Loading amazing content...
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 28, 1946
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
- Bruce Davidson
- 브루스 데이비슨
- 布鲁斯·戴维森
- بروس دیویسن
Bruce Davison
2.2 Popularity
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 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
5.0
The American Revolution
2025
5.0
voice
The American Revolution
2025
6.0
Nikola Tesla
The Lightning Code
2025
5.0
(voice)
Universal Basic Guys
2024
6.2
Frank Flynn
Camera
2024
5.3
Ephraim Waite
Suitable Flesh
2023
5.6
Dr. Joseph Cawl
From the Shadows
2023
5.3
Gerhardt Schrude
Condor's Nest
2023
8.2
Arthur
1923
2022
6.5
Grant
The Good Neighbor
2022
Credits
The American Revolution
2025
5.0
The American Revolution
as voice
2025
5.0
The Lightning Code
as Nikola Tesla
2025
6.0
Universal Basic Guys
as (voice)
2024
5.0
Camera
as Frank Flynn
2024
6.2
Suitable Flesh
as Ephraim Waite
2023
5.3
From the Shadows
as Dr. Joseph Cawl
2023
5.6
Condor's Nest
as Gerhardt Schrude
2023
5.3
1923
as Arthur
2022
8.2
The Good Neighbor
as Grant
2022
6.5
The Lincoln Lawyer
as Judge Walter Abrams
2022
7.6
Bosch: Legacy
as James Rafferty
2022
8.0
Evil at the Door
as John Doe
2022
3.8
The Manor
as Roland
2021
5.5
🎬
Glow and Darkness
as Pope Urban III
2021
0.0
My True Fairytale
as Martin Goodwin
2021
5.8
We Still Say Grace
as Harold
2020
5.6
The Gift of Christmas
as Bob Rodgers
2020
4.9
Captors
as Silas Visler
2020
4.3
Await the Dawn
as David
2020
4.1
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
as Self
2020
6.5
More Beautiful for Having Been Broken
as Colin
2020
6.6
Influence
as Walter Klein
2020
4.2
Christmas at the Plaza
as Reginald Brookwater
2019
6.4
Along Came the Devil II
as Reverend Michael
2019
5.7
Creepshow
as Avery Whitlock
2019
7.5
Itsy Bitsy
as Walter
2019
5.1
Wish Man
as Frank Shankwitz Sr.
2019
6.8
The Great Alaskan Race
as Governor Bone
2019
5.8
A Violent Man
as Benjamin Green
2019
4.8
Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters
2018
2.0
Any Bullet Will Do
as Jonathan Carrington
2018
4.6
Along Came the Devil
as Reverend Michael
2018
5.6
A Fairy's Game
as Spindly (voice)
2018
6.0
Corbin Nash
as Jack
2018
4.5
Abnormal Attraction
as Dr. Stanley Cole
2018
4.4
Insidious: The Last Key
as Christian Rainier
2018
6.3
The Slider
as Ispector Wiesel
2017
4.0
Last Rampage
as Cooper
2017
5.4
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
as P'Torr The Exile (voice)
2017
3.5
9/11
as Monohan
2017
5.1
Ozark
as Senator Randall Schafer
2017
8.2
The Son
as ENDICOTT
2017
6.7
Love Locks
as Hugo Blanchet
2017
5.7
Charlie's Gift
2016
2.0
La La Land
as Mia's Father (uncredited)
2016
7.9
Bender
as Mayor Prentiss
2016
4.2
Designated Survivor
as Ray Beckett
2016
7.1
Fishes 'n Loaves: Heaven Sent
as Pastor Ezekiel
2016
6.4
The Mystery of Casa Matusita
as Victor
2016
3.5
Displacement
as Prof. Peter Deckard
2016
5.0
The Bronx Bull
as D.A. Bonomi
2016
4.4
