William B. Davis
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.
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Fotos
Películas (86)
Bribe, Inc.
2024 · Figaro (voice)
Better Off
2024 · Self
It's a Wonderful Knife
2023 · Roger Evans
Phil
2019 · Father Grant
Bad Times at the El Royale
2018 · Judge Gordon Hoffman
Implanted Memories: 25 Years of the X-Files
2018 · Self
The Doctor's Case
2018 · Doctor Watson
Game Over, Man!
2018 · Ray - Security
Death Note
2017 · Radio Host
Residue
2017 · Lamont
Abduct
2016 · Zane
2BR02B: To Be or Naught to Be
2016 · Granddad
The Real 'X-Files'?
2015 · Himself
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Impossible Dream
2015 · Harper
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Truth Be Told
2015 · Harper
Focus
2014 · Mr. Grant
Stonados
2013 · Ben
Singularity Principle
2013 · Lawrence Cason
The Package
2013 · Dr. Willhelm
The Mountain Runners
2012 · Henry Engberg
The Tall Man
2012 · Sheriff Chestnut
Rise of the Damned
2011 · Doctor
Behemoth
2011 · William Walsh
Flowers for Norma
2010 · Older Gentleman #2
Amazon Falls
2010 · Calvin
Medium Raw
2010 · Dr. Robert Parker
Web of Desire
2010 · Dr. Charles Friedman
Damage
2009 · Veltz
Something Evil Comes
2009 · Mr. Dutton
The Thaw
2009 · Ted
Possession
2009 · Hypnotist
Reverse
2008 · Chris, Writer, Director, Editor
Passengers
2008 · Jack
In Sickness and in Health
2008 · Father Chris
Exhuming 'The Messengers'
2007 · Self
Numb
2007 · Peter Milbank
Judicial Indiscretion
2007 · Senator Garland Wolf
The Messengers
2007 · Colby Price
Her Fatal Flaw
2006 · Richard O'Brien
Sisters
2006 · Dr. Lucas Bryant
The Secret of Hidden Lake
2006
Dark Storm
2006 · General Killion
Goose on the Loose
2006 · Alphonse David
Dark Pines
2005 · Shannon Fraser
Max Rules: Adventures of a Super Spy
2005 · Rick Brinkley
Packing Up
2004 · Jenkins, Writer, Director, Editor, Executive Producer
The Murdoch Mysteries: Except the Dying
2004 · Alderman Godfrey Shepcote
Snakehead Terror
2004 · Doc Jenkins
The Cradle Will Fall
2004 · Alex Myerson
Word of Honor
2003 · Lewis Kaplan - Tyson's Boss
Exchange
2003 · Director, Producer, Writer, Editor, Executive Producer
100 Days in the Jungle
2002 · Ambassador Shear
Saint Sinner
2002 · Father Michael
Aftermath
2002 · Deputy Director Edwards
Out of Line
2001 · Russell
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
2001 · Cigarette Smoking Man (uncredited)
Mindstorm
2001 · Parish
The Proposal
2001 · Agent Frank Gruning
Science Of Death
2001 · Narrator
Anthrax
2001 · Tye Crow
Becoming Dick
2000 · Dr. Hardwin
Perpetrators of the Crime
2000 · Henderson
Murder Most Likely
1999 · Detective Inspector
Killing Moon
1999 · Ed
The X-Files
1998 · Carl Busch
Inside The X-Files
1998 · Self
Voyage of Terror
1998 · Dr. Norman Ellisy
More Secrets of the X-Files
1996 · Self
Unforgettable
1996 · Doctor
When the Vows Break
1995 · Dr. Alexander
Secrets of the X-Files
1995 · Self
Circumstances Unknown
1995 · Gene Reuschel
Not Our Son
1995 · Police Chief
Dangerous Intentions
1995 · Group Leader
Don't Talk to Strangers
1994 · Huddleston
Heart of a Child
1994 · Vern
Omen IV: The Awakening
1991 · Lawyer (uncredited)
The Hitman
1991 · Dr. Atkins
Anything to Survive
1990 · Dr Reynolds
Midnight Matinee
1989 · Heath Harris
Look Who's Talking
1989 · Drug Doctor
Sworn to Silence
1987 · Peter Massio
Deadly Deception
1987 · Lawyer
Head Office
1985 · University Dean
The Cuckoo Bird
1985 · Ted
The Dead Zone
1983 · Ambulance Driver
Series (32)
Murder in a Small Town
2024 · Captain Darcy Stewart
Upload
2020 · David Choak
50 States of Fright
2020 · Frank
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
2018 · Methuselah
Continuum
2012 · Future Alec Sadler
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
2010 · Plumberg, Grandfather
Caprica
2010 · Minister Chambers
Human Target
2010 · Whitey Doyle
Fear Itself
2008 · Father Chris
Masters of Science Fiction
2007
Supernatural
2005 · College Professor
Robson Arms
2005
Tilt
2005 · Father Luke
Smallville
2001 · William Tate
MythQuest
2001 · Drossos
Broken Saints
2001 · Benjamin Palmer (voice)
Andromeda
2000 · Professor Logitch
First Wave
1998 · Sagon
Stargate SG-1
1997 · Damaris
Poltergeist: The Legacy
1996 · Dr. Bill Nigel
The Outer Limits
1995 · John Wymer, Dr. Frank Biemler, Ed
Sliders
1995 · Prof. Myman
The X-Files
1993 · Cigarette Smoking Man, Cancer Man, SS Oberfuehrer / Smoking Man, CGB Spender, Writer
Nightmare Cafe
1992 · Doctor
The Commish
1991
It
1990 · Mr. Gedreau
Wiseguy
1987
21 Jump Street
1987 · Mr. Weidlin, Mr. Wickenton, Judge Harrison
Danger Bay
1985 · Norris
MacGyver
1985 · Judge
Lobo del aire
1984 · F.I.R.M. Official, Newman
49th & Main
· Creator