Bruce Davison

Personal Info

Birthday

June 28, 1946

(79 years old)

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As

Bruce Davidson

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布鲁斯·戴维森

بروس دیویسن

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.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Criminal Minds

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Lost

Castle

Seinfeld

CSI: Miami

Blindspot

Filmography

2025
The Lightning Code
as Nikola Tesla
2024
Camera
as Frank Flynn
2023
Suitable Flesh
as Ephraim Waite
From the Shadows
as Dr. Joseph Cawl
Condor's Nest
as Gerhardt Schrude
2022
The Good Neighbor
as Grant
Evil at the Door
as John Doe
2021
The Manor
as Roland
My True Fairytale
as Martin Goodwin
2020
We Still Say Grace
as Harold
The Gift of Christmas
as Bob Rodgers
Captors
as Silas Visler
Await the Dawn
as David
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
as Self
More Beautiful for Having Been Broken
as Colin
Influence
as Walter Klein
2019
Christmas at the Plaza
as Reginald Brookwater
Along Came the Devil II
as Reverend Michael
Itsy Bitsy
as Walter
Wish Man
as Frank Shankwitz Sr.
The Great Alaskan Race
as Governor Bone
A Violent Man
as Benjamin Green
2018
Any Bullet Will Do
as Jonathan Carrington
Along Came the Devil
as Reverend Michael
A Fairy's Game
as Spindly (voice)
Corbin Nash
as Jack
Abnormal Attraction
as Dr. Stanley Cole
Insidious: The Last Key
as Christian Rainier
2017
The Slider
as Ispector Wiesel
Last Rampage
as Cooper
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
as P'Torr The Exile (voice)
9/11
as Monohan
Love Locks
as Hugo Blanchet
2016
La La Land
as Mia's Father (uncredited)
Bender
as Mayor Prentiss
Fishes 'n Loaves: Heaven Sent
as Pastor Ezekiel
The Mystery of Casa Matusita
as Victor
Displacement
as Prof. Peter Deckard
The Bronx Bull
as D.A. Bonomi
The Curse of Sleeping Beauty
as Richard
Get a Job
as Lawrence Wilheimer
2015
The Leisure Class
as Edward
Oceanus: Act One
as Commander Mitch Conrad
Black Beauty
as Grandpa
2014
108 Stitches
as Coach Scott Deshields
37
as Psychic
Elwood
as Congressman Barber
Words and Pictures
as Walt
Persecuted
as Senator Donald Harrison
2013
Beyond the Heavens
as Oliver Henry (adult)
The Lords of Salem
as Francis Matthias
Saving Lincoln
as William H. Seward
2012
Return of the Killer Shrews
as Jerry Farrell
Bigfoot
as Sheriff Walt Henderson
That Guy... Who Was in That Thing
as Self
The Millionaire Tour
as The Roman
Stealing Roses
as Mr. Lowell
2011
God Don't Make the Laws
as Bud Kelly / Mayor
3 Holiday Tails
as Rod Wright
Coffin
as Garrison
Munger Road
as Chief Kirkhoven
A Schizophrenic Love Story
as Dr. Bob
Earth's Final Hours
as Rothman
The Congregation
as Amos Christner
2010
Camp Hell
as Fr. Phineas McAllister
Titanic II
as James Maine
Arctic Blast
as Winslaw
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
as President Wilson (voice)
2009
A Golden Christmas
as Rod Wright
Christmas Angel
as Nick Anderson
MegaFault
as Dr. Mark Rhodes
The Line
as Anthony
2008
The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice
as Professor Lazlo
2007
Breach
as John O'Neill
2006
The Dead Girl
as Leah's Father
Special Ops: Delta Force
as General Preston Rossdale
2005
Confession
as Father Thomas Parker
8MM 2
as Ambassador Harrington
Touched
as Robert Davis
Going Shopping
as Adam
Hate Crime
as Pastor Boyd
2004
Kingdom Hospital
as Dr. Stegman
The Clinic
as Martin Landrum
Evergreen
as Frank
2003
X2
as Senator Kelly
Out of the Ashes
as Peter Schuman, Interrogator
Runaway Jury
as Durwood Cable
ManFast
as Rupert Iris
2002
Dahmer
as Lionel Dahmer
Too Young to Be a Dad
as Dan Freeman
L.A. Law: The Movie
as Lawrence Diebenkorn
High Crimes
as Brig. Gen. Bill Marks
2001
Off Season
as Dr. Zimmer
Summer Catch
as Rand Parrish
Crazy/Beautiful
as Tom Oakley
On the Edge
as (segment "The Other Side")
2000
X-Men
as Senator Kelly
X-Men: The Mutant Watch
as Sen. Robert Kelly
The King Is Alive
as Ray
1999
Vendetta
as Thomas Semmes
A Memory in My Heart
as Chase Stewart
At First Sight
as Dr. Charles Aaron
Locked in Silence
as Jim
1998
Apt Pupil
as Richard Bowden
Little Girl Fly Away
as Frank
Paulie
as Dr. Reingold
1997
Color of Justice
as Frank Gainer
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
as Yehiel Dinur (voice)
Lovelife
as Bruce
1996
Hidden in America
as Michael
The Crucible
as Reverend Parris
After Jimmy
as Sam Stapp
Grace of My Heart
as John Murray
It's My Party
as Rodney Bingham
Widow's Kiss
as Justin Sager
1995
Down, Out and Dangerous
as Brad Harrington
The Baby-Sitters Club
as Watson
Homage
as Joseph Smith
The Cure
as Dr. Stevens
Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
as John McCormick
The Skateboard Kid II
as Burt Squires
1994
Someone Else's Child
as Nick Callahan
1993
Six Degrees of Separation
as Larkin
A Mother's Revenge
as Bill Sanders
Short Cuts
as Howard Finnigan
An Ambush of Ghosts
as Bill Betts
1992
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child
as Richard Robbins
Live! From Death Row
as Laurence Dvorak
1991
Steel and Lace
as Albert Morton
1990
Stolen: One Husband
as Dr. Peter Foley
1989
Lady in a Corner
as Bill Guthrie
Longtime Companion
as David
1987
The Misfit Brigade
as Porta
1986
The Ladies Club
as Richard Harrison
1985
Spies Like Us
as Ruby
Stephen King's Golden Tales
as Richard Hagstrom
1984
Crimes of Passion
as Donny Hopper
1983
Lies
as Stuart Russell
Ghost Dancing
as Calvin Oberst
William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew
as Tranio
1982
Kiss My Grits
as Dolin T. Pike
Tomorrow's Child
as Cliff Bender
1981
Incident at Crestridge
as Clint Larsen
The Wave
as Ben Ross
High Risk
as Dan
1980
The Lathe of Heaven
as George Orr
1979
The Gathering, Part II
as George
Mind Over Murder
as Jason
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
1978
Brass Target
as Col. Robert Dawson
Summer of My German Soldier
as Anton Reiker
French Quarter
as Kid Ross / Inspector Sordik
Deadman's Curve
as Dean Torrence
1977
The Gathering
as George
Portrait of Grandpa Doc
as Bruce - as a Young Man
Short Eyes
as Clark Davis
Grand Jury
as Bobby Allen
1976
Mother, Jugs & Speed
as Leroy
1975
The Last Survivors
as Michael Larsen
1974
Mame
as Patrick as an adult
1973
The Affair
as Jamie Patterson
1972
Ulzana's Raid
as Lt. Garnett DeBuin
The Jerusalem File
as David Armstrong
1971
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
as Fitzgore
Willard
as Willard Stiles
1970
The Strawberry Statement
as Simon
1969
Last Summer
as Dan