Bruce Davison

Born: 1946-06-28 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

2026

Godmother as Mr. Martinson
25 Miles to Normal as John

2025

2024

Universal Basic Guys as (voice)
Camera as Frank Flynn

2023

Suitable Flesh as Ephraim Waite
Condor's Nest as Gerhardt Schrude
From the Shadows as Dr. Joseph Cawl

2022

The Lincoln Lawyer as Walter Abrams
1923 as Arthur
Bosch: Legacy as James Rafferty
The Good Neighbor as Grant
Evil at the Door as John Doe

2021

The Manor as Roland
Glow and Darkness as Pope Urban III
My True Fairytale as Martin Goodwin

2020

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies as Self
Captors as Silas Visler
Await the Dawn as David
We Still Say Grace as Harold
More Beautiful for Having Been Broken as Colin
The Gift of Christmas as Bob Rodgers
Influence as Walter Klein

2019

Creepshow as Avery Whitlock
Itsy Bitsy as Walter
The Great Alaskan Race as Governor Bone
Wish Man as Frank Shankwitz Sr.
Christmas at the Plaza as Reginald Brookwater
Along Came the Devil II as Reverend Michael
A Violent Man as Benjamin Green

2018

Insidious: The Last Key as Christian Rainier
Along Came the Devil as Reverend Michael
Any Bullet Will Do as Jonathan Carrington
Corbin Nash as Jack
Abnormal Attraction as Dr. Stanley Cole
A Fairy's Game as Spindly (voice)
Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters

2017

Ozark as Randall Schafer
The Son as ENDICOTT
9/11 as Monohan
Last Rampage as Cooper
The Slider as Ispector Wiesel
Love Locks as Hugo Blanchet
Yamasong: March of the Hollows as P'Torr The Exile (voice)

2016

Designated Survivor as Ray Beckett
La La Land as Mia's Father (uncredited)
Get a Job as Lawrence Wilheimer
The Curse of Sleeping Beauty as Richard
Bender as Mayor Prentiss
The Bronx Bull as D.A. Bonomi
Fishes 'n Loaves: Heaven Sent as Pastor Ezekiel
Displacement as Prof. Peter Deckard
Charlie's Gift

2015

Blindspot as Jean-Paul Bruyere
The Leisure Class as Edward
Black Beauty as Grandpa
Oceanus: Act One as Commander Mitch Conrad

2014

Mozart in the Jungle as Hesby Ennis
Kingdom as Ron Prince
TripTank as Daytona Jack (voice)
Words and Pictures as Walt
Those Who Kill as Howard Burgess
Sequestered
Persecuted as Senator Donald Harrison
108 Stitches as Coach Scott Deshields
37 as Psychic
Elwood as Congressman Barber

2013

The Fosters as Stewart Adams
Crossing Lines as Tactical Leader
The Lords of Salem as Francis Matthias
Saving Lincoln as William H. Seward
Beyond the Heavens as Oliver Henry (adult)

2012

The Legend of Korra as Lord Zuko (voice)
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 as Gabe Sharpe
Last Resort as ARTHUR SHEPARD
Bigfoot as Sheriff Walt Henderson
The Millionaire Tour as The Roman
That Guy... Who Was in That Thing as Self
Return of the Killer Shrews as Jerry Farrell
Stealing Roses as Mr. Lowell

2011

Unforgettable as Edward Wythe
The Congregation as Amos Christner
Earth's Final Hours as Rothman
3 Holiday Tails as Rod Wright
God Don't Make the Laws as Bud Kelly / Mayor
Munger Road as Chief Kirkhoven
Coffin as Garrison
A Schizophrenic Love Story as Dr. Bob

2010

Hawaii Five-0 as Steven Carver
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths as President Wilson (voice)
Arctic Blast as Winslaw
Titanic II as James Maine
Camp Hell as Fr. Phineas McAllister

2009

Castle as Lou Karnacki
Drop Dead Diva as Judge Cyrus Maxwell
Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
The Line as Anthony
MegaFault as Dr. Mark Rhodes
A Golden Christmas as Rod Wright
Christmas Angel as Nick Anderson

2008

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles as Dr. Peter Silberman
Childrens Hospital as Narrator
Leverage as Dan Blackwell
Knight Rider as Charles Graiman
The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice as Professor Lazlo
Knight Rider as Charles Graiman

2007

Breach as John O'Neill

2006

Psych as Walter Snowden
The Dead Girl as Leah's Father
Special Ops: Delta Force as General Preston Rossdale

2005

Criminal Minds as Father Davison
The Closer as Russell Clark
Ghost Whisperer as Josh Bedford
Numb3rs as Robert Oliver
Close to Home as Doug Hellman
Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Peter Betts
The Triangle as Stan Lathem
8MM 2 as Ambassador Harrington
Touched as Robert Davis
Hate Crime as Pastor Boyd
Confession as Father Thomas Parker
Going Shopping as Adam

