Basic Information About William B. Davis
Category | Celebrities βΊ Actors |
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Professions | Actor, Film Director, Screenwriter, Athlete, Teacher |
Net worth | $2,000,000 |
Date of birth | 1938-01-13 (86 years old) |
Place of birth | Toronto |
Nationality | Canada |
Gender | Male |
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.89 m) |
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What Movie Awards did William B. Davis win?
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William B. Davis roles
Movie / Series | Role |
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Death Note | Radio Host |
Game Over, Man! | Ray Security |
The Dead Zone | Ambulance Driver (as William Davis) |
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back | Cigarette Smoking Man (uncredited) |
Look Who's Talking | Drug Doctor |
The X Files | The Cigarette-Smoking Man |
Passengers | Jack |
The Tall Man | Sheriff Chestnut |
The Messengers | Colby Price |
MacGyver | Judge 1 episode, 1991 |
The X Files | Writer |
The X Files | Smoking Man / ... 43 episodes, 1993-2018 |
Supernatural | College Professor 1 episode, 2006 |
21 Jump Street | Judge Harrison / ... 3 episodes, 1987-1991 |
Upload | David Choak 6 episodes, 2020 |
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina | Methuselah 2 episodes, 2019 |
The Murdoch Mysteries | Alderman Godfrey Shepcote 1 episode, 2004 |
Smallville | Mayor William 'Billy' Tate 2 episodes, 2002-2003 |
Kingdom Hospital | Dean Swinton 1 episode, 2004 |
Caprica | Minister Chambers 1 episode, 2009 |
Stargate SG-1 | Damaris / ... 2 episodes, 2005-2006 |
Wiseguy | Curant / ... 2 episodes, 1988-1989 |
Andromeda | Professor Logitch 1 episode, 2001 |
50 States of Fright | Frank 2 episodes, 2020 |
Continuum | Older Alec Sadler 11 episodes, 2012-2015 |
The Outer Limits | Dr. Frank Biemler / ... 3 episodes, 1995-2001 |
Fear Itself | Father Chris 1 episode, 2008 |
The Beachcombers | Dave Douglas 1 episode, 1986 |
Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future | Arvin 1 episode, 1988 |
Interesting Facts about William B. Davis
- Smoked herbal cigarettes while filming The X Files (1993).
- A spokesman for the Canadian Cancer Society.
- A Canadian national champion water-skier in his division.
- Formerly owned and operated the Vancouver-based William Davis Centre for Actors' Study, an acting school for beginners and professionals.
- Wrote the The X Files: En Ami (2000), which delved into the history of his character, The Cigarette-Smoking Man.
- Former drama professor at Bishop's University, Canada, before opening up William Davis Centre for Acting Study.
- His favorite The X Files (1993) episode is The X Files: Talitha Cumi (1996).
- Unlike his character on "The X-Files," he is an avid non-smoker and is vocally skeptical of paranormal beliefs, serving as a spokesman for both causes. However, both he and his character are atheists and water-skiers.
- Two daughters, Melinda and Rebecca, from his first marriage. Rebecca runs the Rebecca Davis Dance Company in Philadelphia. Melinda is completing a specialty in cardiology at Ann Arbor.
- He has made guest appearances on all three of the longest running North American science fiction series: The X Files (1993), Stargate SG-1 (1997) and Smallville (2001).
- Acting in Michael Frayn's "Copenhagen", a Montreal-based play co-starring James Kidnie and Carolyn Hetherington, as Danish physicist Niels Bohr. [July 2003]
- Hosting the CBC presentation of Steven Spielberg's Taken (2002). [June 2003]
- He is an environmentalist who advocates action against climate change and drives an electric car.
- William Davis now divides his time between North America and France after he married Emmanuelle Herpin who lives and works there. Emmanuelle is the Director of Finance for the City of Hyèresin in the south of France [2006]
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- Date taken: 29 October 2011