Directed credits
2
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Beginning to build directing work.
Director
Bruce Davison
Acting
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1.5
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Directed movies: 2Directed series: 0All crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 52374
IMDb ID: nm0001117
Known for: Acting
Born: June 28, 1946
Age: 79
Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2025
Years active: 82
Average TMDB rating: 6.47
Wikidata: Q355163
Also known as
Bruce Davidson • 브루스 데이비슨 • 布鲁斯·戴维森 • بروس دیویسن
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Director (2)
Biography
Bruce Allen Davison (born June 28, 1946) is an American actor and director. He portrayed Senator Robert Kelly in X-Men (2000) and X2 (2003). Davison is also well known for his starring role as Willard Stiles in the cult horror film Willard (1971), his Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning performance in Longtime Companion (1989), and as Thomas Semmes in the HBO original movie Vendetta. His other notable film roles are as Grandpa in Black Beauty (2015), Brig. Gen. Bill Marks in High Crimes, Durwood Cable in Runaway Jury, Dr. Charles Aaron in At First Sight, Richard Bowden in Apt Pupil, Reverend Parris in The Crucible, Ruby in Spies Like Us, and Richard Hagstrom in Stephen King's Golden Tales and Tales from the Darkside - the TV movie and originally in an episode of the anthology series. His best known TV roles are as Dr. Charles Graiman on the TV movie and series Knight Rider (2008), Doug Hellman on Close to Home (2005-2007), Dr. Stegman on Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital (2004-2005), George Henderson on the series Harry and the Hendersons (1991-1993), and Scott Wallace on The Practice.
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Movies directed by Bruce Davison.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Bruce Davison.
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Bruce Davison.
8.3
Criminal Minds
as Father Davison • 1 eps
2005 Series
8.3
Seinfeld
as Wyck Thayer • 3 eps
1989 Series
8.2
1923
as Arthur • 3 eps
2022 Series
8.2
Battlestar Galactica
as Dr. Michael Robert • 1 eps
2004 Series
8.2
The Legend of Korra
as Lord Zuko (voice) • 6 eps
2012 Series
8.2
Ozark
as Senator Randall Schafer • 6 eps
2017 Series
8.1
Ghost Whisperer
as Josh Bedford • 5 eps
2005 Series
8.0
Castle
as Lou Karnacki • 1 eps
2009 Series
8.0
Tales from the Crypt
as Luden Sandelton • 1 eps
1989 Series
7.9
Lost
as Douglas Brooks • 2 eps
2004 Series
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Dr. Graham Mandell • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.9
Bosch: Legacy
as James Rafferty • 2 eps
2022 Series
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Bruce Davison.
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Dr. Graham Mandell • 1 eps
1999 Series
8.3
Criminal Minds
as Father Davison • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Avery Tinsdale • 1 eps
2000 Series
7.9
Lost
as Douglas Brooks • 2 eps
2004 Series
7.7
The Lincoln Lawyer
as Judge Walter Abrams • 1 eps
2022 Series
8.3
Seinfeld
as Wyck Thayer • 3 eps
1989 Series
8.0
Castle
as Lou Karnacki • 1 eps
2009 Series
7.8
Hawaii Five-0
as Steven Carver • 1 eps
2010 Series
7.8
Star Trek: Voyager
as Jareth • 1 eps
1995 Series
7.3
JAG
as Dr. Morris Sperling • 1 eps
1995 Series
7.7
CSI: Miami
as Dane Daniels • 1 eps
2002 Series
7.9
Psych
as Walter Snowden • 1 eps
2006 Series
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Bruce Davison.
6.0
The Lightning Code
as Nikola Tesla
2025 Movie
6.2
Camera
as Frank Flynn
2024 Movie
5.3
Suitable Flesh
as Ephraim Waite
2023 Movie
5.6
From the Shadows
as Dr. Joseph Cawl
2023 Movie
5.3
Condor's Nest
as Gerhardt Schrude
2023 Movie
6.5
The Good Neighbor
as Grant
2022 Movie
3.6
Evil at the Door
as John Doe
2022 Movie
5.5
The Manor
as Roland
2021 Movie
5.8
My True Fairytale
as Martin Goodwin
2021 Movie
5.6
We Still Say Grace
as Harold
2020 Movie
4.9
The Gift of Christmas
as Bob Rodgers
2020 Movie
4.3
Captors
as Silas Visler
2020 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Bruce Davison.
5.6
The American Revolution
as (voice) • 2 eps
2025 Series
5.0
Universal Basic Guys
as (voice) • 2 eps
2024 Series
8.2
1923
as Arthur • 3 eps
2022 Series
7.7
The Lincoln Lawyer
as Judge Walter Abrams • 1 eps
2022 Series
7.9
Bosch: Legacy
as James Rafferty • 2 eps
2022 Series
7.4
Creepshow
as Avery Whitlock • 1 eps
2019 Series
8.2
Ozark
as Senator Randall Schafer • 6 eps
2017 Series
6.7
The Son
as ENDICOTT • 1 eps
2017 Series
7.1
Designated Survivor
as Ray Beckett • 1 eps
2016 Series
7.4
Blindspot
as Jean-Paul Bruyere • 2 eps
2015 Series
6.9
Kingdom
as Ron Prince • 4 eps
2014 Series
6.2
Sequestered
12 eps
2014 Series