William B. Davis

ActorDirectorEditorWriterProducer Jan 13 (age 88) Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1983–2024 (41 year career)

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Biography

William Bruce Davis (born January 13, 1938) is a Canadian actor, known for his role as The Smoking Man on The X-Files. He has also appeared in Stargate SG-1 as Damaris, a Prior of the Ori and as Mayor Tate on Smallville. Most recently he has appeared in FOX's Human Target as an aging mobster. Davis was born in Toronto, Ontario, to an attorney father and psychologist mother. In 1959, he graduated from the University of Toronto with a B.A. in philosophy. Afterwards, he went on to become a drama p…

Known For

Film

The X-Files

Writer

Film

Bad Times at the El Royale

Judge Gordon Hoffman

Film

It

Mr. Gedreau

Film

The Dead Zone

Ambulance Driver

Film

The X-Files

The Cigarette-Smoking Man

Film

Look Who's Talking

Drug Doctor

Film

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

Cigarette Smoking Man (uncredited)

Film

The Tall Man

Sheriff Chestnut

Filmography

Acting (112)

Movies (81)

Bribe, Inc.

2024

as Figaro (voice)

10.0

Better Off

2024

as Self

It's a Wonderful Knife

as Roger Evans

Phil

as Father Grant

Bad Times at the El Royale

2018

as Judge Gordon Hoffman

Game Over, Man!

as Ray - Security

The Doctor's Case

as Doctor Watson

Death Note

as Radio Host

Residue

as Lamont

Abduct

as Zane

2BR02B: To Be or Naught to Be

2016

as Granddad

The Real 'X-Files'?

2015

as Himself

8.5

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Truth Be Told

2015

as Harper

6.5

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Impossible Dream

as Harper

Focus

as Mr. Grant

The Package

as Dr. Willhelm

Stonados

as Ben

Singularity Principle

as Lawrence Cason

The Tall Man

as Sheriff Chestnut

The Mountain Runners

as Henry Engberg

Behemoth

as William Walsh

Rise of the Damned

as Doctor

Flowers for Norma

as Older Gentleman #2

Amazon Falls

2010

as Calvin

1.0

Web of Desire

2010

as Dr. Charles Friedman

Medium Raw

as Dr. Robert Parker

Damage

as Veltz

Possession

as Hypnotist

The Thaw

as Ted

Something Evil Comes

as Mr. Dutton

Passengers

as Jack

Reverse

as Chris

The Messengers

as Colby Price

Numb

as Peter Milbank

Judicial Indiscretion

2007

as Senator Garland Wolf

Dark Storm

as General Killion

Sisters

as Dr. Lucas Bryant

Goose on the Loose

as Alphonse David

Her Fatal Flaw

as Richard O'Brien

The Secret of Hidden Lake

2006

4.4

Max Rules: Adventures of a Super Spy

2005

as Rick Brinkley

6.6

Dark Pines

2005

as Shannon Fraser

Snakehead Terror

as Doc Jenkins

The Cradle Will Fall

as Alex Myerson

The Murdoch Mysteries: Except the Dying

2004

as Alderman Godfrey Shepcote

Packing Up

2004

as Jenkins

Word of Honor

2003

as Lewis Kaplan - Tyson's Boss

6.6

Saint Sinner

2002

as Father Michael

4.3

100 Days In The Jungle

2002

as Ambassador Shear

4.8

Aftermath

2002

as Deputy Director Edwards

4.5

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

2001

as Cigarette Smoking Man (uncredited)

Mindstorm

as Parish

Out of Line

as Russell

Anthrax

as Tye Crow

The Proposal

as Agent Frank Gruning

5.7

Science Of Death

2001

as Narrator

Becoming Dick

2000

as Dr. Hardwin

2.0

Perpetrators of the Crime

as Henderson

Killing Moon

as Ed

Murder Most Likely

as Detective Inspector

4.7

The X-Files

1998

as The Cigarette-Smoking Man

Inside The X-Files

as Self

Voyage of Terror

as Dr. Norman Ellisy

Unforgettable

as Doctor

More Secrets of the X-Files

1996

as Self

Circumstances Unknown

1995

as Gene Reuschel

5.0

Secrets of the X-Files

1995

as Self

Dangerous Intentions

as Group Leader

When the Vows Break

as Dr. Alexander

Not Our Son

as Police Chief

Heart of a Child

as Vern

Don't Talk to Strangers

1994

as Huddleston

4.9

Omen IV: The Awakening

1991

as Lawyer (uncredited)

The Hitman

as Dr. Atkins

Anything to Survive

as Dr Reynolds

Look Who's Talking

as Drug Doctor

Midnight Matinee

as Heath Harris

Sworn to Silence

as Peter Massio

Deadly Deception

as Lawyer

Head Office

as University Dean

The Dead Zone

as Ambulance Driver

Television (31)

Murder in a Small Town

2024

as Captain Darcy Stewart

Upload

as David Choak

50 States of Fright

as Frank

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

2018

as Methuselah

8.2

Continuum

2012

as Future Alec Sadler

Human Target

as Whitey Doyle

Caprica

as Minister Chambers

R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour

as Plumberg

Fear Itself

as Father Chris

Masters of Science Fiction

Supernatural

as College Professor

Tilt

as Father Luke

Robson Arms

Smallville

as William Tate

Broken Saints

as Benjamin Palmer (voice)

MythQuest

as Drossos

Andromeda

as Professor Logitch

First Wave

as Sagon

Stargate SG-1

as Damaris

Poltergeist: The Legacy

as Dr. Bill Nigel

The Outer Limits

as Ed

Sliders

as Prof. Myman

The X-Files

as Cancer Man

Nightmare Cafe

as Doctor

The Commish

as Mr. Gedreau

21 Jump Street

as Mr. Weidlin

Wiseguy

MacGyver

as Judge

Danger Bay

as Norris

Airwolf

as F.I.R.M. Official

Crew (13)

Movies (12)

Reverse

2008

Director

Reverse

2008

Editor

Reverse

2008

Writer

Packing Up

2004

Director

Packing Up

2004

Editor

Packing Up

2004

Executive Producer

Packing Up

2004

Writer

Exchange

Director

Exchange

Editor

Exchange

Executive Producer

Exchange

Producer

Exchange

Writer

Television (1)

The X-Files

1993

Writer

8.4