

Love Locks

as Hugo Blanchet

The Slider

as Ispector Wiesel

Last Rampage

as Cooper

Yamasong: March of the Hollows

2017

as P'Torr The Exile (voice)

3.5

La La Land

2016

as Mia's Father (uncredited)

7.9

Bender

2016

as Mayor Prentiss

4.2

Fishes 'n Loaves: Heaven Sent

2016

as Pastor Ezekiel

6.4

Get a Job

2016

as Lawrence Wilheimer

5.3

The Curse of Sleeping Beauty

2016

as Richard

5.2

Displacement

2016

as Prof. Peter Deckard

The Bronx Bull

as D.A. Bonomi

Charlie's Gift

The Mystery of Casa Matusita

as Victor

Black Beauty

as Grandpa

The Leisure Class

as Edward

Oceanus: Act One

as Commander Mitch Conrad

6.3

108 Stitches

2014

as Coach Scott Deshields

Words and Pictures

as Walt

Persecuted

as Senator Donald Harrison

as Psychic

Elwood

as Congressman Barber

1.5

Beyond the Heavens

2013

as Oliver Henry (adult)

Saving Lincoln

as William H. Seward

The Lords of Salem

as Francis Matthias

The Millionaire Tour

as The Roman

Bigfoot

as Sheriff Walt Henderson

3.0

Stealing Roses

2012

as Mr. Lowell

3.0

That Guy... Who Was in That Thing

2012

as Self

6.4

Return of the Killer Shrews

2012

as Jerry Farrell

5.3

A Schizophrenic Love Story

as Dr. Bob

Coffin

as Garrison

Earth's Final Hours

as Rothman

3 Holiday Tails

as Rod Wright

The Congregation

as Amos Christner

Munger Road

as Chief Kirkhoven

God Don't Make the Laws

2011

as Bud Kelly / Mayor

4.8

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths

2010

as President Wilson (voice)

Titanic II

as James Maine

Camp Hell

as Fr. Phineas McAllister

Arctic Blast

as Winslaw

MegaFault

as Dr. Mark Rhodes

The Line

as Anthony

A Golden Christmas

as Rod Wright

Christmas Angel

as Nick Anderson

Knight Rider

as Charles Graiman

The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice

as Professor Lazlo

Breach

as John O'Neill

The Dead Girl

as Leah's Father

Special Ops: Delta Force

2006

as General Preston Rossdale

8MM 2

2005

as Ambassador Harrington

Touched

as Robert Davis

Going Shopping

as Adam

Hate Crime

as Pastor Boyd

Confession

as Father Thomas Parker

The Clinic

as Martin Landrum

Kingdom Hospital

as Dr. Stegman

Evergreen

as Frank

Runaway Jury

as Durwood Cable

X-Men: Premieres Around the World

2003

as Self

5.9

Evolution X - The Making of X-Men

as Senator Kelly

Out of the Ashes

as Peter Schuman, Interrogator

ManFast

as Rupert Iris

High Crimes

as Brig. Gen. Bill Marks

6.3

Dahmer

2002

as Lionel Dahmer

5.3

Too Young to Be a Dad

2002

as Dan Freeman

7.1

L.A. Law: The Movie

2002

as Lawrence Diebenkorn

Crazy/Beautiful

as Tom Oakley

On the Edge

as (segment "The Other Side")

Summer Catch

as Rand Parrish

Off Season

as Dr. Zimmer

X-Men: The Mutant Watch

as Sen. Robert Kelly

X-Men

as Senator Kelly

The King Is Alive

as Ray

At First Sight

as Dr. Charles Aaron

A Memory in My Heart

as Chase Stewart

Locked in Silence

as Jim

Vendetta

as Thomas Semmes

Paulie

as Dr. Reingold

Apt Pupil

as Richard Bowden

Little Girl Fly Away

as Frank

Lovelife

as Bruce

Color of Justice

as Frank Gainer

The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

1997

as Yehiel Dinur (voice)

