About
David Tennant
Overview
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).
Known for
Acting |
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| 2025 | Macbeth | Actor | Macbeth | N/A N/A |
| 2024 | Rivals | Actor | Tony Baddingham | 69 Fair |
| 2024 | ARK: The Animated Series | Actor | Sir Edmund Rockwell (voice) | 72 Good |
| 2024 | Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2023 | imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2023 | Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials | Actor | The Doctor (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2023 | Doctor Who: Video Commentaries | Actor | Self - The Doctor | 68 Fair |
| 2023 | Doctor Who: The Bedtime Story | Actor | The Doctor | 59 Average |
| 2023 | Doctor Who: The 60th Anniversary Special | Actor | The Doctor (10) | N/A N/A |
| 2023 | Doctor Who Children in Need Special 2023 | Actor | The Doctor | 59 Average |
| 2023 | Talking Doctor Who | Actor | Self - Presenter | 59 Average |
| 2023 | Ahsoka | Actor | Huyang (voice) | 75 Good |
| 2023 | There She Goes 2023 Special: 414 | Actor | Simon Yates | N/A N/A |
| 2023 | Spy in the Ocean, A Nature Miniseries | Actor | Narrator | 69 Fair |
| 2023 | National Theatre Live: Good | Actor | Professor John Halder/Johnny | 59 Average |
| 2023 | Comic Relief 2023 | Actor | Self - Host | 59 Average |
| 2023 | Doctor Who: Wild Blue Yonder | Actor | Doctor | 59 Average |
| 2022 | The Amazing Maurice | Actor | Dangerous Beans (voice) | 61 Fair |
| 2022 | Litvinenko | Actor | Alexander Litvinenko | 71 Good |
| 2022 | The Paloni Show! Halloween Special! | Actor | Roach Chef (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2022 | Doctor Who: The Centenary Special | Actor | The Doctor (10) | N/A N/A |
| 2022 | Inside Man | Actor | Harry Watling | 69 Fair |
| 2022 | Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers | Actor | Scrooge McDuck (voice) | 66 Fair |
| 2021 | Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2021 | Around the World in 80 Days | Actor | Phileas Fogg | 71 Good |
| 2021 | An Audience with Adele | