
David Tennant
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 18, 1971 (age 55)
- Birthplace
- Bathgate, 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.
Known For
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Filmography
The Wind in the Willows
Movie · as Basil
The Neverending Pillow Fort
Movie

The Amazing Maurice: The Waters of Life
Movie · as Dangerous Beans (voice)
The Joy of Sex
Movie

Good Omens T3: El final
Movie

Have I Got a Bit More News for You
TV · as Self - Presenter · 9 eps
Standing By
TV · 1 ep

Good Omens - Season 3: An Ineffable Goodbye
Movie · as self

Doctor Who: The Satan Pit
Movie · as The Doctor (archive footage)

Steven Wilson: Requiem for a Village
Movie

Rivals: The Official Podcast
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Twenty Twenty Six
TV · as Narrator · 6 eps

Ages of Ice
TV · as Self (voice) · 3 eps

The Thursday Murder Club
Movie · as Ian

Macbeth
Movie · as Macbeth

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
Movie · as The Doctor / The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Big Fat Quiz of Everything
Movie · as Self

Genius Game
TV · as The Creator · 8 eps

The Hack
TV · as Nick Davies · 7 eps

The Assembly
TV · as Self - Interviewee · 1 ep

The Four Seasons
TV · as Gianpiero · 1 ep

Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money
Movie · as Self

Doctor Who at the Proms
Movie · as The Doctor (10) (14) (archive footage)

ARK: The Animated Series
TV · as Sir Edmund Rockwell (voice) · 14 eps

Rivals
TV · as Tony Baddingham · 20 eps

Rob Beckett's Smart TV
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

Doctor Who
TV · as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1 ep

Comic Relief 2023
Movie · as Self - Host

Talking Doctor Who
Movie · as Self - Presenter

Doctor Who Children in Need Special 2023
Movie · as The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Bedtime Story
Movie · as The Doctor

imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
Movie · as Self

National Theatre Live: Good
Movie · as Professor John Halder/Johnny

Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
Movie · as The Doctor (archive footage)

Doctor Who: Recollections with Russell and David
Movie · as Self

Ahsoka
TV · as Huyang (voice) · 8 eps

Clone High
TV · as David Tennant (voice) · 1 ep

Spy in the Ocean, A Nature Miniseries
TV · as Narrator · 4 eps

Doctor Who: Video Commentaries
TV · as Self - The Doctor · 5 eps

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
TV · as Franklin (voice) · 1 ep

Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures
TV · as Huyang (voice) · 1 ep

The Amazing Maurice
Movie · as Dangerous Beans (voice)

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
Movie · as Scrooge McDuck (voice)

The Paloni Show! Halloween Special!
Movie · as Roach Chef (voice)

The Legend of Vox Machina
TV · as General Kreig (voice) · 2 eps

The Sandman
TV · as Don (voice) · 1 ep

Inside Man
TV · as Harry Watling · 4 eps

Ant & Dec's Limitless Win
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Chibiverse
TV · as Scrooge McDuck (Voice) · 1 ep

Litvinenko
TV · as Alexander Litvinenko · 2 eps

Remembers…
TV · as Self · 1 ep

An Audience with Adele
Movie · as Self

Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
Movie · as Self

The Loud House Movie
Movie · as Angus (voice)

Around the World in 80 Days
TV · as Phileas Fogg · 8 eps

Time
TV · as Bobby Bailey · 3 eps

The Big Night In
Movie · as Mr. Logan, Self

Heart to Heart
Movie · as Heart

The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years
Movie · as Self

Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth Sladen
Movie · as Self

Good Omens: Lockdown
Movie · as Crowley (voice)

The Real Des: The Dennis Nilsen Story
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Screening
Movie · as Timothy

Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
Movie · as Self

Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 3 eps

Deadwater Fell
TV · as Tom Kendrick · 4 eps

Des
TV · as Dennis Nilsen · 3 eps

Staged
TV · as David · 20 eps

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Movie · as Spitelout / Ivar the Whitless (voice)

Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
Movie · as Self

Good Omens
TV · as Crowley · 13 eps

gen:LOCK
TV · as Dr. Weller (voice) · 8 eps

Criminal: UK
TV · as Dr. Edgar Fallon · 1 ep

The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Spy in the Snow
Movie · as Narrator

You, Me and Him
Movie · as John

Mary Queen of Scots
Movie · as John Knox

Bad Samaritan
Movie · as Cale Erendreich

The Highway Rat
Movie · as The Highway Rat (voice)

DuckTales: Destination Adventure!
Movie · as Scrooge McDuck (voice)
The Muppets Take The O2
Movie · as Self

Final Space
TV · as Lord Commander (voice) · 10 eps

Camping
TV · as Walt · 8 eps

There She Goes
TV · as Simon · 10 eps

Hang Ups
TV · as Martin Lamb · 1 ep

Mad to Be Normal
Movie · as RD Laing

Ferdinand
Movie · as Angus (voice)

