Christopher Eccleston

Christopher Eccleston

Known for
Acting
Born
February 16, 1964 (age 62)
Birthplace
Salford, Lancashire, England, UK

Biography

Christopher Eccleston (born 16 February 1964) is an English stage, film and television actor. His films include Let Him Have It, Shallow Grave, Elizabeth, 28 Days Later, Gone in 60 Seconds, The Others, and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. In 2005, he became the ninth incarnation of The Doctor in the British television series Doctor Who.

Known For

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Filmography

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Hear Me Roar

Hear Me Roar

Movie · as Michael Bellinger

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Color Your Hurt

Color Your Hurt

Movie · as James

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About A Bell

About A Bell

Movie · as DC Holman

2026
SIGNAL poster

SIGNAL

Movie · as Ray

2026
Ashes Again! poster

Ashes Again!

Movie · as Dad

2026
Crackula

Crackula

Movie

2026
Chasing Millions poster

Chasing Millions

Movie · as Crayford

2026
Unchosen poster

Unchosen

TV · as Mr Phillips · 6 eps

2025
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War poster

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

Movie · as Doctor Who (archive footage) (uncredited)

2024
Young Woman and the Sea poster

Young Woman and the Sea

Movie · as Jabez Wolffe

2024
An Angel on Oxford Street poster

An Angel on Oxford Street

Movie · as Saul (voice)

2024
Doctor Who at the Proms poster

Doctor Who at the Proms

Movie · as The Doctor (9) (archive footage)

2024
Whispers of Freedom poster

Whispers of Freedom

Movie · as Herbert Köfer

2024
The Guilty Innocent with Christopher Eccleston poster

The Guilty Innocent with Christopher Eccleston

TV · as Presenter · 2 eps

2023
The Kemps: All Gold poster

The Kemps: All Gold

Movie · as Luke Dunmore

2023
Dodger Special: Coronation poster

Dodger Special: Coronation

Movie · as Fagin

2023
Dodger Special: Bad Egg poster

Dodger Special: Bad Egg

Movie · as Fagin

2022
My Name Is Leon poster

My Name Is Leon

Movie · as Mr. Devlin

2022
Dodger Special: Train poster

Dodger Special: Train

Movie · as Fagin

2022
Dodger Special: Christmas poster

Dodger Special: Christmas

Movie · as Fagin

2022
Dodger poster

Dodger

TV · as Fagin · 14 eps

2022
The Read poster

The Read

TV · as Narrator · 1 ep

2022
Remembers… poster

Remembers…

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2021
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story poster

Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story

Movie · as Self

2021
Set the Night on Fire: The Story of Ewan MacColl poster

Set the Night on Fire: The Story of Ewan MacColl

Movie · as Self

2021
Close to Me poster

Close to Me

TV · as Rob Harding · 6 eps

2020
The Hour poster

The Hour

Movie · as Himself

2020
A Year in the Life of a Year 2019 poster

A Year in the Life of a Year 2019

Movie · as Himself

2020
Endless poster

Endless

Movie

2020
The Kemps: All True poster

The Kemps: All True

Movie · as Self

2020
The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama poster

The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
Where Hands Touch poster

Where Hands Touch

Movie · as Heinz

2018
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) poster

Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)

Movie · as Harvey

2018
King Lear poster

King Lear

Movie · as Oswald

2018
RSC Live: Macbeth poster

RSC Live: Macbeth

Movie · as Macbeth

2018
The Flu That Killed 50 Million poster

The Flu That Killed 50 Million

Movie · as Narrator

2018
Come Home poster

Come Home

TV · as Greg Farrell · 3 eps

2017
Manchester: 100 Days After The Attack

Manchester: 100 Days After The Attack

Movie · as Voice

2016
The Last Miners poster

The Last Miners

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2016
The Last Miners poster

The Last Miners

TV · as Narrator (Voice) · 2 eps

2016
The A Word poster

The A Word

TV · as Maurice Scott · 6 eps

2016
Ambulance poster

Ambulance

TV · as Self - Narrator · 104 eps

2015
Legend poster

Legend

Movie · as Leonard 'Nipper' Read

2015
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song poster

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

Movie · as The Doctor (9) (picture) (uncredited)

