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David Tennant

David Tennant

Acting1971Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, UK

Biography

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.

Acting History

Future
2026
Good Omens 3
as Crowley
2025
Macbeth
as Macbeth
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
as The Doctor / The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lights Out
as The 10th Doctor
The Assembly
TVas Self - Interviewee
Doctor Who
TVas The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)• 1 eps
The Hack
TVas Nick Davies
The Hack
TVExecutive Producer
2024
Doctor Who at the Proms
as The Doctor (14) (10) (archive footage)
ARK: The Animated Series
TVas Sir Edmund Rockwell (voice)• 14 eps
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
TVas Franklin (voice)• 1 eps
Rivals
TVas Tony Baddingham• 8 eps
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures
TVas Huyang (voice)• 1 eps
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
TVas Self - Guest
2023
National Theatre Live: Good
as Professor John Halder/Johnny
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
as The Doctor (archive footage)
Comic Relief 2023
as Self - Host
Talking Doctor Who
as Self - Presenter
Ahsoka
TVas Huyang (voice)• 8 eps
Clone High
TVas David Tennant (voice)• 1 eps
The Simpsons
TVas Pa MacWeldon (voice)• 1 eps
CBeebies Bedtime Stories
TVas Fourteenth Doctor• 1 eps
2022
The Amazing Maurice
as Dangerous Beans (voice)
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
as Scrooge McDuck (voice)
Inside Man
TVas Harry Watling• 4 eps
The Legend of Vox Machina
TVas General Kreig (voice)• 2 eps
Litvinenko
TVas Alexander Litvinenko
Chibiverse
TVas Scrooge McDuck (Voice)
The Sandman
TVas Don (voice)• 1 eps
2021
The Loud House Movie
as Angus (voice)
Dopple-Death
as The 10th Doctor (voice)
Around the World in 80 Days
TVas Phileas Fogg• 8 eps
Around the World in 80 Days
TVExecutive Producer• 8 eps
2020
Good Omens: Lockdown
as Crowley (voice)
Screening
as Timothy
Staged
TVas David• 20 eps
Des
TVas Dennis Nilsen• 3 eps
Deadwater Fell
TVas Tom Kendrick
Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)
Des
TVExecutive Producer• 3 eps
Staged
TVExecutive Producer• 6 eps
2019
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
as Spitelout / Ivar the Whitless (voice)
Criminal: UK
TVas Dr. Edgar Fallon• 1 eps
Good Omens
TVas Crowley• 12 eps
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TVas Self• 1 eps
Marvel's Jessica Jones
TVas Kilgrave / Kilgrave (voice)• 1 eps
gen:LOCK
TVas Dr. Weller (voice)
2018
The Highway Rat
as The Highway Rat (voice)
Bad Samaritan
as Cale Erendreich
DuckTales: Destination Adventure!
as Scrooge McDuck (voice)
Spy in the Snow
as Narrator
Camping
TVas Walt
Hang Ups
TVas Martin Lamb
Final Space
TVas Lord Commander (voice)• 10 eps
There She Goes
TVas Simon• 10 eps
2017
Ferdinand
as Angus (voice)
Mad to Be Normal
as RD Laing
The Last Leg
TVas Self• 7 eps
Thunderbirds Are Go!
TVas Tyco Reeves (Voice)• 1 eps
DuckTales
TVas Scrooge McDuck (Voice)• 69 eps
Spy in the Wild
TVas Himself - Narrator
2016
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
TVas Self - Guest Announcer• 2 eps
Room 101
TVas Self• 1 eps
2015
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
as The Doctor (10) (picture) (uncredited)
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
as Self - Voice of Charles Darwin
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
TVas Fugitoid (voice)• 2 eps
Have I Got News for You
TVas Self - Host• 9 eps
Dragons: Race to the Edge
TVas Spitelout (voice)• 12 eps
Natural World
TVas Narrator• 1 eps
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
