William Bruce Davis born January 13 1938 is a Canadian actor known for his role as The Smoking Man on The XFiles He has also appeared in Stargate SG1 as Damaris a Prior of the Ori and as Mayor Tate on Smallville Most recently he has appeared in FOXs 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 BA in philosophy Afterwards he went on to become a drama professor at Bishops 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 XFiles 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 costarring 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 costar in The Tall Man From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
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