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Bruce Davison

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 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

Short Cuts

Short Cuts

1993

The King Is Alive

The King Is Alive

2000

Crazy/Beautiful

Crazy/Beautiful

2001

The Crucible

The Crucible

1996

MegaFault

MegaFault

2009

The Misfit Brigade

The Misfit Brigade

1987

The Line

The Line

2009

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths

2010

High Crimes

High Crimes

2002

8MM 2

8MM 2

2005

The Wave

The Wave

1981

Runaway Jury

Runaway Jury

2003

Steel and Lace

Steel and Lace

1991

Apt Pupil

Apt Pupil

1998

Spies Like Us

Spies Like Us

1985

Dahmer

Dahmer

2002

Hate Crime

Hate Crime

2005

Summer Catch

Summer Catch

2001

Charlie's Gift

Charlie's Gift

2016

The Good Neighbor

The Good Neighbor

2022

The Horror Show

The Horror Show

1979

The Lathe of Heaven

The Lathe of Heaven

1980

Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog

Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog

1995

The Dead Girl

The Dead Girl

2006

Crimes of Passion

Crimes of Passion

1984

Mame

Mame

1974

Paulie

Paulie

1998

X-Men

X-Men

2000

X2

X2

2003

Ulzana's Raid

Ulzana's Raid

1972

Willard

Willard

1971

The Gathering, Part II

The Gathering, Part II

1979

The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice

The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice

2008

Last Summer

Last Summer

1969

Titanic II

Titanic II

2010

Arctic Blast

Arctic Blast

2010

Camp Hell

Camp Hell

2010

Camera

Camera

2024

High Risk

High Risk

1981

The Baby-Sitters Club

The Baby-Sitters Club

1995

Confession

Confession

2005

Out of the Ashes

Out of the Ashes

2003

Touched

Touched

2005

Christmas Angel

Christmas Angel

2009

A Golden Christmas

A Golden Christmas

2009

The Strawberry Statement

The Strawberry Statement

1970

Short Eyes

Short Eyes

1977

Influence

Influence

2020

Brass Target

Brass Target

1978

Off Season

Off Season

2001

Munger Road

Munger Road

2011

Tomorrow's Child

Tomorrow's Child

1982

Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me

Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me

1971

The Roommates

The Roommates

The Millionaire Tour

The Millionaire Tour

2012

The Lords of Salem

The Lords of Salem

2013

That Guy... Who Was in That Thing

That Guy... Who Was in That Thing

2012

Locked in Silence

Locked in Silence

1999

Ghost Dancing

Ghost Dancing

1983

X-Men: The Mutant Watch

X-Men: The Mutant Watch

2000

Live! From Death Row

Live! From Death Row

1992

Lovelife

Lovelife

1997

Return of the Killer Shrews

Return of the Killer Shrews

2012

The Gathering

The Gathering

1977

Bigfoot

Bigfoot

2012

The Skateboard Kid II

The Skateboard Kid II

1995

3 Holiday Tails

3 Holiday Tails

2011

Saving Lincoln

Saving Lincoln

2013

On the Edge

On the Edge

2001

Peege

Peege

1973

Deadman's Curve

Deadman's Curve

1978

Grand Jury

Grand Jury

1977

Knight Rider

Knight Rider

2008

Words and Pictures

Words and Pictures

2014

From the Shadows

From the Shadows

2023

A Memory in My Heart

A Memory in My Heart

1999

Beyond the Heavens

Beyond the Heavens

2013

Someone Else's Child

Someone Else's Child

1994

Grace of My Heart

Grace of My Heart

1996

Summer of My German Soldier

Summer of My German Soldier

1978

Persecuted

Persecuted

2014

The Jerusalem File

The Jerusalem File

1972

Hidden in America

Hidden in America

1996

The Affair

The Affair

1973

The Clinic

The Clinic

2004

Game of Power

Game of Power

Stealing Roses

Stealing Roses

2012

The Last Survivors

The Last Survivors

1975

Suitable Flesh

Suitable Flesh

2023

Six Degrees of Separation

Six Degrees of Separation

1993

37

37

2014

Widow's Kiss

Widow's Kiss

1996

A Mother's Revenge

A Mother's Revenge

1993

Homage

Homage

1995

Down, Out and Dangerous

Down, Out and Dangerous

1995

Lies

Lies

1983

Breach

Breach

2007

The Cure

The Cure

1995

Black Beauty

Black Beauty

2015

Yamasong: March of the Hollows

Yamasong: March of the Hollows

2017

Evergreen

Evergreen

2004

Little Girl Fly Away

Little Girl Fly Away

1998

Portrait of Grandpa Doc

Portrait of Grandpa Doc

1977

Desperate Choices: To Save My Child

Desperate Choices: To Save My Child

1992

Mind Over Murder

Mind Over Murder

1979

Condor's Nest

Condor's Nest

2023

After Jimmy

After Jimmy

1996

Mother, Jugs & Speed

Mother, Jugs & Speed

1976

Get a Job

Get a Job

2016

The Leisure Class

The Leisure Class

2015

ManFast

ManFast

2003

Stolen: One Husband

Stolen: One Husband

1990

Kingdom Hospital

Kingdom Hospital

2004

L.A. Law: The Movie

L.A. Law: The Movie

2002

French Quarter

French Quarter

1978

The Curse of Sleeping Beauty

The Curse of Sleeping Beauty

2016

Displacement

Displacement

2016

It's My Party

It's My Party

1996

A Schizophrenic Love Story

A Schizophrenic Love Story

2011

At First Sight

At First Sight

1999

Kiss My Grits

Kiss My Grits

1982

Along Came the Devil

Along Came the Devil

2018

Fishes 'n Loaves: Heaven Sent

Fishes 'n Loaves: Heaven Sent

2016

Evolution X - The Making of X-Men

Evolution X - The Making of X-Men

2003

Insidious: The Last Key

Insidious: The Last Key

2018

The Bronx Bull

The Bronx Bull

2016

The Mystery of Casa Matusita

The Mystery of Casa Matusita

2016

Last Rampage

Last Rampage

2017

Lady in a Corner

Lady in a Corner

1989

Love Locks

Love Locks

