William B. Davis
Acting
1938-01-13 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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
Filmography
Bribe, Inc.
2024 · Movie
Murder in a Small Town
2024 · Series
Better Off
2024 · Movie
It's a Wonderful Knife
2023 · Movie
Upload
2020 · Series
50 States of Fright
2020 · Series
Phil
2019 · Movie
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
2018 · Series
Bad Times at the El Royale
2018 · Movie
The Doctor's Case
2018 · Movie
Game Over, Man!
2018 · Movie
Death Note
2017 · Movie
Residue
2017 · Movie
Abduct
2016 · Movie
2BR02B: To Be or Naught to Be
2016 · Movie
The Real 'X-Files'?
2015 · Movie
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Impossible Dream
2015 · Movie
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Truth Be Told
2015 · Movie
Focus
2014 · Movie
Stonados
2013 · Movie
Singularity Principle
2013 · Movie
The Package
2012 · Movie
The Mountain Runners
2012 · Movie
Continuum
2012 · Series
The Tall Man
2012 · Movie
Rise of the Damned
2011 · Movie
Behemoth
2011 · Movie
Flowers for Norma
2010 · Movie
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
2010 · Series
Amazon Falls
2010 · Movie
Medium Raw
2010 · Movie
Web of Desire
2010 · Movie
Caprica
2010 · Series
Human Target
2010 · Series
Damage
2009 · Movie
Something Evil Comes
2009 · Movie
The Thaw
2009 · Movie
Possession
2009 · Movie
Reverse
2008 · Movie
Passengers
2008 · Movie
In Sickness and in Health
2008 · Movie
Fear Itself
2008 · Series
Masters of Science Fiction
2007 · Series
Exhuming 'The Messengers'
2007 · Movie
Numb
2007 · Movie
Judicial Indiscretion
2007 · Movie
The Messengers
2007 · Movie
Her Fatal Flaw
2006 · Movie
Sisters
2006 · Movie
The Secret of Hidden Lake
2006 · Movie
Dark Storm
2006 · Movie
Goose on the Loose
2006 · Movie
Dark Pines
2005 · Movie
Supernatural
2005 · Series
Robson Arms
2005 · Series
Max Rules: Adventures of a Super Spy
2005 · Movie
Tilt
2005 · Series
Packing Up
2004 · Movie
The Murdoch Mysteries: Except the Dying
2004 · Movie
Snakehead Terror
2004 · Movie
The Cradle Will Fall
2004 · Movie
Word of Honor
2003 · Movie
Exchange
2003 · Movie
100 Days in the Jungle
2002 · Movie
Saint Sinner
2002 · Movie
Aftermath
2002 · Movie
Out of Line
2001 · Movie
Smallville
2001 · Series
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
2001 · Movie
MythQuest
2001 · Series
Mindstorm
2001 · Movie
Broken Saints
2001 · Series
The Proposal
2001 · Movie
Science Of Death
2001 · Movie
Anthrax
2001 · Movie
Andromeda
2000 · Series
Becoming Dick
2000 · Movie
Perpetrators of the Crime
2000 · Movie
Murder Most Likely
1999 · Movie
Killing Moon
1999 · Movie
First Wave
1998 · Series
The X-Files
1998 · Movie
Inside The X-Files
1998 · Movie
Voyage of Terror
1998 · Movie
Stargate SG-1
1997 · Series
More Secrets of the X-Files
1996 · Movie
Poltergeist: The Legacy
1996 · Series
Unforgettable
1996 · Movie
When the Vows Break
1995 · Movie
Secrets of the X-Files
1995 · Movie
Circumstances Unknown
1995 · Movie
The Outer Limits
1995 · Series
Sliders
1995 · Series
Not Our Son
1995 · Movie
Dangerous Intentions
1995 · Movie
Don't Talk to Strangers
1994 · Movie
Heart of a Child
1994 · Movie
The X-Files
1993 · Series
Nightmare Cafe
1992 · Series
The Commish
1991 · Series
Omen IV: The Awakening
1991 · Movie
The Hitman
1991 · Movie
It
1990 · Series
Anything to Survive
1990 · Movie
Look Who's Talking
1989 · Movie
Midnight Matinee
1988 · Movie
Wiseguy
1987 · Series
21 Jump Street
1987 · Series
Sworn to Silence
1987 · Movie
Deadly Deception
1987 · Movie
Danger Bay
1985 · Series
MacGyver
1985 · Series
Head Office
1985 · Movie
The Cuckoo Bird
1985 · Movie
Airwolf
1984 · Series
The Dead Zone
1983 · Movie
49th & Main
Series