The Curse of Sleeping Beauty
as Richard
2016
5.2
Get a Job
as Lawrence Wilheimer
2016
5.3
The Leisure Class
as Edward
2015
3.8
Blindspot
as Jean-Paul Bruyere
2015
7.4
Oceanus: Act One
as Commander Mitch Conrad
2015
6.3
Black Beauty
as Grandpa
2015
6.7
Kingdom
as Ron Prince
2014
6.9
108 Stitches
as Coach Scott Deshields
2014
2.7
37
as Psychic
2014
4.9
Sequestered
2014
6.2
Elwood
as Congressman Barber
2014
1.5
Words and Pictures
as Walt
2014
6.4
Persecuted
as Senator Donald Harrison
2014
4.3
TripTank
as Daytona Jack (voice)
2014
5.2
Those Who Kill
as Howard Burgess
2014
6.1
Mozart in the Jungle
as Hesby Ennis
2014
7.5
Beyond the Heavens
as Oliver Henry (adult)
2013
5.3
Crossing Lines
as Tactical Leader
2013
6.7
The Fosters
as Stewart Adams
2013
7.5
The Lords of Salem
as Francis Matthias
2013
5.4
Saving Lincoln
as William H. Seward
2013
4.7
Return of the Killer Shrews
as Jerry Farrell
2012
5.3
Bigfoot
as Sheriff Walt Henderson
2012
3.0
That Guy... Who Was in That Thing
as Self
2012
6.4
Last Resort
as ARTHUR SHEPARD
2012
6.7
The Millionaire Tour
as The Roman
2012
6.3
Stealing Roses
as Mr. Lowell
2012
3.0
The Legend of Korra
as Lord Zuko (voice)
2012
8.2
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
as Gabe Sharpe
2012
6.7
God Don't Make the Laws
as Bud Kelly / Mayor
2011
4.8
3 Holiday Tails
as Rod Wright
2011
5.2
Coffin
as Garrison
2011
4.1
Munger Road
as Chief Kirkhoven
2011
4.3
Unforgettable
as Dr. Edward Wythe
2011
7.2
A Schizophrenic Love Story
as Dr. Bob
2011
2.0
Earth's Final Hours
as Rothman
2011
4.3
The Congregation
as Amos Christner
2011
2.0
Hawaii Five-0
as Steven Carver
2010
7.8
Camp Hell
as Fr. Phineas McAllister
2010
3.7
Titanic II
as James Maine
2010
4.9
Arctic Blast
as Winslaw
2010
5.7
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
as President Wilson (voice)
2010
7.3
A Golden Christmas
as Rod Wright
2009
5.1
Christmas Angel
as Nick Anderson
2009
7.1
MegaFault
as Dr. Mark Rhodes
2009
5.3
Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self
2009
7.3
Drop Dead Diva
as Judge Cyrus Maxwell
2009
7.7
The Line
as Anthony
2009
4.8
Castle
as Lou Karnacki
2009
8.0
Childrens Hospital
as Narrator
2008
7.1
Leverage
as Dan Blackwell
2008
7.6
The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice
as Professor Lazlo
2008
6.3
Knight Rider
as Charles Graiman
2008
7.5
Knight Rider
as Charles Graiman
2008
6.3
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
as Dr. Peter Silberman
2008
7.5
Breach
as John O'Neill
2007
6.6
The Dead Girl
as Leah's Father
2006
6.0
🎬
Special Ops: Delta Force
as General Preston Rossdale
2006
0.0
Psych
as Walter Snowden
2006
7.9
The Triangle
as Stan Lathem
2005
6.2
Confession
as Father Thomas Parker
2005
4.7
8MM 2
as Ambassador Harrington
2005
4.8
Touched
as Robert Davis
2005
6.3
Going Shopping
as Adam
2005
3.7
Ghost Whisperer
as Josh Bedford
2005
8.1
Criminal Minds
as Father Davison
2005
8.3
Close to Home
as Doug Hellman
