Acting credits
176
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Peter Davison
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 121Series: 55Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 47513
IMDb ID: nm0205749
Known for: Acting
Born: April 13, 1951
Age: 74
Place of birth: Streatham, London, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1963 - 2025
Years active: 63
Average TMDB rating: 7.34
Wikidata: Q358427
Also known as
Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett • پیتر دیویسون
Other jobs
Director (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Peter Davison.
Doctor Who: The Fifth Doctor vs. The Daleks
as The Fifth Doctor
2025 Movie
5.4
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025 Movie
7.2
Doctor Who at the Proms
as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
2024 Movie
3.5
Kiss Me, Kate
as The General
2024 Movie
Happy Mills: The Search for Agent Thorny
as The Big Boss (Voice)
2024 Movie
5.7
Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
as David
2023 Movie
5.0
Talking Doctor Who
as Self / The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
2023 Movie
Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor
as The Doctor
2022 Movie
Peter Davison: Uncut!
as Self
2022 Movie
End of Term
as Leigh
2021 Movie
7.0
Dream Horse
as Lord Avery
2021 Movie
9.0
The Big Night In
as Self
2020 Movie
The Doctors: The Peter Davison Years
as Self (archive footage)
2020 Movie
Showman: The Life of John Nathan-Turner
as Himself
2019 Movie
Peter Davison: In Conversation
as Self
2018 Movie
Earthshocked
2018 Movie
7.2
Say My Name
as Detective Rich Herbig
2018 Movie
Doctor Who: Jovanka Airlines
as Self
2018 Movie
6.7
Patrick
as Alan Francis
2018 Movie
5.6
You, Me and Him
as Teacher
2018 Movie
7.8
Gypsy
as Herbie
2015 Movie
8.0
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
as The Doctor (5) (picture) (uncredited)
2015 Movie
Doctor Who: The Television Centre of the Universe
as Self
2015 Movie
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
2015 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Peter Davison.
5.4
Tales of the Tardis
as The Doctor • 1 eps
2023 Series
The Big Steam Adventure
as Himself • 4 eps
2023 Series
6.7
Beyond Paradise
as Richard Baxter • 3 eps
2023 Series
7.3
The Gold
as Assistant Commissioner Gordon Stewart • 5 eps
2023 Series
Remembers…
as Self • 2 eps
2022 Series
6.4
The Larkins
as Vicar • 13 eps
2021 Series
5.5
Between the Covers
as Self • 1 eps
2020 Series
7.4
Life
as Henry Reynolds • 6 eps
2020 Series
8.0
Good Omens
as Job • 1 eps
2019 Series
7.8
Gentleman Jack
as William Priestley • 8 eps
2019 Series
7.0
The Name of the Rose
as Old Adso / Narrator (voice) • 8 eps
2019 Series
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
as Self • 36 eps
2018 Series
6.6
Liar
as Denis Walters • 2 eps
2017 Series
8.0
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
as Self • 1 eps
2017 Series
7.4
Toast of London
as Peter Davison • 3 eps
2013 Series
Pat & Cabbage
as Michael • 6 eps
2013 Series
6.4
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
as Self • 11 eps
2013 Series
7.5
Death in Paradise
as Arnold Finch • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.4
Vera
as Matthew Wells • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.0
The Queen
5 eps
2009 Series
7.0
Law & Order: UK
as Henry Sharpe • 27 eps
2009 Series
7.4
Unforgiven
as John Ingram • 3 eps
2009 Series
7.0
Fear, Stress & Anger
as Martin Chadwick • 6 eps
2007 Series
7.6
Lewis
as Peter Faulkner • 2 eps
2007 Series