Peter Davison

Peter Davison

Known for
Acting
Born
April 13, 1951 (age 75)
Birthplace
Streatham, London, England, UK

Biography

Peter Davison (born Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett; 13 April 1951) is an English actor with many credits in television dramas and sitcoms. He became famous as Tristan Farnon in the BBC's television adaptation of James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small stories. His subsequent starring roles included the sitcoms Holding the Fort and Sink or Swim, the fifth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who, Dr. Stephen Daker in A Very Peculiar Practice, and Albert Campion in Campion. He also played David Braithwaite in At Home with the Braithwaites, "Dangerous" Davies in The Last Detective, and Henry Sharpe in Law & Order: UK. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Davison, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

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Filmography

2026
Frank and Percy poster

Frank and Percy

Movie

2025
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War poster

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

Movie · as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)

2025
Doctor Who: The Fifth Doctor vs. The Daleks poster

Doctor Who: The Fifth Doctor vs. The Daleks

Movie · as The Fifth Doctor

2024
Happy Mills: The Search for Agent Thorny poster

Happy Mills: The Search for Agent Thorny

Movie · as The Big Boss (Voice)

2024
Kiss Me, Kate poster

Kiss Me, Kate

Movie · as The General

2024
Doctor Who at the Proms poster

Doctor Who at the Proms

Movie · as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)

2024
The Marlow Murder Club poster

The Marlow Murder Club

TV · as Geoffrey · 2 eps

2023
Talking Doctor Who poster

Talking Doctor Who

Movie · as Self / The Doctor (5) (archive footage)

2023
Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery poster

Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery

Movie · as David

2023
The Gold poster

The Gold

TV · as Assistant Commissioner Gordon Stewart · 5 eps

2023
The Big Steam Adventure poster

The Big Steam Adventure

TV · as Himself · 4 eps

2023
Beyond Paradise poster

Beyond Paradise

TV · as Richard Baxter · 3 eps

2023
Tales of the Tardis poster

Tales of the Tardis

TV · as The Doctor · 1 ep

2022
Peter Davison: Uncut! poster

Peter Davison: Uncut!

Movie · as Self

2022
Remembers… poster

Remembers…

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2021
End of Term poster

End of Term

Movie · as Leigh

2021
Dream Horse poster

Dream Horse

Movie · as Lord Avery

2021
The Larkins poster

The Larkins

TV · as Vicar · 13 eps

2020
The Doctors: The Peter Davison Years poster

The Doctors: The Peter Davison Years

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2020
The Big Night In poster

The Big Night In

Movie · as Self

2020
Between the Covers poster

Between the Covers

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2020
Life poster

Life

TV · as Henry Reynolds · 6 eps

2019
Showman: The Life of John Nathan-Turner poster

Showman: The Life of John Nathan-Turner

Movie · as Himself

2019
Good Omens poster

Good Omens

TV · as Job · 1 ep

2019
The Name of the Rose poster

The Name of the Rose

TV · as Old Adso / Narrator (voice) · 8 eps

2019
Gentleman Jack poster

Gentleman Jack

TV · as William Priestley · 8 eps

2018
Doctor Who: Jovanka Airlines poster

Doctor Who: Jovanka Airlines

Movie · as Self

2018
Patrick poster

Patrick

Movie · as Alan Francis

2018
You, Me and Him poster

You, Me and Him

Movie · as Teacher

2018
Peter Davison: In Conversation poster

Peter Davison: In Conversation

Movie · as Self

2018
The Muppets Take The O2

The Muppets Take The O2

Movie · as Self

2018
Say My Name poster

Say My Name

Movie · as Detective Rich Herbig

2018
Earthshocked poster

Earthshocked

Movie

2018
Vintage Roads poster

Vintage Roads

TV · as Himself - Presenter · 3 eps

2018
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa poster

Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa

TV · as Self · 36 eps

2017
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule poster

Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
Liar poster

Liar

TV · as Denis Walters · 2 eps

2016
Sugar Free Farm poster

Sugar Free Farm

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2015
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage poster

Longleat '83: The Lost Footage

Movie

2015
Gypsy poster

Gypsy

Movie · as Herbie

2015
Doctor Who: The Television Centre of the Universe poster

Doctor Who: The Television Centre of the Universe

Movie · as Self

2015
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song poster

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

Movie · as The Doctor (5) (picture) (uncredited)

