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David Tennant

David Tennant

Acting · Directing

Born April 18, 1971, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, UK

David John Tennant (né McDonald; 18 April 1971) is a Scottish actor. He is best known for portraying the tenth incarnation of the Doctor in the sci-fi series Doctor Who (2005–2010; 2013). In 2022, he returned to the show as the fourteenth incarnation. His other notable screen roles include DI Alec Hardy in the crime drama series Broadchurch (2013–2017) and its 2014 remake, Kilgrave in the superhero series Jessica Jones (2015–2019), Crowley in the fantasy series Good Omens (2019–present), and various fictionalised versions of himself in the comedy series Staged (2020–2022). Tennant has worked extensively on stage, including a portrayal of the title character in a 2008 Royal Shakespeare Company production of Hamlet that was later adapted for television. He is also a voice actor, featuring in the animated series DuckTales (2017–2021) as the voice of Scrooge McDuck. In 2015, he received the National Television Award for Special Recognition.

Filmography

Appearances as themselves (76)
  • Ages of Ice — Self (voice)
  • 2026Good Omens - Season 3: An Ineffable Goodbye — self
  • Rivals: The Official Podcast — Self
  • The Assembly — Self - Interviewee
  • 2025The Big Fat Quiz of Everything — Self
  • 2024Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money — Self
  • Rob Beckett's Smart TV — Self - Guest
  • 2023Comic Relief 2023 — Self - Host
  • 2023Doctor Who: Recollections with Russell and David — Self
  • Doctor Who: Video Commentaries — Self - The Doctor
  • 2023Talking Doctor Who — Self - Presenter
  • 2023imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me — Self
  • Ant & Dec's Limitless Win — Self
  • Remembers… — Self
  • 2021An Audience with Adele — Self
  • 2021Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas — Self
  • 2020Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas — Self
  • 2020Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth Sladen — Self
  • Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years — Self - Narrator (voice)
  • 2020The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years — Self
  • 2019Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered — Self
  • The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
  • 2018The Muppets Take The O2 — Self
  • 2017Proclaimers: This Is the Story — Self
  • Spy in the Wild — Himself - Narrator
  • 2016Derren Brown: Pushed to the Edge — Himself
  • 2016Shakespeare Live! From the RSC — Self - Host
  • Top Gear: Extra Gear — Self
  • 2015A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman — Self - Voice of Charles Darwin
  • 2015The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One — Self
  • 2014Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion — Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
  • 2014Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison — Self
  • Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
  • Off Camera with Sam Jones — Self
  • The Real History of Science Fiction — Self
  • 2013Doctor Who Explained — Self
  • 2013Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS — Self
  • Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited — Self
  • 2013Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide — Self
  • 2013Earthflight — Himself - Narrator
  • Gogglebox — Self
  • 2013The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot — Self
  • The Last Leg — Self
  • Shakespeare Uncovered — Himself
  • 2011Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties — Self
  • 2011Discovering Hamlet — Self
  • 2011My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen — Self
  • 2011Shrek: Once Upon a Time — Self / Narrator
  • Ask Rhod Gilbert — Self
  • Chris Moyles' Quiz Night — Self
  • Doctor Who Greatest Moments — Self
  • 2009Endgame — Self - Host (uncredited)
  • Live from Studio Five — Self
  • Derren Brown: Trick or Treat — Himself
  • 2007The 50 Greatest Television Dramas — Self
  • 2007The Friday Night Project - Unleashed — Self - Guest Host
  • The Graham Norton Show — Self
  • 2006Doctor Who: A Celebration — Self - Host
  • The One Show — Self
  • Totally Doctor Who — Self
  • 2005Doctor Who: A New Dimension — Self - Narrator (voice)
  • The Friday Night Project — Self - Host
  • The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self
  • Big Fat Quiz — Self - Guest
  • Parkinson — Self - Guest
  • Who Do You Think You Are? — Self
  • QI — Self
  • Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway — Self - Guest Announcer
  • Top Gear — Self
  • Never Mind the Buzzcocks — Self - Presenter
  • Ready, Steady, Cook — Self - Contestant
  • Room 101 — Self
  • GMTV — Self
  • Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Guest
  • Have I Got News for You — Self - Host
  • Have I Got a Bit More News for You — Self - Presenter
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