David Tennant
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.
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- Born:
- Apr 18, 1971 In Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 252
- 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 | 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 | The 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 | The Thursday Murder Club | Ian | 2025-08-22 |
| 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 | Ahsoka - The Patterson Cut | Huyang | 2024-08-30 |
| Series | Doctor Who | The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2024-05-11 |
| 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) | 2022-10-16 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Series | Camping | Walt | 2018-10-14 |
| Series | Hang Ups | Martin Lamb | 2018-08-08 |
| Movie | Mary Queen of Scots | John Knox | 2018-12-07 |
| Series | There She Goes | Simon | 2018-10-16 |
| Movie | Spy in the Snow | Narrator | 2018-12-30 |
| 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 |
| Series | The Real History of Science Fiction | Himself | 2014-04-19 |
| Movie | Postman Pat: The Movie | Wilf (voice) | 2014-05-23 |
| 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 | Wings 3D | Narrator (voice) | 2014-06-17 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison | Self | 2014-08-01 |
| 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 | Gogglebox | Self | 2013-03-07 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II | Richard II | 2013-11-13 |
| Series | Penguins: Spy in the Huddle | Narrator (voice) | 2013-02-11 |
| Movie | Doctor Who Explained | Self | 2013-11-01 |
| 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 |
| Movie | So You Want To Be A Pirate! | Charles Darwin | 2012-07-09 |
| 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 | The Science of Doctor Who | The Doctor (archive footage) | 2012-08-04 |
| Movie | Shakespeare's Sonnets | Unknown | 2012-07-18 |
| 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 |
| Series | DreamWorks Dragons | Spitelout (voice) | 2012-08-07 |
| Movie | Come in Number Five | Presenter | 2011-03-28 |
| Movie | My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen | Self | 2011-04-23 |
| Movie | Much Ado About Nothing | Benedick | 2011-05-16 |
| Series | Twenty Twelve | Narrator (voice) | 2011-03-14 |
| Movie | United | Jimmy Murphy | 2011-01-02 |
| Movie | The Decoy Bride | James Arber | 2011-06-06 |
| Movie | Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia | Narrator | 2011-01-25 |
| Movie | Polar Bear - Spy on the Ice | Narrator | 2011-02-22 |
| 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 | The Itch of the Golden Nit | Radio Newsreader / Stretchy McStretch (voice) | 2011-06-28 |
| 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 |
| Series | The National Television Awards Backstage Live | Unknown | 2010-01-20 |
| Movie | How to Train Your Dragon | Spitelout (voice) | 2010-03-18 |
| Movie | Doctor Who:The End of Time: Part Two | The Doctor | 2010-01-01 |
| Series | Rex Is Not Your Lawyer | Rex Alexander | 2010-01-24 |
| Series | Fish Hooks | Oscar's Brain (voice) | 2010-09-03 |
| Movie | Stealing Shakespeare | Narrator | 2010-09-06 |
| Series | Ask Rhod Gilbert | Self | 2010-09-27 |
| Series | Single Father | Dave | 2010-10-10 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Series | Live from Studio Five | Self | 2009-09-14 |
| Movie | Endgame | Self - Host (uncredited) | 2009-01-18 |
| Movie | Monty Python in Aberystwyth | Narrator | 2009-05-12 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The End of Time | The Doctor | 2009-12-25 |
| Movie | Hamlet | Hamlet | 2009-12-26 |
| 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 | St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold | Captain Lord Pomfrey / Sir Piers Pomfrey | 2009-12-18 |
| 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 | Doctor Who: The Next Doctor | The Doctor | 2008-12-25 |
| Movie | Einstein and Eddington | Arthur Eddington | 2008-11-29 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest | The Doctor (voice) | 2007-06-30 |
| Series | Derren Brown: Trick or Treat | Himself | 2007-04-13 |
| 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: 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 | The Friday Night Project | Self - Host | 2005-02-04 |
| Series | Casanova | Giacomo Casanova | 2005-03-13 |
| Movie | Sweetnightgoodheart | Pete | 2005-09-05 |
| Movie | Secret Smile | Brendan Block | 2005-12-12 |
| Series | Extras | David Tennant | 2005-07-21 |
| Movie | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Barty Crouch Junior | 2005-11-16 |
| Series | Secret Smile | Brendan | 2005-12-12 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion | The Doctor | 2005-12-25 |
| Movie | Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment' | Unknown | 2005-10-24 |
| 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 | Blackpool | DI Peter Carlisle | 2004-11-11 |
| Movie | Traffic Warden | Traffic Warden | 2004-08-27 |
| Series | Big Fat Quiz | Self - Guest | 2004-12-27 |
| Series | Who Do You Think You Are? | Self | 2004-10-12 |
| Series | Spine Chillers | Dr. Krull | 2003-06-23 |
| Series | QI | Self | 2003-09-11 |
| Series | Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka | Young Custodian (voice) (uncredited) | 2003-11-13 |
| Movie | Bright Young Things | Ginger Littlejohn | 2003-10-03 |
| Series | Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | Self - Guest Announcer | 2002-06-08 |
| Series | Top Gear | Self | 2002-10-20 |
| Series | Foyle's War | Theo Howard | 2002-10-27 |
| Movie | Nine 1/2 Minutes | Charlie | 2002-12-01 |
| Series | Dead Ringers | Regenerated Tony Blair | 2002-11-18 |
| 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 | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Self - Presenter | 1996-11-12 |
| Series | A Mug's Game | Unknown | 1996-01-18 |
| 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 | Ready, Steady, Cook | Self - Contestant | 1994-10-24 |
| Series | Takin' Over the Asylum | Campbell | 1994-09-27 |
| Series | GMTV | Self | 1993-01-01 |
| Movie | Spaces | Vinny | 1993-01-01 |
| Series | Have I Got News for You | Self - Host | 1990-09-28 |
| Series | Rab C. Nesbitt | Davina | 1990-09-27 |
| 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 |