David Tennant
David John Tennant (né McDonald; born 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Tennant, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Apr 18, 1971 In Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 255
- First Appeared:
- In the series Dramarama 1983-09-12
- Latest Project:
- Movie Fuddy Meers 2026
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Fuddy Meers | Lisping Man | 2026 |
| Series | Standing By | Unknown | 2026 |
| Series | The Hack | Unknown | 2026 |
| Series | Have I Got a Bit More News for You | Self - Presenter | 2026 |
| Series | The Assembly | Self - Interviewee | 2025-04-26 |
| Movie | Macbeth | Macbeth | 2025-02-05 |
| Series | Genius Game | The Creator | 2025-04-30 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War | The Doctor / The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2025-05-31 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Unleashed - 20 Years of New Who in Wales | Self | 2025-06-07 |
| Movie | The Thursday Murder Club | Ian Ventham | 2025-08-22 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Doctor Who at the Proms | The Doctor (14) (10) (archive footage) | 2024-12-24 |
| Series | Doctor Who | The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2024-05-11 |
| Series | Rivals | Tony Baddingham | 2024-10-18 |
| Series | Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures | Huyang (voice) | 2023-05-04 |
| Series | Clone High | David Tennant (voice) | 2023-05-23 |
| Movie | National Theatre Live: Good | Professor John Halder/Johnny | 2023-04-20 |
| Series | Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur | Franklin (voice) | 2023-02-10 |
| Series | Spy in the Ocean, A Nature Miniseries | Narrator | 2023-06-04 |
| Movie | Comic Relief 2023 | Self - Host | 2023-03-17 |
| Movie | imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me | Self | 2023-12-18 |
| Series | Doctor Who: Video Commentaries | Self | 2023-11-25 |
| Series | Ahsoka | Huyang (voice) | 2023-08-22 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Bedtime Story | The Doctor | 2023-11-23 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials | The Doctor (archive footage) | 2023-12-18 |
| Movie | Doctor Who Children in Need Special 2023 | The Doctor | 2023-11-17 |
| Movie | Talking Doctor Who | Self - Presenter | 2023-11-01 |
| 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 |
| Movie | The Paloni Show! Halloween Special! | Roach Chef (voice) | 2022-10-17 |
| Series | Litvinenko | Alexander Litvinenko | 2022-12-15 |
| Series | Inside Man | Harry Watling | 2022-09-26 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor | The Doctor (14) | 2022-10-23 |
| Movie | The Amazing Maurice | Dangerous Beans (voice) | 2022-12-16 |
| 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 |
| Series | Final Space | Lord Commander (voice) | 2018-02-26 |
| Movie | You, Me and Him | John | 2018-02-01 |
| Movie | The Muppets Take The O2 | Self | 2018-07-13 |
| Series | There She Goes | Simon | 2018-10-16 |
| Series | Hang Ups | Martin Lamb | 2018-08-08 |
| Movie | Spy in the Snow | Narrator | 2018-12-30 |
| Movie | Mary Queen of Scots | John Knox | 2018-12-07 |
| 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 |
| Movie | DuckTales: Woo-oo! | Scrooge McDuck | 2017-08-12 |
| Series | DuckTales | Scrooge McDuck (Voice) | 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 |
| Movie | Doctor Who Explained | Self | 2013-11-01 |
| Series | Broadchurch | DI Alec Hardy | 2013-03-04 |
| Series | Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited | Self | 2013-01-27 |
| Series | Spies of Warsaw | Jean-François Mercier | 2013-01-09 |
| Series | The Last Leg | Self | 2013-01-25 |
| Series | Penguins: Spy in the Huddle | Narrator (voice) | 2013-02-11 |
| Movie | Tree Fu Tom - Tree Fu Magic | Unknown | 2013-02-18 |
| Movie | Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II | Richard II | 2013-11-13 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS | Self | 2013-11-18 |
| Movie | Moshi Monsters: The Movie | Newsreader (voice) | 2013-12-20 |
| 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 | Earthflight | Himself - Narrator | 2013-11-26 |
| Movie | The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | Self | 2013-11-23 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide | Self | 2013-11-18 |
| Movie | The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro | The Doctor (10) | 2013-11-23 |
| Movie | Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty | The Doctor (archive footage) | 2013-11-23 |
| Series | Shakespeare Uncovered | Himself | 2012-06-19 |
| Series | True Love | Nick | 2012-06-17 |
| Series | Wild About Pandas | Narrator | 2012-02-01 |
| Series | Tree Fu Tom | Twigs (voice) | 2012-03-05 |
| Movie | The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! | Charles Darwin (voice) | 2012-03-12 |
| Movie | So You Want To Be A Pirate! | Charles Darwin | 2012-07-09 |
| Series | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Fugitoid (voice) | 2012-09-28 |
| Movie | Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! | Donald / Roderick Peterson | 2012-11-23 |
| Series | Comedy World Cup | Host | 2012-09-15 |
| 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 | Come in Number Five | Presenter | 2011-03-28 |
| Movie | The Decoy Bride | James Arber | 2011-06-06 |
| Series | Twenty Twelve | Narrator (voice) | 2011-03-14 |
| Movie | Much Ado About Nothing | Benedick | 2011-05-16 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line | Narrator | 2011-08-29 |
| 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 | Fright Night | Peter Vincent | 2011-08-18 |
