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Bruce Davison

Actor / Film Director | * 06/28/1946 (77) | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States of America (USA))
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Bruce Allen Davison (born June 28, 1946) is an American actor, who has appeared in over 270 film, television and stage productions since his debut in 1968. His breakthrough role was as Willard Stiles in the 1971 cult horror film Willard. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and won a Golden Globe Award and an Independent Spirit Award, for his performance in Longtime Companion (1989). Davison is also known for his roles George Henderson on the television sitcom Harry and the Hendersons (1991-93), Captain Wyler on the crime drama series Hunter (1985-89), Howard Finnegan in Robert Altman’s Short Cuts, Reverend Samuel Parris in the 1996 film adaptation of The Crucible, and as Senator Robert Kelly in the superhe... ()
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Bruce Allen Davison(born June 28, 1946) is an American actor and director. He's known for his role as Senator Robert Kelly in theX-Menfilm franchise– throughX-Men(2000) andX2(2003). He's also well known for his starring role as Willard Stiles in the cult horror film Willard (1971) and hisAcademy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning performance inLongtime Companion(1989), and as Thomas Semmes in theHBOoriginal movieVendetta.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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Thriller | Comedies

Known for these Movies & Shows

During the summer of 1981, a group of friends in New York are completely unprepared for the onslaught of AIDS. What starts as a rumor about a mysterious "gay cancer" soon turns into a major crisis as, ...

Longtime Companion

R

1989 | 3.6/5 | 1h 36min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Two mutants, Rogue and Wolverine, come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team, the X-Men, must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers. ...

X-Men

PG-13

2000 | 3.5/5 | 1h 44min
Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
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A financial adviser drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder $500 million in five years to appease a drug boss. ...

Ozark

TV-MA

2017 | 4.1/5
Crime, Drama
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Follow a new generation of the Dutton family during the early twentieth century when pandemics, historic drought, the end of Prohibition and the Great Depression all plague the mountain west, and the ...

1923

TV-MA

2022- | 4.1/5
Drama, Western
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Awards & Nominations for Bruce Davison

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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Movies with Bruce Davison as Actor(164)

