
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.
Movie | Fuddy Meers | Lisping Man | 2026 |
Series | Standing By | Unknown | 2026 |
Series | Have I Got a Bit More News for You | Self - Presenter | 2026 |
Movie | The Minor Character | Will | 2026 |
Movie | Doctor Who:The End of Time: Part Two | The Doctor | 2026 |
Series | The Assembly | Self - Interviewee | 2025-04-26 |
Movie | Macbeth | Macbeth | 2025-02-05 |
Series | The Genius Game | The Creator | 2025-04-30 |
Movie | The Thursday Murder Club | Ian | 2025-08-22 |
Movie | Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War | The Doctor / The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2025-05-31 |
Series | The Hack | Nick Davies | 2025-09-24 |
Movie | Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money | Self | 2024-03-15 |
Series | Rob Beckett's Smart TV | Self - Guest | 2024-02-29 |
Series | ARK: The Animated Series | Sir Edmund Rockwell (voice) | 2024-03-21 |
Series | Rivals | Tony Baddingham | 2024-10-18 |
Movie | Doctor Who at the Proms | The Doctor (14) (10) (archive footage) | 2024-12-24 |
Movie | Dolphins 4-D Experience | Self (Narrator) | 2024-08-01 |
Series | Doctor Who | The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2024-05-11 |
Series | Clone High | David Tennant (voice) | 2023-05-23 |
Series | Spy in the Ocean, A Nature Miniseries | Narrator | 2023-06-04 |
Series | Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures | Huyang (voice) | 2023-05-04 |
Series | Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur | Franklin (voice) | 2023-02-10 |
Series | Ahsoka | Huyang (voice) | 2023-08-22 |
Movie | Comic Relief 2023 | Self - Host | 2023-03-17 |
Movie | National Theatre Live: Good | Professor John Halder/Johnny | 2023-04-20 |
Movie | imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me | Self | 2023-12-18 |
Movie | Doctor Who: The Star Beast | The Doctor | 2023-11-25 |
Movie | Talking Doctor Who | Self - Presenter | 2023-11-01 |
Series | Doctor Who: Video Commentaries | Self | 2023-11-25 |
Movie | Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials | The Doctor (archive footage) | 2023-12-18 |
Movie | Doctor Who: The Bedtime Story | The Doctor | 2023-11-23 |
Movie | Doctor Who Children in Need Special 2023 | The Doctor | 2023-11-17 |
Movie | Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers | Scrooge McDuck (voice) | 2022-05-20 |
Series | Chibiverse | Scrooge McDuck (Voice) | 2022-07-30 |
Series | Ant & Dec's Limitless Win | Self | 2022-01-08 |
Series | The Sandman | Don (voice) | 2022-08-05 |
Series | The Legend of Vox Machina | General Kreig (voice) | 2022-01-27 |
Series | Litvinenko | Alexander Litvinenko | 2022-12-15 |
Movie | The Amazing Maurice | Dangerous Beans (voice) | 2022-12-16 |
Series | Inside Man | Harry Watling | 2022-09-26 |
Movie | Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor | The Doctor (14) | 2022-10-23 |
Movie | The Paloni Show! Halloween Special! | Roach Chef (voice) | 2022-10-17 |
Movie | The Loud House Movie | Angus (voice) | 2021-08-20 |
Movie | An Audience with Adele | Self | 2021-11-21 |
Series | Around the World in 80 Days | Phileas Fogg | 2021-12-05 |
Movie | Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas | Self | 2021-12-19 |
Movie | The Big Night In | Mr. Logan | 2020-04-23 |
Movie | Good Omens: Lockdown | Crowley (voice) | 2020-05-01 |
Series | Deadwater Fell | Tom Kendrick | 2020-01-10 |
Movie | The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years | Self | 2020-01-07 |
Movie | Heart to Heart | Heart | 2020-03-16 |
Movie | Our Sarah Jane – The Life of Elisabeth Sladen | Self | 2020-05-04 |
Movie | Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas | Self | 2020-12-24 |
Series | Staged | David | 2020-06-10 |
Movie | Screening | Timothy | 2020-11-20 |
Movie | The Real Des: The Dennis Nilsen Story | Narrator (voice) | 2020-09-17 |
Series | Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2020-08-06 |
Series | Des | Dennis Nilsen | 2020-09-14 |
Series | gen:LOCK | Dr. Weller (voice) | 2019-01-26 |
Movie | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Spitelout / Ivar the Whitless (voice) | 2019-01-03 |
Series | Criminal: UK | Dr. Edgar Fallon | 2019-09-20 |