| Movie | Discovering Hamlet | Self | 2011-11-01 |
| Movie | The Ballad of Russell & Julie | Russell T. Davies / Self | 2011-10-31 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time | Unknown | 2011-10-31 |
| Series | Rex Is Not Your Lawyer | Rex Alexander | 2010-01-24 |
| Movie | How to Train Your Dragon | Spitelout (voice) | 2010-03-18 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The End of Time Part 2 | The Doctor | 2010-01-01 |
| Series | The National Television Awards Backstage Live | Unknown | 2010-01-20 |
| 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 |
| Series | Doctor Who Greatest Moments | Self | 2009-08-20 |
| Series | Live from Studio Five | Self | 2009-09-14 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead | The Doctor | 2009-04-11 |
| Series | Swarm: Nature's Incredible Invasions | Narrator (voice) | 2009-01-04 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres - Doctor Who at the Proms 2008 | The Doctor (Uncredited) | 2009-01-01 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars | The Doctor | 2009-11-15 |
| Movie | Endgame | Self - Host (uncredited) | 2009-01-18 |
| Series | CBeebies Bedtime Stories | Self | 2009-03-09 |
| Movie | Monty Python in Aberystwyth | Narrator | 2009-05-12 |
| Movie | Hamlet | Hamlet | 2009-12-26 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The End of Time Part 1 | The Doctor | 2009-12-29 |
| Movie | Glorious 39 | Hector | 2009-11-20 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The End of Time | The Doctor | 2009-12-25 |
| Movie | The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol | Ghost of Christmas Present | 2009-12-25 |
| Series | Doctor Who: Dreamland | The Doctor (voice) | 2009-11-21 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Dreamland | The Doctor (voice) | 2009-11-21 |
| Movie | St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold | Captain Lord Pomfrey / Sir Piers Pomfrey | 2009-12-18 |
| Movie | Human Footprint | Narrator (self) | 2008-04-13 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres | The Doctor | 2008-07-27 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Next Doctor | The Doctor | 2008-12-25 |
| Series | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Huyang (voice) | 2008-10-03 |
| Movie | Einstein and Eddington | Arthur Eddington | 2008-11-29 |
| Series | Derren Brown: Trick or Treat | Himself | 2007-04-13 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest | The Doctor (voice) | 2007-06-30 |
| Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007-02-22 |
| Series | The Sarah Jane Adventures | The Doctor | 2007-09-24 |
| Movie | Recovery | Alan Hamilton | 2007-02-25 |
| Movie | The 50 Greatest Television Dramas | Self | 2007-02-03 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned | The Doctor | 2007-12-25 |
| Movie | David Tennant's Video Diary | Self | 2007-11-05 |
| Movie | Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale | David Tennant / The Doctor | 2007-12-16 |
| Movie | The Friday Night Project - Unleashed | Guest Host | 2007-11-19 |
| Movie | Learners | Chris | 2007-11-11 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Time Crash | The Doctor (10) | 2007-11-16 |
| Movie | The Chatterley Affair | Richard Hoggart | 2006-03-20 |
| Series | Totally Doctor Who | Self | 2006-04-13 |
| Movie | Free Jimmy | Hamish (voice) | 2006-04-21 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: A Celebration | Self - Host | 2006-11-19 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride | The Doctor | 2006-12-25 |
| Series | The One Show | Self | 2006-08-14 |
| Series | Doctor Who | The Doctor | 2005-03-26 |
| Series | Doctor Who Confidential | Self | 2005-03-26 |
| Movie | The Quatermass Experiment | Doctor Gordon Briscoe | 2005-04-02 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: A New Dimension | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2005-03-26 |
| Series | The Friday Night Project | Self - Host | 2005-02-04 |
| Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self | 2005-01-03 |
| Series | Extras | David Tennant | 2005-07-21 |
| Series | Casanova | Giacomo Casanova | 2005-03-13 |
| Series | Secret Smile | Brendan | 2005-12-12 |
| Movie | Secret Smile | Brendan Block | 2005-12-12 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion | The Doctor | 2005-12-25 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion | The Doctor | 2005-12-25 |
| Movie | Sweetnightgoodheart | Pete | 2005-09-05 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Born Again | The Doctor (10) | 2005-11-18 |
| 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 |
| Series | He Knew He Was Right | Mr. Gibson | 2004-04-18 |
| Movie | Traffic Warden | Traffic Warden | 2004-08-27 |
| Movie | The Deputy | Christopher Williams | 2004-02-23 |
| Movie | Old Street | Mr. Watson | 2004-01-01 |
| Series | Who Do You Think You Are? | Self | 2004-10-12 |
| 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 | Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | Self - Guest Announcer | 2002-06-08 |
| Series | Top Gear | Self | 2002-10-20 |
| 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 |
| Series | Love in the 21st Century | John | 1999-07-21 |
| Movie | L.A. Without a Map | Richard | 1999-02-26 |
| Series | People Like Us | Rob Harker | 1999-09-20 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Jude | Drunk Undergraduate | 1996-02-06 |
| Series | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Self - Presenter | 1996-11-12 |
| 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 - Guest 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 |