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

• 202625 Miles to Normal — John
• 2026Godmother — Mr. Martinson
• 2025Out of the Woods
• The American Revolution — (voice)
• 2025The Lightning Code — Nikola Tesla
• 2024Camera — Frank Flynn
• Universal Basic Guys — (voice)
• 2023Condor's Nest — Gerhardt Schrude
• 2023From the Shadows — Dr. Joseph Cawl
• 2023Suitable Flesh — Ephraim Waite
• 1923 — Arthur
• Bosch: Legacy — James Rafferty
• 2022Evil at the Door — John Doe
• 2022The Good Neighbor — Grant
• The Lincoln Lawyer — Walter Abrams
• Glow and Darkness — Pope Urban III
• 2021My True Fairytale — Martin Goodwin
• 2021The Manor — Roland
• 2020Await the Dawn — David
• 2020Captors — Silas Visler
• 2020Influence — Walter Klein
• 2020More Beautiful for Having Been Broken — Colin
• 2020The Gift of Christmas — Bob Rodgers
• 2020We Still Say Grace — Harold
• 2019A Violent Man — Benjamin Green
• 2019Along Came the Devil II — Reverend Michael
• 2019Christmas at the Plaza — Reginald Brookwater
• Creepshow — Avery Whitlock
• 2019Itsy Bitsy — Walter
• 2019The Great Alaskan Race — Governor Bone
• 2019Wish Man — Frank Shankwitz Sr.
• 2018A Fairy's Game — Spindly (voice)
• 2018Abnormal Attraction — Dr. Stanley Cole
• 2018Along Came the Devil — Reverend Michael
• 2018Any Bullet Will Do — Jonathan Carrington
• 2018Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters
• 2018Corbin Nash — Jack
• 2018Insidious: The Last Key — Christian Rainier
• 20179/11 — Monohan
• 2017Last Rampage — Cooper
• 2017Love Locks — Hugo Blanchet
• Ozark — Randall Schafer
• 2017The Slider — Ispector Wiesel
• The Son — ENDICOTT
• 2017Yamasong: March of the Hollows — P'Torr The Exile (voice)
• 2016Bender — Mayor Prentiss
• 2016Charlie's Gift
• Designated Survivor — Ray Beckett
• 2016Displacement — Prof. Peter Deckard
• 2016Fishes 'n Loaves: Heaven Sent — Pastor Ezekiel
• 2016Get a Job — Lawrence Wilheimer
• 2016La La Land — Mia's Father (uncredited)
• 2016The Bronx Bull — D.A. Bonomi
• 2016The Curse of Sleeping Beauty — Richard
• 2015Black Beauty — Grandpa
• Blindspot — Jean-Paul Bruyere
• 2015Oceanus: Act One — Commander Mitch Conrad
• 2015The Leisure Class — Edward
• 2014108 Stitches — Coach Scott Deshields
• 201437 — Psychic
• 2014Elwood — Congressman Barber
• Kingdom — Ron Prince
• Mozart in the Jungle — Hesby Ennis
• 2014Persecuted — Senator Donald Harrison
• Sequestered
• Those Who Kill — Howard Burgess
• TripTank — Daytona Jack (voice)
• 2014Words and Pictures — Walt
• 2013Beyond the Heavens — Oliver Henry (adult)
• Crossing Lines — Tactical Leader
• 2013Saving Lincoln — William H. Seward
• The Fosters — Stewart Adams
• 2013The Lords of Salem — Francis Matthias
• 2012Bigfoot — Sheriff Walt Henderson, Director
• Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 — Gabe Sharpe
• Last Resort — ARTHUR SHEPARD
• 2012Return of the Killer Shrews — Jerry Farrell
• 2012Stealing Roses — Mr. Lowell
• The Legend of Korra — Lord Zuko (voice)
• 2012The Millionaire Tour — The Roman
• 20113 Holiday Tails — Rod Wright
• 2011A Schizophrenic Love Story — Dr. Bob
• 2011Coffin — Garrison
• 2011Earth's Final Hours — Rothman
• 2011God Don't Make the Laws — Bud Kelly / Mayor
• 2011Munger Road — Chief Kirkhoven
