William B. Davis
{{Short description|Canadian actor}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = William B. Davis
| image = Toulouse Game Show 2011 - William B Davis - P1280944-CROP.jpg
| caption = Davis in 2011
| birth_name = William Bruce Davis
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1938|1|13}}
| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| years_active = 1949–present
| occupation = Actor
| spouse = {{marriage|Emmanuelle Herpin|2011}}
| children = 2
| website = {{URL|williambdavis.com}}
}}
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.
Early life and education
Davis was born in Toronto to a lawyer father and psychologist mother.{{cite book |first=William B. |last=Davis |year=2011 |title=Where There's Smoke: Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man, a Memoir |page = 4 | publisher=ECW Press |isbn= 978-1-77041-052-7}} In 1949, he began his acting career as a child, in radio drama and summer stock theatre. His cousins Murray and Donald Davis ran the Straw Hat Players in Ontario in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and rehearsed in the basement of Davis's house. When they needed a boy, they gave William his first professional acting job. He subsequently became a boy actor on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) radio before his voice broke.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zphFS9QR_AY|title=William B. Davis – This Conversation|author=Brendan Beiser|author-link=Brendan Beiser|publisher=This Conversation TV|date=June 16, 2008|access-date=December 2, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818232149/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zphFS9QR_AY|archive-date=August 18, 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72qHTb-JwN4|title=William B. Davis on Fame Dragon Con 2010|website=YouTube |date=September 12, 2010|access-date=December 2, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810192651/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72qHTb-JwN4|archive-date=August 10, 2017|url-status=live}}
In 1955 he enrolled at the University of Toronto to study philosophy, but actively pursued an acting career, as did his friend Donald Sutherland. In 1959, he graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy. While at university he switched his attention from acting to directing and with his partner, Karl Jaffary, ran the Straw Hat Players for four years.Fred Euringer (2000). A Fly on the Curtain. Oberon Press, 978-0778011415. page 103.
Career
In 1960, Davis went to England to train at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He worked in the UK for the next five years directing in repertory theatres and acting schools. He was artistic director of the Dundee Repertory Theatre.Davis, p. 112 His last position in the UK was as an assistant director at the National Theatre of Great Britain{{cite web|url=http://www.ent-nts.ca/en/school/history/dir1969.aspx|title=History 1960–1969|publisher=National Theatre School of Canada|year=2008|access-date=December 2, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827062515/http://www.ent-nts.ca/en/school/history/dir1969.aspx|archive-date=August 27, 2011}} under Laurence Olivier where he worked with Albert Finney, Maggie Smith, Derek Jacobi, and Ronald Pickup among others.
In 1965, he returned to Canada to work at the National Theatre School of Canada. At the age of 28, was appointed artistic director of the English acting section.{{cite web |url=http://www.vanarts.com/programs/acting/advisory-board |title=Program Advisory Committee |publisher=Vanarts |year=2011 |access-date=December 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111207032724/http://www.vanarts.com/programs/acting/advisory-board |archive-date=December 7, 2011 |url-status=live }} During this period he was also active as a freelance director at major Canadian theatres. In 1971, he joined the newly formed drama department at Bishop's University in Lennoxvile, Quebec. While there he became the founding artistic director of Festival Lennoxville, a professional summer theatre that ran for the next decade.{{cite web |url=http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Festival%20Lennoxville |title=Festival Lennoxville |publisher=Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia |date=November 17, 2006 |access-date=December 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806080818/http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Festival%20Lennoxville |archive-date=August 6, 2011 |url-status=live }}
Returning to Toronto in the late seventies, Davis spent several years as a radio drama director and on the faculty of Humber College. In demand as an acting teacher during this period, he resumed acting after an absence of nearly 20 years. He earned a number of roles on stage and film before accepting the position of artistic director of the Vancouver Playhouse Acting School, which required relocating with his wife and family. Davis writes in his memoir, "And so, in the fall of 1985, we hitched our second hand boat to our second hand car and drove across the country."Davis, p. 210.
