Bruce Davison
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
- 2025 · The American Revolution as (voice)
- 2025 · The Lightning Code as Nikola Tesla
- 2022 · Evil at the Door as John Doe
- 2019 · A Violent Man as Benjamin Green
- 2018 · Along Came the Devil as Reverend Michael
- 2018 · A Fairy's Game as Spindly (voice)
- 2017 · The Slider as Ispector Wiesel
- 2017 · Love Locks as Hugo Blanchet
- 2016 · The Bronx Bull as D.A. Bonomi
- 2015 · The Leisure Class as Edward
- 2015 · Black Beauty as Grandpa
- 2012 · Bigfoot as Sheriff Walt Henderson
- 2011 · Earth's Final Hours as Rothman
- 2005 · Hate Crime as Pastor Boyd
- 2004 · Kingdom Hospital as Dr. Stegman
- 2004 · The Clinic as Martin Landrum
- 2003 · Out of the Ashes as Peter Schuman, Interrogator
- 2002 · Dahmer as Lionel Dahmer
- 2001 · Off Season as Dr. Zimmer
- 2000 · The King Is Alive as Ray
- 1996 · After Jimmy as Sam Stapp
- 1996 · Widow's Kiss as Justin Sager
- 1995 · Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog as John McCormick
- 1993 · A Mother's Revenge as Bill Sanders
- 1991 · Steel and Lace as Albert Morton
- 1989 · Lady in a Corner as Bill Guthrie
- 1982 · Kiss My Grits as Dolin T. Pike
- 1981 · High Risk as Dan
- 1979 · The Horror Show as (archive footage)
- 1978 · Mourning Becomes Electra as Orin Mannon
- 1978 · Summer of My German Soldier as Anton Reiker
- 1977 · Short Eyes as Clark Davis
- 1975 · The Last Survivors as Michael Larsen
- 1973 · The Affair as Jamie Patterson
- Future · Game of Power as Ballard Wright
- 2020 · We Still Say Grace as Harold
- 2020 · Captors as Silas Visler
- 2020 · More Beautiful for Having Been Broken as Colin
- 2019 · Christmas at the Plaza as Reginald Brookwater
- 2019 · Along Came the Devil II as Reverend Michael
- 2016 · Bender as Mayor Prentiss
- 2014 · 108 Stitches as Coach Scott Deshields
- 2014 · Persecuted as Senator Donald Harrison
- 2012 · Stealing Roses as Mr. Lowell
- 2011 · 3 Holiday Tails as Rod Wright
- 2009 · Christmas Angel as Nick Anderson
- 2005 · Going Shopping as Adam
- 2003 · X2 as Senator Kelly
- 2003 · X-Men: Premieres Around the World as Self
- 2003 · Evolution X - The Making of X-Men as
- 2002 · Too Young to Be a Dad as Dan Freeman
- 2002 · L.A. Law: The Movie as Lawrence Diebenkorn
- 1999 · Vendetta as Thomas Semmes
- 1997 · Color of Justice as Frank Gainer
- 1996 · Hidden in America as Michael
- 1994 · Someone Else's Child as Nick Callahan
- 1993 · Stephen King's Golden Tales as Richard Hagstrom
- 1986 · The Ladies Club as Richard Harrison
- 1983 · Ghost Dancing as Calvin Oberst
- 1981 · The Wave as Ben Ross
- 1979 · Mind Over Murder as Jason
- 1978 · French Quarter as Kid Ross / Inspector Sordik
- 1978 · Deadman's Curve as Dean Torrence
- 1977 · The Gathering as George
- 1976 · Mother, Jugs & Speed as Leroy
- 1970 · The Strawberry Statement as Simon
- Future · Godmother as Mr. Martinson
- 2024 · Camera as Frank Flynn
- 2023 · From the Shadows as Dr. Joseph Cawl
- 2021 · My True Fairytale as Martin Goodwin
- 2020 · The Gift of Christmas as Bob Rodgers
- 2020 · Await the Dawn as David
- 2020 · Influence as Walter Klein
- 2018 · Any Bullet Will Do as Jonathan Carrington
- 2018 · Abnormal Attraction as Dr. Stanley Cole
- 2017 · Yamasong: March of the Hollows as P'Torr The Exile (voice)
- 2016 · Fishes 'n Loaves: Heaven Sent as Pastor Ezekiel
- 2016 · The Mystery of Casa Matusita as Victor
- 2016 · Displacement as Prof. Peter Deckard
- 2013 · Saving Lincoln as William H. Seward
- 2012 · That Guy... Who Was in That Thing as Self
- 2012 · The Millionaire Tour as The Roman
- 2011 · God Don't Make the Laws as Bud Kelly / Mayor
- 2011 · Munger Road as Chief Kirkhoven
- 2011 · The Congregation as Amos Christner
