Bruce Davison

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-06-28 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Bruce Davison

Biography

Bruce Allen Davison (born June 28, 1946) is an American actor and director. He's known for his role as Senator Robert Kelly in the X-Men film franchise – through X-Men (2000) and X2 (2003). He's also well known for his starring role as Willard Stiles in the cult horror film Willard (1971) and 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, ...

Acting

1993

Short Cuts

as Howard Finnigan

2001

Crazy/Beautiful

as Tom Oakley

1996

The Crucible

as Reverend Parris

2009

MegaFault

as Dr. Mark Rhodes

1987

2009

The Line

as Anthony

2010

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths

as President Wilson (voice)

2002

High Crimes

as Brig. Gen. Bill Marks

2005

8MM 2

as Ambassador Harrington

1981

The Wave

as Ben Ross

2003

Runaway Jury

as Durwood Cable

1991

Steel and Lace

as Albert Morton

1998

Apt Pupil

as Richard Bowden

1985

2002

Dahmer

as Lionel Dahmer

2005

Hate Crime

as Pastor Boyd

2001

Summer Catch

as Rand Parrish

2022

1979

The Horror Show

as (archive footage)

1980

The Lathe of Heaven

as George Orr

2006

The Dead Girl

as Leah's Father

1984

Crimes of Passion

as Donny Hopper

1974

Mame

as Patrick as an adult

1998

Paulie

as Dr. Reingold

2000

X-Men

as Senator Kelly

2003

X2

as Senator Kelly

1972

Ulzana's Raid

as Lt. Garnett DeBuin

1971

Willard

as Willard Stiles

1969

2010

Titanic II

as James Maine

2010

Arctic Blast

as Winslaw

2010

Camp Hell

as Fr. Phineas McAllister

2024

Camera

as Frank Flynn

1981

High Risk

as Dan

2005

Confession

as Father Thomas Parker

2003

Out of the Ashes

as Peter Schuman, Interrogator

2005

Touched

as Robert Davis

2009

Christmas Angel

as Nick Anderson

2009

A Golden Christmas

as Rod Wright

1977

Short Eyes

as Clark Davis

2020

Influence

as Walter Klein

1978

Brass Target

as Col. Robert Dawson

2001

Off Season

as Dr. Zimmer

2011

Munger Road

as Chief Kirkhoven

1982

Tomorrow's Child

as Cliff Bender

-

The Roommates

as Arthur

2012

2013

The Lords of Salem

as Francis Matthias

1983

Ghost Dancing

as Calvin Oberst

2000

X-Men: The Mutant Watch

as Sen. Robert Kelly

1992

Live! From Death Row

as Laurence Dvorak

1997

Lovelife

as Bruce

2012

1977

The Gathering

as George

2012

Bigfoot

as Sheriff Walt Henderson

1995

The Skateboard Kid II

as Burt Squires

2011

3 Holiday Tails

as Rod Wright

2013

Saving Lincoln

as William H. Seward

2001

On the Edge

as (segment "The Other Side")

1973

1978

Deadman's Curve

as Dean Torrence

1977

Grand Jury

as Bobby Allen

2008

Knight Rider

as Charles Graiman

2023

From the Shadows

as Dr. Joseph Cawl

1999

A Memory in My Heart

as Chase Stewart

2013

Beyond the Heavens

as Oliver Henry (adult)

1994

Someone Else's Child

as Nick Callahan

1996

Grace of My Heart

as John Murray

1978

2014

Persecuted

as Senator Donald Harrison

1972

The Jerusalem File

as David Armstrong

1996

1973

The Affair

as Jamie Patterson

2004

The Clinic

as Martin Landrum

-

Game of Power

as Ballard Wright

2012

Stealing Roses

as Mr. Lowell

1975

The Last Survivors

as Michael Larsen

2023

Suitable Flesh

as Ephraim Waite

2014

37

as Psychic

1996

Widow's Kiss

as Justin Sager

1993

A Mother's Revenge

as Bill Sanders

1995

Homage

as Joseph Smith

1995

Down, Out and Dangerous

as Brad Harrington

1983

Lies

as Stuart Russell

2007

Breach

as John O'Neill

1995

The Cure

as Dr. Stevens

2015

Black Beauty

as Grandpa

2017

Yamasong: March of the Hollows

as P'Torr The Exile (voice)

2004

Evergreen

as Frank

1977

Portrait of Grandpa Doc

as Bruce - as a Young Man

1979

2023

Condor's Nest

as Gerhardt Schrude

1996

After Jimmy

as Sam Stapp

2016

Get a Job

as Lawrence Wilheimer

2015

2003

ManFast

as Rupert Iris

1990

Stolen: One Husband

as Dr. Peter Foley

2004

Kingdom Hospital

as Dr. Stegman

2002

L.A. Law: The Movie

as Lawrence Diebenkorn

1978

French Quarter

as Kid Ross / Inspector Sordik

2016

Displacement

as Prof. Peter Deckard

1996

It's My Party

as Rodney Bingham

1999

At First Sight

as Dr. Charles Aaron

1982

Kiss My Grits

as Dolin T. Pike

2018

Along Came the Devil

as Reverend Michael

2016

2018

Insidious: The Last Key

as Christian Rainier

2016

The Bronx Bull

as D.A. Bonomi

2017

Last Rampage

as Cooper

1989

Lady in a Corner

as Bill Guthrie

2017

Love Locks

as Hugo Blanchet

2015

Oceanus: Act One

as Commander Mitch Conrad

2011

The Congregation

as Amos Christner

1989

2019

A Violent Man

as Benjamin Green

2017

9/11

as Monohan

1985

Stephen King's Golden Tales

as Richard Hagstrom

2018

1986

The Ladies Club

as Richard Harrison

2011

God Don't Make the Laws

as Bud Kelly / Mayor

2005

2016

Bender

as Mayor Prentiss

2019

Itsy Bitsy

as Walter

2011

Coffin

as Garrison

1999

Vendetta

as Thomas Semmes

2002

Too Young to Be a Dad

as Dan Freeman

1993

An Ambush of Ghosts

as Bill Betts

2019

The Great Alaskan Race

as Governor Bone

2018

Any Bullet Will Do

as Jonathan Carrington

1990

Tales from the Darkside

as Richard Hagstrom

1997

Color of Justice

as Frank Gainer

2018

Abnormal Attraction

as Dr. Stanley Cole

2019

Along Came the Devil II

as Reverend Michael

2019

Wish Man

as Frank Shankwitz Sr.

2018

A Fairy's Game

as Spindly (voice)

2020

Captors

as Silas Visler

2019

Christmas at the Plaza

as Reginald Brookwater

2017

The Slider

as Ispector Wiesel

1981

Incident at Crestridge

as Clint Larsen

2014

108 Stitches

as Coach Scott Deshields

2020

2020

2021

The Manor

as Roland

2020

The Gift of Christmas

as Bob Rodgers

2021

My True Fairytale

as Martin Goodwin

2022

Evil at the Door

as John Doe

2011

1997

The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

as Yehiel Dinur (voice)

-

On The Couch

as Daddy

2014

Elwood

as Congressman Barber

2025

The Lightning Code

as Nikola Tesla

2016

La La Land

as Mia's Father (uncredited)

2006

Special Ops: Delta Force

as General Preston Rossdale

Production

2012

Bigfoot

as Director

2001

Off Season

as Director

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