While his time at the Vancouver Playhouse was short-lived, he remained in Vancouver, where he founded his own acting school, the William Davis Centre for Actors Study, a training ground for several future stars including New Zealand actress Lucy Lawless.{{cite web|url=http://www.lotolux.com/biography.html|title=Expanded Bio for Lucy Lawless|publisher=Lotolux|access-date=December 16, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226163516/http://www.lotolux.com/biography.html|archive-date=February 26, 2012|url-status=live}} Acting roles became more frequent, leading up to his iconic role as the Cigarette Smoking Man, also called the "Cancer Man", on the hit TV series The X-Files, where he made frequent appearances for the next nine years. Davis has also had a wide range of roles in other series, including Stargate SG-1 and Smallville, and has participated in a host of television movies and other projects. From time to time he attends fan conventions, signing autographs and copies of his memoir.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d01hNpDN_HA|title=William B. Davis Interview|publisher=LSQTV 2010|date=July 18, 2010|access-date=December 2, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160619025218/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d01hNpDN_HA|archive-date=June 19, 2016|url-status=live}}
In recent years Davis has returned to directing theatre and film. He wrote and directed three short films, and co-wrote and directed several episodes of a television series for CBC Television, 49th & Main. In 2011, he directed two plays for The United Players of Vancouver: Waste by Harley Granville Barker, and Hay Fever by Noël Coward.{{Cite web|url = http://www.unitedplayers.com/Pages/PastPlays_2010-2011.html|title = Past Plays 2010–2011|access-date = February 18, 2015|website = United Players of Vancouver theatre company|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150218233159/http://www.unitedplayers.com/Pages/PastPlays_2010-2011.html|archive-date = February 18, 2015|url-status = live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.williambdavis.com/index|title=William B. Davis – News|publisher=Official site of William B. Davis|access-date=December 16, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319054213/http://www.williambdavis.com/index|archive-date=March 19, 2012|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url = http://www.unitedplayers.com/Pages/PastPlays_2011-2012.html|title = Past Plays 2011–2012|access-date = February 18, 2015|website = United Players of Vancouver theatre company|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150218234644/http://www.unitedplayers.com/Pages/PastPlays_2011-2012.html|archive-date = February 18, 2015|url-status = live}} Most recently he directed The Habit of Art (2013) by Alan Bennett, Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily (2015) by Katie Forgette, and Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons at the Jericho Arts Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia.{{Cite web|url = http://www.unitedplayers.com/Pages/PastPlays_2013-2014.html|title = Past Plays 2013–2014|access-date = February 18, 2015|website = United Players of Vancouver theatre company|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150218232103/http://www.unitedplayers.com/Pages/PastPlays_2013-2014.html|archive-date = February 18, 2015|url-status = live}}{{Cite web|url = http://jerichoartscentre.com/current.html|title = SEASON 2014–2015|access-date = February 15, 2015|website = Jericho Arts Centre|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150214182318/http://jerichoartscentre.com/current.html|archive-date = February 14, 2015|url-status = live}}
During that period, he appeared in 10 episodes of the Canadian hit show Continuum as Older Alec Sadler on Showcase. Most recently, he reprised his iconic X-Files role in the six-episode Season 10.[17]
Personal life
