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