Bruce Davison

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Known For

Acting

Born

1946-06-28

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Bruce Davison

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.

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Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds

Lost

Lost

Castle

Castle

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami

Hawaii Five-0

Hawaii Five-0

Seinfeld

Seinfeld

JAG

JAG

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Acting History

The American Revolution

The American Revolution as voice

The Lightning Code as Nikola Tesla

Universal Basic Guys as (voice)

Camera as Frank Flynn

Suitable Flesh as Ephraim Waite

From the Shadows as Dr. Joseph Cawl

Condor's Nest as Gerhardt Schrude

The Good Neighbor as Grant

The Lincoln Lawyer as Judge Walter Abrams

Bosch: Legacy as James Rafferty

Evil at the Door as John Doe

The Manor as Roland

Glow and Darkness as Pope Urban III

My True Fairytale as Martin Goodwin

We Still Say Grace as Harold

The Gift of Christmas as Bob Rodgers

Captors as Silas Visler

Await the Dawn as David

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies as Self

More Beautiful for Having Been Broken as Colin

Influence as Walter Klein

Christmas at the Plaza as Reginald Brookwater

Along Came the Devil II as Reverend Michael

Creepshow as Avery Whitlock

Itsy Bitsy as Walter

Wish Man as Frank Shankwitz Sr.

The Great Alaskan Race as Governor Bone

A Violent Man as Benjamin Green

Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters

Any Bullet Will Do as Jonathan Carrington

Along Came the Devil as Reverend Michael

A Fairy's Game as Spindly (voice)

Corbin Nash as Jack

Abnormal Attraction as Dr. Stanley Cole

Insidious: The Last Key as Christian Rainier

The Slider as Ispector Wiesel

Last Rampage as Cooper

Yamasong: March of the Hollows as P'Torr The Exile (voice)

9/11 as Monohan

Ozark as Senator Randall Schafer

The Son as ENDICOTT

Love Locks as Hugo Blanchet

La La Land as Mia's Father (uncredited)

Bender as Mayor Prentiss

Designated Survivor as Ray Beckett

Fishes 'n Loaves: Heaven Sent as Pastor Ezekiel

The Mystery of Casa Matusita as Victor

Displacement as Prof. Peter Deckard

The Bronx Bull as D.A. Bonomi

The Curse of Sleeping Beauty as Richard

Get a Job as Lawrence Wilheimer

The Leisure Class as Edward

Blindspot as Jean-Paul Bruyere

Oceanus: Act One as Commander Mitch Conrad

Black Beauty as Grandpa

Kingdom as Ron Prince

108 Stitches as Coach Scott Deshields

Elwood as Congressman Barber

Words and Pictures as Walt

Persecuted as Senator Donald Harrison

TripTank as Daytona Jack (voice)

Those Who Kill as Howard Burgess

Mozart in the Jungle as Hesby Ennis

Beyond the Heavens as Oliver Henry (adult)

Crossing Lines as Tactical Leader

The Fosters as Stewart Adams

The Lords of Salem as Francis Matthias

Saving Lincoln as William H. Seward

Return of the Killer Shrews as Jerry Farrell

Bigfoot as Sheriff Walt Henderson

That Guy... Who Was in That Thing as Self

Last Resort as ARTHUR SHEPARD

The Millionaire Tour as The Roman

Stealing Roses as Mr. Lowell

The Legend of Korra as Lord Zuko (voice)

Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 as Gabe Sharpe

God Don't Make the Laws as Bud Kelly / Mayor

3 Holiday Tails as Rod Wright

Coffin as Garrison

Munger Road as Chief Kirkhoven

Unforgettable as Dr. Edward Wythe

A Schizophrenic Love Story as Dr. Bob

Earth's Final Hours as Rothman

The Congregation as Amos Christner

Hawaii Five-0 as Steven Carver

Camp Hell as Fr. Phineas McAllister

Titanic II as James Maine

Arctic Blast as Winslaw

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths as President Wilson (voice)