as Ballard Wright2023 Game of Power
as Dr. Joseph Cawl2023 From the Shadows
2023 Suitable Flesh
as Gerhardt Schrude2023 Condor's Nest
as John Doe2022 Evil at the Door
as Silas Visler2022 Captors
as Grant2022 The Good Neighbor
as Roland2021 The Manor
as Martin Goodwin2021 My True Fairytale
as Harold2020 We Still Say Grace
as Bob Rodgers2020 The Gift of Christmas
as Colin2020 More Beautiful for Having Been Broken
as himself2020 Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
as David2020 Await the Dawn
as Reginald Brookwater2019 Christmas at the Plaza
as Governor Bone2019 The Great Alaskan Race
as Frank Shankwitz Sr.2019 Wish Man
as Reverend Michael2019 Along Came the Devil II
as Walter2019 Itsy Bitsy
as Christian Rainier2018 Insidious: The Last Key
as Reverend Michael2018 Along Came the Devil
2018 Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters
as Jack2018 Corbin Nash
2018 Any Bullet Will Do
as Dr. Stanley Cole2018 Abnormal Attraction
as Spindly (voice)2018 A Fairy's Game
as Hugo Blanchet2017 Love Locks
as Monohan2017 9/11
as Cooper2017 Last Rampage
as P'Torr The Exile2017 Yamasong: March of the Hollows
2017 The Slider
as Benjamin Green2017 A Violent Man
as Richard2016 The Curse of Sleeping Beauty
as Prof. Peter Deckard2016 Displacement
as Lawrence Wilheimer2016 Get a Job
as D.A. Bonomi2016 The Bronx Bull
as Victor2016 The Mystery of Casa Matusita
as Pastor Ezekiel2016 Fishes 'n Loaves: Heaven Sent
2016 Charlie's Gift
as Mayor Prentiss2016 Bender
as Commander Mitch Conrad2015 Oceanus: Act One
as Edward2015 The Leisure Class
as Grandpa2015 Black Beauty
as Senator Donald Harrison2014 Persecuted
as Coach Scott Deshields2014 108 Stitches
as Psychic2014 37
as Walt2014 Words and Pictures
as William H. Seward2013 Saving Lincoln
as Oliver Henry (adult)2013 Beyond the Heavens
as The Roman2012 The Millionaire Tour
as Francis Matthias2012 The Lords of Salem
as Jerry Farrell2012 Return of the Killer Shrews
as Sheriff Walt Henderson2012 Bigfoot
as himself2012 That Guy... Who Was in That Thing
as Mr. Lowell2012 Stealing Roses
as Garrison2011 Coffin
as Rothman2011 Earth's Final Hours
as Rod Wright2011 3 Holiday Tails
as Bud Kelly2011 God Don't Make the Laws
as Bürgermeisterin2011 God Don't Make the Laws
as Amos Christner2011 The Congregation
as Chief Kirkhoven2011 Munger Road
as Winslaw2010 Arctic Blast
as James Maine2010 Titanic II
as President Slade Wilson (voice)2010 Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
as Fr. Phineas McAllister2010 Camp Hell
as Nick Anderson2009 Christmas Angel
as Anthony2009 The Line
as Rod Wright2009 A Golden Christmas
as Dr. Mark Rhodes2009 MegaFault
as Professor Lazlo2008 The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice
as Charles Graiman2008 Knight Rider
as John O'Neill2007 Breach
as Leah's Father2006 The Dead Girl
as Robert Davis2005 Touched
as Adam2005 Going Shopping
as Ambassador Harrington2005 8MM 2
as Father Thomas Parker2005 Confession
as Pastor Boyd2005 Hate Crime
as Dr. Stegman2004 Kingdom Hospital
as Frank2004 Evergreen
as Martin Landrum2004 The Clinic
as Senator Kelly2003 X2
as Peter Schuman, Interrogator2003 Out of the Ashes
as Rupert Iris2003 ManFast
as Durwood Cable2003 Runaway Jury
as Dan Freeman2002 Too Young to Be a Dad
as Brig. Gen. Bill Marks2002 High Crimes
as Lawrence Diebenkorn2002 L.A. Law: The Movie
as Lionel Dahmer2002 Dahmer
as Tom Oakley2001 Crazy/Beautiful
as (segment "The Other Side")2001 On The Edge
as Dr. Zimmer2001 Off Season
as Rand Parrish2001 Summer Catch
as Senator Kelly2000 X-Men
as Ray2000 The King Is Alive
as Chase Stewart1999 A Memory in My Heart
as Dr. Charles Aaron1999 At First Sight
as Jim1999 Locked in Silence
as Thomas Semmes1999 Vendetta
as Richard Bowden1998 Apt Pupil
as Dr. Reingold1998 Paulie
as Frank1998 Little Girl Fly Away
as Yehiel Dinur (voice)1997 The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
as Bruce1997 Lovelife
as Frank Gainer1997 Color of Justice
as Michael1996 Hidden in America
as John Murray1996 Grace of My Heart
as Reverend Parris1996 The Crucible
as Justin Sager1996 Widow's Kiss
as Rodney Bingham1996 It's My Party
as Sam Stapp1996 After Jimmy
as Burt Squires1995 The Skateboard Kid II
as Watson1995 The Baby-Sitters Club
as Dr. Stevens1995 The Cure
as Joseph Smith1995 Homage
as John McCormick1995 Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
as Brad Harrington1995 Down, Out and Dangerous
as Nick Callahan1994 Someone Else's Child
as Howard Finnigan1993 Short Cuts
as Larkin1993 Six Degrees of Separation
as Bill Betts1993 An Ambush of Ghosts
as Bill Sanders1993 A Mother's Revenge
as Laurence Dvorak1992 Live! From Death Row
as Richard Robbins1992 Desperate Choices: To Save My Child
as Albert Morton1991 Steel and Lace
as Dr. Peter Foley1990 Stolen: One Husband
as David1989 Longtime Companion
as Bill Guthrie1989 Lady in a Corner
as Porta1987 The Misfit Brigade
as Richard Harrison1986 The Ladies Club
as Ruby1985 Spies Like Us
as Richard Hagstrom1985 Stephen King's Golden Tales
as Donny Hopper1984 Crimes of Passion
as Tranio1983 William Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew
as Calvin Oberst1983 Ghost Dancing
as Stuart Russell1983 Lies
as Cliff Bender1982 Tomorrow's Child
as Dolin T. Pike1982 Kiss My Grits
as Dan1981 High Risk
as Ben Ross1981 The Wave
as Clint Larsen1981 Incident at Crestridge
as George Orr1980 The Lathe of Heaven
as (archive footage)1979 The Horror Show
as Jason1979 Mind Over Murder
as George1979 The Gathering, Part II
as Kid Ross / Inspector Sordik1978 French Quarter
as Col. Robert Dawson1978 Brass Target
as Dean Torrence1978 Deadman's Curve
as Anton Reiker1978 Summer of My German Soldier
as Clark Davis1977 Short Eyes
as George1977 The Gathering
1977 Portrait of Grandpa Doc
as Leroy1976 Mother, Jugs & Speed
as Michael Larsen1975 The Last Survivors
as Older Patrick1974 Mame
1973 Peege
as Jamie Patterson1973 The Affair
as Lt. Garnett DeBuin1972 Ulzana's Raid
1972 The Jerusalem File
as Willard Stiles1971 Willard
as Fitzgore1971 Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
as Simon1970 The Strawberry Statement
as Dan1969 Last Summer

