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)
- 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 Judge Walter Abrams
- 2022 · Bosch: Legacy as James Rafferty
- 2021 · The Manor as Roland
- 2021 · Glow and Darkness as Pope Urban III
- 2020 · Captors as Silas Visler
- 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 · Along Came the Devil as Reverend Michael
- 2018 · Abnormal Attraction as Dr. Stanley Cole
- 2018 · Insidious: The Last Key as Christian Rainier
- 2017 · The Slider as Ispector Wiesel
- 2017 · Last Rampage as Cooper
- 2017 · 9/11 as Monohan
- 2017 · Ozark as Senator Randall Schafer
- 2017 · The Son as ENDICOTT
- 2016 · La La Land as Mia's Father (uncredited)
- 2016 · Bender as Mayor Prentiss
- 2016 · Designated Survivor as Ray Beckett
- 2016 · The Bronx Bull as D.A. Bonomi
- 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 · 108 Stitches as Coach Scott Deshields
- 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 · Crossing Lines as Tactical Leader
- 2013 · The Fosters as Stewart Adams
- 2013 · The Lords of Salem as Francis Matthias
- 2012 · Bigfoot as Sheriff Walt Henderson
- 2012 · Last Resort as ARTHUR SHEPARD
- 2012 · Stealing Roses as Mr. Lowell
- 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 Dr. Edward Wythe
- 2011 · Earth's Final Hours as Rothman
- 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 · A Golden Christmas as Rod Wright
- 2009 · Christmas Angel as Nick Anderson
- 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 · 8MM 2 as Ambassador Harrington
- 2005 · Going Shopping as Adam
- 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
- 2005 · Hate Crime as Pastor Boyd
- 2004 · Battlestar Galactica as Dr. Michael Robert
- 2004 · Lost as Douglas Brooks
- 2004 · Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital as Dr. Stegman
- 2004 · The L Word as Leonard Kroll
- 2003 · X2 as Senator Kelly
- 2003 · Out of the Ashes as Peter Schuman, Interrogator
- 2003 · Evolution X - The Making of X-Men as
- 2003 · Runaway Jury as Durwood Cable
- 2003 · ManFast as Rupert Iris
- 2002 · Without a Trace as Paul Cartwright
- 2002 · CSI: Miami as Dane Daniels
- 2002 · Dahmer as Lionel Dahmer
- 2002 · High Crimes as Brig. Gen. Bill Marks
- 2001 · Off Season as Dr. Zimmer
- 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 as Senator Kelly
- 2000 · X-Men: The Mutant Watch as Sen. Robert Kelly
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Dr. Graham Mandell
- 1999 · Vendetta as Thomas Semmes
- 1999 · At First Sight as Dr. Charles Aaron
- 1999 · Locked in Silence as Jim
- 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 · Hidden in America as Michael
- 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 Dr. Morris Sperling
- 1995 · The Baby-Sitters Club as Watson
- 1995 · Homage as Joseph Smith
- 1995 · The Cure as Dr. Stevens
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Dr. 'Mac' McEnerney
- 1995 · Star Trek: Voyager as Jareth
- 1995 · Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog as John McCormick
- 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 · Desperate Choices: To Save My Child as Richard Robbins
- 1991 · Steel and Lace as Albert Morton
- 1991 · Harry and the Hendersons as George Henderson
- 1990 · Stolen: One Husband as Dr. Peter Foley
- 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
- 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
- 1982 · Hotel as
- 1981 · High Risk as Dan
- 1979 · The Horror Show as (archive footage)
- 1978 · Mourning Becomes Electra as Orin Mannon
- Future · Game of Power as Ballard Wright
- 2025 · The Lightning Code as Nikola Tesla
- 2024 · Camera as Frank Flynn
- 2023 · From the Shadows as Dr. Joseph Cawl
- 2021 · My True Fairytale as Martin Goodwin
- 2020 · We Still Say Grace as Harold
- 2020 · Await the Dawn as David
- 2020 · Influence as Walter Klein
- 2019 · Along Came the Devil II as Reverend Michael