2005
5.9
The Closer
as Russell Clark
2005
7.9
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Peter Betts
2005
8.1
Numb3rs
as Robert Oliver
2005
7.0
Hate Crime
as Pastor Boyd
2005
5.6
Battlestar Galactica
as Dr. Michael Robert
2004
8.2
Lost
as Douglas Brooks
2004
7.9
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
as Dr. Stegman
2004
7.0
Kingdom Hospital
as Dr. Stegman
2004
6.4
The L Word
as Leonard Kroll
2004
7.6
🎬
The Clinic
as Martin Landrum
2004
3.8
Evergreen
as Frank
2004
3.3
X2
as Senator Kelly
2003
7.0
Out of the Ashes
as Peter Schuman, Interrogator
2003
6.1
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
2003
4.5
Runaway Jury
as Durwood Cable
2003
6.9
ManFast
as Rupert Iris
2003
3.7
Without a Trace
as Paul Cartwright
2002
7.2
CSI: Miami
as Dane Daniels
2002
7.7
Dahmer
as Lionel Dahmer
2002
5.3
Too Young to Be a Dad
as Dan Freeman
2002
7.1
L.A. Law: The Movie
as Lawrence Diebenkorn
2002
7.2
High Crimes
as Brig. Gen. Bill Marks
2002
6.3
Off Season
as Dr. Zimmer
2001
3.2
Project Greenlight
as Self
2001
5.6
Star Trek: Enterprise
as Menos
2001
7.5
Summer Catch
as Rand Parrish
2001
5.4
Crazy/Beautiful
as Tom Oakley
2001
6.6
On the Edge
as (segment "The Other Side")
2001
5.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Avery Tinsdale
2000
7.6
X-Men
as Senator Kelly
2000
7.0
X-Men: The Mutant Watch
as Sen. Robert Kelly
2000
7.0
The King Is Alive
as Ray
2000
5.6
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Dr. Graham Mandell
1999
7.9
Vendetta
as Thomas Semmes
1999
5.8
A Memory in My Heart
as Chase Stewart
1999
5.6
At First Sight
as Dr. Charles Aaron
1999
6.0
Locked in Silence
as Jim
1999
5.7
Apt Pupil
as Richard Bowden
1998
6.5
Little Girl Fly Away
as Frank
1998
6.0
Paulie
as Dr. Reingold
1998
6.9
Color of Justice
as Frank Gainer
1997
4.8
The Hunger
as New Lighthouse Keeper
1997
5.9
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
as Yehiel Dinur (voice)
1997
5.8
Lovelife
as Bruce
1997
4.8
The Practice
as Scott Wallace
1997
7.6
Hidden in America
as Michael
1996
5.1
The Crucible
as Reverend Parris
1996
6.6
🎬
After Jimmy
as Sam Stapp
1996
3.5
Grace of My Heart
as John Murray
1996
6.0
It's My Party
as Rodney Bingham
1996
6.1
Widow's Kiss
as Justin Sager
1996
4.1
JAG
as Dr. Morris Sperling
1995
7.3
Down, Out and Dangerous
as Brad Harrington
1995
5.6
The Baby-Sitters Club
as Watson
1995
5.4
Homage
as Joseph Smith
1995
4.3
The Cure
as Dr. Stevens
1995
7.9
The Outer Limits
as Dr. 'Mac' McEnerney
1995
7.7
Star Trek: Voyager
as Jareth
1995
7.8
Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
as John McCormick
1995
6.2
Cybill
as Mark Davis
1995
5.8
The Skateboard Kid II
as Burt Squires
1995
2.4
🎬
Someone Else's Child
as Nick Callahan
1994
2.0
Touched by an Angel
as Jake Weiss
1994
7.2
Chicago Hope
as Burt Peters
1994
7.2
Six Degrees of Separation
as Larkin
1993
6.4
A Mother's Revenge
as Bill Sanders
1993
4.3
Short Cuts
as Howard Finnigan