• 2011The Congregation — Amos Christner
• Unforgettable — Edward Wythe
• 2010Arctic Blast — Winslaw
• 2010Camp Hell — Fr. Phineas McAllister
• Hawaii Five-0 — Steven Carver
• 2010Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths — President Wilson (voice)
• 2010Titanic II — James Maine
• 2009A Golden Christmas — Rod Wright
• Castle — Lou Karnacki
• 2009Christmas Angel — Nick Anderson
• Drop Dead Diva — Judge Cyrus Maxwell
• 2009MegaFault — Dr. Mark Rhodes
• 2009The Line — Anthony
• Childrens Hospital — Narrator
• 2008Knight Rider — Charles Graiman
• Knight Rider — Charles Graiman
• Leverage — Dan Blackwell
• Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles — Dr. Peter Silberman
• 2008The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice — Professor Lazlo
• 2007Breach — John O'Neill
• Psych — Walter Snowden
• 2006Special Ops: Delta Force — General Preston Rossdale
• 2006The Dead Girl — Leah's Father
• 20058MM 2 — Ambassador Harrington
• Close to Home — Doug Hellman
• 2005Confession — Father Thomas Parker
• Criminal Minds — Father Davison
• Ghost Whisperer — Josh Bedford
• 2005Going Shopping — Adam
• 2005Hate Crime — Pastor Boyd
• Law & Order: Trial by Jury — Peter Betts
• Numb3rs — Robert Oliver
• The Closer — Russell Clark
• The Triangle — Stan Lathem
• 2005Touched — Robert Davis
• Battlestar Galactica — Dr. Michael Robert
• 2004Evergreen — Frank
• 2004Kingdom Hospital — Dr. Stegman
• Lost — Douglas Brooks
• 2004On The Couch — Daddy
• Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital — Dr. Stegman
• 2004The Clinic — Martin Landrum
• The L Word — Leonard Kroll
• 2003Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
• 2003ManFast — Rupert Iris
• 2003Out of the Ashes — Peter Schuman, Interrogator
• 2003Runaway Jury — Durwood Cable
• 2003X2 — Senator Kelly
• CSI: Miami — Dane Daniels
• 2002Dahmer — Lionel Dahmer
• 2002High Crimes — General Bill Marks
• 2002L.A. Law: The Movie — Lawrence Diebenkorn
• 2002Too Young to Be a Dad — Dan Freeman
• Without a Trace — Paul Cartwright
• 2001Crazy/Beautiful — Tom Oakley
• 2001Off Season — Dr. Zimmer, Director
• 2001On the Edge — (segment "The Other Side")
• Star Trek: Enterprise — Menos
• 2001Summer Catch — Rand Parrish
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Avery Tinsdale
• 2000The King Is Alive — Ray
• 2000X-Men — Senator Kelly
• 2000X-Men: The Mutant Watch — Sen. Robert Kelly
• 1999A Memory in My Heart — Chase Stewart
• 1999At First Sight — Dr. Charles Aaron
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Dr. Graham Mandell
• 1999Locked in Silence — Jim
• 1999Vendetta — Thomas Semmes
• 1998Apt Pupil — Richard Bowden
• 1998Little Girl Fly Away — Frank
• 1998Paulie — Dr. Reingold
• 1997Color of Justice — Frank Gainer
• 1997LoveLife — Bruce
• The Hunger — New Lighthouse Keeper
• The Practice — Scott Wallace
• 1997The Trial of Adolf Eichmann — Yehiel Dinur (voice)
• 1996After Jimmy — Sam Stapp
• 1996Grace of My Heart — John Murray
• 1996Hidden in America — Michael
• 1996It's My Party — Rodney Bingham
• 1996The Crucible — Reverend Parris
• 1996Widow's Kiss — Justin Sager
• Cybill — Mark Davis
• 1995Down, Out and Dangerous — Brad Harrington
• 1995Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog — John McCormick
