William B. Davis
Acting
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…
Filmography
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Bribe, Inc.
2024
Murder in a Small Town
2024
Better Off
2024
It's a Wonderful Knife
2023
Upload
2020
50 States of Fright
2020
Phil
2019
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
2018
Bad Times at the El Royale
2018
The Doctor's Case
2018
Game Over, Man!
2018
Death Note
2017
Residue
2017
Abduct
2016
2BR02B: To Be or Naught to Be
2016
The Real 'X-Files'?
2015
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Impossible Dream
2015
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Truth Be Told
2015
Focus
2014
Stonados
2013
Singularity Principle
2013
The Package
2013
The Mountain Runners
2012
Continuum
2012
The Tall Man
2012
Rise of the Damned
2011
Behemoth
2011
Flowers for Norma
2010
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
2010
Amazon Falls
2010
Medium Raw
2010
Web of Desire
2010
Caprica
2010
Human Target
2010
Damage
2009
Something Evil Comes
2009
The Thaw
2009
Possession
2009
Reverse
Reverse
2008
Passengers
2008
Fear Itself: In Sickness and in Health
2008
Fear Itself
2008
Masters of Science Fiction
2007
Exhuming 'The Messengers'
Exhuming 'The Messengers'
2007
Numb
2007
Judicial Indiscretion
2007
The Messengers
2007
Her Fatal Flaw
2006
Sisters
2006
The Secret of Hidden Lake
2006
Dark Storm
2006
Goose on the Loose
2006
Dark Pines
Dark Pines
2005
Supernatural
2005
Robson Arms
2005
Max Rules: Adventures of a Super Spy
2005
Tilt
2005
Packing Up
2004
The Murdoch Mysteries: Except the Dying
2004
Snakehead Terror
2004
The Cradle Will Fall
2004
Word of Honor
2003
100 Days In The Jungle
2002
Saint Sinner
2002
Aftermath
2002
Out of Line
2001
Smallville
2001
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
2001
MythQuest
2001
Mindstorm
2001
Broken Saints
2001
The Proposal
2001
Science Of Death
2001
Anthrax
2001
Andromeda
2000
Becoming Dick
2000
Perpetrators of the Crime
2000
Murder Most Likely
1999
Killing Moon
1999
First Wave
1998