
William B. 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 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.
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Acting (74 movies)

The X-Files
1998

The Proposal
2001

The Dead Zone
1983

Damage
2009

Focus
2014

Saint Sinner
2002

The Messengers
2007

Possession
2009

Passengers
2008

Snakehead Terror
2004

Packing Up
2004

Medium Raw
2010

Dangerous Intentions
1995

Her Fatal Flaw
2006

Behemoth
2011

The Tall Man
2012

The Cradle Will Fall
2004

Something Evil Comes
2009

Midnight Matinee
1988

Science Of Death
2001

100 Days In The Jungle
2002

Singularity Principle
2013

Amazon Falls
2010

Stonados
2013

It's a Wonderful Knife
2023

Dark Storm
2006

The Hitman
1991

The Thaw
2009

Death Note
2017

Deadly Deception
1987

Unforgettable
1996

Becoming Dick
2000

Better Off
2024

Circumstances Unknown
1995

When the Vows Break
1995

Numb
2007

Don't Talk to Strangers
1994

Aftermath
2002

Sworn to Silence
1987

Judicial Indiscretion
2007

Anthrax
2001

The Mountain Runners
2012

Heart of a Child
1994

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Truth Be Told
2015

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Impossible Dream
2015

Inside The X-Files
1998

Sisters
2006

Anything to Survive
1990

Mindstorm
2001

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
2001

Omen IV: The Awakening
1991

The Doctor's Case
2018

Killing Moon
1999

Residue
2017

Abduct
2016

The Package
2013

Game Over, Man!
2018

The Real 'X-Files'?
2015

2BR02B: To Be or Naught to Be
2016

The Secret of Hidden Lake
2006

Perpetrators of the Crime
2000

Bad Times at the El Royale
2018

Murder Most Likely
1999

Look Who's Talking
1989

Phil
2019

The Murdoch Mysteries: Except the Dying
2004

Not Our Son
1995

Rise of the Damned
2011

Head Office
1985

Max Rules: Adventures of a Super Spy
2005

Voyage of Terror
1998

Bribe, Inc.
2024

Flowers for Norma
2010

Word of Honor
2003
Directing (3 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Exchange | 2003 | Writer |
| Exchange | 2003 | Producer |
| Exchange | 2003 | Executive Producer |
| Packing Up | 2004 | Writer |
| Packing Up | 2004 | Executive Producer |
| Reverse | 2008 | Writer |