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William B. Davis
Catalogued films 56Actor 56
William Bruce Davis (born January 13, 1938) is a Canadian actor, best known for his role as the Cigarette Smoking Man on The X-Files. Besides appearing in many TV programs and movies, he founded his own acting school, the William Davis Centre for Actors Study. In his personal life, he is an avid water-skier, lectures on skepticism at events such as the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry's CSICon, and advocates for action on climate change. In 2011 he published his memoir, Where There's Smoke ... The Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man.
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Bribe, Inc.
The Doctor's Case
Residue
2BR02B: To Be or Naught to Be
Crystal's Shadow
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Impossible Dream
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Truth Be Told
Focus
Stonados
Singularity Principle
The Tall Man
The Mountain Runners
Medium Raw
Web of Desire
Amazon Falls
Damage
Something Evil Comes
The Thaw
Possession
Passengers
In Sickness and in Health
Exhuming 'The Messengers'
Numb
Judicial Indiscretion
The Messengers
Her Fatal Flaw
Sisters
Dark Storm
Goose on the Loose
Max Rules: Adventures of a Super Spy
The Last Round
The Murdoch Mysteries: Except the Dying
Snakehead Terror
The Cradle Will Fall
Aftermath
Out of Line
The Proposal
Anthrax
Mindstorm
Becoming Dick
Perpetrators of the Crime
Murder Most Likely
Killing Moon
The X-Files
Inside The X-Files
Voyage of Terror
More Secrets of the X-Files
When the Vows Break
Secrets of the X-Files
Circumstances Unknown
Don't Talk to Strangers
Heart of a Child
Anything to Survive
Midnight Matinee
Sworn to Silence- THThe Cuckoo Bird