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