William B. Davis

William B. Davis

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

Known For: Acting

Born: Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1938-01-13

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1983	The Dead Zone	Ambulance Driver	70
2	1985	Head Office	University Dean	52
3	1987	Deadly Deception	Lawyer	65
4	1987	Sworn to Silence	Peter Massio	60
5	1988	Midnight Matinee	Heath Harris	40
6	1989	Look Who's Talking	Drug Doctor	63
7	1990	Anything to Survive	Dr Reynolds	69
8	1991	The Hitman	Dr. Atkins	54
9	1991	Omen IV: The Awakening	Lawyer (uncredited)	50
10	1994	Heart of a Child	Vern	46
11	1994	Don't Talk to Strangers	Huddleston	48
12	1995	Dangerous Intentions	Group Leader	71
13	1995	Not Our Son	Police Chief	50
14	1995	Circumstances Unknown	Gene Reuschel	50
15	1995	When the Vows Break	Dr. Alexander	10
16	1996	Unforgettable	Doctor	56
17	1998	Voyage of Terror	Dr. Norman Ellisy	38
18	1998	Inside The X-Files	Self	68
19	1998	The X-Files	The Cigarette-Smoking Man	69
20	1999	Killing Moon	Ed	40
21	2000	Perpetrators of the Crime	Henderson	60
22	2000	Murder Most Likely		47
23	2000	Becoming Dick	Dr. Hardwin	20
24	2001	Science Of Death	Narrator	0
25	2001	Anthrax	Tye Crow	37
26	2001	The Proposal	Agent Frank Gruning	58
27	2001	Mindstorm	Parish	33
28	2001	Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back	Cigarette Smoking Man (uncredited)	64
29	2002	Aftermath	Deputy Director Edwards	45
30	2002	Saint Sinner	Father Michael	43
31	2002	100 Days In The Jungle	Ambassador Shear	48
32	2004	The Cradle Will Fall	Alex Myerson	49
33	2004	Snakehead Terror	Doc Jenkins	46
34	2004	The Murdoch Mysteries: Except the Dying	Alderman Godfrey Shepcote	0
35	2004	Packing Up	Jenkins	0
36	2005	Max Rules: Adventures of a Super Spy	Rick Brinkley	66
37	2005	Dark Pines	Shannon Fraser	0
38	2006	Dark Storm	General Killion	54
39	2006	The Secret of Hidden Lake		44
40	2006	Sisters	Dr. Lucas Bryant	38
41	2006	Her Fatal Flaw	Richard O'Brien	34
42	2007	The Messengers	Colby Price	57
43	2007	Judicial Indiscretion	Senator Garland Wolf	35
44	2007	Numb	Peter Milbank	59
45	2008	Passengers	Jack	61
46	2008	Reverse	Chris	0
47	2009	Possession	Hypnotist	55
48	2009	The Thaw	Ted	57
49	2009	Something Evil Comes	Mr. Dutton	62
50	2009	Damage	Veltz	66
51	2010	Medium Raw	Dr. Robert Parker	44
52	2010	Amazon Falls	Calvin	10
53	2010	Flowers for Norma	Older Gentleman #2	0
54	2011	Behemoth	William Walsh	40
55	2011	Rise of the Damned	Doctor	33
56	2012	The Tall Man	Sheriff Chestnut	60
57	2012	The Mountain Runners	Henry Engberg	90
58	2012	The Package	Dr. Willhelm	51
59	2013	Singularity Principle	Lawrence Cason	58
60	2013	Stonados	Ben	50
61	2014	Focus	Mr. Grant	70
62	2015	Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Truth Be Told	Harper	65
63	2015	Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Impossible Dream	Harper	68
64	2015	The Real 'X-Files'?	Himself	85
65	2016	2BR02B: To Be or Naught to Be	Granddad	0
66	2016	Abduct	Zane	32
67	2017	Residue	Lamont	59
68	2017	Death Note	Radio Host	43
69	2018	Game Over, Man!	Ray - Security	55
70	2018	The Doctor's Case	Doctor Watson	60
71	2018	Bad Times at the El Royale	Judge Gordon Hoffman	68
72	2019	Phil	Father Grant	48
73	2023	It's a Wonderful Knife	Roger Evans	51
74	2024	Better Off	Self	0
75	2024	Bribe, Inc.	Figaro (voice)	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1984	Airwolf	F.I.R.M. Official	76
2	1984	Airwolf	Newman	76
3	1985	MacGyver	Judge	77
4	1985	Danger Bay	Norris	71
5	1987	21 Jump Street	Mr. Weidlin	72
6	1987	21 Jump Street	Mr. Wickenton	72
7	1987	21 Jump Street	Judge Harrison	72
8	1987	Wiseguy		65
9	1990	It	Sr. Gedreau	69
10	1991	The Commish		71
11	1992	Nightmare Cafe	Doctor	60
12	1993	The X-Files	Cigarette Smoking Man	84
13	1993	The X-Files	Cancer Man	84
14	1993	The X-Files	CGB Spender	84
15	1993	The X-Files	SS Oberfuehrer / Smoking Man	84
16	1993	The X-Files	Cigarette Smoking Man / True Name Carl Gerhard Busch	84
17	1993	The X-Files		84
18	1995	Sliders	Prof. Myman	76
19	1995	The Outer Limits	John Wymer	77
20	1995	The Outer Limits	Ed	77
21	1995	The Outer Limits	Dr. Frank Biemler	77
22	1996	Poltergeist: The Legacy	Dr. Bill Nigel	62
23	1997	Stargate SG-1	Damaris	83
24	1998	First Wave	Sagon	72
25	2000	Andromeda	Professor Logitch	71
26	2000	The Fearing Mind	Mitchell Colfax	40
27	2001	Broken Saints	Benjamin Palmer (voice)	90
28	2001	MythQuest	Drossos	67
29	2001	Smallville	William Tate	82
30	2005	Tilt	Father Luke	63
31	2005	Robson Arms		48
32	2005	Supernatural	College Professor	83
33	2007	Masters of Science Fiction		62
34	2008	Fear Itself	Father Chris	68
35	2010	Human Target	Whitey Doyle	72
36	2010	Caprica	Minister Chambers	69
37	2010	R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour	Plumberg	81
38	2010	R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour	Grandfather	81
39	2012	Continuum	Future Alec Sadler	75
40	2018	Chilling Adventures of Sabrina	Methuselah	82
41	2020	50 States of Fright	Frank	72
42	2020	Upload	David Choak	79

William B. Davis

Film

Television