About
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...
Known for
SupernaturalSeries • 2005
SmallvilleSeries • 2001
Stargate SG-1Series • 1997
The X-FilesSeries • 1993
ItSeries • 1990
MacGyverSeries • 1985
AirwolfSeries • 1984
21 Jump StreetSeries • 1987
AndromedaSeries • 2000
SlidersSeries • 1995
The Outer LimitsSeries • 1995
ContinuumSeries • 2012
Chilling Adventures of SabrinaSeries • 2018
UploadSeries • 2020
R. L. Stine's The Haunting HourSeries • 2010
First WaveSeries • 1998
Murder in a Small TownSeries • 2024
WiseguySeries • 1987
The CommishSeries • 1991
CapricaSeries • 2010
Human TargetSeries • 2010
Fear ItselfSeries • 2008
50 States of FrightSeries • 2020
The Dead ZoneMovie • 1983