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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1971-04-18 (54 years old)

Place of Birth

Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, UK

David Tennant

Biography:

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.

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Known For

Acting

2025

Macbeth as Macbeth
Genius Game as Self - Host
The Assembly as Self - Interviewee

2024

Doctor Who at the Proms as The Doctor (14) (10) (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour as The Doctor (10) (picture) (uncredited)
ARK: The Animated Series as Sir Edmund Rockwell (voice)
Rivals as Tony Baddingham
Doctor Who: Unleashed as Self - The Doctor
Rob Beckett's Smart TV as Self - Guest
Doctor Who as The Doctor

2023

Comic Relief 2023 as Self - Host
Talking Doctor Who as Self - Presenter
National Theatre Live: Good as Professor John Halder/Johnny
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials as The Doctor (archive footage)
Ahsoka as Huyang (voice)
Clone High as David Tennant (voice)
Doctor Who: Video Commentaries as Self - The Doctor

2022

The Amazing Maurice as Dangerous Beans (voice)
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers as Scrooge McDuck (voice)
The Legend of Vox Machina as General Kreig (voice)
Litvinenko as Alexander Litvinenko
The Sandman as Don (voice)
Inside Man as Harry Watling
Chibiverse as Scrooge McDuck (Voice)

2021

The Loud House Movie as Angus (voice)

2020

The Big Night In as Mr. Logan
Good Omens: Lockdown as Crowley (voice)
Screening as Timothy
Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years as Self - Narrator (voice)
Deadwater Fell as Tom Kendrick
Des as Dennis Nilsen
Staged as David

2019

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World as Spitelout / Ivar the Whitless (voice)
Good Omens as Crowley
gen:LOCK as Dr. Weller (voice)
Criminal: UK as Dr. Edgar Fallon

2018

Spy in the Snow as Narrator
Mary Queen of Scots as John Knox
Bad Samaritan as Cale Erendreich
The Highway Rat as The Highway Rat (voice)
DuckTales: Destination Adventure! as Scrooge McDuck (voice)
Final Space as Lord commander
Final Space as Lord Commander (voice)
Camping as Walt
Hang Ups as Martin Lamb

2017

Mad to Be Normal as RD Laing
Ferdinand as Angus (voice)
Fireman Sam: Alien Alert! The Movie as Buck Douglas (voice)
Spy in the Wild as Himself - Narrator
DuckTales as Scrooge McDuck (Voice)

2016

2015

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman as Self - Voice of Charles Darwin
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song as The Doctor (10) (picture) (uncredited)
Dragons: Race to the Edge as Spitelout (voice)
Thunderbirds Are Go! as Tyco Reeves (Voice)
Marvel's Jessica Jones as Kilgrave (voice)

2014

Postman Pat: The Movie as Wilf (voice)
Wings 3D as Narrator (voice)
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion as Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
Gracepoint as Emmett Carver
W1A as Narrator (voice)

2013

Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty as The Doctor (archive footage)
Earthflight as Himself - Narrator
Broadchurch as DI Alec Hardy
Spies of Warsaw as Jean-François Mercier
The Politician's Husband as Aiden Hoynes
The Escape Artist as Will Burton
The Last Leg as Self
Penguins: Spy in the Huddle as Narrator (voice)

2012

The Science of Doctor Who as The Doctor (archive footage)
Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! as Donald / Roderick Peterson
So You Want To Be A Pirate! as Charles Darwin
DreamWorks Dragons as Spitelout (voice)
Wild About Pandas as Narrator
True Love as Nick
Tree Fu Tom as Twigs (voice)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Fugitoid (voice)
DreamWorks Dragons as Spitelout (voice)

2011

The Decoy Bride as James Arber
United as Jimmy Murphy
Fright Night as Peter Vincent
The Ballad of Russell & Julie as Russell T. Davies / Self
The Itch of the Golden Nit as Radio Newsreader / Stretchy McStretch (voice)
Shrek: Once Upon a Time as Self / Narrator
Come in Number Five as Presenter
Twenty Twelve as Narrator (voice)

2010

How to Train Your Dragon as Spitelout (voice)
Rex Is Not Your Lawyer as Rex Alexander
Fish Hooks as Oscar's Brain (voice)

2009

Hamlet as Hamlet
Glorious 39 as Hector
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold as Captain Lord Pomfrey / Sir Piers Pomfrey
Endgame as Self - Host (uncredited)
Doctor Who: Dreamland as The Doctor (voice)

2008

Einstein and Eddington as Arthur Eddington
Human Footprint as Narrator (self)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Huyang (voice)

2007

Learners as Chris
Recovery as Alan Hamilton
Doctor Who: Time Crash as The Doctor (10)
Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest as The Doctor (voice)

2006

The Chatterley Affair as Richard Hoggart
The One Show as Self

2005

The Quatermass Experiment as Doctor Gordon Briscoe
Doctor Who: A New Dimension as Self - Narrator (voice)
Doctor Who: Born Again as The Doctor (10)
Casanova as Giacomo Casanova
Doctor Who as Doctor (10)
Doctor Who as The Doctor
Extras as David Tennant
Doctor Who as The Doctor (voice)
Secret Smile as Brendan

2004

Traffic Warden as Traffic Warden
Old Street as Mr. Watson
The Deputy as Christopher Williams
Blackpool as DI Peter Carlisle
Big Fat Quiz as Self - Guest
He Knew He Was Right as Mr. Gibson

2003

Bright Young Things as Ginger Littlejohn
QI as Self
Spine Chillers as Dr. Krull
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka as Young Custodian (voice) (uncredited)

2002

Nine 1/2 Minutes as Charlie
Top Gear as Self
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway as Self - Guest Announcer
Dead Ringers as Regenerated Tony Blair

2001

2000

The Last September as Captain Gerald Colthurst

1999

People Like Us as Rob Harker

1998

Duck Patrol as Simon 'Darwin' Brown
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries as Max Valentine

1997

1996

Jude as Drunk Undergraduate
Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self - Presenter

1994

The Tales of Para Handy as John MacBryde
Room 101 as Self
Ready Steady Cook as Self - Contestant

1993

Spaces as Vinny
GMTV as Self

1990

Rab C. Nesbitt as Davina
Have I Got News for You as Self - Guest Host

1989

Biting the Hands as 3rd Squaddie
The Simpsons as Pa MacWeldon (voice)

1983

Natural World as Narrator

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Fuddy Meers as Lisping Man

Crew

2007

David Tennant's Video Diary as Cinematography

Directing

2007

Painkiller Jane as Director

2005

Editing

Production

2021

Around the World in 80 Days as Executive Producer

2020

Des as Executive Producer
Staged as Executive Producer