- 2018 · Any Bullet Will Do as Jonathan Carrington
- 2018 · Corbin Nash as Jack
- 2014 · 37 as Psychic
- 2012 · Return of the Killer Shrews as Jerry Farrell
- 2012 · The Millionaire Tour as The Roman
- 2005 · Confession as Father Thomas Parker
- 2005 · Touched as Robert Davis
- 2004 · The Clinic as Martin Landrum
- 2003 · X-Men: Premieres Around the World as Self
- 2002 · L.A. Law: The Movie as Lawrence Diebenkorn
- 1997 · Color of Justice as Frank Gainer
- 1996 · After Jimmy as Sam Stapp
- 1995 · Down, Out and Dangerous as Brad Harrington
- 1993 · A Mother's Revenge as Bill Sanders
- 1993 · An Ambush of Ghosts as Bill Betts
- 1990 · Tales from the Darkside as Richard Hagstrom
- 1989 · Longtime Companion as David
- 1983 · Ghost Dancing as Calvin Oberst
- 1983 · William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew as Tranio
- 1981 · The Wave as Ben Ross
- 1978 · Brass Target as Col. Robert Dawson
- 1978 · Summer of My German Soldier as Anton Reiker
- 1978 · French Quarter as Kid Ross / Inspector Sordik
- 1977 · The Gathering as George
- 1977 · Short Eyes as Clark Davis
- 1973 · Peege as
- Future · The Roommates as Arthur
- 1975 · The Last Survivors as Michael Larsen
- Future · 25 Miles to Normal as John
- 2022 · Evil at the Door as John Doe
- 2020 · The Gift of Christmas as Bob Rodgers
- 2020 · More Beautiful for Having Been Broken as Colin
- 2019 · Christmas at the Plaza as Reginald Brookwater
- 2019 · A Violent Man as Benjamin Green
- 2018 · Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters as
- 2018 · A Fairy's Game as Spindly (voice)
- 2017 · Yamasong: March of the Hollows as P'Torr The Exile (voice)
- 2017 · Love Locks as Hugo Blanchet
- 2016 · Charlie's Gift as
- 2016 · Fishes 'n Loaves: Heaven Sent as Pastor Ezekiel
- 2016 · The Mystery of Casa Matusita as Victor
- 2016 · Displacement as Prof. Peter Deckard
- 2015 · The Leisure Class as Edward
- 2015 · Black Beauty as Grandpa
- 2014 · Persecuted as Senator Donald Harrison
- 2013 · Beyond the Heavens as Oliver Henry (adult)
- 2013 · Saving Lincoln as William H. Seward
- 2012 · That Guy... Who Was in That Thing as Self
- 2011 · God Don't Make the Laws as Bud Kelly / Mayor
- 2011 · 3 Holiday Tails as Rod Wright
- 2011 · Munger Road as Chief Kirkhoven
- 2011 · A Schizophrenic Love Story as Dr. Bob
- 2011 · The Congregation as Amos Christner
- 2004 · On The Couch as Daddy
- 2004 · Kingdom Hospital as Dr. Stegman
- 2004 · Evergreen as Frank
- 2002 · Too Young to Be a Dad as Dan Freeman
- 2000 · The King Is Alive as Ray
- 1999 · A Memory in My Heart as Chase Stewart
- 1998 · Little Girl Fly Away as Frank
- 1997 · The Trial of Adolf Eichmann as Yehiel Dinur (voice)
- 1996 · Widow's Kiss as Justin Sager
- 1994 · Someone Else's Child as Nick Callahan
- 1993 · Stephen King's Golden Tales as Richard Hagstrom
- 1992 · Live! From Death Row as Laurence Dvorak
- 1989 · Lady in a Corner as Bill Guthrie
- 1987 · The Misfit Brigade as Porta
- 1986 · The Ladies Club as Richard Harrison
- 1983 · Lies as Stuart Russell
- 1982 · Kiss My Grits as Dolin T. Pike
- 1982 · Tomorrow's Child as Cliff Bender
- 1981 · Incident at Crestridge as Clint Larsen
- 1980 · The Lathe of Heaven as George Orr
- 1979 · The Gathering, Part II as George
- 1979 · Mind Over Murder as Jason
- 1978 · Deadman's Curve as Dean Torrence
- 1977 · Portrait of Grandpa Doc as Bruce - as a Young Man
- 1977 · Lou Grant as Andrew Raines
- 1977 · Grand Jury as Bobby Allen
- 1976 · Mother, Jugs & Speed as Leroy
- 1974 · The Lives of Benjamin Franklin as
- 1974 · Police Woman as
- 1974 · Mame as Patrick as an adult
- 1973 · The Affair as Jamie Patterson
- 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
- 1970 · The Strawberry Statement as Simon
- 1969 · Last Summer as Dan
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · Don’t Look Inside as
- Future · Godmother as