Despite being known for his smoking character, Davis quit smoking in the 1970s. When The X-Files started, he was given a choice between herbal cigarettes and tobacco cigarettes. At first he chose to use tobacco, but switched to herbal because he feared becoming addicted to them again.{{cite news |url=http://www.thescifiworld.net/interviews/william_b_davis_01.htm |title=Interview with William B. Davis |first=Gilles |last=Nuytens |date=October 11, 2005 |access-date=July 11, 2009 |publisher=The Sci Fi World |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080930085645/http://www.thescifiworld.net/interviews/william_b_davis_01.htm |archive-date=September 30, 2008 |url-status=live }} He used his notoriety on the show to assist the Canadian Cancer Society in its programs to combat smoking.{{cite journal|url=http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/7/3/304.full|title=Potpourri|year=1998 |journal=Tobacco Control|volume=7 |issue=3 |pages=304–309 |doi=10.1136/tc.7.3.304 |s2cid=193125352 |access-date=December 3, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512221102/http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/7/3/304.full|archive-date=May 12, 2012|url-status=live|doi-access=free|url-access=subscription}}
In 2014, he donated his investments that supported fossil fuels to the David Suzuki Foundation, in an effort to both ethically invest, and help fund work to fight climate change.{{Cite web|url = https://www.scribd.com/doc/256161451/William-B-Davis-and-Forest-Ethics|title = Actor's Divestment from Oil Used to Support Suzuki Foundation|date = December 11, 2014|access-date = February 18, 2015|website = Scribd|last = Sentes|first = Rachel|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150219020100/https://www.scribd.com/doc/256161451/William-B-Davis-and-Forest-Ethics|archive-date = February 19, 2015|url-status = live}} He is a passionate advocate for action in response to climate change, believing it a critical issue of our time and speaking on the subject often.{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/pages/William-B-Davis-Fan-Page/127796630628354|title = William B. Davis Fan Page|date=May 24, 2011|access-date= February 20, 2015|website=Facebook}} Taking action on a personal level, he drives a Tesla.
He is a former national champion water skier and for a time held records in older age divisions. In a 2008 conversation with Brendan Beiser, he said he held the record for tricks in his age category, adding: "I did hold the slalom record until this past year until some young whippersnapper of 65 from Ontario took the record away from me."
In 2011, Davis married Emmanuelle Herpin.{{Cite web|url =https://www.williambdavis.com/personal|title =William B. Davis – Personal|access-date =February 14, 2015|website =Official Site of William B. Davis|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20150218203003/http://www.williambdavis.com/Personal|archive-date =February 18, 2015|url-status =live}} He has two daughters, Melinda and Rebecca, from an earlier marriage, and two grandchildren.
Skepticism
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While on The X-Files, Davis was constantly challenged by fans of the show about his non-belief in the paranormal and aliens.{{cite web|url=http://www.csicop.org/sb/show/cigarette-smoking_man/|title=Cigarette-Smoking Man|author=Allison Cossitt|publisher=Committee for Skeptical Inquiry|date=March 1998|access-date=December 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629125332/http://www.csicop.org/sb/show/cigarette-smoking_man/|archive-date=June 29, 2011|url-status=live}} Davis credits Barry Beyerstein and the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI) for introducing him to the skeptic community. Davis became increasingly involved in the skeptic movement and began to give lectures as a skeptic spokesman at universities across North America and at skeptic conventions, including CSI's CSICon in New Orleans.{{cite web|url=http://origin.avclub.com/toronto/articles/william-b-davis,63553/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713190143/http://origin.avclub.com/toronto/articles/william-b-davis,63553/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 13, 2012|title=Random Roles: William B. Davis|author=John Semley|publisher=A.V. Club|date=October 18, 2011|access-date=October 26, 2011}}
When asked about his belief in the paranormal at the London Film and Comic Con in 2010, Davis replied, "The onus is on you to prove the extraordinary ... I did a lot of research and saw where a lot of the arguments were wanting."
