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