Bruce Davison
Known for: Acting
Born: June 28, 1946
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
181 movies · 76 TV shows, newest first
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Godmother
2026
2.0
25 Miles to Normal
2026
5.9
The American Revolution
2025
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Out of the Woods
2025
5.7
The Lightning Code
2025
5.8
Universal Basic Guys
2024
6.3
Camera
2024
5.3
Suitable Flesh
2023
6.4
From the Shadows
2023
5.6
Condor's Nest
2023
8.3
1923
2022
6.6
The Good Neighbor
2022
7.7
The Lincoln Lawyer
2022
8.0
Bosch: Legacy
2022
3.6
Evil at the Door
2022
5.5
The Manor
2021NR
Glow and Darkness
2021
5.5
My True Fairytale
2021
5.5
We Still Say Grace
2020
4.9
The Gift of Christmas
2020
4.1
Captors
2020
4.0
Await the Dawn
2020
6.5
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
2020
6.6
More Beautiful for Having Been Broken
2020
4.3
Influence
2020
6.4
Christmas at the Plaza
2019
5.6
Along Came the Devil II
2019
7.4
Creepshow
2019
5.1
Itsy Bitsy
2019
6.7
Wish Man
2019
5.8
The Great Alaskan Race
2019
4.7
A Violent Man
2019
2.0
Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters
2018
4.8
Any Bullet Will Do
2018
5.5
Along Came the Devil
2018
5.0
A Fairy's Game
2018
4.5
Corbin Nash
2018
4.2
Abnormal Attraction
2018
6.3
Insidious: The Last Key
2018
3.3
The Slider
2017
5.3
Last Rampage
2017
3.6
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
2017
5.1
9/11
2017
8.2
Ozark
2017
6.7
The Son
2017
5.8
Love Locks
2017
2.0
Charlie's Gift
2016
7.9
La La Land
2016
4.2
Bender
2016
7.2
Designated Survivor
2016
6.5
Fishes 'n Loaves: Heaven Sent
2016
4.8
Displacement
2016
4.3
The Bronx Bull
2016
5.2
The Curse of Sleeping Beauty
2016
5.3
Get a Job
2016
3.7
The Leisure Class
2015
7.4
Blindspot
2015
6.1
Oceanus: Act One
2015
6.7
Black Beauty
2015
6.9
Kingdom
2014
2.7
108 Stitches
2014
4.4
37
2014
6.2
Sequestered
2014
2.3
Elwood
2014
6.4
Words and Pictures
2014
4.2
Persecuted
2014
5.2
TripTank
2014
6.1
Those Who Kill
2014
7.5
Mozart in the Jungle
2014
5.0
Beyond the Heavens
2013
6.7
Crossing Lines
2013
7.5
The Fosters
2013
5.4
The Lords of Salem
2013
4.8
Saving Lincoln
2013
5.2
Return of the Killer Shrews
2012
3.1
Bigfoot
2012
6.2
That Guy... Who Was in That Thing
2012
6.8
Last Resort
2012
6.2
The Millionaire Tour
2012
2.7
Stealing Roses
2012
8.2
The Legend of Korra
2012
6.8
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
2012
4.6
God Don't Make the Laws
2011
5.1
3 Holiday Tails
2011
3.8
Coffin
2011
4.3
Munger Road
2011
7.2
Unforgettable
2011
2.0
A Schizophrenic Love Story
2011
4.3
Earth's Final Hours
2011
2.0
The Congregation
2011
7.7
Hawaii Five-0
2010
3.7
Camp Hell
2010
4.8
Titanic II
2010
5.6
Arctic Blast
2010
7.3
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
2010
5.1
A Golden Christmas
2009
7.1
Christmas Angel
2009
5.3
MegaFault
2009
7.3
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
7.7
Drop Dead Diva
2009
4.8
The Line
2009
8.0
Castle
2009
6.9
Childrens Hospital
2008
7.6
Leverage
2008
6.3
The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice
2008
7.5
Knight Rider
2008
6.3
Knight Rider
2008
7.5
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
2008
6.6
Breach
2007
6.0
The Dead Girl
20062.0
Special Ops: Delta Force
2006
7.9
Psych
2006
6.2
The Triangle
2005
4.7
Confession
2005
4.8
8MM 2
2005
6.2
Touched
2005
4.4
Going Shopping
2005
8.1
Ghost Whisperer
2005
8.3
Criminal Minds
2005
5.9
Close to Home
2005
7.8
The Closer
2005
8.1
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
7.0
Numb3rs
2005
5.7
Hate Crime
2005
8.2
Battlestar Galactica
2004
8.0
Lost
2004
6.0
On The Couch
2004
6.4
Kingdom Hospital
2004
7.0
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
2004
7.7
The L Word
20045.0
The Clinic
