Actor
· Acting
Peter Davison
Born 1951-04-13
📍 Streatham, London, England, UK
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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Filmography 177
Doctor Who: The Fifth Doctor vs. The Daleks
as The Fifth Doctor
2025
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
Doctor Who at the Proms
as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
2024
Kiss Me, Kate
as The General
2024
Happy Mills: The Search for Agent Thorny
as The Big Boss (Voice)
2024
Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
as David
2023
Talking Doctor Who
as Self / The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
2023
Tales of the Tardis
as The Doctor
2023
The Big Steam Adventure
as Himself
2023
Beyond Paradise
as Richard Baxter
2023
The Gold
as Assistant Commissioner Gordon Stewart
2023
The Gold
as Commissioner Gordon Stewart
2023
Peter Davison: Uncut!
as Self
2022
Remembers…
as Self
2022
End of Term
as Leigh
2021
The Larkins
as Vicar
2021
Dream Horse
as Lord Avery
2021
Between the Covers
as Self
2020
Life
as Henry Reynolds
2020
The Big Night In
as Self
2020
The Doctors: The Peter Davison Years
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Showman: The Life of John Nathan-Turner
as Himself
2019
Good Omens
as Job
2019
Gentleman Jack
as William Priestley
2019
The Name of the Rose
as Old Adso / Narrator (voice)
2019
Peter Davison: In Conversation
as Self
2018
Earthshocked
2018
Say My Name
as Detective Rich Herbig
2018
Doctor Who: Jovanka Airlines
as Self
2018
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
as Self
2018
Patrick
as Alan Francis
2018
You, Me and Him
as Teacher
2018
Liar
as Denis Walters
2017
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
as Self
2017
Gypsy
as Herbie
2015
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
as The Doctor (5) (picture) (uncredited)
2015
Doctor Who: The Television Centre of the Universe
as Self
2015
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
2015
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
as Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
2014
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
as Self - Presenter / The Fifth Doctor
2014
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
as Self
2013
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
as Self
2013
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
2013
Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS
as Self
2013
Toast of London
as Peter Davison
2013
Pat & Cabbage
as Michael
2013
Doctor Who at the Proms
as Self - Special Guest Appearance
2013
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
as Self
2013
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
as Self
2013
The Destinations of Doctor Who
as Self
2012
Tales of Television Centre
as Self
2012
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
2011
Death in Paradise
as Arnold Finch
2011
Driven to Distractation
2011
Vera
as Matthew Wells
2011
Come in Number Five
2011
Snake Charmer: The Making of 'Snakedance'
2011
Chain Reaction
2010
The Queen
2009
Micro Men
as Bank manager
2009
Law & Order: UK
as Henry Sharpe
2009
Unforgiven
as John Ingram
2009
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)
2008
Trials and Tribulations
as (archive footage)
2008
Now, Get Out of That
2008
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008
The Ties That Bind Us
as The Fifth Doctor (archive footage)
2008
Doctor Who: Time Crash
as The Doctor (5)
2007
The Dead Peasants Society
as DC Davies
2007
The Man from Montevideo
as DC Davies
2007
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Willesden
as DC Davies
2007
Dangerous Liaisons
as Davies
2007
Once Upon a Time on the Westway
as DC Davies
2007
Fear, Stress & Anger
as Martin Chadwick
2007
Lewis
as Peter Faulkner
2007
A New Body at Last
2007
The Crowded TARDIS
2007
Willesden Confidential
as DC Davies
2005
Three Steps to Hendon
as DC Davies
2005
Towpaths of Glory
as DC Davies
2005
Friends Reunited
as DC Davies
2005
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
as Self
2005
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
Distant Shores
as Bill Shore
2005
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Hubert Curtain