Series | Good Omens | Crowley | 2019-05-31 |
Movie | Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered | Self | 2019-10-30 |
Movie | Bad Samaritan | Cale Erendreich | 2018-04-19 |
Movie | DuckTales: Destination Adventure! | Scrooge McDuck (voice) | 2018-06-05 |
Movie | You, Me and Him | John | 2018-02-01 |
Movie | The Muppets Take The O2 | Self | 2018-07-13 |
Series | Final Space | Lord Commander (voice) | 2018-02-26 |
Movie | Mary Queen of Scots | John Knox | 2018-12-07 |
Series | Hang Ups | Martin Lamb | 2018-08-08 |
Movie | Spy in the Snow | Narrator | 2018-12-30 |
Series | There She Goes | Simon | 2018-10-16 |
Series | Camping | Walt | 2018-10-14 |
Movie | The Highway Rat | The Highway Rat (voice) | 2018-10-10 |
Series | Spy in the Wild | Himself - Narrator | 2017-01-12 |
Movie | Fireman Sam: Alien Alert! The Movie | Buck Douglas (voice) | 2017-01-05 |
Movie | Proclaimers: This Is the Story | Self | 2017-06-21 |
Movie | Mad to Be Normal | RD Laing | 2017-04-06 |
Movie | Ferdinand | Angus (voice) | 2017-12-09 |
Series | DuckTales | Scrooge McDuck (Voice) | 2017-08-12 |
Movie | DuckTales: Woo-oo! | Scrooge McDuck | 2017-08-12 |
Movie | Shakespeare Live! From the RSC | Self - Host | 2016-04-23 |
Movie | Derren Brown: Pushed to the Edge | Himself | 2016-01-12 |
Series | Top Gear: Extra Gear | Self | 2016-05-29 |
Movie | Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Monster Musical | Igor the Door (voice) | 2015-10-09 |
Series | Dragons: Race to the Edge | Spitelout (voice) | 2015-06-26 |
Series | Thunderbirds Are Go! | Tyco Reeves (Voice) | 2015-04-04 |
Movie | Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC | Narrator | 2015-11-01 |
Movie | 96 Ways to Say I Love You | Mark | 2015-04-18 |
Movie | A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman | Self - Voice of Charles Darwin | 2015-12-26 |
Movie | Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC | Narrator | 2015-11-08 |
Movie | Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time | Narrator (Voice UK) | 2015-11-25 |
Movie | Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song | The Doctor (10) (picture) (uncredited) | 2015-12-25 |
Series | Marvel's Jessica Jones | Kilgrave (voice) | 2015-11-20 |
Movie | The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One | Self | 2015-11-11 |
Movie | Postman Pat: The Movie | Wilf (voice) | 2014-05-23 |
Series | The Real History of Science Fiction | Himself | 2014-04-19 |
Series | Off Camera with Sam Jones | Self | 2014-02-06 |
Series | Dolphins: Spy in the Pod | Narrator | 2014-01-02 |
Series | W1A | Narrator (voice) | 2014-03-19 |
Movie | Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison | Self | 2014-08-01 |
Movie | Wings 3D | Narrator (voice) | 2014-06-17 |
Movie | What We Did on Our Holiday | Doug McLeod | 2014-09-26 |
Series | Gracepoint | Emmett Carver | 2014-10-02 |
Movie | Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion | Self / The Doctor (archive footage) | 2014-08-13 |
Series | The Politician's Husband | Aiden Hoynes | 2013-04-25 |
Series | The Escape Artist | Will Burton | 2013-10-29 |
Series | Broadchurch | DI Alec Hardy | 2013-03-04 |
Movie | Doctor Who Explained | Self | 2013-11-01 |
Series | The Last Leg | Self | 2013-01-25 |
Series | Spies of Warsaw | Jean-François Mercier | 2013-01-09 |
Series | Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited | Self | 2013-01-27 |
Series | Penguins: Spy in the Huddle | Narrator (voice) | 2013-02-11 |
Movie | Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II | Richard II | 2013-11-13 |
Movie | Earthflight | Himself - Narrator | 2013-11-26 |
Movie | Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS | Self | 2013-11-18 |
Movie | Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith | Unknown | 2013-12-25 |
Movie | Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor | The Doctor (10) | 2013-11-23 |
Movie | Moshi Monsters: The Movie | Newsreader (voice) | 2013-12-20 |
Movie | The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | Self | 2013-11-23 |
Movie | The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro | The Doctor (10) | 2013-11-23 |
Movie | Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide | Self | 2013-11-18 |
