
William B. Davis
Known for: Acting
Born: January 13, 1938
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 p…
Known for

Packing Up
2004
Reverse
2008

Medium Raw
2010

Science Of Death
2001

Singularity Principle
2013

The Doctor's Case
2018

Abduct
2016

The Real 'X-Files'?
2015

Her Fatal Flaw
2006

Something Evil Comes
2009

Amazon Falls
2010

2BR02B: To Be or Naught to Be
2016

Exhuming 'The Messengers'
2007

The X-Files
1998

The Proposal
2001

Damage
2009

Possession
2009

The Tall Man
2012

Aftermath
2002

The Mountain Runners
2012

Inside The X-Files
1998

The Secret of Hidden Lake
2006

Max Rules: Adventures of a Super Spy
2005

Bribe, Inc.
2024

It's a Wonderful Knife
2023

Dark Storm
2006

Perpetrators of the Crime
2000

The Murdoch Mysteries: Except the Dying
2004

Voyage of Terror
1998
Dark Pines
2005

Fear Itself: In Sickness and in Health
2008

Focus
2014

The Messengers
2007

Passengers
2008

Behemoth
2011

Stonados
2013

Becoming Dick
2000

Circumstances Unknown
1995

Numb
2007

Anthrax
2001

Sisters
2006

Anything to Survive
1990

Mindstorm
2001

Flowers for Norma
2010

Out of Line
2001

Web of Desire
2010

The Cradle Will Fall
2004

Judicial Indiscretion
2007

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Truth Be Told
2015

Secrets of the X-Files
1995

Saint Sinner
2002

Snakehead Terror
2004

Midnight Matinee
1988

Killing Moon
1999

Residue
2017

Murder Most Likely
1999

Goose on the Loose
2006

Sworn to Silence
1987

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Impossible Dream
2015

Deadly Deception
1987
The Cuckoo Bird
1985

When the Vows Break
1995

The Thaw
2009

Don't Talk to Strangers
1994

Heart of a Child
1994

More Secrets of the X-Files
1996

Unforgettable
1996

Better Off
2024

Phil
2019

The Package
2013

Word of Honor
2003

The Hitman
1991

Rise of the Damned
2011

Bad Times at the El Royale
2018

Dangerous Intentions
1995

100 Days in the Jungle
2002

Look Who's Talking
1989

Not Our Son
1995

Head Office
1985

The Dead Zone
1983

Omen IV: The Awakening
1991

Game Over, Man!
2018

Death Note
2017

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
2001

21 Jump Street
1987

Airwolf
1984

The Commish
1991

Masters of Science Fiction
2007

Andromeda
2000

Robson Arms
2005

The X-Files
1993

Smallville
2001

Stargate SG-1
1997

Nightmare Cafe
1992

Wiseguy
1987

Fear Itself
2008

Human Target
2010

The Outer Limits
1995

50 States of Fright
2020

Continuum
2012

Supernatural
2005

Danger Bay
1985

MythQuest
2001

Tilt
2005

Sliders
1995

It
1990

R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
2010

MacGyver
1985

Poltergeist: The Legacy
1996

Caprica
2010

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
2018

Upload
2020

First Wave
1998

Broken Saints
2001

Murder in a Small Town
2024