2014
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison poster

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison

Movie · as Self - Presenter / The Fifth Doctor

2014
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion poster

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion

Movie · as Self / The Doctor (archive footage)

2013
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty poster

Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty

Movie · as Self

2013
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot poster

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

Movie · as Self

2013
Doctor Who at the Proms poster

Doctor Who at the Proms

Movie · as Self - Special Guest Appearance / The Doctor (5) (archive footage)

2013
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor poster

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

Movie · as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)

2013
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor poster

Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor

Movie · as Self

2013
Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS poster

Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS

Movie · as Self

2013
Pat & Cabbage poster

Pat & Cabbage

TV · as Michael · 6 eps

2013
Toast of London poster

Toast of London

TV · as Peter Davison · 3 eps

2013
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited poster

Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

TV · as Self · 11 eps

2012
The Destinations of Doctor Who poster

The Destinations of Doctor Who

Movie · as Self

2012
The Timey-Wimey of Doctor Who

The Timey-Wimey of Doctor Who

Movie · as Self

2012
The Women of Doctor Who

The Women of Doctor Who

Movie

2012
Tales of Television Centre poster

Tales of Television Centre

Movie · as Self

2011
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time poster

Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time

Movie

2011
Come in Number Five poster

Come in Number Five

Movie

2011
Driven to Distractation poster

Driven to Distractation

Movie

2011
Snake Charmer: The Making of 'Snakedance' poster

Snake Charmer: The Making of 'Snakedance'

Movie

2011
Vera poster

Vera

TV · as Matthew Wells · 1 ep

2011
Death in Paradise poster

Death in Paradise

TV · as Arnold Finch · 1 ep

2010
Chain Reaction poster

Chain Reaction

Movie

2009
Micro Men poster

Micro Men

Movie · as Bank manager

2009
Law & Order: UK poster

Law & Order: UK

TV · as Henry Sharpe · 27 eps

2009
Unforgiven poster

Unforgiven

TV · as John Ingram · 3 eps

2009
The Queen poster

The Queen

TV · 5 eps

2009
Miranda poster

Miranda

TV · as Mr. Clayton · 1 ep

2008
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983 poster

Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983

Movie

2008
Trials and Tribulations poster

Trials and Tribulations

Movie · as (archive footage)

2008
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor poster

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

Movie · as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)

2008
The Ties That Bind Us poster

The Ties That Bind Us

Movie · as The Fifth Doctor (archive footage)

2008
Now, Get Out of That poster

Now, Get Out of That

Movie

2008
Five Doctors, One Studio

Five Doctors, One Studio

Movie

2007
Dangerous Liaisons poster

Dangerous Liaisons

Movie · as Davies

2007
Doctor Who: Time Crash poster

Doctor Who: Time Crash

Movie · as The Doctor (5)