TVas Self - Presenter• 9 eps
2014
Postman Pat: The Movie
as Wilf (voice)
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
as Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
Wings 3D
as Narrator (voice)
W1A
TVas Narrator (voice)
Gracepoint
TVas Emmett Carver
2013
Earthflight
as Himself - Narrator
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
as The Doctor (archive footage)
Broadchurch
TVas DI Alec Hardy• 24 eps
Spies of Warsaw
TVas Jean-François Mercier
The Escape Artist
TVas Will Burton
Fish Hooks
TVas Oscar's Brain (voice)• 2 eps
The Politician's Husband
TVas Aiden Hoynes
Gogglebox
TVas Self
Penguins: Spy in the Huddle
TVas Narrator (voice)
2012
The Science of Doctor Who
as The Doctor (archive footage)
Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger!
as Donald / Roderick Peterson
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
TVas Huyang (voice)• 2 eps
True Love
TVas Nick• 1 eps
DreamWorks Dragons
TVas Spitelout (voice)
Tree Fu Tom
TVas Twigs (voice)
Wild About Pandas
TVas Narrator
2011
Fright Night
as Peter Vincent
The Itch of the Golden Nit
as Radio Newsreader / Stretchy McStretch (voice)
The Decoy Bride
as James Arber
United
as Jimmy Murphy
Shrek: Once Upon a Time
as Self / Narrator
The Ballad of Russell & Julie
as Russell T. Davies / Self
Twenty Twelve
TVas Narrator (voice)
2010
How to Train Your Dragon
as Spitelout (voice)
Rex Is Not Your Lawyer
TVas Rex Alexander• 1 eps
Single Father
TVas Dave
2009
Endgame
as Self - Host (uncredited)
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
as Captain Lord Pomfrey / Sir Piers Pomfrey
Hamlet
as Hamlet
Glorious 39
as Hector
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TVas Self - Presenter• 1 eps
Doctor Who: Dreamland
TVas The Doctor (voice)
The Sarah Jane Adventures
TVas The Doctor• 2 eps
QI
TVas Self• 1 eps
2008
Einstein and Eddington
as Arthur Eddington
Human Footprint
as Narrator (self)
The One Show
TVas Self• 3 eps
2007
Doctor Who: Time Crash
as The Doctor (10)
Recovery
as Alan Hamilton
Learners
as Chris
Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest
as The Doctor (voice)
The Graham Norton Show
TVas Self• 9 eps
Top Gear
TVas Self• 2 eps
Painkiller Jane
TVDirector
2006
The Chatterley Affair
as Richard Hoggart
Who Do You Think You Are?
TVas Self• 1 eps
Doctor Who Confidential
TVas Self• 39 eps
Totally Doctor Who
TVas Self• 5 eps
2005
The Quatermass Experiment
as Doctor Gordon Briscoe
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Big Fat Quiz
TVas Self - Guest• 1 eps
Casanova
TVas Giacomo Casanova
Secret Smile
TVas Brendan
Doctor Who
TVas The Doctor• 40 eps
The Friday Night Project
TVas Self - Host
2004
The Deputy
as Christopher Williams
Traffic Warden
as Traffic Warden
Old Street
as Mr. Watson
Blackpool
TVas DI Peter Carlisle
He Knew He Was Right
TVas Mr. Gibson
2003
Bright Young Things
as Ginger Littlejohn
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka
TVas Young Custodian (voice) (uncredited)• 1 eps
Spine Chillers
TVas Dr. Krull
2002
Foyle's War
TVas Theo Howard• 1 eps
Dead Ringers
TVas Regenerated Tony Blair
2001
2000
The Last September
as Captain Gerald Colthurst
1999
People Like Us
TVas Rob Harker
1998
Duck Patrol
TVas Simon 'Darwin' Brown
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
TVas Max Valentine
1997
1996
Jude
as Drunk Undergraduate
1994
Ready, Steady, Cook
TVas Self - Contestant
The Tales of Para Handy
TVas John MacBryde
1993
Spaces
as Vinny
GMTV
TVas Self
1990
Rab C. Nesbitt
TVas Davina
1989
Biting the Hands
as 3rd Squaddie
1983

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
4/18/1971(54 years old)
Place of Birth
Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, UK