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David Tennant

Acting 55 years old Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, UK ★ 3.8
Born: April 18, 1971

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.

Filmography

Acting Credits (258)

Good Omens - Season 3: An Ineffable Goodbye
Good Omens - Season 3: An Ineffable Goodbye self 2026
Twenty Twenty Six
Twenty Twenty Six Narrator 2026
The Hack
The Hack Nick Davies 2025
The Thursday Murder Club
The Thursday Murder Club Ian 2025
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War The Doctor / The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited) 2025
The Genius Game
The Genius Game The Creator 2025
The Assembly
The Assembly Self - Interviewee 2025
Macbeth
Macbeth Macbeth 2025
Doctor Who at the Proms
Doctor Who at the Proms The Doctor (14) (10) (archive footage) 2024
Rivals
Rivals Tony Baddingham 2024
Ahsoka - The Patterson Cut
Ahsoka - The Patterson Cut Huyang (voice) 2024
Doctor Who
Doctor Who The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited) 2024
ARK: The Animated Series
ARK: The Animated Series Sir Edmund Rockwell (voice) 2024
Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money
Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money Self 2024
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
Rob Beckett's Smart TV Self - Guest 2024
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me Self 2023
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials The Doctor (archive footage) 2023
Doctor Who: Recollections with Russell and David
Doctor Who: Recollections with Russell and David Self 2023
Doctor Who: Video Commentaries
Doctor Who: Video Commentaries Self - The Doctor 2023
Doctor Who: Video Commentaries
Doctor Who: Video Commentaries Self 2023
Doctor Who: The Bedtime Story
Doctor Who: The Bedtime Story The Doctor 2023
Doctor Who Children in Need Special 2023
Doctor Who Children in Need Special 2023 The Doctor 2023
Talking Doctor Who
Talking Doctor Who Self - Presenter 2023
Ahsoka
Ahsoka Huyang (voice) 2023
Spy in the Ocean, A Nature Miniseries
Spy in the Ocean, A Nature Miniseries Narrator 2023
Clone High
Clone High David Tennant (voice) 2023
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures Huyang (voice) 2023
National Theatre Live: Good
National Theatre Live: Good Professor John Halder/Johnny 2023
Comic Relief 2023
Comic Relief 2023 Self - Host 2023
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Franklin (voice) 2023
The Amazing Maurice
The Amazing Maurice Dangerous Beans (voice) 2022
Litvinenko
Litvinenko Alexander Litvinenko 2022
The Paloni Show! Halloween Special!
The Paloni Show! Halloween Special! Roach Chef (voice) 2022
Inside Man
Inside Man Harry Watling 2022
The Sandman
The Sandman Don (voice) 2022
Chibiverse
Chibiverse Scrooge McDuck (Voice) 2022
Remembers…
Remembers… Self 2022
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers Scrooge McDuck (voice) 2022
The Legend of Vox Machina
The Legend of Vox Machina General Kreig (voice) 2022
Ant & Dec's Limitless Win
Ant & Dec's Limitless Win Self 2022
Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas Self 2021
Around the World in 80 Days
Around the World in 80 Days Phileas Fogg 2021
An Audience with Adele
An Audience with Adele Self 2021
The Loud House Movie
The Loud House Movie Angus (voice) 2021
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas Self 2020
Screening
Screening Timothy 2020
The Real Des: The Dennis Nilsen Story
The Real Des: The Dennis Nilsen Story Narrator (voice) 2020
Des
Des Dennis Nilsen 2020
Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years
Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years Self - Narrator (voice) 2020
Staged
Staged David 2020
Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth Sladen
Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth Sladen Self 2020
Good Omens: Lockdown
Good Omens: Lockdown Crowley (voice) 2020
The Big Night In
The Big Night In Mr. Logan 2020
The Big Night In
The Big Night In Self 2020
Heart to Heart
Heart to Heart Heart 2020
Deadwater Fell
Deadwater Fell Tom Kendrick 2020
The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years
The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years Self 2020
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered Self 2019
Criminal: UK
Criminal: UK Dr. Edgar Fallon 2019
Good Omens
Good Omens Crowley 2019
gen:LOCK
gen:LOCK Dr. Weller (voice) 2019
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Spitelout / Ivar the Whitless (voice) 2019
Spy in the Snow
Spy in the Snow Narrator 2018
Mary Queen of Scots
Mary Queen of Scots John Knox 2018
There She Goes
There She Goes Simon 2018
Camping
Camping Walt 2018
The Highway Rat
The Highway Rat The Highway Rat (voice) 2018
Hang Ups
Hang Ups Martin Lamb 2018
The Muppets Take The O2
The Muppets Take The O2 Self 2018
DuckTales: Destination Adventure!