A Golden Christmas as Rod Wright

Christmas Angel as Nick Anderson

MegaFault as Dr. Mark Rhodes

Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self

Drop Dead Diva as Judge Cyrus Maxwell

The Line as Anthony

Castle as Lou Karnacki

Childrens Hospital as Narrator

Leverage as Dan Blackwell

The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice as Professor Lazlo

Knight Rider as Charles Graiman

Knight Rider as Charles Graiman

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles as Dr. Peter Silberman

Breach as John O'Neill

The Dead Girl as Leah's Father

Special Ops: Delta Force as General Preston Rossdale

Psych as Walter Snowden

The Triangle as Stan Lathem

Confession as Father Thomas Parker

8MM 2 as Ambassador Harrington

Touched as Robert Davis

Going Shopping as Adam

Ghost Whisperer as Josh Bedford

Criminal Minds as Father Davison

Close to Home as Doug Hellman

The Closer as Russell Clark

Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Peter Betts

Numb3rs as Robert Oliver

Hate Crime as Pastor Boyd

Battlestar Galactica as Dr. Michael Robert

Lost as Douglas Brooks

Kingdom Hospital as Dr. Stegman

Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital as Dr. Stegman

The L Word as Leonard Kroll

The Clinic as Martin Landrum

Evergreen as Frank

X2 as Senator Kelly

Out of the Ashes as Peter Schuman, Interrogator

Evolution X - The Making of X-Men

Runaway Jury as Durwood Cable

ManFast as Rupert Iris

Without a Trace as Paul Cartwright

CSI: Miami as Dane Daniels

Dahmer as Lionel Dahmer

Too Young to Be a Dad as Dan Freeman

L.A. Law: The Movie as Lawrence Diebenkorn

High Crimes as Brig. Gen. Bill Marks

Off Season as Dr. Zimmer

Project Greenlight as Self

Star Trek: Enterprise as Menos

Summer Catch as Rand Parrish

Crazy/Beautiful as Tom Oakley

On the Edge as (segment "The Other Side")

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Avery Tinsdale

X-Men as Senator Kelly

X-Men: The Mutant Watch as Sen. Robert Kelly

The King Is Alive as Ray

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Dr. Graham Mandell

Vendetta as Thomas Semmes

A Memory in My Heart as Chase Stewart

At First Sight as Dr. Charles Aaron

Locked in Silence as Jim

Apt Pupil as Richard Bowden

Little Girl Fly Away as Frank

Paulie as Dr. Reingold

Color of Justice as Frank Gainer

The Hunger as New Lighthouse Keeper

The Trial of Adolf Eichmann as Yehiel Dinur (voice)

Lovelife as Bruce

The Practice as Scott Wallace

Hidden in America as Michael

The Crucible as Reverend Parris

After Jimmy as Sam Stapp

Grace of My Heart as John Murray

It's My Party as Rodney Bingham

Widow's Kiss as Justin Sager

JAG as Dr. Morris Sperling

Down, Out and Dangerous as Brad Harrington

The Baby-Sitters Club as Watson

Homage as Joseph Smith

The Cure as Dr. Stevens

The Outer Limits as Dr. 'Mac' McEnerney

Star Trek: Voyager as Jareth

Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog as John McCormick

Cybill as Mark Davis

The Skateboard Kid II as Burt Squires

Someone Else's Child as Nick Callahan

Touched by an Angel as Jake Weiss

Chicago Hope as Burt Peters

Six Degrees of Separation as Larkin

A Mother's Revenge as Bill Sanders

Short Cuts as Howard Finnigan

Stephen King's Golden Tales as Richard Hagstrom

An Ambush of Ghosts as Bill Betts

Desperate Choices: To Save My Child as Richard Robbins

Live! From Death Row as Laurence Dvorak

Steel and Lace as Albert Morton

Harry and the Hendersons as George Henderson

Tales from the Darkside as Richard Hagstrom

Stolen: One Husband as Dr. Peter Foley

Lady in a Corner as Bill Guthrie

Longtime Companion as David

Seinfeld as Wyck Thayer

Tales from the Crypt as Luden Sandelton

Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story as Jimmy Donahue

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The Misfit Brigade as Porta

Designing Women

The Ladies Club as Richard Harrison

Spies Like Us as Ruby

Amazing Stories as Richard

V as John Langley

Crimes of Passion as Donny Hopper

Murder, She Wrote as David Carroll

Tales from the Darkside as Richard Hagstrom

Hunter as Deputy Chief Wyler

Hunter as Capt. Wyler

Lies as Stuart Russell

Ghost Dancing as Calvin Oberst

William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew as Tranio

Kiss My Grits as Dolin T. Pike

Tomorrow's Child as Cliff Bender

Incident at Crestridge as Clint Larsen

The Wave as Ben Ross

High Risk as Dan

The Lathe of Heaven as George Orr

The Gathering, Part II as George

Mind Over Murder as Jason

The Horror Show as (archive footage)

Brass Target as Col. Robert Dawson

Mourning Becomes Electra as Orin Mannon

Summer of My German Soldier as Anton Reiker

French Quarter as Kid Ross / Inspector Sordik

Deadman's Curve as Dean Torrence

The Gathering as George

Portrait of Grandpa Doc as Bruce - as a Young Man

Short Eyes as Clark Davis

Lou Grant as Andrew Raines

Grand Jury as Bobby Allen

Mother, Jugs & Speed as Leroy

The Last Survivors as Michael Larsen

The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

Mame as Patrick as an adult

The Affair as Jamie Patterson

Ulzana's Raid as Lt. Garnett DeBuin

The Waltons as Bob Hill

The Jerusalem File as David Armstrong

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

Willard as Willard Stiles

The Strawberry Statement as Simon

Last Summer as Dan

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee

25 Miles to Normal as John

Game of Power as Ballard Wright

Don’t Look Inside

The Roommates as Arthur