Portrait of Peter Davison

Acting

Peter Davison

Career

Active from 1977 to 2025, with up to 7 main titles a year.

Leading roles
68
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score70/100
Highest rated
Poster for A Very Peculiar Practice
A Very Peculiar Practice
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 49 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Peter Davison Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.5, average 4.8
  • Violence
    2.8, average 4.1
  • Contemporary Realism
    4.2, average 5.4
  • Scare
    1.5, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Doctor Who 7
  • Classic Sci-Fi 5
  • Character-Driven 5
  • British Television 5
  • Period Drama 4
  • Time Travel 4
  • Character-Driven Humor 3
  • Gentle Humor 3
  • British Sitcom 3
  • Family Dynamics 3
  • Eccentric Characters 3
  • Witty Dialogue 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

129
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

14 titles ยท average score 63
Doctor Who: The Fifth Doctor vs. The Daleks
Doctor Who: The Fifth Doctor vs. The Daleks (2025)

as The Fifth Doctor

Kiss Me, Kate
Kiss Me, Kate (2024)

as The General

The Marlow Murder Club
The Marlow Murder Club (2024)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show ยท as Geoffrey

Doctor Who at the Proms
Doctor Who at the Proms (2024)

as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)

Beyond Paradise
Beyond Paradise (2023)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show ยท as Richard Baxter

The Gold
The Gold (2023)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Assistant Commissioner Gordon Stewart / Commissioner Gordon Stewart

Tales of the Tardis
Tales of the Tardis (2023)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show ยท as The Doctor

Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery (2023)

as David

End of Term
End of Term (2021)

as Leigh

The Larkins
The Larkins (2021)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show ยท as Vicar

Dream Horse
Dream Horse (2021)
GoodWatch score 75

as Lord Avery

Life
Life (2020)
GoodWatch score 57

TV show ยท as Henry Reynolds

2010s

15 titles ยท average score 68
Good Omens
Good Omens (2019)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Job

Gentleman Jack
Gentleman Jack (2019)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as William Priestley

The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose (2019)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show ยท as Old Adso / Narrator (voice)

Say My Name
Say My Name (2018)
GoodWatch score 54

as Detective Rich Herbig

Patrick
Patrick (2018)
GoodWatch score 49

as Alan Francis

Liar
Liar (2017)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show ยท as Denis Walters

Gypsy
Gypsy (2015)
GoodWatch score 79

as Herbie

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (2013)
GoodWatch score 81

Director, Writer

Toast of London
Toast of London (2013)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Peter Davison

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013)
GoodWatch score 86

as The Doctor (5) (archive footage)

Death in Paradise
Death in Paradise (2011)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show ยท as Arnold Finch

Vera
Vera (2011)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show ยท as Matthew Wells

2000s

37 titles ยท average score 76
Unforgiven
Unforgiven (2009)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as John Ingram

Doctor Who: Time Crash
Doctor Who: Time Crash (2007)
GoodWatch score 80

as The Doctor (5)

Fear, Stress & Anger
Fear, Stress & Anger (2007)

TV show ยท as Martin Chadwick

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Willesden
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Willesden (2007)

as DC Davies

The Complete Guide to Parenting
The Complete Guide to Parenting (2006)

TV show ยท as George Huntley

Distant Shores
Distant Shores (2005)

TV show ยท as Bill Shore

Agatha Christie's Marple
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Hubert Curtain

New Tricks
New Tricks (2004)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Charles Allenforth

The Last Detective
The Last Detective (2003)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show ยท as Detective Constable 'Dangerous' Davies

The Last Detective
The Last Detective (2003)
GoodWatch score 80

as DC Davies

Too Good to Be True
Too Good to Be True (2003)

as Robert Lewis

At Home with the Braithwaites
At Home with the Braithwaites (2000)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as David Braithwaite

1990s

24 titles ยท average score 63
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights (1998)
GoodWatch score 64

as Joseph Lockwood

The Stalker's Apprentice
The Stalker's Apprentice (1998)

as D.I. Maurice Burt

Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders (1997)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Archie Pollock / Nicky Frazer

Cuts
Cuts (1996)

as Henry Babbacombe

The Adventures of Toad
The Adventures of Toad (1996)

as Mole

The Adventures of Mole
The Adventures of Mole (1995)

as Mole

Black Beauty
Black Beauty (1994)
GoodWatch score 71

as Squire Gordon

Ain't Misbehavin'
Ain't Misbehavin' (1994)

TV show ยท as Clive Quigley

Mole's Christmas
Mole's Christmas (1994)

as Mouse

The Airzone Solution
The Airzone Solution (1993)
GoodWatch score 52

as Al Dunbar

Harnessing Peacocks
Harnessing Peacocks (1993)
GoodWatch score 57

as Jim Huxtable

Fiddlers Three
Fiddlers Three (1991)

TV show ยท as Ralph West

1980s

33 titles ยท average score 76
Campion
Campion (1989)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Albert Campion

A Very Peculiar Practice
A Very Peculiar Practice (1986)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Dr Stephen Daker

Anna of the Five Towns
Anna of the Five Towns (1985)

TV show ยท as Henry Mynors

Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye (1985)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Lance Fortescue

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks (1984)

as The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani
Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani (1984)

as The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors (1983)
GoodWatch score 79

as The Fifth Doctor

Doctor Who: Earthshock
Doctor Who: Earthshock (1982)

as The Doctor

Doctor Who: Castrovalva
Doctor Who: Castrovalva (1982)

as The Doctor

Sink or Swim
Sink or Swim (1980)

TV show ยท as Brian Webber

Holding the Fort
Holding the Fort (1980)

TV show ยท as Russell Milburn

Magnum, P.I.
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Ian MacKerras

1970s

5 titles ยท average score 68
Tales of the Unexpected
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Jeremy Tyler

Print-Out
Print-Out (1979)

as Edwin Styles

All Creatures Great and Small
All Creatures Great and Small (1978)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show ยท as Tristan Farnon

Love for Lydia
Love for Lydia (1977)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show ยท as Tom Holland

Warship
Warship (1973)

TV show

1960s

1 title ยท average score 76
Doctor Who
Doctor Who (1963)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as The Doctor