DuckTales: Destination Adventure! Scrooge McDuck (voice) 2018
Bad Samaritan
Bad Samaritan Cale Erendreich 2018
Final Space
Final Space Lord Commander (voice) 2018
You, Me and Him
You, Me and Him John 2018
Ferdinand
Ferdinand Angus (voice) 2017
DuckTales
DuckTales Scrooge McDuck (Voice) 2017
Proclaimers: This Is the Story
Proclaimers: This Is the Story Self 2017
Mad to Be Normal
Mad to Be Normal RD Laing 2017
Spy in the Wild
Spy in the Wild Himself - Narrator 2017
Fireman Sam: Alien Alert! The Movie
Fireman Sam: Alien Alert! The Movie Buck Douglas (voice) 2017
Top Gear: Extra Gear
Top Gear: Extra Gear Self 2016
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC Self - Host 2016
Derren Brown: Pushed to the Edge
Derren Brown: Pushed to the Edge Himself 2016
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman Self - Voice of Charles Darwin 2015
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song The Doctor (10) (picture) (uncredited) 2015
Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time
Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time Narrator (Voice UK) 2015
Marvel's Jessica Jones
Marvel's Jessica Jones Kilgrave 2015
Marvel's Jessica Jones
Marvel's Jessica Jones Kilgrave (voice) 2015
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One Self 2015
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC Narrator 2015
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC Narrator 2015
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Monster Musical
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Monster Musical Igor the Door (voice) 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self - Guest 2015
Dragons: Race to the Edge
Dragons: Race to the Edge Spitelout (voice) 2015
96 Ways to Say I Love You
96 Ways to Say I Love You Mark 2015
Thunderbirds Are Go!
Thunderbirds Are Go! Tyco Reeves (Voice) 2015
Gracepoint
Gracepoint Emmett Carver 2014
What We Did on Our Holiday
What We Did on Our Holiday Doug McLeod 2014
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion Self / The Doctor (archive footage) 2014
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison Self 2014
Wings 3D
Wings 3D Narrator (voice) 2014
Postman Pat: The Movie
Postman Pat: The Movie Wilf (voice) 2014
The Real History of Science Fiction
The Real History of Science Fiction Self 2014
W1A
W1A Narrator (voice) 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers Self - Guest 2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Off Camera with Sam Jones Self 2014
Dolphins: Spy in the Pod
Dolphins: Spy in the Pod Narrator 2014
Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith
Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith 2013
Earthflight
Earthflight Himself - Narrator 2013
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty The Doctor (archive footage) 2013
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot Self 2013
The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro
The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro The Doctor (10) 2013
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor The Doctor (10) 2013
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide Self 2013
Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS
Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS Self 2013
RSC Live: Richard II
RSC Live: Richard II Richard II 2013
Doctor Who Explained
Doctor Who Explained Self 2013
The Escape Artist
The Escape Artist Will Burton 2013
The Politician's Husband
The Politician's Husband Aiden Hoynes 2013
Gogglebox
Gogglebox Self 2013
Broadchurch
Broadchurch DI Alec Hardy 2013
Penguins: Spy in the Huddle
Penguins: Spy in the Huddle Narrator (voice) 2013
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited Self 2013
The Last Leg
The Last Leg Self 2013
Spies of Warsaw
Spies of Warsaw Jean-François Mercier 2013
Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger!
Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! Donald / Roderick Peterson 2012
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Fugitoid (voice) 2012
Comedy World Cup
Comedy World Cup Host 2012
DreamWorks Dragons
DreamWorks Dragons Spitelout (voice) 2012
DreamWorks Dragons
DreamWorks Dragons Spitelout (voice) 2012
The Science of Doctor Who
The Science of Doctor Who The Doctor (archive footage) 2012
Shakespeare's Sonnets
Shakespeare's Sonnets 2012
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
So You Want To Be A Pirate! Charles Darwin 2012
Shakespeare Uncovered
Shakespeare Uncovered Himself 2012
True Love
True Love Nick 2012
Playhouse Presents
Playhouse Presents Will 2012
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! Charles Darwin (voice) 2012
Tree Fu Tom
Tree Fu Tom Twigs (voice) 2012
Wild About Pandas
Wild About Pandas Narrator 2012
Shrek: Once Upon a Time
Shrek: Once Upon a Time Self / Narrator 2011
Earthflight
Earthflight 2011
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties Self 2011
Discovering Hamlet
Discovering Hamlet Self 2011
The Ballad of Russell & Julie
The Ballad of Russell & Julie Russell T. Davies / Self 2011
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time 2011
Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line
Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line Narrator 2011
Fright Night
Fright Night Peter Vincent 2011
The Itch of the Golden Nit
The Itch of the Golden Nit Radio Newsreader / Stretchy McStretch (voice) 2011
The Decoy Bride
The Decoy Bride James Arber 2011
Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing Benedick 2011
My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen
My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen Self 2011
Come in Number Five
Come in Number Five Presenter 2011
Twenty Twelve
Twenty Twelve Narrator (voice) 2011
Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice
Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice Narrator 2011
Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia
Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia Narrator 2011
United
United Jimmy Murphy 2011
Single Father
Single Father Dave 2010
Ask Rhod Gilbert
Ask Rhod Gilbert Self 2010
Stealing Shakespeare
Stealing Shakespeare Narrator 2010
Fish Hooks
Fish Hooks Oscar's Brain (voice) 2010
How to Train Your Dragon
How to Train Your Dragon Spitelout (voice) 2010
Doctor Who: The End of Time
Doctor Who: The End of Time The Doctor 2010
Rex Is Not Your Lawyer
Rex Is Not Your Lawyer Rex Alexander 2010
The National Television Awards Backstage Live
The National Television Awards Backstage Live 2010
Hamlet
Hamlet Hamlet 2009
The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol
The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol Ghost of Christmas Present 2009
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold Captain Lord Pomfrey / Sir Piers Pomfrey 2009
Doctor Who: Dreamland
Doctor Who: Dreamland The Doctor (voice) 2009
Glorious 39
Glorious 39 Hector 2009
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars The Doctor 2009
Live from Studio Five
Live from Studio Five Self 2009
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
Doctor Who Greatest Moments Self 2009
Monty Python in Aberystwyth
Monty Python in Aberystwyth Narrator 2009
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead The Doctor 2009
CBeebies Bedtime Stories
CBeebies Bedtime Stories Self 2009
CBeebies Bedtime Stories
CBeebies Bedtime Stories Fourteenth Doctor 2009
Endgame
Endgame Self - Host (uncredited) 2009
Swarm: Nature's Incredible Invasions
Swarm: Nature's Incredible Invasions Narrator (voice) 2009
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor The Doctor 2008
Einstein and Eddington
Einstein and Eddington Arthur Eddington 2008
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Huyang (voice) 2008
Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres - Doctor Who at the Proms 2008
Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres - Doctor Who at the Proms 2008 The Doctor (Uncredited) 2008
Human Footprint
Human Footprint Narrator (self) 2008
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned The Doctor 2007
The Friday Night Project - Unleashed
The Friday Night Project - Unleashed Self - Guest Host 2007
Doctor Who: Time Crash
