William B. Davis

William B. Davis

Born: Jan 13, 1938
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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. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Movie that he play too

The X-Files
68% Match1998
The Proposal
60% Match2001
The Dead Zone
70% Match1983
Damage
66% Match2009
Focus
70% Match2014
43% Match2002
57% Match2007
55% Match2009
61% Match2008
47% Match2004
0% Match2004
0% Match2008
44% Match2010
70% Match1995
40% Match2006
41% Match2011
60% Match2012
49% Match2004
62% Match2009
40% Match1988
0% Match2001
65% Match2013
0% Match2010
50% Match2013
56% Match2006
53% Match1991
42% Match2017
56% Match2009
65% Match1987
56% Match1996
20% Match2000
0% Match2024
50% Match1995
0% Match1995
58% Match2007
45% Match2002
60% Match1987
43% Match2007
37% Match2001
90% Match2012
55% Match1994
68% Match1998
38% Match2006
69% Match1990
36% Match2001
60% Match2018
40% Match1999
60% Match2017
32% Match2016
51% Match2012
55% Match2018
85% Match2015
47% Match2000
62% Match1989
50% Match2019
0% Match1995
33% Match2011
52% Match1985
38% Match1998
0% Match2024
0% Match2005