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:
- 254
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Minor Character
- Latest Project:
- Series Have I Got a Bit More News for You 2026
Known For
Filmography
| Series | The Hack | Nick Davies | 2026 |
| Series | Standing By | 2026 | |
| Movie | Fuddy Meers | Lisping Man | 2026 |
| Series | Have I Got a Bit More News for You | Self - Presenter | 2026 |
| Movie | The Minor Character | Will | 2026 |
| Movie | Macbeth | Macbeth | 2025-02-05 |
| Movie | The Thursday Murder Club | Ian | 2025-08-22 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War | The Doctor / The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2025-05-31 |
| Series | The Genius Game | The Creator | 2025-04-30 |
| Series | The Assembly | Self - Interviewee | 2025-04-26 |
| Series | Rob Beckett's Smart TV | Self - Guest | 2024-02-29 |
| Movie | Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money | Self | 2024-03-15 |
| Series | Doctor Who | The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2024-05-11 |
| 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 | Rivals | Tony Baddingham | 2024-10-18 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour | The Doctor (10) (picture) (uncredited) | 2024-12-23 |
| Movie | Dolphins 4-D Experience | Self (Narrator) | 2024-08-01 |
| Series | Doctor Who: Unleashed | Self - The Doctor | 2024-05-11 |
| Movie | National Theatre Live: Good | Professor John Halder/Johnny | 2023-04-20 |
| Series | Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures | Huyang (voice) | 2023-05-04 |
| Series | Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur | Franklin (voice) | 2023-02-10 |
| Series | Clone High | David Tennant (voice) | 2023-05-23 |
| Movie | Comic Relief 2023 | Self - Host | 2023-03-17 |
| Series | Doctor Who: Video Commentaries | Self | 2023-11-25 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Star Beast | The Doctor | 2023-11-25 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials | The Doctor (archive footage) | 2023-12-18 |
| Movie | imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me | Self | 2023-12-18 |
| Series | Spy in the Ocean, A Nature Miniseries | Narrator | 2023-06-04 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Bedtime Story | The Doctor | 2023-11-23 |
| Series | Ahsoka | Huyang (voice) | 2023-08-22 |
| Movie | Doctor Who Children in Need Special 2023 | The Doctor | 2023-11-17 |
| Movie | Talking Doctor Who | Self - Presenter | 2023-11-01 |
| Series | Ant & Dec's Limitless Win | Self | 2022-01-08 |
| Series | The Legend of Vox Machina | General Kreig (voice) | 2022-01-27 |
| Series | Inside Man | Harry Watling | 2022-09-26 |
| Series | Litvinenko | Alexander Litvinenko | 2022-12-15 |
| Movie | The Paloni Show! Halloween Special! | Roach Chef (voice) | 2022-10-17 |
| Series | The Sandman | Don (voice) | 2022-08-05 |
| Movie | Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers | Scrooge McDuck (voice) | 2022-05-20 |
| Movie | The Amazing Maurice | Dangerous Beans (voice) | 2022-12-16 |
| Series | Chibiverse | Scrooge McDuck (Voice) | 2022-07-30 |
| Movie | The Loud House Movie | Angus (voice) | 2021-08-20 |
| 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 | An Audience with Adele | Self | 2021-11-21 |
| Movie | Heart to Heart | Heart | 2020-03-16 |
| Movie | The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years | Self | 2020-01-07 |
| Series | Deadwater Fell | Tom Kendrick | 2020-01-10 |
| Movie | The Big Night In | Mr. Logan | 2020-04-23 |
| Movie | Screening | Timothy | 2020-11-20 |
| Movie | The Real Des: The Dennis Nilsen Story | Narrator (voice) | 2020-09-17 |
| Movie | Good Omens: Lockdown | Crowley (voice) | 2020-05-01 |
| Movie | Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas | Self | 2020-12-24 |
| Series | Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2020-08-06 |
| Movie | Our Sarah Jane – The Life of Elisabeth Sladen | Self | 2020-05-04 |
| Series | Staged | David | 2020-06-10 |
| Series | Des | Dennis Nilsen | 2020-09-14 |
| Series | gen:LOCK | Dr. Weller (voice) | 2019-01-26 |
| Movie | Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered | Self | 2019-10-30 |
| 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 |
| Series | Final Space | Lord Commander (voice) | 2018-02-26 |
| Movie | Bad Samaritan | Cale Erendreich | 2018-04-19 |
| Movie | You, Me and Him | John | 2018-02-01 |
| Movie | The Highway Rat | The Highway Rat (voice) | 2018-10-10 |
| 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 |
| Series | There She Goes | Simon | 2018-10-16 |
| Movie | DuckTales: Destination Adventure! | Scrooge McDuck (voice) | 2018-06-05 |
| Movie | The Muppets Take The O2 | Self | 2018-07-13 |
| Series | Hang Ups | Martin Lamb | 2018-08-08 |
| Movie | Fireman Sam: Alien Alert! The Movie | Buck Douglas (voice) | 2017-01-05 |
| 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 | Proclaimers: This Is the Story | Self | 2017-06-21 |
| Series | Spy in the Wild | Himself - Narrator | 2017-01-12 |
| Series | Top Gear: Extra Gear | Self | 2016-05-29 |
| 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 | Dragons: Race to the Edge | Spitelout (voice) | 2015-06-26 |
| Series | Thunderbirds Are Go! | Tyco Reeves (Voice) | 2015-04-04 |
| 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 |
| Movie | A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman | Self - Voice of Charles Darwin | 2015-12-26 |
| Movie | Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Monster Musical | Igor the Door (voice) | 2015-10-09 |
| Series | Marvel's Jessica Jones | Kilgrave (voice) | 2015-11-20 |
| Movie | Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC | Narrator | 2015-11-01 |
| Movie | The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One | Self | 2015-11-11 |
| Movie | Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC | Narrator | 2015-11-08 |
| 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 | Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison | Self | 2014-08-01 |
| Movie | Postman Pat: The Movie | Wilf (voice) | 2014-05-23 |
| Movie | What We Did on Our Holiday | Doug McLeod | 2014-09-26 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion | Self / The Doctor (archive footage) | 2014-08-13 |
| Series | Gracepoint | Emmett Carver | 2014-10-02 |
| Movie | Wings 3D | Narrator (voice) | 2014-06-17 |
| Movie | Tree Fu Tom - Tree Fu Magic | Unknown | 2013-02-18 |
| Series | Broadchurch | DI Alec Hardy | 2013-03-04 |
| Series | Penguins: Spy in the Huddle | Narrator (voice) | 2013-02-11 |
| Series | Spies of Warsaw | Jean-François Mercier | 2013-01-09 |
| Series | The Escape Artist | Will Burton | 2013-10-29 |
| Series | The Last Leg | Self | 2013-01-25 |
| Series | Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited | Self | 2013-01-27 |
| Series | The Politician's Husband | Aiden Hoynes | 2013-04-25 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor | The Doctor (10) | 2013-11-23 |
| Movie | Doctor Who Explained | Self | 2013-11-01 |
| Movie | Earthflight | Himself - Narrator | 2013-11-26 |
| Movie | Moshi Monsters: The Movie | Newsreader (voice) | 2013-12-20 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith | 2013-12-25 | |
| Movie | The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | Self | 2013-11-23 |
| Movie | Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty | The Doctor (archive footage) | 2013-11-23 |
| Movie | Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II | Richard II | 2013-11-13 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS | Self | 2013-11-18 |
| 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 | The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! | Charles Darwin (voice) | 2012-03-12 |
| Series | True Love | Nick | 2012-06-17 |
| Series | Wild About Pandas | Narrator | 2012-02-01 |
| Series | Tree Fu Tom | Twigs (voice) | 2012-03-05 |
| Series | Shakespeare Uncovered | Himself | 2012-06-19 |
| Series | Comedy World Cup | Host | 2012-09-15 |
| Series | DreamWorks Dragons | Spitelout (voice) | 2012-08-07 |
| Series | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Fugitoid (voice) | 2012-09-28 |
| Movie | So You Want To Be A Pirate! | Charles Darwin | 2012-07-09 |
| Movie | Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! | Donald / Roderick Peterson | 2012-11-23 |
| Movie | The Science of Doctor Who | The Doctor (archive footage) | 2012-08-04 |
| Movie | Shakespeare's Sonnets | 2012-07-18 | |
| Movie | Come in Number Five | Presenter | 2011-03-28 |
| Series | Twenty Twelve | Narrator (voice) | 2011-03-14 |
| Movie | Polar Bear - Spy on the Ice | Narrator | 2011-02-22 |
| Movie | Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia | Narrator | 2011-01-25 |
| Movie | Much Ado About Nothing | Benedick | 2011-05-16 |
| Movie | United | Jimmy Murphy | 2011-01-02 |
| Movie | Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties | Self | 2011-12-17 |
| Movie | Discovering Hamlet | Self | 2011-11-01 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time | 2011-10-31 | |
| Movie | The Decoy Bride | James Arber | 2011-06-06 |
| Series | Earthflight | 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 | Fright Night | Peter Vincent | 2011-08-18 |
| 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: The End of Time Part 2 | The Doctor | 2010-01-01 |
| Series | The National Television Awards Backstage Live | Unknown | 2010-01-20 |
| Series | Rex Is Not Your Lawyer | Rex Alexander | 2010-01-24 |
| Movie | How to Train Your Dragon | Spitelout (voice) | 2010-03-18 |
| Series | Single Father | Dave | 2010-10-10 |
| Series | Ask Rhod Gilbert | Self | 2010-09-27 |
| Movie | Stealing Shakespeare | Narrator | 2010-09-06 |
| Series | Fish Hooks | Oscar's Brain (voice) | 2010-09-03 |
| Series | CBeebies Bedtime Stories | Self | 2009-03-09 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead | The Doctor | 2009-04-11 |
| Movie | Endgame | Self - Host (uncredited) | 2009-01-18 |
| Movie | Monty Python in Aberystwyth | Narrator | 2009-05-12 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres - Doctor Who at the Proms 2008 | The Doctor (Uncredited) | 2009-01-01 |
| Series | Swarm: Nature's Incredible Invasions | Narrator (voice) | 2009-01-04 |
| 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 | The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol | Ghost of Christmas Present | 2009-12-25 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Tonight's the Night | Self | 2009-05-23 |
| 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 |
| Series | Doctor Who Greatest Moments | Self | 2009-08-20 |
| Series | Live from Studio Five | Self | 2009-09-14 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars | The Doctor | 2009-11-15 |
| Movie | The Greatest TV Shows of the Noughties | Self | 2009-12-27 |
| Series | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Huyang (voice) | 2008-10-03 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Next Doctor | The Doctor | 2008-12-25 |
| Movie | Human Footprint | Narrator (self) | 2008-04-13 |
| Movie | Einstein and Eddington | Arthur Eddington | 2008-11-29 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres | The Doctor | 2008-07-27 |
| Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007-02-22 |
| Movie | The 50 Greatest Television Dramas | Self | 2007-02-03 |
| Movie | Recovery | Alan Hamilton | 2007-02-25 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Time Crash | The Doctor (10) | 2007-11-16 |
| Movie | The Friday Night Project - Unleashed | Guest Host | 2007-11-19 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned | The Doctor | 2007-12-25 |
| Movie | Learners | Chris | 2007-11-11 |
| Movie | David Tennant's Video Diary | Self | 2007-11-05 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest | The Doctor (voice) | 2007-06-30 |
| Series | The Sarah Jane Adventures | The Doctor | 2007-09-24 |
| Series | Derren Brown: Trick or Treat | Himself | 2007-04-13 |
| Movie | The Chatterley Affair | Richard Hoggart | 2006-03-20 |
| Series | The One Show | Self | 2006-08-14 |
| 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 | Totally Doctor Who | Self | 2006-04-13 |
| Series | Casanova | Giacomo Casanova | 2005-03-13 |
| Series | The Friday Night Project | Self - Host | 2005-02-04 |
| Series | Secret Smile | Brendan | 2005-12-12 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: A New Dimension | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2005-03-26 |
| Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self | 2005-01-03 |
| Series | Doctor Who Confidential | Self | 2005-03-26 |
| Movie | Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment' | 2005-10-24 | |
| Movie | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Barty Crouch Junior | 2005-11-16 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Born Again | The Doctor (10) | 2005-11-18 |
| Movie | Sweetnightgoodheart | Pete | 2005-09-05 |
| Series | Extras | David Tennant | 2005-07-21 |
| Series | Doctor Who | 2005-03-26 | |
| Movie | The Quatermass Experiment | Doctor Gordon Briscoe | 2005-04-02 |
| Movie | Old Street | Mr. Watson | 2004-01-01 |
| Movie | Traffic Warden | Traffic Warden | 2004-08-27 |
| Series | He Knew He Was Right | Mr. Gibson | 2004-04-18 |
| Movie | The Deputy | Christopher Williams | 2004-02-23 |
| Series | Blackpool | DI Peter Carlisle | 2004-11-11 |
| Series | Who Do You Think You Are? | Self | 2004-10-12 |
| Series | Big Fat Quiz | Self - Guest | 2004-12-27 |
| Series | Spine Chillers | Dr. Krull | 2003-06-23 |
| Series | Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka | Young Custodian (voice) (uncredited) | 2003-11-13 |
| Movie | Bright Young Things | Ginger Littlejohn | 2003-10-03 |
| Series | QI | Self | 2003-09-11 |
| Series | Dead Ringers | Regenerated Tony Blair | 2002-11-18 |
| Movie | Nine 1/2 Minutes | Charlie | 2002-12-01 |
| Series | Foyle's War | Theo Howard | 2002-10-27 |
| Series | Top Gear | Self | 2002-10-20 |
| Series | Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | Self - Guest Announcer | 2002-06-08 |
| Series | Terri McIntyre - Classy Bitch | Greig Miller | 2001-04-06 |
| Series | Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) | Unknown | 2000-03-18 |
| Movie | The Last September | Captain Gerald Colthurst | 2000-04-28 |
| Movie | Being Considered | Unknown | 2000-03-01 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Bite | 1997-08-18 | |
| Series | South Park | Unknown | 1997-08-13 |
| Series | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Self - Presenter | 1996-11-12 |
| Movie | Jude | Drunk Undergraduate | 1996-02-06 |
| Series | A Mug's Game | Unknown | 1996-01-18 |
| Series | Room 101 | Self | 1994-07-04 |
| Series | Takin' Over the Asylum | Campbell | 1994-09-27 |
| Series | Ready Steady Cook | Self - Contestant | 1994-10-24 |
| Series | The Tales of Para Handy | John MacBryde | 1994-07-31 |
| Movie | Spaces | Vinny | 1993-01-01 |
| Series | GMTV | Self | 1993-01-01 |
| Series | Have I Got News for You | Self - Guest 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 | Natural World | Narrator | 1983-10-30 |
| Series | Dramarama | Unknown | 1983-09-12 |
| Series | Doctor Who | Unknown | 1963-11-23 |