Movie | Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty | The Doctor (archive footage) | 2013-11-23 |
Series | True Love | Nick | 2012-06-17 |
Series | Shakespeare Uncovered | Himself | 2012-06-19 |
Movie | The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! | Charles Darwin (voice) | 2012-03-12 |
Series | Wild About Pandas | Narrator | 2012-02-01 |
Series | Tree Fu Tom | Twigs (voice) | 2012-03-05 |
Movie | So You Want To Be A Pirate! | Charles Darwin | 2012-07-09 |
Series | Comedy World Cup | Host | 2012-09-15 |
Movie | Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! | Donald / Roderick Peterson | 2012-11-23 |
Series | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Fugitoid (voice) | 2012-09-28 |
Movie | Shakespeare's Sonnets | Unknown | 2012-07-18 |
Series | DreamWorks Dragons | Spitelout (voice) | 2012-08-07 |
Movie | The Science of Doctor Who | The Doctor (archive footage) | 2012-08-04 |
Movie | Much Ado About Nothing | Benedick | 2011-05-16 |
Movie | The Decoy Bride | James Arber | 2011-06-06 |
Movie | Come in Number Five | Presenter | 2011-03-28 |
Movie | Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia | Narrator | 2011-01-25 |
Movie | The Itch of the Golden Nit | Radio Newsreader / Stretchy McStretch (voice) | 2011-06-28 |
Movie | United | Jimmy Murphy | 2011-01-02 |
Movie | Polar Bear - Spy on the Ice | Narrator | 2011-02-22 |
Series | Twenty Twelve | Narrator (voice) | 2011-03-14 |
Movie | Fright Night | Peter Vincent | 2011-08-18 |
Movie | Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties | Self | 2011-12-17 |
Series | Earthflight | Unknown | 2011-12-29 |
Movie | Shrek: Once Upon a Time | Self / Narrator | 2011-12-30 |
Movie | Discovering Hamlet | Self | 2011-11-01 |
Movie | The Ballad of Russell & Julie | Russell T. Davies / Self | 2011-10-31 |
Movie | Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line | Narrator | 2011-08-29 |
Movie | Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time | Unknown | 2011-10-31 |
Movie | How to Train Your Dragon | Spitelout (voice) | 2010-03-18 |
Series | The National Television Awards Backstage Live | Unknown | 2010-01-20 |
Series | Rex Is Not Your Lawyer | Rex Alexander | 2010-01-24 |
Series | Fish Hooks | Oscar's Brain (voice) | 2010-09-03 |
Series | Single Father | Dave | 2010-10-10 |
Series | Ask Rhod Gilbert | Self | 2010-09-27 |
Movie | Stealing Shakespeare | Narrator | 2010-09-06 |
Movie | Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead | The Doctor | 2009-04-11 |
Series | Doctor Who Greatest Moments | Self | 2009-08-20 |
Series | CBeebies Bedtime Stories | Self | 2009-03-09 |
Movie | Monty Python in Aberystwyth | Narrator | 2009-05-12 |
Series | Swarm: Nature's Incredible Invasions | Narrator (voice) | 2009-01-04 |
Series | Live from Studio Five | Self | 2009-09-14 |
Movie | Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres - Doctor Who at the Proms 2008 | The Doctor (Uncredited) | 2009-01-01 |
Movie | Endgame | Self - Host (uncredited) | 2009-01-18 |
Movie | St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold | Captain Lord Pomfrey / Sir Piers Pomfrey | 2009-12-18 |
Movie | Doctor Who: The End of Time | The Doctor | 2009-12-25 |
Movie | Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars | The Doctor | 2009-11-15 |
Movie | The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol | Ghost of Christmas Present | 2009-12-25 |
Movie | Hamlet | Hamlet | 2009-12-26 |
Movie | Glorious 39 | Hector | 2009-11-20 |
Series | Doctor Who: Dreamland | The Doctor (voice) | 2009-11-21 |
Movie | Doctor Who: Dreamland | The Doctor (voice) | 2009-11-21 |
Movie | Human Footprint | Narrator (self) | 2008-04-13 |
Series | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Huyang (voice) | 2008-10-03 |
Movie | Einstein and Eddington | Arthur Eddington | 2008-11-29 |
Movie | Doctor Who: The Next Doctor | The Doctor | 2008-12-25 |
Series | Derren Brown: Trick or Treat | Himself | 2007-04-13 |
Movie | Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest | The Doctor (voice) | 2007-06-30 |
Movie | Recovery | Alan Hamilton | 2007-02-25 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007-02-22 |
Movie | The 50 Greatest Television Dramas | Self | 2007-02-03 |
