Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 13, 1938
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Credits
117 titles
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 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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known For
Filmography
Bribe, Inc.
Figaro (voice)
Murder in a Small Town
Captain Darcy Stewart
Better Off
Self
It's a Wonderful Knife
Roger Evans
Upload
David Choak
50 States of Fright
Frank
Phil
Father Grant
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Methuselah
Bad Times at the El Royale
Judge Gordon Hoffman
The Doctor's Case
Doctor Watson
Game Over, Man!
Ray - Security
Death Note
Radio Host
Residue
Lamont
Abduct
Zane
2BR02B: To Be or Naught to Be
Granddad
The Real 'X-Files'?
Himself
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Impossible Dream
Harper
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Truth Be Told
Harper
Focus
Mr. Grant
Stonados
Ben
Singularity Principle
Lawrence Cason
The Package
Dr. Willhelm
The Mountain Runners
Henry Engberg
Continuum
Future Alec Sadler
The Tall Man
Sheriff Chestnut
Rise of the Damned
Doctor
Behemoth
William Walsh
Flowers for Norma
Older Gentleman #2
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
Plumberg
Amazon Falls
Calvin
Medium Raw
Dr. Robert Parker
Web of Desire
Dr. Charles Friedman
Caprica
Minister Chambers
Human Target
Whitey Doyle
Damage
Veltz
Something Evil Comes
Mr. Dutton
The Thaw
Ted
Possession
Hypnotist
Reverse
Chris
Passengers
Jack
In Sickness and in Health
Father Chris
Fear Itself
Father Chris
Masters of Science Fiction
Exhuming 'The Messengers'
Self
Numb
Peter Milbank
Judicial Indiscretion
Senator Garland Wolf
The Messengers
Colby Price
Her Fatal Flaw
Richard O'Brien
Sisters
Dr. Lucas Bryant
The Secret of Hidden Lake