Interviewed by Jacob Fortin on guilt about being a sceptic, yet acting in a show that Richard Dawkins campaigned against, Davis replied that at first he had some trepidation until realizing that Dawkins "had no evidence whatsoever and presented none" that the show encouraged people to think uncritically. "The show is fiction ... it isn't a documentary." In another interview with Justin Trottier of the Centre for Inquiry Canada, Davis answered similarly, adding that from his own informal polls of audiences of X-Files fans, it seemed there was no greater belief in the paranormal than the normal population, and he comforted himself with this thought.{{Cite AV media|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTA6VHMshws&index=13&list=WL|title = X-Files' William B. Davis AKA Cigarette Smoking Man on Atheism, Skepticism and Life|publisher = Think Again! TV|date = March 2, 2012|medium = Video|access-date = February 20, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160315125502/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTA6VHMshws&index=13&list=WL|archive-date = March 15, 2016|url-status = live}}
Asked about a debate Davis moderated with alien abduction believer John E. Mack, Davis said that many people expected him to support Mack, but they discovered that he was "way on the other side". Davis recounted that he had some great discussions with Mack; "He was brilliant ... he was wrong, but he was very good ... One of the problems with human intelligence is that we are so good at defending ideas that we arrived at irrationally."{{cite web|url=http://www.thegoodatheist.net/2011/12/22/the-good-atheist-podcast-episode-154/|title=The Good Atheist Podcast: Episode 154|author=Jacob Fortin|publisher=The Good Atheist|date=December 22, 2011|access-date=December 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514110717/http://www.thegoodatheist.net/2011/12/22/the-good-atheist-podcast-episode-154/|archive-date=May 14, 2012|url-status=dead}}
In 2002, Davis narrated a Discovery Science Channel docuseries, The Critical Eye. Produced in association with Skeptical Inquirer magazine, the series examined pseudoscientific and paranormal phenomena.
Filmography
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= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
| Year | Title | Role | class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983
|data-sort-value="Dead Zone, The" | The Dead Zone |Ambulance Driver | | |||
| 1985
|University Dean | | |||
| rowspan=2|1989
|Hal Simon | | |||
| Look Who's Talking
|Drug Doctor | | |||
| 1991
|data-sort-value="Hitman, The" | The Hitman |Dr. Atkins | | |||
| 1995
|Group Leader | | |||
| 1996
|Dr. Smoot | | |||
| rowspan=2|1998
|data-sort-value="X-Files, The" | The X-Files | | |||
| data-sort-value="Last Tzaddik, The" | The Last Tzaddik
|Mr. Drazien |Short film | |||
| 2000
|Perpetrators of the Crime |Henderson | | |||
| rowspan=5|2001
|data-sort-value="Proposal, The" | The Proposal |Agent Frank Gruning | | |||
| Out of Line
|Russell | | |||
| Mindstorm
|Parish | | |||
| Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
|Uncredited | |||
| Andhrax
|Tye Crow | | |||
| rowspan=3|2002
|Polished |Phillip |Short film | |||
| Aftermath
|Deputy Director Edwards | | |||
| Body & Soul
|Dr. Edward A. Esseff | | |||
| rowspan=2|2003
|Benjamin Palmer | | |||
| Arbor Vitae
|Old Soul |Short film | |||
| rowspan=3|2004
|Doc Jenkins | | |||
| Lyon King
|Finance Minister |Short film | |||