2015
Safe House poster

Safe House

TV · as Robert · 4 eps

2015
Danger Mouse poster

Danger Mouse

TV · as J. Woolington Sham (voice) · 1 ep

2015
Fortitude poster

Fortitude

TV · as Professor Charlie Stoddart · 11 eps

2014
Richard III: The New Evidence poster

Richard III: The New Evidence

Movie · as Narrator

2014
A Brother's Journey: Thor & Loki poster

A Brother's Journey: Thor & Loki

Movie · as Self

2014
The Leftovers poster

The Leftovers

TV · as Matt Jamison · 28 eps

2014
True Detective poster

True Detective

TV · as Captain Ted Connelly · 3 eps

2013
Thor: The Dark World poster

Thor: The Dark World

Movie · as Malekith

2013
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor poster

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

Movie · as The Doctor (9) (archive footage)

2013
Emily poster

Emily

Movie · as James

2013
When Coal Was King

When Coal Was King

Movie · as Narrator

2013
Muse of Fire poster

Muse of Fire

Movie · as Self

2013
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage poster

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

Movie

2013
Lucan poster

Lucan

Movie · as John Aspinall

2013
Lucan poster

Lucan

TV · as John Aspinall · 2 eps

2013
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited poster

Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

TV · as Self · 11 eps

2012
Song for Marion poster

Song for Marion

Movie · as James

2012
When Wrestling Was Golden: Grapples, Grunts and Grannies

When Wrestling Was Golden: Grapples, Grunts and Grannies

Movie · as Narrator

2012
National Theatre Live: Antigone poster

National Theatre Live: Antigone

Movie · as Creon, King of Thebes

2012
Blackout poster

Blackout

TV · as Daniel Demoys · 3 eps

2011
The Borrowers poster

The Borrowers

Movie · as Pod Clock

2011
The Shadow Line poster

The Shadow Line

TV · as Joseph Bede · 7 eps

2010
Lennon Naked poster

Lennon Naked

Movie · as John Lennon

2010
Accused poster

Accused

TV · as Willy Houlihan · 1 ep

2009
Amelia poster

Amelia

Movie · as Fred Noonan

2009
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra poster

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Movie · as McCullen / Destro

2009
The Happiness Salesman poster

The Happiness Salesman

Movie · as Salesman

2008
New Orleans, Mon Amour

New Orleans, Mon Amour

Movie · as Henry

2008
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor poster

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

Movie · as The Doctor (9) (archive footage)

2007
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising poster

The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising

Movie · as The Rider

2007
The Sarah Silverman Program poster

The Sarah Silverman Program

TV · as Dr. Lazer Rage · 1 ep

2006
Perfect Parents poster

Perfect Parents

Movie · as Stuart

2006
Best Ever Muppet Moments poster

Best Ever Muppet Moments

Movie · as Self

2006
Heroes poster

Heroes

TV · as Claude · 5 eps

2005
Doctor Who: A New Dimension poster

Doctor Who: A New Dimension

Movie · as Self

2005
Einstein's Big Idea poster

Einstein's Big Idea

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2005
The Dark Side of Porn: Porn Shutdown poster

The Dark Side of Porn: Porn Shutdown

Movie

2005
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Doctor (9), Doctor Who

2005
Doctor Who Confidential poster

Doctor Who Confidential

TV · as Self · 13 eps

2004
Bible Mysteries poster

Bible Mysteries

TV · as Narrator · 1 ep

2004
The Paul O'Grady Show poster

The Paul O'Grady Show

TV · 1 ep

2003
The Importance of Being Morrissey poster

The Importance of Being Morrissey

Movie · as Narrator

2003
The Second Coming poster

The Second Coming

Movie · as Stephen Baxter

2003
Pure Rage: The Making of '28 Days Later' poster

Pure Rage: The Making of '28 Days Later'