- 2009 · A Golden Christmas as Rod Wright
- 2005 · Touched as Robert Davis
- 2004 · Evergreen as Frank
- 2003 · ManFast as Rupert Iris
- 2000 · X-Men as Senator Kelly
- 1999 · Locked in Silence as Jim
- 1998 · Little Girl Fly Away as Frank
- 1997 · The Trial of Adolf Eichmann as Yehiel Dinur (voice)
- 1995 · Homage as Joseph Smith
- 1993 · An Ambush of Ghosts as Bill Betts
- 1992 · Desperate Choices: To Save My Child as Richard Robbins
- 1990 · Tales from the Darkside as Richard Hagstrom
- 1982 · Tomorrow's Child as Cliff Bender
- Future · Don’t Look Inside as
- Future · The Roommates as Arthur
- 2026 · 25 Miles to Normal as John
- 2024 · Universal Basic Guys as (voice)
- 2023 · Suitable Flesh as Ephraim Waite
- 2023 · Condor's Nest as Gerhardt Schrude
- 2022 · 1923 as Arthur
- 2022 · The Good Neighbor as Grant
- 2022 · The Lincoln Lawyer as Walter Abrams
- 2022 · Bosch: Legacy as James Rafferty
- 2021 · The Manor as Roland
- 2021 · Glow and Darkness as Pope Urban III
- 2020 · Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies as Self
- 2019 · Creepshow as Avery Whitlock
- 2019 · Itsy Bitsy as Walter
- 2019 · Wish Man as Frank Shankwitz Sr.
- 2019 · The Great Alaskan Race as Governor Bone
- 2018 · Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters as
- 2018 · Corbin Nash as Jack
- 2018 · Insidious: The Last Key as Christian Rainier
- 2017 · Last Rampage as Cooper
- 2017 · 9/11 as Monohan
- 2017 · Ozark as Randall Schafer
- 2017 · The Son as ENDICOTT
- 2016 · Charlie's Gift as
- 2016 · La La Land as Mia's Father (uncredited)
- 2016 · Designated Survivor as Ray Beckett
- 2016 · The Curse of Sleeping Beauty as Richard
- 2016 · Get a Job as Lawrence Wilheimer
- 2015 · Blindspot as Jean-Paul Bruyere
- 2015 · Oceanus: Act One as Commander Mitch Conrad
- 2014 · Kingdom as Ron Prince
- 2014 · 37 as Psychic
- 2014 · Sequestered as
- 2014 · Elwood as Congressman Barber
- 2014 · Words and Pictures as Walt
- 2014 · TripTank as Daytona Jack (voice)
- 2014 · Those Who Kill as Howard Burgess
- 2014 · Mozart in the Jungle as Hesby Ennis
- 2013 · Beyond the Heavens as Oliver Henry (adult)
- 2013 · Crossing Lines as Tactical Leader
- 2013 · The Fosters as Stewart Adams
- 2013 · The Lords of Salem as Francis Matthias
- 2012 · Return of the Killer Shrews as Jerry Farrell
- 2012 · Last Resort as ARTHUR SHEPARD
- 2012 · The Legend of Korra as Lord Zuko (voice)
- 2012 · Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 as Gabe Sharpe
- 2011 · Coffin as Garrison
- 2011 · Unforgettable as Edward Wythe
- 2011 · A Schizophrenic Love Story as Dr. Bob
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as Steven Carver
- 2010 · Camp Hell as Fr. Phineas McAllister
- 2010 · Titanic II as James Maine
- 2010 · Arctic Blast as Winslaw
- 2010 · Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths as President Wilson (voice)
- 2009 · MegaFault as Dr. Mark Rhodes
- 2009 · Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
- 2009 · Drop Dead Diva as Judge Cyrus Maxwell
- 2009 · The Line as Anthony
- 2009 · Castle as Lou Karnacki
- 2008 · Childrens Hospital as Narrator
- 2008 · Leverage as Dan Blackwell
- 2008 · The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice as Professor Lazlo
- 2008 · Knight Rider as Charles Graiman
- 2008 · Knight Rider as Charles Graiman
- 2008 · Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles as Dr. Peter Silberman
- 2007 · Breach as John O'Neill
- 2006 · The Dead Girl as Leah's Father
- 2006 · Special Ops: Delta Force as General Preston Rossdale
- 2006 · Psych as Walter Snowden
- 2005 · The Triangle as Stan Lathem
- 2005 · Confession as Father Thomas Parker
- 2005 · 8MM 2 as Ambassador Harrington