TV Shows/Series with Bruce Davison as Actor(60)

as Judge Walter Abrams2022 The Lincoln Lawyer
as Arthur2022 1923
as Avery Whitlock2019 Creepshow
as Senator Randall Schafer2017 Ozark
as ENDICOTT2017 The Son
as Ray Beckett2016 Designated Survivor
as Jean-Paul Bruyere2015 Blindspot
as Ron Prince2014 Kingdom
2014 Sequestered
as Hesby Ennis2014 Mozart in the Jungle
as Stewart Adams2013 The Fosters
as Tactical Leader2013 Crossing Lines
as ARTHUR SHEPARD2012 Last Resort
as Gabe Sharpe2012 Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
as Dr. Edward Wythe2011 Unforgettable
2010 Hawaii Five-0
as Judge Cyrus Maxwell2009 Drop Dead Diva
as Lou Karnacki2009 Castle
as himself2009 Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Dan Blackwell2008 Leverage
as Dr. Peter Silberman2008 Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
as Dr. Charles Graiman2008 Knight Rider
as Walter Snowden2006 Psych
as Father Davison2005 Criminal Minds
as Peter Betts2005 Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Robert Oliver2005 Numb3rs
as Josh Bedford2005 Ghost Whisperer
as Russell Clark2005 The Closer
as Doug Hellman2005 Close to Home
as Leonard Kroll2004 The L Word
as Douglas Brooks2004 Lost
as Dr. Michael Robert2004 Battlestar Galactica
as Dane Daniels2002 CSI: Miami
as Paul Cartwright2002 Without a Trace
as Menos2001 Star Trek: Enterprise
as Avery Tinsdale2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Dr. Graham Mandell1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Scott Wallace1997 The Practice
1995 The Outer Limits
1995 Cybill
as Jareth1995 Star Trek: Voyager
1994 Chicago Hope
as George Henderson1991 Harry and the Hendersons
1989 Tales from the Crypt
as Wyck Thayer1989 Seinfeld
1987 thirtysomething
1986 Designing Women
as Betty Ames / Man1985 The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Richard1985 Amazing Stories
as David Carroll1984 Murder, She Wrote
as Deputy Chief Wyler1984 Hunter
as Capt. Wyler1984 Hunter
as Richard Hagstrom1984 Tales from the Darkside
as John Langley1984 V
1982 Hotel
as Orin Mannon1978 Mourning Becomes Electra
1974 The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
1974 Police Woman
1973 Police Story
1972 The Waltons

Movies with Bruce Davison as Crew(2)

Directing/Director2012 Bigfoot
Directing/Director2001 Off Season

Additional Information

Official websites:
www.brucedavison.com
Full Name: Bruce Davison
Born: Friday, 06/28 1946 (June) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 77 years + 297 days)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: New York University Tisch School of the Arts, Pennsylvania State University, New York University
Spouses (current/former): Lisa Pelikan, Jess Walton
Other names for Bruce Davison (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Bruce Davidson"
"브루스 데이비슨"
Bruce Davison frequently works together with these people:
Larry David (31x, Actor)
Norman Brenner (24x, Actor)
Mark Moses (15x, Actor)
Raphael Sbarge (15x, Actor)
John Rubinstein (15x, Actor)
Robert Pine (15x, Actor)
Jamie McShane (14x, Actor)
Teri Polo (13x, Actress)
Mark Pellegrino (13x, Actor)
Gregg Henry (13x, Actor)
Deck McKenzie (13x, Actor)
Bryan Singer (8x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1204, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/15/2024