2017

Oceanus: Act One

Oceanus: Act One

2015

The Congregation

The Congregation

2011

Longtime Companion

Longtime Companion

1989

A Violent Man

A Violent Man

2019

9/11

9/11

2017

Stephen King's Golden Tales

Stephen King's Golden Tales

1993

Corbin Nash

Corbin Nash

2018

The Ladies Club

The Ladies Club

1986

God Don't Make the Laws

God Don't Make the Laws

2011

Going Shopping

Going Shopping

2005

William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew

William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew

1983

Bender

Bender

2016

Itsy Bitsy

Itsy Bitsy

2019

Coffin

Coffin

2011

Vendetta

Vendetta

1999

Too Young to Be a Dad

Too Young to Be a Dad

2002

An Ambush of Ghosts

An Ambush of Ghosts

1993

The Great Alaskan Race

The Great Alaskan Race

2019

Any Bullet Will Do

Any Bullet Will Do

2018

More Beautiful for Having Been Broken

More Beautiful for Having Been Broken

2020

Tales from the Darkside

Tales from the Darkside

1990

Color of Justice

Color of Justice

1997

Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters

Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters

2018

Abnormal Attraction

Abnormal Attraction

2018

Along Came the Devil II

Along Came the Devil II

2019

Wish Man

Wish Man

2019

A Fairy's Game

A Fairy's Game

2018

Captors

Captors

2020

Christmas at the Plaza

Christmas at the Plaza

2019

The Slider

The Slider

2017

Incident at Crestridge

Incident at Crestridge

1981

108 Stitches

108 Stitches

2014

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

2020

Await the Dawn

Await the Dawn

2020

We Still Say Grace

We Still Say Grace

2020

The Manor

The Manor

2021

The Gift of Christmas

The Gift of Christmas

2020

My True Fairytale

My True Fairytale

2021

Evil at the Door

Evil at the Door

2022

Earth's Final Hours

Earth's Final Hours

2011

The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

1997

Elwood

Elwood

2014

The Lightning Code

The Lightning Code

2025

25 Miles to Normal

25 Miles to Normal

La La Land

La La Land

2016

Don’t Look Inside

Don’t Look Inside

Special Ops: Delta Force

Special Ops: Delta Force

2006

Godmother

Godmother

X-Men: Premieres Around the World

X-Men: Premieres Around the World

2003

On The Couch

On The Couch

2004

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

1984

Seinfeld

Seinfeld

1989

Star Trek: Enterprise

Star Trek: Enterprise

2001

Castle

Castle

2009

thirtysomething

thirtysomething

1987

Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital

Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital

2004

Ghost Whisperer

Ghost Whisperer

2005

CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami

2002

Star Trek: Voyager

Star Trek: Voyager

1995

Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt

1989

Battlestar Galactica

Battlestar Galactica

2004

Cybill

Cybill

1995

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

2005

Without a Trace

Without a Trace

2002

Hotel

Hotel

1982

The L Word

The L Word

2004

V

V

1984

The Practice

The Practice

1997

Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds

2005

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

Lost

Lost

2004

Close to Home

Close to Home

2005

Hunter

Hunter

1984

Chicago Hope

Chicago Hope

1994

The Waltons

The Waltons

1972

The Triangle

The Triangle

2005

Police Woman

Police Woman

1974

Police Story

Police Story

1973

Harry and the Hendersons

Harry and the Hendersons

1991

Tales from the Darkside

Tales from the Darkside

1984

Drop Dead Diva

Drop Dead Diva

2009

Knight Rider

Knight Rider

2008

The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits

1995

Hunter

Hunter

1984

Sequestered

Sequestered

2014

Psych

Psych

2006

Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

1989

Amazing Stories

Amazing Stories

1985

The Fosters

The Fosters

2013

Kingdom

Kingdom

2014

Crossing Lines

Crossing Lines

2013

Childrens Hospital

Childrens Hospital

2008

Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23

Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23

2012

Bosch: Legacy

Bosch: Legacy

2022

Ozark

Ozark

2017

The Lincoln Lawyer

The Lincoln Lawyer

2022

Hawaii Five-0

Hawaii Five-0

2010

The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

1974

Mourning Becomes Electra

Mourning Becomes Electra

1978

TripTank

TripTank

2014

Those Who Kill

Those Who Kill

2014

Blindspot

Blindspot

2015

Unforgettable

Unforgettable

2011

The Hunger

The Hunger

1997

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

2008

Celebrity Ghost Stories

Celebrity Ghost Stories

2009

Designated Survivor

Designated Survivor

2016

1923

1923

2022

Leverage

Leverage

2008

Creepshow

Creepshow

2019

Last Resort

Last Resort

2012

The Son

The Son

2017

JAG

JAG

1995

Mozart in the Jungle

Mozart in the Jungle

2014

Numb3rs

Numb3rs

2005

Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel

1994

The Closer

The Closer

2005

Designing Women

Designing Women

1986

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

1944

Universal Basic Guys

Universal Basic Guys

2024

The Waltons

The Waltons

1972

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

1944

Lou Grant

Lou Grant

1977

The Legend of Korra

The Legend of Korra

2012

Glow and Darkness

Glow and Darkness

2021

Project Greenlight

Project Greenlight

2001

The American Revolution

The American Revolution

2025