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:
- 247
- First Appeared:
- In the series Doctor Who 1963-11-23
- Latest Project:
- Series Have I Got a Bit More News for You 2026
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Have I Got a Bit More News for You | Self - Presenter | 2026 |
| Series | Standing By | Unknown | 2026 |
| Movie | Macbeth | Macbeth | 2025-02-05 |
| Series | The Assembly | Self - Interviewee | 2025-04-26 |
| Series | The Genius Game | The Creator | 2025-04-30 |
| Movie | The Thursday Murder Club | Ian | 2025-08-22 |
| Series | The Hack | Nick Davies | 2025-09-24 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War | The Doctor / The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2025-05-31 |
| Series | Doctor Who | The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2024-05-11 |
| Series | ARK: The Animated Series | Sir Edmund Rockwell (voice) | 2024-03-21 |
| Movie | Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money | Self | 2024-03-15 |
| Series | Doctor Who: Unleashed | Self - The Doctor | 2024-05-11 |
| Series | Rob Beckett's Smart TV | Self - Guest | 2024-02-29 |
| Movie | Ahsoka - The Patterson Cut | Huyang | 2024-08-30 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour | The Doctor (10) (picture) (uncredited) | 2024-12-23 |
| Movie | Doctor Who at the Proms | The Doctor (14) (10) (archive footage) | 2024-12-24 |
| Series | Rivals | Tony Baddingham | 2024-10-18 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Comic Relief 2023 | Self - Host | 2023-03-17 |
| Movie | National Theatre Live: Good | Professor John Halder/Johnny | 2023-04-20 |
| Series | Ahsoka | Huyang (voice) | 2023-08-22 |
| 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 | 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 | The Legend of Vox Machina | General Kreig (voice) | 2022-01-27 |
| Series | Chibiverse | Scrooge McDuck (Voice) | 2022-07-30 |
| Series | Ant & Dec's Limitless Win | Self | 2022-01-08 |
| Movie | The Paloni Show! Halloween Special! | Roach Chef (voice) | 2022-10-16 |
| Series | Litvinenko | Alexander Litvinenko | 2022-12-15 |
| Series | The Sandman | Don (voice) | 2022-08-05 |
| Movie | The Amazing Maurice | Dangerous Beans (voice) | 2022-12-16 |
| Series | Inside Man | Harry Watling | 2022-09-26 |
| 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 | The Highway Rat | The Highway Rat (voice) | 2018-10-10 |
| Movie | Spy in the Snow | Narrator | 2018-12-30 |
| Movie | Fireman Sam: Alien Alert! The Movie | Buck Douglas (voice) | 2017-01-05 |
| Movie | Mad to Be Normal | RD Laing | 2017-04-06 |
| Series | Spy in the Wild | Himself - Narrator | 2017-01-12 |
| Movie | Proclaimers: This Is the Story | Self | 2017-06-21 |
| Series | DuckTales | Scrooge McDuck (Voice) | 2017-08-12 |
| Movie | Ferdinand | Angus (voice) | 2017-12-09 |
| 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 |
| Series | W1A | Narrator (voice) | 2014-03-19 |
| Series | Dolphins: Spy in the Pod | Narrator | 2014-01-02 |
| Series | Off Camera with Sam Jones | Self | 2014-02-06 |
| Movie | Postman Pat: The Movie | Wilf (voice) | 2014-05-23 |
| 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 Time Lord with Peter Davison | Self | 2014-08-01 |
| 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 | 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 | Tree Fu Tom - Tree Fu Magic | Unknown | 2013-02-18 |
| Movie | Doctor Who Explained | Self | 2013-11-01 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor | The Doctor (10) | 2013-11-23 |
| Movie | Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II | Richard II | 2013-11-13 |
| Movie | Moshi Monsters: The Movie | Newsreader (voice) | 2013-12-20 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith | Unknown | 2013-12-25 |
| Movie | The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | Self | 2013-11-23 |
| Movie | Earthflight | Himself - Narrator | 2013-11-26 |
| Movie | Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty | The Doctor (archive footage) | 2013-11-23 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide | Self | 2013-11-18 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS | Self | 2013-11-18 |
| Movie | The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro | The Doctor (10) | 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 | Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties | Self | 2011-12-17 |
| Series | Earthflight | Unknown | 2011-12-29 |
| Movie | Fright Night | Peter Vincent | 2011-08-18 |
| Movie | Shrek: Once Upon a Time | Self / Narrator | 2011-12-30 |
| Movie | Discovering Hamlet | Self | 2011-11-01 |
| Movie | Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line | Narrator | 2011-08-29 |
| 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 |
| Series | The National Television Awards Backstage Live | Unknown | 2010-01-20 |
| Movie | How to Train Your Dragon | Spitelout (voice) | 2010-03-18 |
| Movie | Stealing Shakespeare | Narrator | 2010-09-06 |
| 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 | Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead | The Doctor | 2009-04-11 |
| Movie | Monty Python in Aberystwyth | Narrator | 2009-05-12 |
| Series | CBeebies Bedtime Stories | Self | 2009-03-09 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres - Doctor Who at the Proms 2008 | The Doctor (Uncredited) | 2009-01-01 |
| Series | Doctor Who Greatest Moments | Self | 2009-08-20 |
| Series | Swarm: Nature's Incredible Invasions | Narrator (voice) | 2009-01-04 |
| Movie | Endgame | Self - Host (uncredited) | 2009-01-18 |
| Movie | The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol | Ghost of Christmas Present | 2009-12-25 |
| Movie | Hamlet | Hamlet | 2009-12-26 |
| Series | Live from Studio Five | Self | 2009-09-14 |
| Movie | The Greatest TV Shows of the Noughties | Self | 2009-12-27 |
| Movie | St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold | Captain Lord Pomfrey / Sir Piers Pomfrey | 2009-12-18 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars | The Doctor | 2009-11-15 |
| Movie | Glorious 39 | Hector | 2009-11-20 |
| Series | 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 |
| Series | Derren Brown: Trick or Treat | Himself | 2007-04-13 |
| Movie | Recovery | Alan Hamilton | 2007-02-25 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest | The Doctor (voice) | 2007-06-30 |
| Movie | The 50 Greatest Television Dramas | Self | 2007-02-03 |
| Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007-02-22 |
| Movie | The Friday Night Project - Unleashed | Guest Host | 2007-11-19 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned | The Doctor | 2007-12-25 |
| Series | The Sarah Jane Adventures | The Doctor | 2007-09-24 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Time Crash | The Doctor (10) | 2007-11-16 |
| Movie | Learners | Chris | 2007-11-11 |
| Movie | David Tennant's Video Diary | Self | 2007-11-05 |
| Series | Totally Doctor Who | Self | 2006-04-13 |
| Movie | The Chatterley Affair | Richard Hoggart | 2006-03-20 |
| Movie | Free Jimmy | Hamish (voice) | 2006-04-21 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: A Celebration | Self - Host | 2006-11-19 |
| Series | The One Show | Self | 2006-08-14 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride | The Doctor | 2006-12-25 |
| Series | Doctor Who Confidential | Self | 2005-03-26 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: A New Dimension | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2005-03-26 |
| Series | The Friday Night Project | Self - Host | 2005-02-04 |
| Series | Doctor Who | The Doctor | 2005-03-26 |
| Series | Casanova | Giacomo Casanova | 2005-03-13 |
| Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self | 2005-01-03 |
| Movie | The Quatermass Experiment | Doctor Gordon Briscoe | 2005-04-02 |
| Series | Secret Smile | Brendan | 2005-12-12 |
| 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 | Sweetnightgoodheart | Pete | 2005-09-05 |
| Series | Extras | David Tennant | 2005-07-21 |
| Series | He Knew He Was Right | Mr. Gibson | 2004-04-18 |
| Movie | Old Street | Mr. Watson | 2004-01-01 |
| Movie | The Deputy | Christopher Williams | 2004-02-23 |
| Movie | Traffic Warden | Traffic Warden | 2004-08-27 |
| 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 | Foyle's War | Theo Howard | 2002-10-27 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Self - 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 |