Series | The Sarah Jane Adventures | The Doctor | 2007-09-24 |
Movie | Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale | David Tennant / The Doctor | 2007-12-16 |
Movie | Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned | The Doctor | 2007-12-25 |
Movie | David Tennant's Video Diary | Self | 2007-11-05 |
Movie | The Friday Night Project - Unleashed | Guest Host | 2007-11-19 |
Movie | Doctor Who: Time Crash | The Doctor (10) | 2007-11-16 |
Movie | Learners | Chris | 2007-11-11 |
Series | Totally Doctor Who | Self | 2006-04-13 |
Movie | Free Jimmy | Hamish (voice) | 2006-04-21 |
Movie | The Chatterley Affair | Richard Hoggart | 2006-03-20 |
Movie | Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride | The Doctor | 2006-12-25 |
Movie | Doctor Who: A Celebration | Self - Host | 2006-11-19 |
Series | The One Show | Self | 2006-08-14 |
Series | Doctor Who Confidential | Self | 2005-03-26 |
Series | Doctor Who | The Doctor | 2005-03-26 |
Movie | Doctor Who: A New Dimension | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2005-03-26 |
Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self | 2005-01-03 |
Movie | The Quatermass Experiment | Doctor Gordon Briscoe | 2005-04-02 |
Series | Casanova | Giacomo Casanova | 2005-03-13 |
Series | The Friday Night Project | Self - Host | 2005-02-04 |
Movie | Secret Smile | Brendan Block | 2005-12-12 |
Series | Extras | David Tennant | 2005-07-21 |
Movie | Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion | The Doctor | 2005-12-25 |
Series | Secret Smile | Brendan | 2005-12-12 |
Movie | Sweetnightgoodheart | Pete | 2005-09-05 |
Movie | Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment' | Unknown | 2005-10-24 |
Movie | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Barty Crouch Junior | 2005-11-16 |
Movie | The Deputy | Christopher Williams | 2004-02-23 |
Movie | Old Street | Mr. Watson | 2004-01-01 |
Series | He Knew He Was Right | Mr. Gibson | 2004-04-18 |
Series | Who Do You Think You Are? | Self | 2004-10-12 |
Movie | Traffic Warden | Traffic Warden | 2004-08-27 |
Series | Big Fat Quiz | Self - Guest | 2004-12-27 |
Series | Blackpool | DI Peter Carlisle | 2004-11-11 |
Series | Spine Chillers | Dr. Krull | 2003-06-23 |
Series | QI | Self | 2003-09-11 |
Movie | Bright Young Things | Ginger Littlejohn | 2003-10-03 |
Series | Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka | Young Custodian (voice) (uncredited) | 2003-11-13 |
Series | Top Gear | Self | 2002-10-20 |
Series | Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | Self - Guest Announcer | 2002-06-08 |
Series | Dead Ringers | Regenerated Tony Blair | 2002-11-18 |
Series | Foyle's War | Theo Howard | 2002-10-27 |
Movie | Nine 1/2 Minutes | Charlie | 2002-12-01 |
Series | Terri McIntyre - Classy Bitch | Greig Miller | 2001-04-06 |
Movie | Being Considered | Unknown | 2000-03-01 |
Movie | The Last September | Captain Gerald Colthurst | 2000-04-28 |
Series | Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) | Unknown | 2000-03-18 |
Movie | L.A. Without a Map | Richard | 1999-02-26 |
Series | People Like Us | Rob Harker | 1999-09-20 |
Series | Love in the 21st Century | John | 1999-07-21 |
Series | Duck Patrol | Simon 'Darwin' Brown | 1998-07-19 |
Series | The Mrs Bradley Mysteries | Max Valentine | 1998-08-31 |
Series | South Park | Unknown | 1997-08-13 |
Movie | Bite | Unknown | 1997-08-18 |
Series | A Mug's Game | Unknown | 1996-01-18 |
Series | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Self - Presenter | 1996-11-12 |
Movie | Jude | Drunk Undergraduate | 1996-02-06 |
Series | Room 101 | Self | 1994-07-04 |
Series | The Tales of Para Handy | John MacBryde | 1994-07-31 |
Series | Takin' Over the Asylum | Campbell | 1994-09-27 |
Series | Ready Steady Cook | Self - Contestant | 1994-10-24 |
Series | GMTV | Self | 1993-01-01 |
Movie | Spaces | Vinny | 1993-01-01 |
Series | Rab C. Nesbitt | Davina | 1990-09-27 |
Series | Have I Got News for You | Self - Host | 1990-09-28 |
Movie | Biting the Hands | 3rd Squaddie | 1989-04-11 |
Series | The Simpsons | Pa MacWeldon (voice) | 1989-12-17 |
Series | Dramarama | Unknown | 1983-09-12 |
Series | Natural World | Narrator | 1983-10-30 |
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