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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Known for
Supernatural
College Professor
Smallville
William Tate
The X-Files
Cigarette Smoking Man
The X-Files
Cancer Man
The X-Files
CGB Spender
The X-Files
SS Oberfuehrer / Smoking Man
The X-Files
Cigarette Smoking Man / True Name Carl Gerhard Busch
The X-Files
Stargate SG-1
Damaris
Upload
David Choak
MacGyver
Judge
Airwolf
F.I.R.M. Official
Airwolf
Newman
21 Jump Street
Mr. Weidlin
21 Jump Street
Mr. Wickenton
21 Jump Street
Judge Harrison
Sliders
Prof. Myman
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
Plumberg
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
Grandfather
Andromeda
Professor Logitch
The Outer Limits
John Wymer
The Outer Limits
Ed
The Outer Limits
Dr. Frank Biemler
It
Sr. Gedreau
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Methuselah
Midnight Matinee
Heath Harris
Continuum
Future Alec Sadler
Wiseguy
The Commish
Passengers
Jack
First Wave
Sagon
The X-Files
The Cigarette-Smoking Man
The Tall Man
Sheriff Chestnut
Human Target
Whitey Doyle
Phil
Father Grant
Look Who's Talking
Drug Doctor
Bad Times at the El Royale
Judge Gordon Hoffman
Caprica
Minister Chambers
The Package
Dr. Willhelm
Omen IV: The Awakening
Lawyer (uncredited)
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Truth Be Told
Harper
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Cigarette Smoking Man (uncredited)
Dangerous Intentions
Group Leader
Residue
Lamont
Deadly Deception
Lawyer
MythQuest
Drossos
The Messengers
Colby Price
Game Over, Man!
Ray - Security
Damage
Veltz
Unforgettable
Doctor
Rise of the Damned
Doctor
Aftermath
Deputy Director Edwards
Possession
Hypnotist
Sworn to Silence
Peter Massio
50 States of Fright
Frank
The Dead Zone
Ambulance Driver
Danger Bay
Norris
Voyage of Terror
Dr. Norman Ellisy
Death Note
Radio Host
Robson Arms
Masters of Science Fiction
Behemoth
William Walsh
Fear Itself
Father Chris
The Hitman
Dr. Atkins
Saint Sinner
Father Michael
Tilt
Father Luke
Heart of a Child
Vern
Poltergeist: The Legacy
Dr. Bill Nigel
Reverse
Chris
100 Days In The Jungle
Ambassador Shear
Snakehead Terror
Doc Jenkins
Focus
Mr. Grant
The Thaw
Ted
The Proposal
Agent Frank Gruning
Mindstorm
Parish
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Impossible Dream
Harper
Circumstances Unknown
Gene Reuschel
Dark Pines
Shannon Fraser
Something Evil Comes
Mr. Dutton
The Secret of Hidden Lake
Abduct
Zane
Dark Storm
General Killion
When the Vows Break
Dr. Alexander
Judicial Indiscretion
Senator Garland Wolf
Sisters
Dr. Lucas Bryant
Anthrax
Tye Crow
Her Fatal Flaw
Richard O'Brien
The Cradle Will Fall
Alex Myerson
Broken Saints
Benjamin Palmer (voice)
The Doctor's Case
Doctor Watson
Science Of Death
Narrator
Head Office
University Dean
It's a Wonderful Knife
Roger Evans
Nightmare Cafe
Doctor
Stonados
Ben
Numb
Peter Milbank
Inside The X-Files
Self
Flowers for Norma
Older Gentleman #2
Amazon Falls
Calvin
Packing Up
Jenkins
Word of Honor
Lewis Kaplan - Tyson's Boss
Singularity Principle
Lawrence Cason
Don't Talk to Strangers
Huddleston
Murder Most Likely
Detective Inspector
Anything to Survive
Dr Reynolds
Perpetrators of the Crime
Henderson
Killing Moon
Ed
Medium Raw
Dr. Robert Parker
Max Rules: Adventures of a Super Spy
Rick Brinkley
Better Off
Self
Not Our Son
Police Chief
The Murdoch Mysteries: Except the Dying
Alderman Godfrey Shepcote
The Real 'X-Files'?
Himself
2BR02B: To Be or Naught to Be
Granddad
Becoming Dick
Dr. Hardwin
The Mountain Runners
Henry Engberg
Bribe, Inc.
Figaro (voice)