2007
A New Body at Last poster

A New Body at Last

Movie

2007
The Crowded TARDIS poster

The Crowded TARDIS

Movie

2007
Once Upon a Time on the Westway poster

Once Upon a Time on the Westway

Movie · as DC Davies

2007
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Willesden poster

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Willesden

Movie · as DC Davies

2007
The Man from Montevideo poster

The Man from Montevideo

Movie · as DC Davies

2007
The Dead Peasants Society poster

The Dead Peasants Society

Movie · as DC Davies

2007
Fear, Stress & Anger poster

Fear, Stress & Anger

TV · as Martin Chadwick · 6 eps

2007
Lewis poster

Lewis

TV · as Peter Faulkner · 1 ep

2006
The Complete Guide to Parenting

The Complete Guide to Parenting

TV · as George Huntley · 5 eps

2005
Doctor Who: A New Dimension poster

Doctor Who: A New Dimension

Movie · as Self

2005
Friends Reunited poster

Friends Reunited

Movie · as DC Davies

2005
Towpaths of Glory poster

Towpaths of Glory

Movie · as DC Davies

2005
Three Steps to Hendon poster

Three Steps to Hendon

Movie · as DC Davies

2005
Willesden Confidential poster

Willesden Confidential

Movie · as DC Davies

2005
Doctor Who Confidential poster

Doctor Who Confidential

TV · 9 eps

2005
Distant Shores poster

Distant Shores

TV · as Bill Shore · 12 eps

2004
Christine poster

Christine

Movie · as Dangerous Davies

2004
The Long Bank Holiday poster

The Long Bank Holiday

Movie · as Dangerous Davies

2004
Benefit to Mankind poster

Benefit to Mankind

Movie · as DC Davies

2004
Dangerous and the Lonely Hearts poster

Dangerous and the Lonely Hearts

Movie · as DC Davies

2004
New Tricks poster

New Tricks

TV · as Charles Allenforth · 1 ep

2004
Agatha Christie's Marple poster

Agatha Christie's Marple

TV · as Hubert Curtain · 1 ep

2003
Too Good to Be True poster

Too Good to Be True

Movie · as Robert Lewis

2003
The Story of Doctor Who poster

The Story of Doctor Who

Movie

2003
Tricia poster

Tricia

Movie · as Dangerous Davies

2003
The Last Detective poster

The Last Detective

Movie · as DC Davies

2003
Hardware poster

Hardware

TV · as Peter Davison · 1 ep

2003
The Last Detective poster

The Last Detective

TV · as Detective Constable 'Dangerous' Davies · 17 eps

2003
Too Good to Be True

Too Good to Be True

TV · as Robert Lewis · 2 eps

2001
The Home Whovian poster

The Home Whovian

Movie

2001
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy poster

Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

Movie · as Himself (archive footage)

2001
Richard & Judy poster

Richard & Judy

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2000
At Home with the Braithwaites poster

At Home with the Braithwaites

TV · as David Braithwaite · 26 eps

2000
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything poster

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

TV · 2 eps

1999
Parting Shots poster

Parting Shots

Movie · as John

1999
Adventures in Space and Time poster

Adventures in Space and Time

Movie · as Himself

1999
The Kidnappers poster

The Kidnappers

Movie · as Himself

1999
Hope and Glory poster

Hope and Glory

TV · as Neil Bruce · 1 ep

1999
It's Only TV But I Like It

It's Only TV But I Like It

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1999
Loose Women poster

Loose Women

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1998
Wuthering Heights poster

Wuthering Heights

Movie · as Joseph Lockwood

1998
Dear Nobody poster

Dear Nobody

Movie · as Mr. Garton

1998
The Stalker's Apprentice poster

The Stalker's Apprentice

Movie · as D.I. Maurice Burt

1998
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries poster

The Mrs Bradley Mysteries

TV · as Inspector Christmas · 3 eps

1998
Verdict

Verdict

TV · as Michael Naylor · 1 ep

1997
Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up poster

Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up

Movie

1997
Jonathan Creek poster

Jonathan Creek

TV · as Stephen Claithorne · 1 ep

1997
Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders

TV · as Nicky Frazer, Archie Pollock · 1 ep

1996
PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne poster

PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne

Movie · as Gavin Purcell

1996
The Adventures of Toad poster

The Adventures of Toad

Movie · as Mole

1996
Cuts poster

Cuts

Movie · as Henry Babbacombe

1995
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne poster

PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne

Movie · as Gavin Purcell

1995
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond poster

The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond

Movie

1995
The Adventures of Mole poster

The Adventures of Mole

Movie · as Mole

1995
Jeremy Hardy Gives Good Sex poster

Jeremy Hardy Gives Good Sex

Movie

1994
Black Beauty poster

Black Beauty

Movie · as Squire Gordon

1994
PROBE: The Zero Imperative poster

PROBE: The Zero Imperative

Movie · as Patient One

1994
Mole's Christmas poster

Mole's Christmas

Movie · as Mouse

1994
Stranger than Fiction poster

Stranger than Fiction

Movie

1994
A Man You Don't Meet Every Day poster

A Man You Don't Meet Every Day

Movie · as Robert

1994
Ain't Misbehavin' poster

Ain't Misbehavin'

TV · as Clive Quigley · 12 eps

1993
The Airzone Solution poster

The Airzone Solution

Movie · as Al Dunbar

1993
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time poster

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time

Movie · as The 5th Doctor

1993
Harnessing Peacocks poster

Harnessing Peacocks

Movie · as Jim Huxtable

1992
A Very Polish Practice poster

A Very Polish Practice

Movie · as Stephen Daker

1992
Doctor Who: Daleks - The Early Years poster

Doctor Who: Daleks - The Early Years

Movie · as Self - Host

1991
The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event poster

The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event

Movie

1991
Fiddlers Three poster

Fiddlers Three

TV · as Ralph West · 14 eps

1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes II poster

The PanoptiCon Tapes II

Movie

1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes III poster

The PanoptiCon Tapes III

Movie

1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes IV poster

The PanoptiCon Tapes IV

Movie

1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes V poster

The PanoptiCon Tapes V

Movie

1989
Campion poster

Campion

TV · as Albert Campion · 16 eps

1989
Screen One poster

Screen One

TV · as Dr. Stephen Daker · 1 ep

1987
Going Live! poster

Going Live!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1986
Who's Who poster

