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 William B. Davis(1938년생, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) 는 배우로, 대표작으로 엑스 파일: 미래와의 전쟁, 패신저스, 메신져: 죽은 자들의 경고가 있으며, 그 외에도 수퍼내추럴, 스몰빌, 엑스 파일, 스타게이트 SG-1, 맥가이버, 21 Jump Street, 제3의 눈, 출동! 에어울프, 안드로메다, Sliders, 피의 피에로, Murder in a Small Town 등 다양한 작품에 출연했다. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 2024년 Bribe, Inc.에서 Figaro (voice) 역을 맡았다. 2024년 Murder in a Small Town에서 Captain Darcy Stewart 역을 맡았다. 2024년 Better Off에 출연했다.