Biography
William B. Davis
Acting
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…
Career works
115
Movies
84
Series
31
Career average
6.2/10
Birth date
01/13/1938
Place of birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Filmography highlights
Movies
Bribe, Inc.
2024 · 10.0
Better Off
2024
It's a Wonderful Knife
2023 · 5.1
Phil
2019 · 4.8
Bad Times at the El Royale
2018 · 6.8
The Doctor's Case
2018 · 6.0
Game Over, Man!
2018 · 5.5
Death Note
2017 · 4.3
Residue
2017 · 5.8
Abduct
2016 · 3.2
2BR02B: To Be or Naught to Be
2016
The Real 'X-Files'?
2015 · 8.5
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Impossible Dream
2015 · 6.8
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Truth Be Told
2015 · 6.5
Focus
2014 · 7.3
Series
Murder in a Small Town
2024 · 6.9
Upload
2020 · 7.8
50 States of Fright
2020 · 7.2
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
2018 · 8.2
Continuum
2012 · 7.5
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
2010 · 8.2
Caprica
2010 · 6.9
Human Target
2010 · 7.2
Fear Itself
2008 · 6.7
Masters of Science Fiction
2007 · 6.2
Supernatural
2005 · 8.3
Robson Arms
2005 · 5.2
Tilt
2005 · 7.3
Smallville
2001 · 8.2
MythQuest
2001 · 7.2