Peter Davison

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Peter Davison
Davison in 2016
Born	Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett (1951-04-13) 13 April 1951 (age 73) Streatham, London, England
Alma mater	Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1975–present
Spouses	Diane J. Russell ​ ​ (m. 1973; div. 1975)​ Sandra Dickinson ​ ​ (m. 1978; div. 1994)​ Elizabeth Morton ​ (m. 2003)​
Children	3, including Georgia Tennant
Relatives	David Tennant (son-in-law) Ty Tennant (grandson)
Peter Davison's voice Davison gives his thoughts on casting a female Doctor for Doctor Who Recorded 23 January 2018
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Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett^[1] (born 13 April 1951), known professionally as Peter Davison, is an English actor. He made his television acting debut in 1975 and became famous in 1978 as Tristan Farnon in the BBC's television adaptation of James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small stories. He subsequently played the fifth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who from 1981 to 1984.

Davison's other starring roles included the sitcoms Holding the Fort (1980–1982) and Sink or Swim (1980–1982), Dr. Stephen Daker in A Very Peculiar Practice (1986–1988), and Albert Campion in Campion (1989–1990). He also played David Braithwaite in At Home with the Braithwaites (2000–2003), "Dangerous" Davies in The Last Detective (2003–2007), and Henry Sharpe in Law & Order: UK (2011–2014).