1993
7.2
Stephen King's Golden Tales
as Richard Hagstrom
1993
4.2
An Ambush of Ghosts
as Bill Betts
1993
3.0
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child
as Richard Robbins
1992
3.9
Live! From Death Row
as Laurence Dvorak
1992
6.9
Steel and Lace
as Albert Morton
1991
4.8
Harry and the Hendersons
as George Henderson
1991
5.8
Tales from the Darkside
as Richard Hagstrom
1990
6.0
Stolen: One Husband
as Dr. Peter Foley
1990
2.7
Lady in a Corner
as Bill Guthrie
1989
4.5
Longtime Companion
as David
1989
6.7
Seinfeld
as Wyck Thayer
1989
8.3
Tales from the Crypt
as Luden Sandelton
1989
8.0
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
as Jimmy Donahue
1989
4.5
thirtysomething
1987
6.1
The Misfit Brigade
as Porta
1987
5.7
Designing Women
1986
6.8
The Ladies Club
as Richard Harrison
1986
5.2
Spies Like Us
as Ruby
1985
6.2
Amazing Stories
as Richard
1985
7.4
V
as John Langley
1984
7.0
Crimes of Passion
as Donny Hopper
1984
6.3
Murder, She Wrote
as David Carroll
1984
7.5
Tales from the Darkside
as Richard Hagstrom
1984
7.2
Hunter
as Deputy Chief Wyler
1984
7.1
Hunter
as Capt. Wyler
1984
7.1
Lies
as Stuart Russell
1983
4.6
🎬
Ghost Dancing
as Calvin Oberst
1983
2.0
William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew
as Tranio
1983
3.0
Hotel
1982
6.8
Kiss My Grits
as Dolin T. Pike
1982
4.0
Tomorrow's Child
as Cliff Bender
1982
2.0
Incident at Crestridge
as Clint Larsen
1981
4.7
The Wave
as Ben Ross
1981
6.9
High Risk
as Dan
1981
5.8
The Lathe of Heaven
as George Orr
1980
6.7
The Gathering, Part II
as George
1979
2.0
Mind Over Murder
as Jason
1979
6.0
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
1979
3.8
Brass Target
as Col. Robert Dawson
1978
5.4
Mourning Becomes Electra
as Orin Mannon
1978
3.3
Summer of My German Soldier
as Anton Reiker
1978
5.8
French Quarter
as Kid Ross / Inspector Sordik
1978
2.7
Deadman's Curve
as Dean Torrence
1978
5.2
The Gathering
as George
1977
3.7
🎬
Portrait of Grandpa Doc
as Bruce - as a Young Man
1977
2.0
Short Eyes
as Clark Davis
1977
6.7
Lou Grant
as Andrew Raines
1977
7.3
🎬
Grand Jury
as Bobby Allen
1977
2.0
Mother, Jugs & Speed
as Leroy
1976
5.4
The Last Survivors
as Michael Larsen
1975
4.7
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
1974
0.0
Police Woman
1974
6.2
Mame
as Patrick as an adult
1974
6.0
The Affair
as Jamie Patterson
1973
3.2
Peege
1973
5.6
Police Story
1973
6.9
Ulzana's Raid
as Lt. Garnett DeBuin
1972
6.9
The Waltons
1972
7.2
The Waltons
as Bob Hill
1972
7.2
The Jerusalem File
as David Armstrong
1972
3.5
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
as Fitzgore
1971
2.8
Willard
as Willard Stiles
1971
6.1
The Strawberry Statement
as Simon
1970
6.0
Last Summer
as Dan
1969
6.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2
🎬
Game of Power
as Ballard Wright
N/A
0.0
25 Miles to Normal
as John
N/A
0.0
The Roommates
as Arthur
N/A
10.0
🎬
Don’t Look Inside
N/A
0.0
Godmother
N/A
0.0