Bruce Davison

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Bruce Davison (born June 28, 1946) is an American actor.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Career 2 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Davison was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Marian E. and Clair W. Davison, who divorced when he was three years old.

[edit] Career

Davison was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1991 as a gay man whose lover is dying of AIDS in Longtime Companion. Before this breakthrough role, which won him many critical awards, he was best known for the 1969 teen sex/rape drama Last Summer, as the rat-loving protagonist in Willard from 1971, and the starring role in The Lathe of Heaven in 1980.

Davison is perhaps most familiar to contemporary movie audiences for his role as Senator Robert Kelly in the X-Men movie franchise. Though his character died in the first film, Davison appeared in X2 as a shapeshifting impostor of Kelly. More recently he was in the films Runaway Jury, Apt Pupil, and the Stephen King TV mini-series Kingdom Hospital.

He is also remembered by science fiction fans for appearing in two episodes of the V television series, episodes of Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise and an episode of Lost.

In 2001, Davison directed the TV movie Off Season, written by Glenn Gers, which stars his Lovelife co-star Sherilyn Fenn, Rory Culkin, Hume Cronyn, and Adam Arkin.

Davison has a re-occuring role in the CBS drama Close to Home as defense attorney Doug Hellman. He is both a friend and an adversary to Annabeth, as she is a prosecutor and he sometimes will be the defense attorney for whoever she's prosecuting. Best stated as Hellman once said in an episode, "See you in court. Let's continue our dance."

[edit] External links

• Bruce Davison at the Internet Movie Database
• Bruce Davison article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.