Cast
William B. Davis
Acting
Cast
William B. Davis
Known for
Acting
Born
1938-01-13
From
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Also known as Bill Davis, William Davis, ΠΡΠ»ΡΡΠΌ ΠΡΡΡ ΠΠ΅Π²ΡΡ
Biography
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. βFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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5.4
MOVIE1988
Midnight Matinee
as Heath Harris
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6.9
MOVIE1998
The X-Files
as The Cigarette-Smoking Man
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6.8
MOVIE2018
Bad Times at the El Royale
as Judge Gordon Hoffman
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4.3
MOVIE2017
Death Note
as Radio Host
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6.3
MOVIE1989
Look Who's Talking
as Drug Doctor
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6.0
MOVIE2012
The Tall Man
as Sheriff Chestnut
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5.7
MOVIE2007
The Messengers
as Colby Price
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7.0
MOVIE1983
The Dead Zone
as Ambulance Driver
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6.6
MOVIE2009
Damage
as Veltz
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5.0
MOVIE1991
Omen IV: The Awakening
as Lawyer (uncredited)
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4.8
MOVIE2007
Judicial Indiscretion
as Senator Garland Wolf
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5.5
MOVIE2018
Game Over, Man!
as Ray - Security
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6.4
MOVIE2001
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
as Cigarette Smoking Man (uncredited)
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5.0
MOVIE2023
It's a Wonderful Knife
as Roger Evans
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6.1
MOVIE2008
Passengers
as Jack
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MOVIE2013
The Package
as Dr. Willhelm
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5.7
MOVIE2009
The Thaw
as Ted
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5.9
MOVIE2007
Numb
as Peter Milbank
MOVIE2010
Flowers for Norma
as Older Gentleman #2
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3.2
MOVIE2016
Abduct
as Zane
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5.6
MOVIE1996
Unforgettable
as Doctor
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MOVIE2011
Behemoth
as William Walsh
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5.0
MOVIE2004
The Cradle Will Fall
as Alex Myerson
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6.0
MOVIE2002
100 Days in the Jungle
as Ambassador Shear
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4.9
MOVIE2013
Stonados
as Ben
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5.6
MOVIE2009
Possession
as Hypnotist
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MOVIE2003
Word of Honor
as Lewis Kaplan - Tyson's Boss
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MOVIE1991
The Hitman
as Dr. Atkins
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7.3
MOVIE1995
Dangerous Intentions
as Group Leader
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5.9
MOVIE2001
The Proposal
as Agent Frank Gruning
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5.4
MOVIE1985
Head Office
as University Dean
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4.2
MOVIE1999
Killing Moon
as Ed
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MOVIE2002
Saint Sinner
as Father Michael
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4.3
MOVIE1998
Voyage of Terror
as Dr. Norman Ellisy
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5.2
MOVIE2006
Dark Storm
as General Killion
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7.0
MOVIE1998
Inside The X-Files
as Self
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3.2
MOVIE2011
Rise of the Damned
as Doctor
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MOVIE2004
Snakehead Terror
as Doc Jenkins
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10.0
MOVIE2024
Bribe, Inc.
as Figaro (voice)
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8.0
MOVIE2001
Out of Line
as Russell
MOVIE1996
More Secrets of the X-Files
as Self
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10.0
MOVIE1995
Secrets of the X-Files
as Self
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3.9
MOVIE2006
Sisters
as Dr. Lucas Bryant
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6.2
MOVIE2009
Something Evil Comes
as Mr. Dutton
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4.8
MOVIE2019
Phil
as Father Grant
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4.4
MOVIE2006
The Secret of Hidden Lake
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6.0
MOVIE1995
Circumstances Unknown
as Gene Reuschel
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4.8
MOVIE2010
Medium Raw
as Dr. Robert Parker
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MOVIE1987
Sworn to Silence
as Peter Massio
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MOVIE2000
Perpetrators of the Crime
as Henderson
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MOVIE1990
Anything to Survive
as Dr Reynolds
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MOVIE2006
Her Fatal Flaw
as Richard O'Brien
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MOVIE2015
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Truth Be Told
as Harper
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4.0
MOVIE1995
When the Vows Break
as Dr. Alexander
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10.0
MOVIE2005
Dark Pines
as Shannon Fraser
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4.9
MOVIE1994
Don't Talk to Strangers
as Huddleston
MOVIE1985
The Cuckoo Bird
as Ted
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1.0
MOVIE2010
Amazon Falls
as Calvin
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7.1
MOVIE2005
Max Rules: Adventures of a Super Spy
as Rick Brinkley
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9.0
MOVIE2012
The Mountain Runners
as Henry Engberg
MOVIE2001
Science Of Death
as Narrator
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4.5
MOVIE2010
Web of Desire
as Dr. Charles Friedman
MOVIE2016
2BR02B: To Be or Naught to Be
as Granddad
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6.8
MOVIE2015
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Impossible Dream
as Harper
MOVIE2007
Exhuming 'The Messengers'
as Self
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5.5
MOVIE2013
Singularity Principle
as Lawrence Cason
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5.8
MOVIE2017
Residue
as Lamont
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7.3
MOVIE1987
Deadly Deception
as Lawyer
MOVIE2008
In Sickness and in Health
as Father Chris
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5.2
MOVIE1994
Heart of a Child
as Vern
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7.0
MOVIE1995
Not Our Son
as Police Chief
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4.8
MOVIE2001
Anthrax
as Tye Crow
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5.3
MOVIE2006
Goose on the Loose
as Alphonse David
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4.0
MOVIE2000
Becoming Dick
as Dr. Hardwin
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Better Off
as Self
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6.0
MOVIE2002
Aftermath
as Deputy Director Edwards
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5.8
MOVIE1999
Murder Most Likely
as Detective Inspector
MOVIE2004
The Murdoch Mysteries: Except the Dying
as Alderman Godfrey Shepcote
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6.0
MOVIE2018
The Doctor's Case
as Doctor Watson
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8.5
MOVIE2015
The Real 'X-Files'?
as Himself
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7.3
MOVIE2014
Focus
as Mr. Grant
MOVIE2004
Packing Up
as Jenkins
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3.9
MOVIE2001
Mindstorm
as Parish
MOVIE2008
Reverse
as Chris