• 1995Homage — Joseph Smith
• JAG — Morris Sperling
• Star Trek: Voyager — Jareth
• 1995The Baby-Sitters Club — Watson
• 1995The Cure — Dr. Stevens
• The Outer Limits — Dr. 'Mac' McEnerney
• 1995The Skateboard Kid II — Burt Squires
• Chicago Hope — Burt Peters
• 1994Someone Else's Child — Nick Callahan
• Touched by an Angel — Jake Weiss
• 1993A Mother's Revenge — Bill Sanders
• 1993An Ambush of Ghosts — Bill Betts
• 1993Short Cuts — Howard Finnigan
• 1993Six Degrees of Separation — Larkin
• 1993Stephen King's Golden Tales — Richard Hagstrom
• 1992Desperate Choices: To Save My Child — Richard Robbins
• 1992Live! From Death Row — Laurence Dvorak
• Harry and the Hendersons — George Henderson
• 1991Steel and Lace — Albert Morton
• 1990Stolen: One Husband — Dr. Peter Foley
• 1990Tales from the Darkside — Richard Hagstrom
• 1989Lady in a Corner — Bill Guthrie
• 1989Longtime Companion — David
• Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story — Jimmy Donahue
• Seinfeld — Wyck Thayer
• Tales from the Crypt — Luden Sandelton
• 1987The Misfit Brigade — Porta
• thirtysomething
• Designing Women
• 1986The Ladies Club — Richard Harrison
• Amazing Stories — Richard
• 1985Spies Like Us — Ruby
• 1984Crimes of Passion — Donny Hopper
• Hunter — Wyler
• Murder, She Wrote — David Carroll
• Tales from the Darkside — Richard Hagstrom
• V — John Langley
• 1983Ghost Dancing — Calvin Oberst
• 1983Lies — Stuart Russell
• 1983William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew — Tranio
• American Playhouse — David
• Hotel
• 1982Kiss My Grits — Dolin T. Pike
• 1982Tomorrow's Child — Cliff Bender
• 1981High Risk — Dan
• 1981Incident at Crestridge — Clint Larsen
• 1981The Wave — Ben Ross
• 1980The Lathe of Heaven — George Orr
• 1979Mind Over Murder — Jason
• 1979The Gathering, Part II — George
• 1979The Horror Show — (archive footage)
• 1978Brass Target — Col. Robert Dawson
• 1978Deadman's Curve — Dean Torrence
• 1978French Quarter — Kid Ross / Inspector Sordik
• Mourning Becomes Electra — Orin Mannon
• 1978Summer of My German Soldier — Anton Reiker
• 1977Grand Jury — Bobby Allen
• Lou Grant — Andrew Raines
• 1977Portrait of Grandpa Doc — Bruce - as a Young Man
• 1977Short Eyes — Clark Davis
• 1977The Gathering — George
• 1976Mother, Jugs & Speed — Leroy
• 1975The Last Survivors — Michael Larsen
• 1974Mame — Older Patrick
• Police Woman
• The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
• 1973Peege
• Police Story
• 1973The Affair — Jamie Patterson
• 1972The Jerusalem File — David Armstrong
• The Waltons — Bob Hill
• 1972Ulzana's Raid — Lt. Garnett DeBuin
• 1971Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me — Fitzgore
• 1971Willard — Willard Stiles
• 1970The Strawberry Statement — Simon
• 1969Last Summer — Dan
• Don’t Look Inside
• Game of Power — Ballard Wright
• The Mystery of Casa Matusita — Victor
• The Roommates — Arthur

Appearances as themselves (6)

• 2020Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies — Self
• 2012That Guy... Who Was in That Thing — Self
• Celebrity Ghost Stories — Self
• 2003X-Men: Premieres Around the World — Self
• Project Greenlight — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee