William B. Davis

Acting

William B. Davis

Born January 13, 1938 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada (age 88)

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 …

Known For

The MessengersThe Messengers · 2007
The Messengers
★ 5.82007
MovieMysteryThriller
When the Solomons trade in the craziness of big-city life for the quiet of a North Dakota farm, little do they expect the nightmare that follows. Soon after arriving, teenage Jess and her younger brother see terrifying apparitions and endure attacks from a supernatural source. Jess must warn her disbelieving family before it is too late to save them.
Bad Times at the El RoyaleBad Times at the El Royale · 2018
Bad Times at the El Royale
★ 6.82018
MovieThrillerMystery
Lake Tahoe, 1969. Seven strangers, each one with a secret to bury, meet at El Royale, a decadent motel with a dark past. In the course of a fateful night, everyone will have one last shot at redemption.
Midnight MatineeMidnight Matinee · 1989
Midnight Matinee
★ 5.11989
MovieHorrorMystery
Even though a devastating murder took place during a small town's horror film festival two years earlier, townspeople want another festival.
Death NoteDeath Note · 2017
Death Note
★ 4.32017
MovieCrimeFantasy
Light Turner finds a supernatural notebook and uses it to mete out death, attracting the attention of a detective, a demon and a girl in his class.
The X-FilesThe X-Files · 1998
The X-Files
★ 6.91998
MovieMysteryScience Fiction
Mulder and Scully, now taken off the FBI's X Files cases, must find a way to fight the shadowy elements of the government to find out the truth about a conspiracy that might mean the alien colonization of Earth.
The Dead ZoneThe Dead Zone · 1983
The Dead Zone
★ 7.01983
MovieThrillerHorror
Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the past, present and future life of anyone with whom he comes into physical contact.
Omen IV: The AwakeningOmen IV: The Awakening · 1991
Omen IV: The Awakening
★ 5.01991
MovieHorrorMystery
Damien Thorn is dead, but his prophecy is reborn in a mysterious girl named Delia, who is adopted by two attorneys.
Jay and Silent Bob Strike BackJay and Silent Bob Strike Back · 2001
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
★ 6.42001
MovieComedyAdventure
When Jay and Silent Bob learn that their comic-book alter egos, Bluntman and Chronic, have been sold to Hollywood as part of a big-screen movie that leaves them out of any royalties, the pair travel to Tinseltown to sabotage the production.

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Danger BayDanger Bay · 1985
Danger Bay
★ 7.41985
SeriesDrama
Danger Bay is a Canadian television series, produced in Vancouver, with first-run episodes broadcast on CBC Television and the Disney Channel starting October 7, 1985. One hundred and twenty three installments were filmed, ending in 1989, but the series, perceived as wholesome and exciting fare for older children and adolescents, continued to be seen through the 1990s in numerous countries around the world. The plots of the episodes followed the exploits of the Roberts family, led by marine veterinarian Grant "Doc" Roberts, and his two children, Nicole and Jonah. The 30-minute episodes featured the Vancouver Aquarium in nearly every installment. Most episodes focused on environmental issues such as pollution, wildlife endangerment and forest preservation. The series was also broadcast in Gibraltar Bulgaria, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Iceland, Cuba, Trinidad & Tobago, Finland

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