Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1/13/1938
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Also Known As
Bill DavisWilliam Davis
William B. Davis
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...
Known For
Midnight Matinee
as Heath Harris
The Messengers
as Colby Price
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
as Cigarette Smoking Man (uncredited)
The X-Files
as The Cigarette-Smoking Man
The Murdoch Mysteries: Except the Dying
as Alderman Godfrey Shepcote
Abduct
as Zane
Bad Times at the El Royale
as Judge Gordon Hoffman
Look Who's Talking
as Drug Doctor
The Hitman
as Dr. Atkins
The Thaw
as Ted
Focus
as Mr. Grant
Damage
as Veltz
The Proposal
as Agent Frank Gruning
Numb
as Peter Milbank
The Dead Zone
as Ambulance Driver
Behemoth
as William Walsh
Dark Storm
as General Killion
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Truth Be Told
as Harper
Better Off
as Self
Residue
as Lamont
Career Timeline
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2018
2015
2012
2010
2009
2007
2006
2005
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2002
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2000
1998
1996
1995
When the Vows Break
as Dr. Alexander
Secrets of the X-Files
as Self
Circumstances Unknown
as Gene Reuschel
The Outer Limits
as John Wymer
The Outer Limits
as Dr. Frank Biemler
The Outer Limits
as Ed
Sliders
as Prof. Myman
Not Our Son
as Police Chief
Dangerous Intentions
as Group Leader