The Crucible

as Reverend Parris

Grace of My Heart

as John Murray

It's My Party

as Rodney Bingham

Widow's Kiss

as Justin Sager

Hidden in America

as Michael

After Jimmy

as Sam Stapp

The Skateboard Kid II

as Burt Squires

The Cure

as Dr. Stevens

The Baby-Sitters Club

1995

as Watson

5.4

Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog

as John McCormick

Homage

as Joseph Smith

Down, Out and Dangerous

as Brad Harrington

Someone Else's Child

as Nick Callahan

Short Cuts

as Howard Finnigan

Six Degrees of Separation

as Larkin

A Mother's Revenge

as Bill Sanders

Stephen King's Golden Tales

as Richard Hagstrom

An Ambush of Ghosts

as Bill Betts

Desperate Choices: To Save My Child

as Richard Robbins

Live! From Death Row

as Laurence Dvorak

Steel and Lace

as Albert Morton

Tales from the Darkside

as Richard Hagstrom

Stolen: One Husband

as Dr. Peter Foley

Longtime Companion

as David

Lady in a Corner

as Bill Guthrie

The Misfit Brigade

as Porta

The Ladies Club

as Richard Harrison

Spies Like Us

as Ruby

Crimes of Passion

as Donny Hopper

Lies

as Stuart Russell

William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew

as Tranio

Ghost Dancing

as Calvin Oberst

Tomorrow's Child

as Cliff Bender

Kiss My Grits

as Dolin T. Pike

Incident at Crestridge

as Clint Larsen

High Risk

as Dan

The Wave

as Ben Ross

The Lathe of Heaven

as George Orr

The Horror Show

as (archive footage)

Mind Over Murder

as Jason

The Gathering, Part II

1979

as George

2.0

Summer of My German Soldier

1978

as Anton Reiker

5.8

French Quarter

1978

as Kid Ross / Inspector Sordik

2.7

Brass Target

1978

as Col. Robert Dawson

Deadman's Curve

as Dean Torrence

Short Eyes

as Clark Davis

Grand Jury

as Bobby Allen

The Gathering

as George

Portrait of Grandpa Doc

1977

as Bruce - as a Young Man

Mother, Jugs & Speed

as Leroy

The Last Survivors

as Michael Larsen

Mame

as Patrick as an adult

The Affair

as Jamie Patterson

Peege

Ulzana's Raid

as Lt. Garnett DeBuin

The Jerusalem File

as David Armstrong

Willard

as Willard Stiles

Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me

1971

as Fitzgore

2.8

The Strawberry Statement

as Simon

Last Summer

as Dan

Game of Power

as Ballard Wright

The Roommates

as Arthur

10.0

25 Miles to Normal

as John

Don’t Look Inside

Godmother

Television (76)

The American Revolution

as (voice)

Universal Basic Guys

as (voice)

The Lincoln Lawyer

as Judge Walter Abrams

1923

as Arthur

Bosch: Legacy

as James Rafferty

Glow and Darkness

as Pope Urban III

Creepshow

2019

as Avery Whitlock

7.4

Ozark

2017

as Senator Randall Schafer

The Son

as ENDICOTT

Designated Survivor

as Ray Beckett

Blindspot

as Jean-Paul Bruyere

Kingdom

as Ron Prince

Mozart in the Jungle

as Hesby Ennis

TripTank

as Daytona Jack (voice)

Sequestered

Those Who Kill

as Howard Burgess

The Fosters

as Stewart Adams

Crossing Lines

as Tactical Leader

The Legend of Korra

as Lord Zuko (voice)

Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23

as Gabe Sharpe

Last Resort

as ARTHUR SHEPARD

Unforgettable

as Dr. Edward Wythe

Hawaii Five-0

as Steven Carver

Castle

as Lou Karnacki

Drop Dead Diva

as Judge Cyrus Maxwell

7.7

Celebrity Ghost Stories

as Self

Leverage

as Dan Blackwell

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

2008

as Dr. Peter Silberman

Childrens Hospital

as Narrator

Knight Rider

as Charles Graiman

Psych

as Walter Snowden

Criminal Minds

as Father Davison

Numb3rs

as Robert Oliver

The Closer

as Russell Clark

Ghost Whisperer

as Josh Bedford

Close to Home

as Doug Hellman

The Triangle

as Stan Lathem

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

as Peter Betts

Lost

as Douglas Brooks

Battlestar Galactica

as Dr. Michael Robert

8.2

The L Word

2004

as Leonard Kroll

7.6

Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital

as Dr. Stegman

Without a Trace

as Paul Cartwright

CSI: Miami

as Dane Daniels

Star Trek: Enterprise

as Menos

Project Greenlight

as Self

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

as Avery Tinsdale

7.6

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

as Dr. Graham Mandell

The Practice

as Scott Wallace

The Hunger

as New Lighthouse Keeper

6.0

JAG

1995

as Dr. Morris Sperling

Star Trek: Voyager

as Jareth

The Outer Limits

as Dr. 'Mac' McEnerney

Cybill

as Mark Davis

Chicago Hope

as Burt Peters

Touched by an Angel

as Jake Weiss

Harry and the Hendersons

as George Henderson

Seinfeld

as Wyck Thayer

Tales from the Crypt

as Luden Sandelton

Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

as Jimmy Donahue

thirtysomething

Designing Women

Amazing Stories

as Richard

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Betty Ames / Man

Murder, She Wrote

as David Carroll

Tales from the Darkside

as Richard Hagstrom

Hunter

as Capt. Wyler

as John Langley

Hotel

Mourning Becomes Electra

as Orin Mannon

Lou Grant

as Andrew Raines

Police Woman

The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

Police Story

The Waltons

as Bob Hill

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

Bigfoot

Director

Off Season

Director