Movie · as Self

2003
The Second Coming poster

The Second Coming

TV · as Stephen Baxter · 2 eps

2002
28 Days Later poster

28 Days Later

Movie · as Major Henry West

2002
Revengers Tragedy poster

Revengers Tragedy

Movie · as Vindici

2002
I Am Dina poster

I Am Dina

Movie · as Leo Zhukovsky

2002
The King and Us

The King and Us

Movie · as Anthony

2002
Sunday poster

Sunday

Movie · as Major Gen. Robert Ford

2002
Flesh and Blood poster

Flesh and Blood

Movie · as Joe Broughton

2002
24 Hour Party People poster

24 Hour Party People

Movie · as Boethius (uncredited)

2002
Tony Adams - Drunk And Dry poster

Tony Adams - Drunk And Dry

Movie · as Narrator

2002
Top Gear poster

Top Gear

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
What's Your Problem?

What's Your Problem?

TV · 1 ep

2002
Timeshift poster

Timeshift

TV · as self · 1 ep

2001
The Others poster

The Others

Movie · as Charles Stewart

2001
The Invisible Circus poster

The Invisible Circus

Movie · as Wolf

2001
Strumpet poster

Strumpet

Movie · as Strayman

2001
Othello poster

Othello

Movie · as Ben Jago

2001
Linda Green poster

Linda Green

TV · as Tom/Neil · 1 ep

2000
Gone in Sixty Seconds poster

Gone in Sixty Seconds

Movie · as Raymond Calitri

1999
eXistenZ poster

eXistenZ

Movie · as Seminar Leader

1999
Heart poster

Heart

Movie · as Gary Ellis

1999
With or Without You poster

With or Without You

Movie · as Vincent Boyd

1999
Dockers: Writing the Wrongs poster

Dockers: Writing the Wrongs

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1998
Elizabeth poster

Elizabeth

Movie · as Duke of Norfolk

1998
A Price Above Rubies poster

A Price Above Rubies

Movie · as Sender Horowitz

1996
Jude poster

Jude

Movie · as Jude Fawley

1996
Hillsborough poster

Hillsborough

Movie · as Trevor Hicks

1996
Our Friends in the North poster

Our Friends in the North

TV · as Nicky Hutchinson · 9 eps

1995
Hearts and Minds poster

Hearts and Minds

TV · as Drew Mackenzie · 4 eps

1994
Shallow Grave poster

Shallow Grave

Movie · as David Stephens

1993
Anchoress poster

Anchoress

Movie · as Priest

1993
Cracker poster

Cracker

TV · as David Bilborough · 7 eps

1993
GMTV poster

GMTV

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1993
Cuentos de Borges poster

Cuentos de Borges

TV · as Alonso Zunz · 1 ep

1992
Death and the Compass poster

Death and the Compass

Movie · as Schartach / Zunz / Gryphius

1992
Roots poster

Roots

Movie · as Frankie Bryant

1992
Continental Drift poster

Continental Drift

Movie · as (Business with Friends)

1992
Rachel's Dream poster

Rachel's Dream

Movie · as Man in Dream

1992
Rachel's Dream

Rachel's Dream

TV · as Man in Dream · 1 ep

1992
Friday on My Mind poster

Friday on My Mind

TV · as Sean · 3 eps

1991
Let Him Have It poster

Let Him Have It

Movie · as Derek Bentley

1991
Performance poster

Performance

TV · as Frankie Bryant · 1 ep

1990
Chancer poster

Chancer

TV · as Radio · 1 ep

1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot poster

Agatha Christie's Poirot

TV · as Frank Carter · 1 ep

1987
Inspector Morse poster

Inspector Morse

TV · as Terrence Mitchell · 1 ep

1986
Casualty poster

Casualty

TV · as Stephen Hills · 1 ep

1986
ScreenPlay poster

ScreenPlay

TV · as Schartach / Zunz / Gryphius · 1 ep

1986
Boon poster

Boon

TV · as Mark · 1 ep

1958
Blue Peter poster

Blue Peter

TV · as Self · 1 ep