David John Tennant (né McDonald; born 18 April 1971) is a Scottish actor. He was the tenth incarnation of the Doctor in the sci-fi series Doctor Who (2005–2010; 2013), returning to the show as the fourteenth incarnation of the character in 2022. His other notable roles include Giacomo Casanova in the comedy-drama serial Casanova (2005), Barty Crouch Jr. in the fantasy film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), Peter Vincent in the horror remake Fright Night (2011), DI Alec Hardy in the crime drama series Broadchurch (2013–2017), Kilgrave in the superhero series Jessica Jones (2015–2019), Crowley in the fantasy series Good Omens (2019–present), Angus in The Loud House Movie (2021), and Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days (2021).
Series | Rivals | Tony Baddingham | 2025 |
Series | Rex Is Not Your Lawyer | Rex Alexander | 2025 |
Series | Standing By | Unknown | 2025 |
Movie | Fuddy Meers | Lisping Man | 2025 |
Series | Have I Got a Bit More News for You | Self - Presenter | 2025 |
Series | Rob Beckett's Smart TV | Self - Guest | 2024-02-29 |
Movie | Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money | Self | 2024-03-15 |
Series | ARK: The Animated Series | Sir Edmund Rockwell (voice) | 2024-03-21 |
Series | Doctor Who | The Doctor | 2024-05-11 |
Series | Clone High | David Tennant (voice) | 2023-05-23 |
Series | Spy in the Ocean, A Nature Miniseries | Narrator | 2023-06-04 |
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 | Ahsoka | Huyang (voice) | 2023-08-22 |
Movie | Comic Relief 2023 | Self - Host | 2023-03-17 |
Movie | Doctor Who: The Bedtime Story | The Doctor | 2023-11-23 |
Movie | Talking Doctor Who | Self - Presenter | 2023-11-01 |
Movie | imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me | Self | 2023-12-18 |
Series | Doctor Who: Video Commentaries | Self - The Doctor | 2023-11-25 |
Series | Doctor Who: Unleashed | Self - The Doctor | 2023-11-25 |
Movie | Doctor Who Children in Need Special 2023 | The Doctor | 2023-11-17 |
Series | The Sandman | Don (voice) | 2022-08-05 |
Series | The Legend of Vox Machina | General Kreig (voice) | 2022-01-27 |
Series | Ant & Dec's Limitless Win | Self | 2022-01-08 |
Series | Inside Man | Harry Watling | 2022-09-26 |
Movie | Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers | Scrooge McDuck (voice) | 2022-05-20 |
Movie | The Paloni Show! Halloween Special! | Roach Chef (voice) | 2022-10-17 |
Series | Litvinenko | Alexander Litvinenko | 2022-12-15 |
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 |
Movie | Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas | Self | 2021-12-19 |
Series | Around the World in 80 Days | Phileas Fogg | 2021-12-05 |
Movie | Good Omens: Lockdown | Crowley (voice) | 2020-05-01 |
Movie | The Big Night In | Mr. Logan | 2020-04-23 |
Series | Deadwater Fell | Tom Kendrick | 2020-01-10 |
Movie | The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years | Self | 2020-01-07 |
Series | Staged | David | 2020-06-10 |
Movie | Our Sarah Jane – Elisabeth Sladen Tribute | Self | 2020-05-04 |
Movie | Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas | Self | 2020-12-24 |
Series | Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years | Self - Narrator | 2020-08-06 |
Movie | Screening | Timothy | 2020-11-20 |
Movie | The Real Des: The Dennis Nilsen Story | Narrator (voice) | 2020-09-17 |
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 | Good Omens | Crowley | 2019-05-31 |
Series | Criminal: UK | Dr. Edgar Fallon | 2019-09-20 |
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 | The Highway Rat | The Highway Rat (voice) | 2018-10-10 |
Series | Hang Ups | Martin Lamb | 2018-08-08 |
Series | There She Goes | Simon | 2018-10-16 |
Movie | Mary Queen of Scots | John Knox | 2018-12-07 |
Series | Camping | Walt | 2018-10-14 |
Movie | Spy in the Snow | Narrator | 2018-12-30 |
Movie | Mad to Be Normal | RD Laing | 2017-04-06 |
Series | Spy in the Wild | Himself - Narrator | 2017-01-12 |
Series | DuckTales | Scrooge McDuck (Voice) | 2017-08-12 |
Movie | Ferdinand | Angus (voice) | 2017-12-09 |
Movie | Proclaimers: This Is the Story | Himself | 2017-06-21 |
Movie | Derren Brown: Pushed to the Edge | Himself | 2016-01-12 |
Movie | Shakespeare Live! From the RSC | Self - Host | 2016-04-23 |
Movie | 96 Ways to Say I Love You | Mark | 2015-04-18 |
Series | Thunderbirds Are Go! | Tyco Reeves (Voice) | 2015-04-04 |
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 |
Movie | A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman | Self - Voice of Charles Darwin | 2015-12-26 |
Movie | The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One | Self | 2015-11-11 |
Movie | Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time | Narrator (Voice UK) | 2015-11-25 |
Series | Marvel's Jessica Jones | Kilgrave (voice) | 2015-11-20 |
Movie | Postman Pat: The Movie | Wilf (voice) | 2014-05-23 |
Series | W1A | Narrator (voice) | 2014-03-19 |
Series | Off Camera with Sam Jones | Self | 2014-02-06 |
Series | Dolphins: Spy in the Pod | Narrator | 2014-01-02 |
Series | The Real History of Science Fiction | Himself | 2014-04-19 |
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 |
Movie | Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison | Self | 2014-08-01 |
Series | Broadchurch | DI Alec Hardy | 2013-03-04 |
Series | The Politician's Husband | Aiden Hoynes | 2013-04-25 |
