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Bruce Davison

Bruce Davison

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

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
The Lightning Code poster
The Lightning Code
2025 • Nikola Tesla
Camera poster
Camera
2024 • Frank Flynn
Suitable Flesh poster
Suitable Flesh
2023 • Ephraim Waite
From the Shadows poster
From the Shadows
2023 • Dr. Joseph Cawl
Condor's Nest poster
Condor's Nest
2023 • Gerhardt Schrude
The Good Neighbor poster
The Good Neighbor
2022 • Grant
Evil at the Door poster
Evil at the Door
2022 • John Doe
The Manor poster
The Manor
2021 • Roland
My True Fairytale poster
My True Fairytale
2021 • Martin Goodwin
We Still Say Grace poster
We Still Say Grace
2020 • Harold
The Gift of Christmas poster
The Gift of Christmas
2020 • Bob Rodgers
Captors poster
Captors
2020 • Silas Visler
Await the Dawn poster
Await the Dawn
2020 • David
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies poster
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
2020 • Self
More Beautiful for Having Been Broken poster
More Beautiful for Having Been Broken
2020 • Colin
Influence poster
Influence
2020 • Walter Klein
Christmas at the Plaza poster
Christmas at the Plaza
2019 • Reginald Brookwater
Along Came the Devil II poster
Along Came the Devil II
2019 • Reverend Michael
Itsy Bitsy poster
Itsy Bitsy
2019 • Walter
Wish Man poster
Wish Man
2019 • Frank Shankwitz Sr.
The Great Alaskan Race poster
The Great Alaskan Race
2019 • Governor Bone
A Violent Man poster
A Violent Man
2019 • Benjamin Green
Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters poster
Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters
2018
Any Bullet Will Do poster
Any Bullet Will Do
2018 • Jonathan Carrington
Along Came the Devil poster
Along Came the Devil
2018 • Reverend Michael
A Fairy's Game poster
A Fairy's Game
2018 • Spindly (voice)
Corbin Nash poster
Corbin Nash
2018 • Jack
Abnormal Attraction poster
Abnormal Attraction
2018 • Dr. Stanley Cole
Insidious: The Last Key poster
Insidious: The Last Key
2018 • Christian Rainier
The Slider poster
The Slider
2017 • Ispector Wiesel
Last Rampage poster
Last Rampage
2017 • Cooper
Yamasong: March of the Hollows poster
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
2017 • P'Torr The Exile (voice)
9/11 poster
9/11
2017 • Monohan
Love Locks poster
Love Locks
2017 • Hugo Blanchet
Charlie's Gift poster
Charlie's Gift
2016
La La Land poster
La La Land
2016 • Mia's Father (uncredited)
Bender poster
Bender
2016 • Mayor Prentiss
Fishes 'n Loaves: Heaven Sent poster
Fishes 'n Loaves: Heaven Sent
2016 • Pastor Ezekiel
The Mystery of Casa Matusita poster
The Mystery of Casa Matusita
2016 • Victor
Displacement poster
Displacement
2016 • Prof. Peter Deckard
The Bronx Bull poster
The Bronx Bull
2016 • D.A. Bonomi
The Curse of Sleeping Beauty poster
The Curse of Sleeping Beauty
2016 • Richard
Get a Job poster
Get a Job
2016 • Lawrence Wilheimer
The Leisure Class poster
The Leisure Class
2015 • Edward
Oceanus: Act One poster
Oceanus: Act One
2015 • Commander Mitch Conrad
Black Beauty poster
Black Beauty
2015 • Grandpa
108 Stitches poster
108 Stitches
2014 • Coach Scott Deshields
37 poster
37
2014 • Psychic
Elwood poster
Elwood
2014 • Congressman Barber
Words and Pictures poster
Words and Pictures
2014 • Walt
Persecuted poster
Persecuted
2014 • Senator Donald Harrison
Beyond the Heavens poster
Beyond the Heavens
2013 • Oliver Henry (adult)
The Lords of Salem poster
The Lords of Salem
2013 • Francis Matthias
Saving Lincoln poster
Saving Lincoln
2013 • William H. Seward
Return of the Killer Shrews poster
Return of the Killer Shrews
2012 • Jerry Farrell
Bigfoot poster
Bigfoot
2012 • Sheriff Walt Henderson
That Guy... Who Was in That Thing poster
That Guy... Who Was in That Thing
2012 • Self
The Millionaire Tour poster
The Millionaire Tour
2012 • The Roman
Stealing Roses poster
Stealing Roses
2012 • Mr. Lowell
God Don't Make the Laws poster
God Don't Make the Laws
2011 • Bud Kelly / Mayor
3 Holiday Tails poster
3 Holiday Tails
2011 • Rod Wright
Coffin poster
Coffin
2011 • Garrison
Munger Road poster
Munger Road
2011 • Chief Kirkhoven
A Schizophrenic Love Story poster
A Schizophrenic Love Story
2011 • Dr. Bob
Earth's Final Hours poster
Earth's Final Hours
2011 • Rothman
The Congregation poster
The Congregation
2011 • Amos Christner
Camp Hell poster
Camp Hell
2010 • Fr. Phineas McAllister
Titanic II poster
Titanic II
2010 • James Maine
Arctic Blast poster
Arctic Blast
2010 • Winslaw
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths poster
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
2010 • President Wilson (voice)
A Golden Christmas poster
A Golden Christmas
2009 • Rod Wright
Christmas Angel poster
Christmas Angel
2009 • Nick Anderson
MegaFault poster
MegaFault
2009 • Dr. Mark Rhodes
The Line poster
The Line
2009 • Anthony
The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice poster
The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice
2008 • Professor Lazlo
Knight Rider poster
Knight Rider
2008 • Charles Graiman
Breach poster
Breach
2007 • John O'Neill
The Dead Girl poster
The Dead Girl
2006 • Leah's Father
No Image
Special Ops: Delta Force
2006 • General Preston Rossdale
Confession poster
Confession
2005 • Father Thomas Parker
8MM 2 poster
8MM 2
2005 • Ambassador Harrington
Touched poster
Touched
2005 • Robert Davis
Going Shopping poster
Going Shopping
2005 • Adam
Hate Crime poster
Hate Crime
2005 • Pastor Boyd
On The Couch poster
On The Couch
2004 • Daddy
Kingdom Hospital poster
Kingdom Hospital
2004 • Dr. Stegman
No Image
The Clinic
2004 • Martin Landrum
Evergreen poster
Evergreen
2004 • Frank
X2 poster
X2
2003 • Senator Kelly
Out of the Ashes poster
Out of the Ashes
2003 • Peter Schuman, Interrogator
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men poster
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
2003
X-Men: Premieres Around the World poster
X-Men: Premieres Around the World
2003 • Self
Runaway Jury poster
Runaway Jury
2003 • Durwood Cable
ManFast poster
ManFast
2003 • Rupert Iris
Dahmer poster
Dahmer
2002 • Lionel Dahmer
Too Young to Be a Dad poster
Too Young to Be a Dad
2002 • Dan Freeman
L.A. Law: The Movie poster
L.A. Law: The Movie
2002 • Lawrence Diebenkorn
High Crimes poster
High Crimes
2002 • Brig. Gen. Bill Marks
Off Season poster
Off Season
2001 • Dr. Zimmer
Summer Catch poster
Summer Catch
2001 • Rand Parrish