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
113 acting credits · 3 directing credits
Acting · 113
Supernatural
2005
Smallville
2001
Stargate SG-1
1997
The X-Files
1993
MacGyver
1985
21 Jump Street
1987
Airwolf
1984
Midnight Matinee
1988
Andromeda
2000
Sliders
1995
The Outer Limits
1995
Continuum
2012
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
2010
First Wave
1998
Wiseguy
1987
Upload
2020
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
2018
The Commish
1991
Caprica
2010
It
1990
Human Target
2010
Murder in a Small Town
2024
Danger Bay
1985
Fear Itself
2008
50 States of Fright
2020
Poltergeist: The Legacy
1996
Robson Arms
2005
Bad Times at the El Royale
2018
MythQuest
2001
Tilt
2005
The X-Files
1998
Death Note
2017
Masters of Science Fiction
2007
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
2001
Passengers
2008
Nightmare Cafe
1992
The Dead Zone
1983
Broken Saints
2001
The Messengers
2007
Game Over, Man!
2018
Omen IV: The Awakening
1991
Numb
2007
The Tall Man
2012
Damage
2009
The Thaw
2009
Look Who's Talking
1989
The Package
2013
Possession
2009
The Hitman
1991
Unforgettable
1996
Dangerous Intentions
1995
It's a Wonderful Knife
2023
The Proposal
2001
Mindstorm
2001
Judicial Indiscretion
2007
Sisters
2006
Head Office
1985
Becoming Dick
2000
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Impossible Dream
2015
Saint Sinner
2002
Behemoth
2011
Dark Storm
2006
Don't Talk to Strangers
1994
The Murdoch Mysteries: Except the Dying
2004
Abduct
2016
Rise of the Damned
2011
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Truth Be Told
2015
Aftermath
2002
Voyage of Terror
1998
Focus
2014
Anthrax
2001
Deadly Deception
1987
Phil
2019
Heart of a Child
1994
Stonados
2013
100 Days In The Jungle
2002
Goose on the Loose
2006
Web of Desire
2010
Inside The X-Files
1998
Something Evil Comes
2009
Snakehead Terror
2004
Word of Honor
2003
The Cradle Will Fall
2004
Residue
2017
Amazon Falls
2010
The Secret of Hidden Lake
2006
Medium Raw
2010
When the Vows Break
1995
The Doctor's Case
2018
Killing Moon
1999
Her Fatal Flaw
2006
Singularity Principle
2013
Murder Most Likely
1999
Science Of Death
2001
Fear Itself: In Sickness and in Health
2008
Circumstances Unknown
1995
2BR02B: To Be or Naught to Be
2016
Flowers for Norma
2010
Not Our Son
1995
Out of Line
2001
Anything to Survive
1990
Reverse
2008
Perpetrators of the Crime
2000
More Secrets of the X-Files
1996
Sworn to Silence
1987
Better Off
2024
Secrets of the X-Files
1995
Packing Up
2004
Max Rules: Adventures of a Super Spy
2005
The Mountain Runners
2012
The Real 'X-Files'?
2015
Dark Pines
2005
Bribe, Inc.
2024