Proclaimers: This Is the Story
Movie · as Self

Fireman Sam: Alien Alert! The Movie
Movie · as Buck Douglas (voice)

Spy in the Wild
TV · as Himself - Narrator · 9 eps

DuckTales
TV · as Scrooge McDuck (Voice) · 69 eps

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Movie · as Self - Host

Derren Brown: Pushed to the Edge
Movie · as Himself

Einstein 100
Movie · as Narrator

Top Gear: Extra Gear
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Monster Musical
Movie · as Igor the Door (voice)

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Movie · as Self - Voice of Charles Darwin

96 Ways to Say I Love You
Movie · as Mark

Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
Movie · as Narrator

Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
Movie · as Narrator

Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time
Movie · as Narrator (Voice UK)

The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
Movie · as Self

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
Movie · as The Doctor (10) (picture) (uncredited)

Dragons: Race to the Edge
TV · as Spitelout (voice) · 12 eps

Marvel's Jessica Jones
TV · as Kilgrave, Kilgrave (voice) · 14 eps

Thunderbirds Are Go!
TV · as Tyco Reeves (Voice) · 1 ep

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest, George Harrison · 2 eps

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
Movie · as Self

Postman Pat: The Movie
Movie · as Wilf (voice)

What We Did on Our Holiday
Movie · as Doug McLeod

Wings 3D
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
Movie · as Self / The Doctor (archive footage)

Gracepoint
TV · as Emmett Carver · 10 eps

W1A
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 14 eps

Dolphins: Spy in the Pod
TV · as Narrator · 2 eps

The Real History of Science Fiction
TV · as Self · 2 eps

Off Camera with Sam Jones
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Movie · as The Doctor (archive footage)

Doctor Who Explained
Movie · as Self
Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith
Movie

Earthflight
Movie · as Himself - Narrator

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Movie · as Self

RSC Live: Richard II
Movie · as Richard II

The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro
Movie · as The Doctor (10)

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
Movie · as The Doctor (10)

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide
Movie · as Self

Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS
Movie · as Self

Broadchurch
TV · as DI Alec Hardy · 24 eps

The Politician's Husband
TV · as Aiden Hoynes · 3 eps

The Escape Artist
TV · as Will Burton · 3 eps

The Last Leg
TV · as Self · 7 eps

Penguins: Spy in the Huddle
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 3 eps

Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
TV · as Self · 11 eps

Spies of Warsaw
TV · as Jean-François Mercier · 2 eps

Gogglebox
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Science of Doctor Who
Movie · as The Doctor (archive footage)

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
Movie · as Charles Darwin (voice)

Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger!
Movie · as Donald / Roderick Peterson

So You Want To Be A Pirate!
Movie · as Charles Darwin

Shakespeare's Sonnets
Movie

DreamWorks Dragons
TV · as Spitelout (voice), Spitelout (voice) · 2 eps

Comedy World Cup
TV · as Host · 7 eps

Wild About Pandas
TV · as Narrator · 1 ep

Shakespeare Uncovered
TV · as Himself · 1 ep

True Love
TV · as Nick · 1 ep

Tree Fu Tom
TV · as Twigs (voice) · 72 eps

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
TV · as Fugitoid (voice) · 2 eps

Playhouse Presents
TV · as Will · 1 ep

The Decoy Bride
Movie · as James Arber

United
Movie · as Jimmy Murphy

Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice
Movie · as Narrator

Fright Night
Movie · as Peter Vincent

The Ballad of Russell & Julie
Movie · as Russell T. Davies / Self

Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
Movie · as Self

The Itch of the Golden Nit
Movie · as Radio Newsreader / Stretchy McStretch (voice)

Much Ado About Nothing
Movie · as Benedick

Discovering Hamlet
Movie · as Self
Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia
Movie · as Narrator

Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
Movie

Shrek: Once Upon a Time
Movie · as Self / Narrator

Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line
Movie · as Narrator

Come in Number Five
Movie · as Presenter

My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen
Movie · as Self

Earthflight
TV · 6 eps

Twenty Twelve
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 13 eps

Stealing Shakespeare
Movie · as Narrator

How to Train Your Dragon
Movie · as Spitelout (voice)

Doctor Who: The End of Time
Movie · as The Doctor
The National Television Awards Backstage Live
TV · 1 ep

Ask Rhod Gilbert
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Single Father
TV · as Dave · 4 eps

Rex Is Not Your Lawyer
TV · as Rex Alexander · 1 ep

Fish Hooks
TV · as Oscar's Brain (voice) · 2 eps

Hamlet
Movie · as Hamlet

Glorious 39
Movie · as Hector

St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
Movie · as Captain Lord Pomfrey / Sir Piers Pomfrey