| Packing Up
|Jenkins |Short film | |||
| rowspan=3|2005
|data-sort-value="Cost of Living, The" | The Cost of Living |Mark Mortinson |Short film | |||
| data-sort-value="Last Round, The" | The Last Round
|Mitchell | | |||
| Max Rules
|Rick Brinkley | | |||
| rowspan=2|2006
|data-sort-value="Janitors, The" | The Janitors |Harvey |Short film | |||
| Sisters
|Dr. Bryant | | |||
| rowspan=2|2007
|data-sort-value="Messengers, The" | The Messengers |Colby Price | | |||
| Numb
|Peter Milbank | | |||
| rowspan=4|2008
|data-sort-value="Femme Fatale, The" | The Femme Fatale |Sam |Video short film | |||
| data-sort-value="Pickle, A" | A Pickle
|Mack |Short film | |||
| Passengers
|Jack | | |||
| Reverse
|Chris |Short film | |||
| rowspan=4|2009
|Dr. Creane | | |||
| data-sort-value="Shortcut, The" | The Shortcut
|Benjamin Hartley | | |||
| data-sort-value="Thaw, The" | The Thaw
|Ted | | |||
| Damage
|Veltz | | |||
| rowspan=3|2010
|Blob |The Boss |Short film | |||
| Flowers for Norma
|Older Gentleman #2 |Short film | |||
| Amazon Falls
|Calvin | | |||
| rowspan=2|2011
|Goose on the Loose |Alphonse David | | |||
| Rise of the Damned
|Doctor | | |||
| rowspan=2|2012
|data-sort-value="Tall Man, The" | The Tall Man |Sheriff Chestnut | | |||
| data-sort-value="Package, The" | The Package
|Dr. Willhelm | | |||
| 2013
|Lawrence Cason | | |||
| 2014
|Focus |Mr. Grant | | |||
| rowspan=3|2016
|Residue |Lamont | | |||
| Abduct
|Zane | | |||
| 2BR02B: To Be or Naught to Be
|Granddad |Short film | |||
| 2017
|Radio Host | | |||
| rowspan=2|2018
|Ray Security | | |||
| Bad Times at the El Royale
|Judge Gordon Hoffman | | |||
| 2019
|Phil |Father Grant | | |||
| 2019
|Crystal's Shadow |Zane Mcallister | | |||
| TBA
| Villain | Lamont | Rumored |
= Television films =
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
| Year | Title | Role | class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985
|data-sort-value="Cuckoo Bird, The" | The Cuckoo Bird |Ted | | |||
| rowspan=3|1987
|Deadly Deception |Lawyer | | |||
| Sworn to Silence
|Peter Massio | | |||
| data-sort-value="Little Match Girl, The" | The Little Match Girl
|Dr. Sam Easton | | |||
| 1989
|Matinee |Heath Harris | | |||
| rowspan=2|1990
|Dr. Reynolds | | |||
| It
|Mr. Gedreau | | |||
| 1991
|Lawyer |Uncredited | |||
| 1992
|Marvin Parkins | | |||
| rowspan=3|1994
|Heart of a Child |Vern | | |||
| Beyond Suspicion
|Capt. Dick Roth | | |||
| Don't Talk to Strangers
|Huddleston | | |||
| rowspan=3|1995
|Not Our Son |Police Chief |Uncredited | |||
| Circumstances Unknown
|Gene Reuschel | | |||
| Courting Justice
|Dr. Alexander | | |||
| 1996
|data-sort-value="Limbic Region, The" | The Limbic Region |Teacher | | |||
| 1998
|Dr. Norman Ellisy | | |||
| 1999
|Murder Most Likely |Detective Inspector | | |||
| rowspan=2|2000
|Killing Moon |Ed | | |||
| Becoming Dick
|Dr. Hardwin | | |||
| rowspan=3|2002
|Dr. Sam Verbush | | |||
| Saint Sinner
|Father Michael | | |||
| 100 Days in the Jungle
|{{n/a}} | | |||
| 2003
|Lewis Kaplan | | |||
| 2004
|data-sort-value="Cradle Will Fall, The" | The Cradle Will Fall |Dist. Atty. Alex Myerson | | |||
| 2005
|Dark Pines |Shannon Fraser | | |||
| rowspan=3|2006
|Dark Storm |General Killion | | |||
| Her Fatal Flaw
|Richard O'Brien | | |||
| data-sort-value="Secret of Hidden Lake, The" | The Secret of Hidden Lake
|Judge Landers | | |||
| 2007
|Judicial Indiscretion |Senator Garland Wolf | | |||
| rowspan=2|2009
|Something Evil Comes |Mr. Dutton | | |||
| Web of Desire