2004
3.7
Evergreen
2004
6.9
Runaway Jury
2003
7.0
X2
2003
6.1
Out of the Ashes
2003
3.7
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
2003
5.5
X-Men: Premieres Around the World
2003
4.1
ManFast
2003
7.2
Without a Trace
2002
7.7
CSI: Miami
2002
5.2
Dahmer
2002
6.9
Too Young to Be a Dad
2002
6.7
L.A. Law: The Movie
2002
6.3
High Crimes
2002
4.4
Off Season
2001
5.9
Project Greenlight
2001
7.5
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001
5.4
Summer Catch
2001
6.6
Crazy/Beautiful
2001
5.5
On the Edge
2001
7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
7.0
X-Men
2000
7.0
X-Men: The Mutant Watch
2000
5.5
The King Is Alive
2000
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
6.0
Vendetta
1999
5.6
A Memory in My Heart
1999
6.0
At First Sight
1999
6.1
Locked in Silence
1999
6.5
Apt Pupil
1998
5.6
Little Girl Fly Away
1998
7.0
Paulie
1998
4.9
LoveLife
1997
5.2
Color of Justice
1997
6.1
The Hunger
1997
5.6
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
1997
7.6
The Practice
1997
5.1
Hidden in America
1996
6.6
The Crucible
19963.0
After Jimmy
1996
6.0
Grace of My Heart
1996
6.3
It's My Party
1996
4.2
Widow's Kiss
1996
7.3
JAG
1995
5.7
Down, Out and Dangerous
1995
5.4
The Baby-Sitters Club
1995
4.5
Homage
1995
7.9
The Cure
1995
7.7
The Outer Limits
1995
7.8
Star Trek: Voyager
1995
6.2
Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
1995
5.9
Cybill
1995
3.3
The Skateboard Kid II
19954.0
Someone Else's Child
1994
7.2
Touched by an Angel
1994
7.2
Chicago Hope
1994
6.4
Six Degrees of Separation
1993
5.1
A Mother's Revenge
1993
7.2
Short Cuts
1993
4.0
Stephen King's Golden Tales
1993
3.8
An Ambush of Ghosts
1993
4.2
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child
1992
6.7
Live! From Death Row
1992
5.0
Steel and Lace
1991
5.8
Harry and the Hendersons
1991
5.9
Tales from the Darkside
1990
3.4
Stolen: One Husband
1990
4.5
Lady in a Corner
1989
6.7
Longtime Companion
1989
8.3
Seinfeld
1989
8.0
Tales from the Crypt
1989
5.7
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
1989
6.3
thirtysomething
1987
5.7
The Misfit Brigade
1987
6.8
Designing Women
1986
5.5
The Ladies Club
1986
6.2
Spies Like Us
1985
7.5
Amazing Stories
1985
7.1
V
1984
6.3
Crimes of Passion
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
7.2
Tales from the Darkside
1984
7.1
Hunter
1984
4.6
Lies
19836.0
Ghost Dancing
1983
3.8
William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew
1983
6.8
Hotel
1982
4.7
Kiss My Grits
1982
4.3
Tomorrow's Child
1982
6.6
American Playhouse
1982
4.8
Incident at Crestridge
1981
6.9
The Wave
1981
5.9
High Risk
1981
6.5
The Lathe of Heaven
1980
4.7
The Gathering, Part II
1979
5.8
Mind Over Murder
1979
3.4
The Horror Show
1979
5.4
Brass Target
1978
5.0
Mourning Becomes Electra
1978
5.5
Summer of My German Soldier
1978
3.1
French Quarter
1978
5.4
Deadman's Curve
1978
4.8
The Gathering
19773.7
Portrait of Grandpa Doc
1977
6.6
Short Eyes
1977
7.4
Lou Grant
19774.3
Grand Jury
1977
5.4
Mother, Jugs & Speed
1976
4.6
The Last Survivors
1975
9.0
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
1974
6.4
Police Woman
1974
5.8
Mame
1974
3.8
The Affair
1973
5.7
Peege
1973
7.0
Police Story
1973
6.9
Ulzana's Raid
1972
7.2
The Waltons
1972
4.0
The Jerusalem File
1972
3.5
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
1971
6.1
Willard
1971
5.9
The Strawberry Statement
1970
6.2
Last Summer
1969
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944
10.0
The Roommates
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Game of Power
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The Mystery of Casa Matusita
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Don’t Look Inside
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