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