William B. Davis

William B. Davis

Birthday: 1938-01-13

Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Also known as: Bill Davis, William Davis

imdb_id: nm0205657

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

Played in movies:

The Mountain Runners

Score: 9.0

The Real 'X-Files'?

Score: 8.5

The Dead Zone

Score: 7.0

Dangerous Intentions

Score: 7.0

Focus

Score: 7.0

Anything to Survive

Score: 6.9

The X-Files

Score: 6.9

Bad Times at the El Royale

Score: 6.8

Inside The X-Files

Score: 6.8

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Impossible Dream

Score: 6.8

Max Rules: Adventures of a Super Spy

Score: 6.6

Damage

Score: 6.6

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Truth Be Told

Score: 6.5

Deadly Deception

Score: 6.5

Singularity Principle

Score: 6.5

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

Score: 6.4

Look Who's Talking

Score: 6.3

Something Evil Comes

Score: 6.2

Passengers

Score: 6.1

The Proposal

Score: 6.1

The Tall Man

Score: 6.0

Perpetrators of the Crime

Score: 6.0

Residue

Score: 6.0

The Doctor's Case

Score: 6.0

Sworn to Silence

Score: 6.0

Numb

Score: 5.9

The Messengers

Score: 5.7

The Thaw

Score: 5.7

Unforgettable

Score: 5.6

Dark Storm

Score: 5.6

Possession

Score: 5.5

Game Over, Man!

Score: 5.5

Heart of a Child

Score: 5.5

The Hitman

Score: 5.4

Head Office

Score: 5.2

The Package

Score: 5.2

It's a Wonderful Knife

Score: 5.1

Phil

Score: 5.0

Circumstances Unknown

Score: 5.0

Stonados

Score: 5.0

Omen IV: The Awakening

Score: 5.0

The Cradle Will Fall

Score: 4.9

The Secret of Hidden Lake

Score: 4.8

Don't Talk to Strangers

Score: 4.8

100 Days In The Jungle

Score: 4.8

Murder Most Likely

Score: 4.7

Snakehead Terror

Score: 4.7

Aftermath

Score: 4.5

Medium Raw

Score: 4.4

Judicial Indiscretion

Score: 4.3

Saint Sinner

Score: 4.3

Death Note

Score: 4.3

Behemoth

Score: 4.1

Killing Moon

Score: 4.0

Midnight Matinee

Score: 4.0

Her Fatal Flaw

Score: 4.0

Voyage of Terror

Score: 3.8

Sisters

Score: 3.8

Anthrax

Score: 3.7

Mindstorm

Score: 3.6

Rise of the Damned

Score: 3.3

Abduct

Score: 3.2

Becoming Dick

Score: 2.0

Dark Pines

Score: 0.0

Bribe, Inc.

Score: 0.0

Not Our Son

Score: 0.0

The Murdoch Mysteries: Except the Dying

Score: 0.0

2BR02B: To Be or Naught to Be

Score: 0.0

When the Vows Break

Score: 0.0

Better Off

Score: 0.0

Amazon Falls

Score: 0.0

Science Of Death

Score: 0.0

Reverse

Score: 0.0

Packing Up

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Broken Saints

Score: 9.0

The X-Files

Score: 8.4

The X-Files

Score: 8.4

The X-Files

Score: 8.4

The X-Files

Score: 8.4

The X-Files

Score: 8.4

Supernatural

Score: 8.3

Stargate SG-1

Score: 8.3

Smallville

Score: 8.2

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

Score: 8.2

R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour

Score: 8.1

R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour

Score: 8.1

Upload

Score: 7.9

The Outer Limits

Score: 7.7

The Outer Limits

Score: 7.7

The Outer Limits

Score: 7.7

MacGyver

Score: 7.7

Sliders

Score: 7.6

Airwolf

Score: 7.6

Airwolf

Score: 7.6

Continuum

Score: 7.5

50 States of Fright

Score: 7.2

Danger Bay

Score: 7.2

Human Target

Score: 7.2

The Commish

Score: 7.1

Andromeda

Score: 7.1

First Wave

Score: 7.1

21 Jump Street

Score: 7.1

21 Jump Street

Score: 7.1

21 Jump Street

Score: 7.1

Caprica

Score: 6.9

It

Score: 6.9

Fear Itself

Score: 6.8

MythQuest

Score: 6.7

Wiseguy

Score: 6.5

Tilt

Score: 6.3

Masters of Science Fiction

Score: 6.2

Poltergeist: The Legacy

Score: 6.1

Nightmare Cafe

Score: 6.0

Robson Arms

Score: 4.8

The Fearing Mind

Score: 4.0