Who's Who

Movie

1986
The PanoptiCon Tapes VI poster

The PanoptiCon Tapes VI

Movie

1986
A Very Peculiar Practice poster

A Very Peculiar Practice

TV · as Dr Stephen Daker · 14 eps

1985
An Audience with Billy Connolly poster

An Audience with Billy Connolly

Movie · as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

1985
Anna of the Five Towns poster

Anna of the Five Towns

TV · as Henry Mynors · 4 eps

1985
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye poster

Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye

TV · as Lance Fortescue · 2 eps

1985
Doctor Who's Who's Who poster

Doctor Who's Who's Who

TV · as Doctor Who · 1 ep

1984
Doctor Who: Planet of Fire poster

Doctor Who: Planet of Fire

Movie · as The Doctor

1984
Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani poster

Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani

Movie · as The Doctor

1984
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks poster

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

Movie · as The Doctor

1984
Doctor Who: Warriors of the Deep poster

Doctor Who: Warriors of the Deep

Movie · as The Doctor

1984
Doctor Who: The Awakening poster

Doctor Who: The Awakening

Movie · as The Doctor

1984
Doctor Who: Frontios poster

Doctor Who: Frontios

Movie · as The Doctor

1984
Miss Marple poster

Miss Marple

TV · as Lance Fortescue · 1 ep

1983
Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity poster

Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity

Movie · as The Doctor

1983
Doctor Who: Snakedance poster

Doctor Who: Snakedance

Movie · as The Doctor

1983
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead poster

Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead

Movie · as The Doctor

1983
Doctor Who: Terminus poster

Doctor Who: Terminus

Movie · as The Doctor

1983
Doctor Who: Enlightenment poster

Doctor Who: Enlightenment

Movie · as The Doctor

1983
Doctor Who: The King's Demons poster

Doctor Who: The King's Demons

Movie · as The Doctor

1983
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors poster

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors

Movie · as The Fifth Doctor

1983
Once Upon a Time Lord poster

Once Upon a Time Lord

Movie · as Self

1982
Doctor Who: Castrovalva poster

Doctor Who: Castrovalva

Movie · as The Doctor

1982
Doctor Who: Four to Doomsday poster

Doctor Who: Four to Doomsday

Movie · as The Doctor

1982
Doctor Who: Kinda poster

Doctor Who: Kinda

Movie · as The Doctor

1982
Doctor Who: The Visitation poster

Doctor Who: The Visitation

Movie · as The Doctor

1982
Doctor Who: Black Orchid poster

Doctor Who: Black Orchid

Movie · as The Doctor

1982
Doctor Who: Time-Flight poster

Doctor Who: Time-Flight

Movie · as The Doctor

1982
Doctor Who: Earthshock poster

Doctor Who: Earthshock

Movie · as The Doctor

1981
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy poster

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy

Movie · as Dish of the Day

1981
Doctor Who: Logopolis poster

Doctor Who: Logopolis

Movie · as The Doctor

1981
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy poster

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

TV · as Dish of the Day · 1 ep

1980
Magnum, P.I. poster

Magnum, P.I.

TV · as Ian MacKerras · 2 eps

1980
Holding the Fort

Holding the Fort

TV · as Russell Milburn · 20 eps

1980
Sink or Swim poster

Sink or Swim

TV · as Brian Webber · 19 eps

1979
Print-Out poster

Print-Out

Movie · as Edwin Styles

1979
Tales of the Unexpected poster

Tales of the Unexpected

TV · as Jeremy Tyler · 1 ep

1978
All Creatures Great and Small poster

All Creatures Great and Small

TV · as Tristan Farnon · 68 eps

1978
An Audience with... poster

An Audience with...

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1977
Love for Lydia poster

Love for Lydia

TV · as Tom Holland · 13 eps

1973
Warship poster

Warship

TV · 1 ep

1963
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as The Doctor · 73 eps