Biography
William Bruce Davis (born January 13, 1938) is a Canadian actor, known for his role as The Smoking Man on The X-Files. He has also appeared in Stargate SG-1 as Damaris, a Prior of the Ori and as Mayor Tate on Smallville. Most recently he has appeared in FOX's Human Target as an aging mobster.
Davis was born in Toronto, Ontario, to an attorney father and psychologist mother. In 1959, he graduated from the University of Toronto with a B.A. in philosophy. Afterwards, he went on to become a drama professor at Bishop's University. He is also the founder of the William Davis Centre for Actors Study acting school in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is also a former national champion water skier. Despite being known for his smoking character, Davis actually quit smoking in the 1970s; when The X-Files started up, he was given a choice between herbal cigarettes and actual cigarettes. At first he chose the actual cigarettes, but switched to herbal shortly after for fear of becoming addicted again while playing the Cigarette Smoking Man.
He voiced the antagonist Colonel Whitley of the game The Thing. Davis had a co-starring role in a 2001 episode of The Outer Limits revival series, playing the ruthless director of a secret scientific project, in an episode entitled "Worlds Within."
Davis also hosts and narrates the series Critical Eye on the Science Channel. In 2011, he will also co-star in The Tall Man.
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Filmography (115)
Better Off
2024
Bribe, Inc.
2024
Murder in a Small Town
2024
It's a Wonderful Knife
2023
50 States of Fright
2020
Upload
2020
Phil
2019
The Doctor's Case
2018
Game Over, Man!
2018
Bad Times at the El Royale
2018
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
2018
Death Note
2017
Residue
2017
Abduct
2016
2BR02B: To Be or Naught to Be
2016
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Truth Be Told
2015
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Impossible Dream
2015
The Real 'X-Files'?
2015
Focus
2014
Singularity Principle
2013
Stonados
2013
The Package
2013
The Tall Man
2012
The Mountain Runners
2012
Continuum
2012
Behemoth
2011
Rise of the Damned
2011
Medium Raw
2010
Amazon Falls
2010
Flowers for Norma
2010
Web of Desire
2010
Human Target
2010
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
2010
Caprica
2010
Damage
2009
Possession
2009
Something Evil Comes
2009
The Thaw
2009
Passengers
2008
Reverse
2008
Fear Itself: In Sickness and in Health
2008
Fear Itself
2008
The Messengers
2007
Numb
2007
Judicial Indiscretion
2007
Exhuming 'The Messengers'
2007
Masters of Science Fiction
2007
Her Fatal Flaw
2006
Dark Storm
2006
Sisters
2006
The Secret of Hidden Lake
2006
Goose on the Loose
2006
Max Rules: Adventures of a Super Spy
2005
Dark Pines
2005
Robson Arms
2005
Supernatural
2005
Tilt
2005
Snakehead Terror
2004
Packing Up
2004
The Cradle Will Fall
2004
The Murdoch Mysteries: Except the Dying
2004
Word of Honor
2003
Saint Sinner
2002
100 Days In The Jungle
2002
Aftermath
2002
The Proposal
2001
Science Of Death
2001
Anthrax
2001
Mindstorm
2001
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
2001
Out of Line
2001
Smallville
2001
MythQuest
2001
Broken Saints
2001
Becoming Dick
2000
Perpetrators of the Crime
2000
Andromeda
2000
Killing Moon
1999
Murder Most Likely
1999
The X-Files
1998
Inside The X-Files
1998
Voyage of Terror
1998
First Wave
1998
Stargate SG-1
1997
Unforgettable
1996
More Secrets of the X-Files
1996
Poltergeist: The Legacy
1996
Dangerous Intentions
1995
Circumstances Unknown
1995
When the Vows Break
1995
Not Our Son
1995
Secrets of the X-Files
1995
The Outer Limits
1995
Sliders
1995
Don't Talk to Strangers
1994
Heart of a Child
1994
The X-Files
1993
Nightmare Cafe
1992
The Hitman
1991
Omen IV: The Awakening
1991
The Commish
1991
Anything to Survive
1990
It
1990
Look Who's Talking
1989
Midnight Matinee
1988
Deadly Deception
1987
Sworn to Silence
1987
21 Jump Street
1987
Wiseguy
1987
Head Office
1985
The Cuckoo Bird
1985
Danger Bay
1985
MacGyver
1985
Airwolf
1984
The Dead Zone
1983
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