Peter Moffett, now better known by his stage name Peter Davison, was born on 13 April 1951 in the Streatham area of London. In 1961, he and his family - parents Sheila and Claude (an electrical engineer who hailed from British Guiana) and his sisters Barbara, Pamela and Shirley moved to Knaphill, Woking in Surrey, where Davison was educated at the Winston Chirchill School. It was here that he first became interested in acting, taking parts in a number of school plays, and this eventually led to him joining an amateur dramatic society, the Byfleet Players. On leaving school at the age of sixteen, having achieved only modest academic success with three O Levels of undistinguished grades, he took a variety of short-lived jobs ranging from hospital porter to Hoffman press operator.
1982年，在艾玛的介绍下，休·劳瑞认识了英国著名编剧、作家以及演员的斯蒂芬·弗莱（Stephen Fry），开始扮演各种电视角色，从而正式了演艺圈打拼的生涯。1995年休·劳瑞在李安导演的《理智与情感》（Sense and Sensibility））中出演了一个小角色。
1986年加入皇家莎士比亚剧团，曾获得两次劳伦斯·奥列佛奖，出演过BBC制作的电视剧，并获得过电视剧类的奖项。目前是英国皇家戏剧艺术学院的成员。是英国电影学院奖和威尼斯电影节的双料影后。07年她还在《哈利·波特与凤凰社》里扮演乌姆里奇教授。近作为《事不过三》。...