|Dr. Charles Friedman | | |||
| 2010
|Medium Raw: Night of the Wolf |Dr. Robert Parker | | |||
| 2011
|William Walsh | | |||
| 2013
|Ben | |
= Television series =
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
| Year | Title | Role | class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984
|Man on the phone |Episode: "Half Wits Save the World Parade" | |||
| 1986
|data-sort-value="Beachcombers, The" | The Beachcombers |Dave Douglas |Episode: "Trial Balloon" | |||
| rowspan=3|1987
|Norris |Episode: "High Five" | |||
| Airwolf
|"Company" official |4 episodes | |||
| 21 Jump Street
|Mr. Wiedlin |Episode: "Mean Streets and Pastel Houses" | |||
| rowspan=4|1988
|Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future |Arvin |Episode: "Judgement" | |||
| Danger Bay
|Jack Kane |Episode: "Racing Against Time" | |||
| 21 Jump Street
|Mr. Wickenton |Episode: "Champagne High" | |||
| Wiseguy
|Curant |Episode: "The Merchant of Death" | |||
| 1989
|Inspector #2 |Episode: "People Do It All the Time" | |||
| rowspan=3|1991
|Judge Harrison |Episode: "Crossfire" | |||
| MacGyver
|Judge |Episode: "Trail of Tears" | |||
| data-sort-value="Commish, The" | The Commish
|Don Chesley |2 episodes | |||
| rowspan=2|1992
|Badgely |Episode: "Homecoming" | |||
| Nightmare Cafe
|Doctor |Episode: "Sanctuary for a Child" | |||
| 1993
|Inspector Nelson |Episode: "Out of the Blue" | |||
| 1993–2018
|data-sort-value="X-Files, The" | The X-Files |43 episodes | |||
| rowspan=2|1995
|Prof. Myman |Episode: "Eggheads" | |||
| data-sort-value="Outer Limits, The" | The Outer Limits
|Ed |Episode: "The Conversion" | |||
| rowspan=2|1996
|Dr. Bill Nigel |Episode: "Do Not Go Gently" | |||
| data-sort-value="Outer Limits, The" | The Outer Limits
|John Wymer |Episode: "Out of Body" | |||
| 1999
|Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |Episode: "The Truth Is in Here" | |||
| 2000
|data-sort-value="Fearing Mind, The" | The Fearing Mind |Michell Cofax |Episode: "Gentlemen Caller" | |||
| rowspan=4|2001
|Sagon |Episode: "Checkmate" | |||
| data-sort-value="Outer Limits, The" | The Outer Limits
|Dr. Biemler |Episode: "Worlds Within" | |||
| MythQuest
|Head Priest |Episode: "The Oracle" | |||
| Andromeda
|Professor Logitch |Episode: "Pitiless as the Sun" | |||
| 2003
|Mayor William 'Billy' Tate |2 episodes | |||
| rowspan=2|2004
|Dean Swinton |Episode: "The Young and the Headless" | |||
| Murdoch Mysteries
|Alderman Godfrey Shepcote |Episode: "Expect the Dying" | |||
| rowspan=2|2005
|Tilt |Father Mike |Episode: "Nobody Ever Listens" | |||
| Robson Arms
|Dr. Carlisle Wainwright |10 episodes | |||
| 2005–2006
|Ori Prior Damaris |2 episodes | |||
| rowspan=2|2006
|College Professor |Episode: "Scarecrow" | |||
| Canadian Comedy Shorts
|Finance Minister |Episode: "Episode #10.9" | |||
| 2007
|The President |Episode: "The Awakening" | |||
| 2008
|Father Chris |Episode: "In Sickness and in Health" | |||
| 2009
|Minister Chambers |Episode: "Pilot" | |||
| 2010
|Whitey Doyle |Episode: "Run" | |||
| 2012–2015
|Older Alec Sadler |10 episodes | |||
| 2013
|data-sort-value="Haunting Hour: The Series, The" | The Haunting Hour: The Series |Plumberg |Episode: "Bad Egg" | |||
| 2019
|Chilling Adventures of Sabrina |Methuselah |2 episodes | |||
| 2020–2023
|David Choak |15 episodes | |||
| 2020
|Frank |TV short | |||
| 2022
|data-sort-value="Midnight Club, The" | The Midnight Club |Mirror Man |4 episodes |
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