2004

Lost as Douglas Brooks
Battlestar Galactica as Dr. Michael Robert
The L Word as Leonard Kroll
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital as Dr. Stegman
Kingdom Hospital as Dr. Stegman
The Clinic as Martin Landrum
On The Couch as Daddy
Evergreen as Frank

2003

Runaway Jury as Durwood Cable
Out of the Ashes as Peter Schuman, Interrogator
X-Men: Premieres Around the World as Self
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
X2 as Senator Kelly
ManFast as Rupert Iris

2002

CSI: Miami as Dane Daniels
Without a Trace as Paul Cartwright
High Crimes as General Bill Marks
Dahmer as Lionel Dahmer
L.A. Law: The Movie as Lawrence Diebenkorn
Too Young to Be a Dad as Dan Freeman

2001

Star Trek: Enterprise as Menos
Project Greenlight as Self
Crazy/Beautiful as Tom Oakley
Summer Catch as Rand Parrish
On the Edge as (segment "The Other Side")
Off Season as Dr. Zimmer

2000

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Avery Tinsdale
X-Men: The Mutant Watch as Sen. Robert Kelly
X-Men as Senator Kelly
The King Is Alive as Ray

1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Dr. Graham Mandell
At First Sight as Dr. Charles Aaron
Vendetta as Thomas Semmes
Locked in Silence as Jim
A Memory in My Heart as Chase Stewart

1998

Paulie as Dr. Reingold
Apt Pupil as Richard Bowden
Little Girl Fly Away as Frank

1997

The Practice as Scott Wallace
The Hunger as New Lighthouse Keeper
LoveLife as Bruce
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann as Yehiel Dinur (voice)
Color of Justice as Frank Gainer

1996

The Crucible as Reverend Parris
It's My Party as Rodney Bingham
Grace of My Heart as John Murray
Hidden in America as Michael
Widow's Kiss as Justin Sager
After Jimmy as Sam Stapp

1995

JAG as Morris Sperling
Star Trek: Voyager as Jareth
The Outer Limits as Dr. 'Mac' McEnerney
Cybill as Mark Davis
The Cure as Dr. Stevens
The Baby-Sitters Club as Watson
Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog as John McCormick
Homage as Joseph Smith
Down, Out and Dangerous as Brad Harrington
The Skateboard Kid II as Burt Squires

1994

Chicago Hope as Burt Peters
Touched by an Angel as Jake Weiss
Someone Else's Child as Nick Callahan

1993

Short Cuts as Howard Finnigan
Six Degrees of Separation as Larkin
Stephen King's Golden Tales as Richard Hagstrom
A Mother's Revenge as Bill Sanders
An Ambush of Ghosts as Bill Betts

1992

Desperate Choices: To Save My Child as Richard Robbins
Live! From Death Row as Laurence Dvorak

1991

Harry and the Hendersons as George Henderson
Steel and Lace as Albert Morton

1990

Tales from the Darkside as Richard Hagstrom
Stolen: One Husband as Dr. Peter Foley

1984

Murder, She Wrote as David Carroll
Hunter as Wyler
Tales from the Darkside as Richard Hagstrom
V as John Langley
Crimes of Passion as Donny Hopper

1983

Ghost Dancing as Calvin Oberst
William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew as Tranio
Lies as Stuart Russell

1982

American Playhouse as David
Hotel
Kiss My Grits as Dolin T. Pike
Tomorrow's Child as Cliff Bender

1981

High Risk as Dan
Incident at Crestridge as Clint Larsen
The Wave as Ben Ross

1980

The Lathe of Heaven as George Orr

1979

The Horror Show as (archive footage)
Mind Over Murder as Jason
The Gathering, Part II as George

1978

Mourning Becomes Electra as Orin Mannon
Brass Target as Col. Robert Dawson
Summer of My German Soldier as Anton Reiker
Deadman's Curve as Dean Torrence
French Quarter as Kid Ross / Inspector Sordik

1977

Lou Grant as Andrew Raines
Short Eyes as Clark Davis
The Gathering as George
Grand Jury as Bobby Allen
Portrait of Grandpa Doc as Bruce - as a Young Man

1976

Mother, Jugs & Speed as Leroy

1975

The Last Survivors as Michael Larsen

1974

1973

Police Story
The Affair as Jamie Patterson
Peege

1972

The Waltons
Ulzana's Raid as Lt. Garnett DeBuin
The Jerusalem File as David Armstrong

1971

Willard as Willard Stiles
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me as Fitzgore

1970

The Strawberry Statement as Simon

1969

Last Summer as Dan

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter