William B. Davis
Known for: Acting
Born: January 13, 1938
Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Filmography
85 movies · 32 TV shows, newest first
10.0
Bribe, Inc.
2024
7.0
Murder in a Small Town
2024
NR
Better Off
2024
5.0
It's a Wonderful Knife
2023
7.8
Upload
2020
7.2
50 States of Fright
2020
4.8
Phil
2019
8.2
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
2018
6.8
Bad Times at the El Royale
2018
6.0
The Doctor's Case
2018
5.5
Game Over, Man!
2018
4.3
Death Note
2017
5.8
Residue
2017
3.2
Abduct
2016
NR
2BR02B: To Be or Naught to Be
2016
8.5
The Real 'X-Files'?
2015
7.0
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Impossible Dream
2015
6.7
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Truth Be Told
2015
7.2
Focus
2014
4.9
Stonados
2013
5.5
Singularity Principle
2013
5.2
The Package
2012
9.0
The Mountain Runners
2012
7.5
Continuum
2012
6.0
The Tall Man
2012
3.2
Rise of the Damned
2011
3.9
Behemoth
2011
NR
Flowers for Norma
2010
8.2
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
2010
1.0
Amazon Falls
2010
4.8
Medium Raw
2010
4.5
Web of Desire
2010
6.9
Caprica
2010
7.3
Human Target
2010
6.6
Damage
2009
6.2
Something Evil Comes
2009
5.7
The Thaw
2009
5.6
Possession
2009NR
Reverse
2008
6.1
Passengers
2008
NR
In Sickness and in Health
2008
6.8
Fear Itself
2008
6.2
Masters of Science Fiction
2007
NR
Exhuming 'The Messengers'
2007
5.9
Numb
2007
4.8
Judicial Indiscretion
2007
5.7
The Messengers
2007
3.4
Her Fatal Flaw
2006
4.0
Sisters
2006
4.4
The Secret of Hidden Lake
2006
5.2
Dark Storm
2006
5.3
Goose on the Loose
200610.0
Dark Pines
2005
8.3
Supernatural
2005
5.2
Robson Arms
2005
7.1
Max Rules: Adventures of a Super Spy
2005
7.3
Tilt
2005
NR
Packing Up
2004
NR
The Murdoch Mysteries: Except the Dying
2004
4.5
Snakehead Terror
2004
5.0
The Cradle Will Fall
2004
7.1
Word of Honor
20031.0
Exchange
2003
6.0
100 Days in the Jungle
2002
4.5
Saint Sinner
2002
6.0
Aftermath
2002
8.0
Out of Line
2001
8.2
Smallville
2001
6.4
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
2001
7.2
MythQuest
2001
3.9
Mindstorm
2001
9.0
Broken Saints
2001
5.9
The Proposal
2001
NR
Science Of Death
2001
4.8
Anthrax
2001
7.1
Andromeda
2000
4.0
Becoming Dick
2000
6.3
Perpetrators of the Crime
2000
5.8
Murder Most Likely
1999
4.2
Killing Moon
1999
7.1
First Wave
1998
6.9
The X-Files
1998
7.0
Inside The X-Files
1998
4.3
Voyage of Terror
1998
8.3
Stargate SG-1
1997
NR
More Secrets of the X-Files
1996
6.2
Poltergeist: The Legacy
1996
5.6
Unforgettable
1996
4.0
When the Vows Break
1995
10.0
Secrets of the X-Files
1995
6.0
Circumstances Unknown
1995
7.7
The Outer Limits
1995
7.6
Sliders
1995
7.0
Not Our Son
1995
7.3
Dangerous Intentions
1995
4.9
Don't Talk to Strangers
1994
5.2
Heart of a Child
1994
8.4
The X-Files
1993
6.4
Nightmare Cafe
1992
7.1
The Commish
1991
5.0
Omen IV: The Awakening
1991
5.5
The Hitman
1991
6.9
It
1990
7.0
Anything to Survive
1990
6.3
Look Who's Talking
1989
5.4
Midnight Matinee
1988
6.6
Wiseguy
1987
7.3
21 Jump Street
1987
7.0
Sworn to Silence
1987
7.3
Deadly Deception
1987
7.4
Danger Bay
1985
7.7
MacGyver
1985
5.4
Head Office
1985NR
The Cuckoo Bird
1985
7.6
Airwolf
1984
7.0
The Dead Zone
1983NR
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