William B. Davis
William B. Davis
William B. Davis has appeared in 25 movies on CringeMDb. 9 contain sex scenes, nudity or sexual violence, and 16 do not.
- Most recent parent-safe movie: It's a Wonderful Knife (2023)
- Most recent with adult content: Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)
Born January 13, 1938 · Known for acting
36.0% Featured Movie Cringe Score (25 movies)
William B. Davis Movie Credits
Certified Parent-Safe
The X-Files
...as Carl Busch
The Proposal
...as Agent Frank Gruning
Damage
...as Veltz
The Messengers
...as Colby Price
Passengers
...as Jack
Snakehead Terror
...as Doc Jenkins
The Tall Man
...as Sheriff Chestnut
The Cradle Will Fall
...as Alex Myerson
It's a Wonderful Knife
...as Roger Evans
The Hitman
...as Dr. Atkins
Circumstances Unknown
...as Gene Reuschel
Don't Talk to Strangers
...as Huddleston
Mindstorm
...as Parish
The Package
...as Dr. Willhelm
Phil
...as Father Grant
Goose on the Loose
...as Alphonse David
Certified Cringeworthy
Dark Storm
...as General Killion
The Thaw
...as Ted
Unforgettable
...as Doctor
Numb
...as Peter Milbank
Sisters
...as Dr. Lucas Bryant
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
...as Cigarette Smoking Man (uncredited)
Perpetrators of the Crime
...as Henderson
Bad Times at the El Royale
...as Judge Gordon Hoffman
Out of Line
...as Russell
About 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.
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