Actor
William B. Davis
January 13, 1938 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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.
Notable work
8.3Supernatural (2005)
as College Professor
8.2Smallville (2001)
as William Tate
4.3Death Note (2017)
as Radio Host
6.8Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)
as Judge Gordon Hoffman
8.2Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018)
as Methuselah
8.4The X-Files (1993)
as Cigarette Smoking Man and as Cancer Man and as SS Oberfuehrer / Smoking Man and as CGB Spender and Writer
6.9It (1990)
as Mr. Gedreau
6.3Look Who's Talking (1989)
as Drug Doctor
8.3Stargate SG-1 (1997)
as Damaris
7The Dead Zone (1983)
as Ambulance Driver
6.9The X-Files (1998)
as The Cigarette-Smoking Man
6.4Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
as Cigarette Smoking Man (uncredited)
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