Series | The Escape Artist | Will Burton | 2013-10-29 |
Movie | Tree Fu Tom - Tree Fu Magic | Unknown | 2013-02-18 |
Series | The Last Leg | Self | 2013-01-25 |
Series | Spies of Warsaw | Jean-François Mercier | 2013-01-09 |
Movie | Doctor Who Explained | Self | 2013-11-01 |
Series | Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited | Himself | 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: The Ultimate Guide | Himself | 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 | Himself | 2013-11-23 |
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 |
Movie | The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! | Charles Darwin (voice) | 2012-03-12 |
Movie | Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! | Donald / Roderick Peterson | 2012-01-01 |
Series | Wild About Pandas | Narrator | 2012-02-01 |
Series | Tree Fu Tom | Twigs (voice) | 2012-03-05 |
Series | True Love | Nick | 2012-06-17 |
Series | Comedy World Cup | Host | 2012-09-15 |
Series | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Fugitoid (voice) | 2012-09-28 |
Series | DreamWorks Dragons | Spitelout (voice) | 2012-08-07 |
Movie | So You Want To Be A Pirate! | Charles Darwin | 2012-07-09 |
Movie | The Science of Doctor Who | The Doctor (archive footage) | 2012-08-04 |
Movie | Shakespeare's Sonnets | Unknown | 2012-07-18 |
Movie | Much Ado About Nothing | Benedick | 2011-05-16 |
Movie | The Decoy Bride | James Arber | 2011-06-06 |
Series | Twenty Twelve | Narrator (voice) | 2011-03-14 |
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 | The Ballad of Russell & Julie | Russell T. Davies / Self | 2011-10-31 |
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 | 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 |
Series | Fish Hooks | Oscar's Brain (voice) | 2010-09-03 |
Movie | How to Train Your Dragon | Spitelout (voice) | 2010-03-18 |
Movie | Stealing Shakespeare | Narrator | 2010-09-06 |
Series | Ask Rhod Gilbert | Unknown | 2010-09-27 |
Series | Single Father | Dave | 2010-10-10 |
Series | Doctor Who Greatest Moments | Himself | 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 at the Proms | The Doctor (Uncredited) | 2009-01-01 |
Movie | Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars | The Doctor | 2009-11-15 |
Series | CBeebies Bedtime Stories | Himself | 2009-03-09 |
Movie | The Greatest TV Shows of the Noughties | Self | 2009-12-27 |
Movie | Glorious 39 | Hector | 2009-11-20 |
Movie | The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol | Ghost of Christmas Present | 2009-12-25 |
Movie | Hamlet | Hamlet | 2009-12-26 |
Series | 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 | Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres | The Doctor | 2008-07-27 |
Movie | Human Footprint | Narrator (self) | 2008-04-13 |
Series | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Huyang (voice) | 2008-10-03 |
Movie | Midnight | The Doctor (10) | 2008-11-08 |
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 |
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 | David Tennant's Video Diary | Himself | 2007-11-05 |
Movie | Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned | The Doctor | 2007-12-25 |
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 | Himself | 2006-04-13 |
Movie | Free Jimmy | Hamish (voice) | 2006-04-21 |
Movie | Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride | The Doctor | 2006-12-25 |
Series | The One Show | Self | 2006-08-14 |
Series | Doctor Who | The Doctor (voice) | 2005-03-26 |
Series | Doctor Who Confidential | Self | 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 |
Movie | Sweetnightgoodheart | Pete | 2005-09-05 |
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 | 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 |
Series | Big Fat Quiz | Self - Guest | 2004-12-27 |
Series | Who Do You Think You Are? | Self | 2004-10-12 |
Movie | Traffic Warden | Traffic Warden | 2004-08-27 |
Series | QI | Self | 2003-09-11 |
Series | Spine Chillers | Dr. Krull | 2003-06-23 |
Movie | Bright Young Things | Ginger Littlejohn | 2003-10-03 |
Series | Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka | Young custodian | 2003-11-13 |
Series | Top Gear | Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car | 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 |
Movie | Nine 1/2 Minutes | Charlie | 2002-12-01 |
Series | Foyle's War | Unknown | 2002-10-27 |
Series | Terri McIntyre - Classy Bitch | Greig Miller | 2001-04-06 |
Movie | The Last September | Captain Gerald Colthurst | 2000-04-28 |
Movie | Being Considered | Unknown | 2000-03-01 |
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 |
Movie | Bite | Unknown | 1997-01-01 |
Series | South Park | Unknown | 1997-08-13 |
Series | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | 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 | Takin' Over the Asylum | Campbell | 1994-09-27 |
Series | The Tales of Para Handy | John MacBryde | 1994-07-31 |
Movie | Spaces | Vinny | 1993-01-01 |
Series | GMTV | Self | 1993-01-01 |
Series | Rab C. Nesbitt | Davina | 1990-09-27 |
Series | Have I Got News for You | Host | 1990-09-28 |
Movie | Biting the Hands | 3rd Squaddie | 1989-04-11 |
Series | The Simpsons | Pa MacWeldon (voice) | 1989-12-17 |
Series | Natural World | Narrator | 1983-10-30 |
Series | Dramarama | Unknown | 1983-09-12 |
Series | Doctor Who | Unknown | 1963-11-23 |