in 2001, davison directed the tv film "off season", which starred sherilyn fenn, rory culkin, hume cronyn and adam arkin. in 2007, davison returned to the big screen as the father of eric o'neill in "breach". also in that year, davison was cast in the role of charles graiman, a protege of wilton knight who was the creator of the knight industries three thousand, in nbc's revival of the television series "knight rider".