Doctor Who: Time Crash The Doctor (10) 2007
Learners
Learners Chris 2007
David Tennant's Video Diary
David Tennant's Video Diary Self 2007
The Sarah Jane Adventures
The Sarah Jane Adventures The Doctor 2007
Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest
Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest The Doctor (voice) 2007
Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
Derren Brown: Trick or Treat Himself 2007
Recovery
Recovery Alan Hamilton 2007
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show Self 2007
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas Self 2007
Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride
Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride The Doctor 2006
Doctor Who: A Celebration
Doctor Who: A Celebration Self - Host 2006
The One Show
The One Show Self 2006
Totally Doctor Who
Totally Doctor Who Self 2006
The Chatterley Affair
The Chatterley Affair Richard Hoggart 2006
Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion
Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion 2005
Secret Smile
Secret Smile Brendan 2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Barty Crouch Junior 2005
Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'
Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment' 2005
Sweetnightgoodheart
Sweetnightgoodheart Pete 2005
The Quatermass Experiment
The Quatermass Experiment Doctor Gordon Briscoe 2005
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
Doctor Who: A New Dimension Self - Narrator (voice) 2005
Doctor Who
Doctor Who Doctor (10) 2005
Doctor Who
Doctor Who The Doctor 2005
Doctor Who Confidential
Doctor Who Confidential Self 2005
Casanova
Casanova Giacomo Casanova 2005
The Friday Night Project
The Friday Night Project Self - Host 2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson Self 2005
Big Fat Quiz
Big Fat Quiz Self - Guest 2004
Blackpool
Blackpool DI Peter Carlisle 2004
Who Do You Think You Are?
Who Do You Think You Are? Self 2004
Traffic Warden
Traffic Warden Traffic Warden 2004
He Knew He Was Right
He Knew He Was Right Mr Gibson 2004
The Deputy
The Deputy Christopher Williams 2004
Old Street
Old Street Mr. Watson 2004
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka Young Custodian (voice) (uncredited) 2003
Bright Young Things
Bright Young Things Ginger Littlejohn 2003
QI
QI Self 2003
Spine Chillers
Spine Chillers Dr. Krull 2003
Nine 1/2 Minutes
Nine 1/2 Minutes Charlie 2002
Dead Ringers
Dead Ringers Regenerated Tony Blair 2002
Foyle's War
Foyle's War Theo Howard 2002
Top Gear
Top Gear Self 2002
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway Self - Guest Announcer 2002
Terri McIntyre - Classy Bitch
Terri McIntyre - Classy Bitch Greig Miller 2001
The Last September
The Last September Captain Gerald Colthurst 2000
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) 2000
Being Considered
Being Considered 2000
People Like Us
People Like Us Rob Harker 1999
Love in the 21st Century
Love in the 21st Century John 1999
L.A. Without a Map
L.A. Without a Map Richard 1999
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries Max Valentine 1998
Duck Patrol
Duck Patrol Simon 'Darwin' Brown 1998
Bite
Bite 1997
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Never Mind the Buzzcocks Self - Presenter 1996
Jude
Jude Drunk Undergraduate 1996
A Mug's Game
A Mug's Game 1996
Ready, Steady, Cook
Ready, Steady, Cook Self - Contestant 1994
Takin' Over the Asylum
Takin' Over the Asylum Campbell 1994
The Tales of Para Handy
The Tales of Para Handy John MacBryde 1994
Room 101
Room 101 Self 1994
Late Show with David Letterman
Late Show with David Letterman Self - Guest 1993
Spaces
Spaces Vinny 1993
GMTV
GMTV Self 1993
Have I Got News for You
Have I Got News for You Self - Host 1990
Rab C. Nesbitt
Rab C. Nesbitt Davina 1990
The Simpsons
The Simpsons Pa MacWeldon (voice) 1989
Biting the Hands
Biting the Hands 3rd Squaddie 1989
The Play on One
The Play on One Third Squaddie 1988
Natural World
Natural World Narrator 1983
Dramarama
Dramarama 1983
The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows Basil
The Neverending Pillow Fort
The Neverending Pillow Fort
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Have I Got a Bit More News for You Self - Presenter
Standing By
Standing By

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