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
Movie · as The Doctor

Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
Movie · as The Doctor

The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol
Movie · as Ghost of Christmas Present

Monty Python in Aberystwyth
Movie · as Narrator

Endgame
Movie · as Self - Host (uncredited)

Doctor Who: Dreamland
TV · as The Doctor (voice) · 6 eps

Live from Studio Five
TV · as Self · 2 eps

Doctor Who Greatest Moments
TV · as Self · 3 eps

CBeebies Bedtime Stories
TV · as Self, Fourteenth Doctor · 1 ep

Swarm: Nature's Incredible Invasions
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

Chris Moyles' Quiz Night
TV · as Self · 2 eps

Einstein and Eddington
Movie · as Arthur Eddington

Human Footprint
Movie · as Narrator (self)

Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres - Doctor Who at the Proms 2008
Movie · as The Doctor (Uncredited)

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
Movie · as The Doctor

Star Wars: The Clone Wars
TV · as Huyang (voice) · 2 eps

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Movie · as Self

David Tennant's Video Diary
Movie · as Self

Learners
Movie · as Chris

Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
Movie · as The Doctor

Recovery
Movie · as Alan Hamilton

Doctor Who: Time Crash
Movie · as The Doctor (10)

Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest
Movie · as The Doctor (voice)

The Friday Night Project - Unleashed
Movie · as Self - Guest Host
Doctor Who: Time of the Timelords
Movie · as The Doctor

The Sarah Jane Adventures
TV · as The Doctor · 2 eps

Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
TV · as Himself · 2 eps

The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 10 eps

Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride
Movie · as The Doctor

The Chatterley Affair
Movie · as Richard Hoggart

Doctor Who: A Celebration
Movie · as Self - Host

Totally Doctor Who
TV · as Self · 5 eps

The One Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Movie · as Barty Crouch Junior

The Quatermass Experiment
Movie · as Doctor Gordon Briscoe

Sweetnightgoodheart
Movie · as Pete

Doctor Who: A New Dimension
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'
Movie

Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion
Movie · as The Doctor

Casanova
TV · as Giacomo Casanova · 3 eps

Doctor Who
TV · as Doctor (10), The Doctor

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Secret Smile
TV · as Brendan · 2 eps

Doctor Who Confidential
TV · as Self · 39 eps

The Friday Night Project
TV · as Self - Host · 2 eps

Traffic Warden
Movie · as Traffic Warden

Old Street
Movie · as Mr. Watson
The Deputy
Movie · as Christopher Williams

Blackpool
TV · as DI Peter Carlisle · 6 eps

Who Do You Think You Are?
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Big Fat Quiz
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

He Knew He Was Right
TV · as Mr Gibson · 4 eps

Parkinson
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

Bright Young Things
Movie · as Ginger Littlejohn

QI
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Spine Chillers
TV · as Dr. Krull · 1 ep

Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka
TV · as Young Custodian (voice) (uncredited) · 1 ep

Trust
TV · as Gavin MacEwan · 1 ep

Nine 1/2 Minutes
Movie · as Charlie

Top Gear
TV · as Self · 2 eps

Foyle's War
TV · as Theo Howard · 1 ep

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
TV · as Self - Guest Announcer · 2 eps

Dead Ringers
TV · as Regenerated Tony Blair · 1 ep
Terri McIntyre - Classy Bitch
TV · as Greig Miller · 14 eps

The Last September
Movie · as Captain Gerald Colthurst

Being Considered
Movie
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
TV · 1 ep

L.A. Without a Map
Movie · as Richard
Love in the 21st Century
TV · as John · 1 ep

People Like Us
TV · as Rob Harker · 1 ep

Duck Patrol
TV · as Simon 'Darwin' Brown · 7 eps

The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
TV · as Max Valentine · 1 ep

Bite
Movie · as Alastair Galbraith

Jude
Movie · as Drunk Undergraduate

Quality Control
Movie · as Gary Innes
A Mug's Game
TV · 1 ep

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

Takin' Over the Asylum
TV · as Campbell · 6 eps

The Tales of Para Handy
TV · as John MacBryde · 1 ep

Room 101
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Ready, Steady, Cook
TV · as Self - Contestant · 2 eps

Spaces
Movie · as Vinny

GMTV
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Late Show with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

Strathblair
TV · as Archie · 1 ep

Have I Got News for You
TV · as Self - Host · 10 eps

Rab C. Nesbitt
TV · as Davina · 1 ep

Biting the Hands
Movie · as 3rd Squaddie

The Simpsons
TV · as Pa MacWeldon (voice) · 1 ep

The Play on One
TV · as Third Squaddie · 1 ep

Comic Relief
TV · 3 eps

Dramarama
TV · as Neil McDonald · 1 ep

Natural World
TV · as Narrator · 1 ep