2004
Dangerous and the Lonely Hearts
as DC Davies
2004
Benefit to Mankind
as DC Davies
2004
The Long Bank Holiday
as Dangerous Davies
2004
Christine
as Dangerous Davies
2004
New Tricks
as Charles Allenforth
2004
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
Too Good to Be True
as Robert Lewis
2003
Hardware
as Peter Davison
2003
Tricia
as Dangerous Davies
2003
The Last Detective
as DC Davies
2003
The Last Detective
as Detective Constable 'Dangerous' Davies
2003
Richard & Judy
as Self
2001
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
as Himself (archive footage)
2001
The Home Whovian
2001
At Home with the Braithwaites
as David Braithwaite
2000
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000
Adventures in Space and Time
as Himself
1999
The Kidnappers
as Himself
1999
Loose Women
as Self
1999
Hope and Glory
as Neil Bruce
1999
Parting Shots
as John
1999
Wuthering Heights
as Joseph Lockwood
1998
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
as Inspector Christmas
1998
The Stalker's Apprentice
as D.I. Maurice Burt
1998
Dear Nobody
as Mr. Garton
1998
Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up
1997
Jonathan Creek
as Stephen Claithorne
1997
Midsomer Murders
as Nicky Frazer
1997
Midsomer Murders
as Archie Pollock
1997
PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne
as Gavin Purcell
1996
The Adventures of Toad
as Mole
1996
The Adventures of Mole
as Mole
1995
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
as Gavin Purcell
1995
Mole's Christmas
as Mouse
1994
A Man You Don't Meet Every Day
as Robert
1994
Black Beauty
as Squire Gordon
1994
Ain't Misbehavin'
as Clive Quigley
1994
PROBE: The Zero Imperative
as Patient One
1994
Stranger than Fiction
1994
Harnessing Peacocks
as Jim Huxtable
1993
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
as The 5th Doctor
1993
The Airzone Solution
as Al Dunbar
1993
Doctor Who: Daleks - The Early Years
as Self - Host
1992
Fiddlers Three
as Ralph West
1991
The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event
1991
The PanoptiCon Tapes V
1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes IV
1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes III
1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes II
1990
Campion
as Albert Campion
1989
Going Live!
as Self
1987
The PanoptiCon Tapes VI
1986
Who's Who
1986
A Very Peculiar Practice
as Dr Stephen Daker
1986
An Audience with Billy Connolly
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1985
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
as Lance Fortescue
1985
Anna of the Five Towns
as Henry Mynors
1985
Doctor Who's Who's Who
as Doctor Who
1985
Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani
as The Doctor
1984
Doctor Who: Planet of Fire
as The Doctor
1984
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
as The Doctor
1984
Doctor Who: Frontios
as The Doctor
1984
Doctor Who: The Awakening
as The Doctor
1984
Doctor Who: Warriors of the Deep
as The Doctor
1984
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
as The Fifth Doctor
1983
Doctor Who: The King's Demons
as The Doctor
1983
Doctor Who: Enlightenment
as The Doctor
1983
Once Upon a Time Lord
as Self
1983
Doctor Who: Terminus
as The Doctor
1983
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
as The Doctor
1983
Doctor Who: Snakedance
as The Doctor
1983
Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity
as The Doctor
1983
Doctor Who: Time-Flight
as The Doctor
1982
Doctor Who: Earthshock
as The Doctor
1982
Doctor Who: Black Orchid
as The Doctor
1982
Doctor Who: The Visitation
as The Doctor
1982
Doctor Who: Kinda
as The Doctor
1982
Doctor Who: Four to Doomsday
as The Doctor
1982
Doctor Who: Castrovalva
as The Doctor
1982
Doctor Who: Logopolis
as The Doctor
1981
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
as Dish of the Day
1981
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Dish of the Day
1981
Magnum, P.I.
as Ian MacKerras
1980
Sink or Swim
as Brian Webber
1980
Print-Out
as Edwin Styles
1979
Tales of the Unexpected
as Jeremy Tyler
1979
All Creatures Great and Small
as Tristan Farnon
1978
An Audience with...
as Self
1978
Love for Lydia
as Tom Holland
1977
Warship
1973
Doctor Who
as The Doctor
1963