- 2005 · Ghost Whisperer as Josh Bedford
- 2005 · Criminal Minds as Father Davison
- 2005 · Close to Home as Doug Hellman
- 2005 · The Closer as Russell Clark
- 2005 · Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Peter Betts
- 2005 · Numb3rs as Robert Oliver
- 2004 · Battlestar Galactica as Dr. Michael Robert
- 2004 · Lost as Douglas Brooks
- 2004 · On The Couch as Daddy
- 2004 · Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital as Dr. Stegman
- 2004 · The L Word as Leonard Kroll
- 2003 · Runaway Jury as Durwood Cable
- 2002 · Without a Trace as Paul Cartwright
- 2002 · CSI: Miami as Dane Daniels
- 2002 · High Crimes as General Bill Marks
- 2001 · Project Greenlight as Self
- 2001 · Star Trek: Enterprise as Menos
- 2001 · Summer Catch as Rand Parrish
- 2001 · Crazy/Beautiful as Tom Oakley
- 2001 · On the Edge as (segment "The Other Side")
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Avery Tinsdale
- 2000 · X-Men: The Mutant Watch as Sen. Robert Kelly
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Dr. Graham Mandell
- 1999 · A Memory in My Heart as Chase Stewart
- 1999 · At First Sight as Dr. Charles Aaron
- 1998 · Apt Pupil as Richard Bowden
- 1998 · Paulie as Dr. Reingold
- 1997 · The Hunger as New Lighthouse Keeper
- 1997 · Lovelife as Bruce
- 1997 · The Practice as Scott Wallace
- 1996 · The Crucible as Reverend Parris
- 1996 · Grace of My Heart as John Murray
- 1996 · It's My Party as Rodney Bingham
- 1995 · JAG as Morris Sperling
- 1995 · Down, Out and Dangerous as Brad Harrington
- 1995 · The Baby-Sitters Club as Watson
- 1995 · The Cure as Dr. Stevens
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Dr. 'Mac' McEnerney
- 1995 · Star Trek: Voyager as Jareth
- 1995 · Cybill as Mark Davis
- 1995 · The Skateboard Kid II as Burt Squires
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Jake Weiss
- 1994 · Chicago Hope as Burt Peters
- 1993 · Six Degrees of Separation as Larkin
- 1993 · Short Cuts as Howard Finnigan
- 1992 · Live! From Death Row as Laurence Dvorak
- 1991 · Harry and the Hendersons as George Henderson
- 1990 · Stolen: One Husband as Dr. Peter Foley
- 1989 · Longtime Companion as David
- 1989 · Seinfeld as Wyck Thayer
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Luden Sandelton
- 1989 · Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story as Jimmy Donahue
- 1987 · thirtysomething as
- 1987 · The Misfit Brigade as Porta
- 1986 · Designing Women as
- 1985 · Spies Like Us as Ruby
- 1985 · Amazing Stories as Richard
- 1984 · V as John Langley
- 1984 · Crimes of Passion as Donny Hopper
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as David Carroll
- 1984 · Tales from the Darkside as Richard Hagstrom
- 1984 · Hunter as Deputy Chief Wyler
- 1984 · Hunter as Capt. Wyler
- 1983 · Lies as Stuart Russell
- 1983 · William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew as Tranio
- 1982 · Hotel as
- 1981 · Incident at Crestridge as Clint Larsen
- 1980 · The Lathe of Heaven as George Orr
- 1979 · The Gathering, Part II as George
- 1978 · Brass Target as Col. Robert Dawson
- 1977 · Portrait of Grandpa Doc as Bruce - as a Young Man
- 1977 · Lou Grant as Andrew Raines
- 1977 · Grand Jury as Bobby Allen
- 1974 · The Lives of Benjamin Franklin as
- 1974 · Police Woman as
- 1974 · Mame as Patrick as an adult
- 1973 · Peege as
- 1973 · Police Story as
- 1972 · Ulzana's Raid as Lt. Garnett DeBuin
- 1972 · The Waltons as
- 1972 · The Waltons as Bob Hill
- 1972 · The Jerusalem File as David Armstrong
- 1971 · Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me as Fitzgore
- 1971 · Willard as Willard Stiles
- 1969 · Last Summer as Dan
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee




