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:
- 138
- First Appeared:
- In the series Natural World 1983-10-30
- Latest Project:
- Movie Fuddy Meers 2026
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Doctor Who:The End of Time: Part Two | The Doctor | 2026 |
| Movie | Fuddy Meers | Lisping Man | 2026 |
| Movie | Macbeth | Macbeth | 2025-02-05 |
| Movie | Doctor Who at the Proms | The Doctor (14) (10) (archive footage) | 2024-12-24 |
| Movie | National Theatre Live: Good | Professor John Halder/Johnny | 2023-04-20 |
| Movie | Comic Relief 2023 | Self - Host | 2023-03-17 |
| Movie | Talking Doctor Who | Self - Presenter | 2023-11-01 |
| Movie | The Paloni Show! Halloween Special! | Roach Chef (voice) | 2022-10-17 |
| Movie | Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers | Scrooge McDuck (voice) | 2022-05-20 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor | The Doctor (14) | 2022-10-23 |
| Movie | The Loud House Movie | Angus (voice) | 2021-08-20 |
| Movie | Heart to Heart | Heart | 2020-03-16 |
| Movie | Screening | Timothy | 2020-11-20 |
| Movie | The Big Night In | Mr. Logan | 2020-04-23 |
| Movie | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Spitelout / Ivar the Whitless (voice) | 2019-01-03 |
| Series | Good Omens | Crowley | 2019-05-31 |
| Movie | You, Me and Him | John | 2018-02-01 |
| Movie | Bad Samaritan | Cale Erendreich | 2018-04-19 |
| Movie | The Muppets Take The O2 | Self | 2018-07-13 |
| Movie | Spy in the Snow | Narrator | 2018-12-30 |
| Movie | Mary Queen of Scots | John Knox | 2018-12-07 |
| Movie | The Highway Rat | The Highway Rat (voice) | 2018-10-10 |
| Movie | Fireman Sam: Alien Alert! The Movie | Buck Douglas (voice) | 2017-01-05 |
| Movie | Mad to Be Normal | RD Laing | 2017-04-06 |
| Series | DuckTales | Scrooge McDuck (Voice) | 2017-08-12 |
| Movie | Ferdinand | Angus (voice) | 2017-12-09 |
| Movie | DuckTales: Woo-oo! | Scrooge McDuck | 2017-08-12 |
| Movie | Derren Brown: Pushed to the Edge | Himself | 2016-01-12 |
| Movie | Shakespeare Live! From the RSC | Self - Host | 2016-04-23 |
| Series | Dragons: Race to the Edge | Spitelout (voice) | 2015-06-26 |
| Series | Marvel's Jessica Jones | Kilgrave (voice) | 2015-11-20 |
| Movie | 96 Ways to Say I Love You | Mark | 2015-04-18 |
| 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 | Postman Pat: The Movie | Wilf (voice) | 2014-05-23 |
| Series | W1A | Narrator (voice) | 2014-03-19 |
| Movie | Wings 3D | Narrator (voice) | 2014-06-17 |
| Series | The Real History of Science Fiction | Himself | 2014-04-19 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion | Self / The Doctor (archive footage) | 2014-08-13 |
| Series | Gracepoint | Emmett Carver | 2014-10-02 |
| Movie | What We Did on Our Holiday | Doug McLeod | 2014-09-26 |
| 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 | Spies of Warsaw | Jean-François Mercier | 2013-01-09 |
| Movie | Doctor Who Explained | Self | 2013-11-01 |
| Series | Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited | Self | 2013-01-27 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide | Self | 2013-11-18 |
| Movie | Earthflight | Himself - Narrator | 2013-11-26 |
| Movie | Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II | Richard II | 2013-11-13 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor | The Doctor (10) | 2013-11-23 |
| Movie | The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | Self | 2013-11-23 |
| Movie | Moshi Monsters: The Movie | Newsreader (voice) | 2013-12-20 |
| Movie | Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty | The Doctor (archive footage) | 2013-11-23 |
| Movie | The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! | Charles Darwin (voice) | 2012-03-12 |
| Series | True Love | Nick | 2012-06-17 |
| Movie | Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! | Donald / Roderick Peterson | 2012-11-23 |
| Movie | So You Want To Be A Pirate! | Charles Darwin | 2012-07-09 |
| Movie | Come in Number Five | Presenter | 2011-03-28 |
| Series | Twenty Twelve | Narrator (voice) | 2011-03-14 |
| 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 | The Decoy Bride | James Arber | 2011-06-06 |
| Movie | Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties | Self | 2011-12-17 |
| Movie | Discovering Hamlet | Self | 2011-11-01 |
| Movie | The Itch of the Golden Nit | Radio Newsreader / Stretchy McStretch (voice) | 2011-06-28 |
| Movie | Fright Night | Peter Vincent | 2011-08-18 |
| Movie | How to Train Your Dragon | Spitelout (voice) | 2010-03-18 |
| Series | Fish Hooks | Oscar's Brain (voice) | 2010-09-03 |
| Movie | Stealing Shakespeare | Narrator | 2010-09-06 |
| Series | Single Father | Dave | 2010-10-10 |
| Movie | Monty Python in Aberystwyth | Narrator | 2009-05-12 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead | The Doctor | 2009-04-11 |
| 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 | 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 | Doctor Who: Dreamland | The Doctor (voice) | 2009-11-21 |
| Movie | Glorious 39 | Hector | 2009-11-20 |
| Movie | Human Footprint | Narrator (self) | 2008-04-13 |
| Series | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Huyang (voice) | 2008-10-03 |
| Movie | Einstein and Eddington | Arthur Eddington | 2008-11-29 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Next Doctor | The Doctor | 2008-12-25 |
| 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: The Infinite Quest | The Doctor (voice) | 2007-06-30 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned | The Doctor | 2007-12-25 |
| Movie | Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale | David Tennant / The Doctor | 2007-12-16 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Time Crash | The Doctor (10) | 2007-11-16 |
| Movie | Learners | Chris | 2007-11-11 |
| Movie | The Chatterley Affair | Richard Hoggart | 2006-03-20 |
| 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 Confidential | Self | 2005-03-26 |
| Series | Doctor Who | The Doctor | 2005-03-26 |
| Series | Casanova | Giacomo Casanova | 2005-03-13 |
| Series | The Friday Night Project | Self - Host | 2005-02-04 |
| Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self | 2005-01-03 |
| Movie | The Quatermass Experiment | Doctor Gordon Briscoe | 2005-04-02 |
| Movie | Secret Smile | Brendan Block | 2005-12-12 |
| Series | Extras | David Tennant | 2005-07-21 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion | The Doctor | 2005-12-25 |
| Movie | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Barty Crouch Junior | 2005-11-16 |
| Movie | Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment' | 2005-10-24 | |
| Movie | Sweetnightgoodheart | Pete | 2005-09-05 |
| 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 | Who Do You Think You Are? | Self | 2004-10-12 |
| Movie | Traffic Warden | Traffic Warden | 2004-08-27 |
| Series | Blackpool | DI Peter Carlisle | 2004-11-11 |
| Series | Big Fat Quiz | Self - Guest | 2004-12-27 |
| Series | QI | Self | 2003-09-11 |
| Movie | Bright Young Things | Ginger Littlejohn | 2003-10-03 |
| Series | Top Gear | Self | 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 | Theo Howard | 2002-10-27 |
| Series | Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) | Unknown | 2000-03-18 |
| Series | People Like Us | Rob Harker | 1999-09-20 |
| Movie | L.A. Without a Map | Richard | 1999-02-26 |
| Series | Duck Patrol | Simon 'Darwin' Brown | 1998-07-19 |
| Series | South Park | Unknown | 1997-08-13 |
| Movie | Bite | 1997-08-18 | |
| Movie | Jude | Drunk Undergraduate | 1996-02-06 |
| Series | Takin' Over the Asylum | Campbell | 1994-09-27 |
| 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 |
| Series | The Simpsons | Pa MacWeldon (voice) | 1989-12-17 |
| Series | Natural World | Narrator | 1983-10-30 |