William B. Davis
Birthday
1938/01/13 (86 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Also know as
Bill Davis, William 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 p...Read more
Acting
(1998) The X Files
as The Cigarette-Smoking Man
(2001) The Proposal
as Agent Frank Gruning
(1983) The Dead Zone
as Ambulance Driver
(2009) Damage
as Veltz
(2014) Focus
as Mr. Grant
(2002) Saint Sinner
as Father Michael
(2007) The Messengers
as Colby Price
(2009) Possession
as Hypnotist
(2008) Passengers
as Jack
(2004) Snakehead Terror
as Doc Jenkins
(2004) Packing Up
as Jenkins
(2008) Reverse
as Chris
(2010) Medium Raw
as Dr. Robert Parker
(1995) Dangerous Intentions
as Group Leader
(2006) Her Fatal Flaw
as Richard O'Brien
(2011) Behemoth
as William Walsh
(2012) The Tall Man
as Sheriff Chestnut
(2004) The Cradle Will Fall
as Alex Myerson
(2009) Something Evil Comes
as Mr. Dutton
(1988) Midnight Matinee
as Heath Harris
(2001) Science Of Death
as Narrator
(2002) 100 Days In The Jungle
as Ambassador Shear
(2013) Singularity Principle
as Lawrence Cason
(2010) Amazon Falls
as Calvin
(2013) Stonados
as Ben
(2023) It's a Wonderful Knife
as Roger Evans
(2006) Dark Storm
as General Killion
(1991) The Hitman
as Dr. Atkins
(2017) Death Note
as Radio Host
(2009) The Thaw
as Ted
(1987) Deadly Deception
as Lawyer
(1996) Unforgettable
as Doctor
(2000) Becoming Dick
as Dr. Hardwin
(2024) Better Off
as ---
(1995) Circumstances Unknown
as Gene Reuschel
(1995) When the Vows Break
as Dr. Alexander
(2007) Numb
as Peter Milbank
(1994) Don't Talk to Strangers
as Huddleston
(2002) Aftermath
as Deputy Director Edwards
(1987) Sworn to Silence
as Peter Massio
(2007) Judicial Indiscretion
as Senator Garland Wolf
(2001) Anthrax
as Tye Crow
(2012) The Mountain Runners
as Henry Engberg
(1994) Heart of a Child
as Vern
(2015) Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Truth Be Told
as Harper
(2015) Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Impossible Dream
as Harper
(1998) Inside The X-Files
as Self
(2006) Sisters
as Dr. Lucas Bryant
(1990) Anything to Survive
as Dr Reynolds
(2001) Mindstorm
as Parish
(2001) Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
as Cigarette Smoking Man (uncredited)
(1991) Omen IV: The Awakening
as Lawyer (uncredited)
(2018) The Doctor's Case
as Doctor Watson
(1999) Killing Moon
as Ed
(2017) Residue
as Lamont
(2016) Abduct
as Zane
(2012) The Package
as Dr. Willhelm
(2018) Game Over, Man!
as Ray - Security
(2015) The Real 'X-Files'?
as Himself
(2016) 2BR02B: To Be or Naught to Be
as Granddad
(2006) The Secret of Hidden Lake
as ---
(2000) Perpetrators of the Crime
as Henderson
(2018) Bad Times at the El Royale
as Judge Gordon Hoffman
(2000) Murder Most Likely
as ---
(1989) Look Who's Talking
as Drug Doctor
(2019) Crystal's Shadow
as Mr. M
(2019) Phil
as Father Grant
(2004) The Murdoch Mysteries: Except the Dying
as Alderman Godfrey Shepcote
(1995) Not Our Son
as Police Chief
(2011) Rise of the Damned
as Doctor
(1985) Head Office
as University Dean
(2005) Max Rules: Adventures of a Super Spy
as Rick Brinkley
(1998) Voyage of Terror
as Dr. Norman Ellisy
(1987) 21 Jump Street
as Mr. Weidlin
(1984) Airwolf
as F.I.R.M. Official
(1991) The Commish
as ---
(2007) Masters of Science Fiction
as ---
(2000) Andromeda
as Professor Logitch
(2005) Robson Arms
as ---
(1993) The X-Files
as Cigarette Smoking Man
(2001) Smallville
as William Tate
(1997) Stargate SG-1
as Damaris
(1992) Nightmare Cafe
as Doctor
(1987) Wiseguy
as ---
(2008) Fear Itself
as Father Chris
(1993) The X-Files
as Cancer Man
(2010) Human Target
as ---
(1995) The Outer Limits
as John Wymer
(2020) 50 States of Fright
as Frank
(2012) Continuum
as Future Alec Sadler
(1993) The X-Files
as SS Oberfuehrer / Smoking Man
(1993) The X-Files
as CGB Spender
(1993) The X-Files
as Cigarette Smoking Man / True Name Carl Gerhard Busch
(2005) Supernatural
as College Professor
(1995) The Outer Limits
as Dr. Frank Biemler
(1995) The Outer Limits
as Ed
(1985) Danger Bay
as Norris
(2001) MythQuest
as Drossos
(2005) Tilt
as Father Luke
(1984) Airwolf
as Newman
(1995) Sliders
as Prof. Myman
(2000) The Fearing Mind
as Mitchell Colfax
(1990) It
as Mr. Gedreau
(1987) 21 Jump Street
as Mr. Wickenton
(2010) R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
as Plumberg
(2010) R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
as Grandfather
(1985) MacGyver
as Judge
(1996) Poltergeist: The Legacy
as Dr. Bill Nigel
(2010) Caprica
as Minister Chambers
(2018) Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
as Methuselah
(2020) Upload
as David Choak
(1987) 21 Jump Street
as Judge Harrison
(1998) First Wave
as Sagon
(2001) Broken Saints
as Benjamin Palmer (voice)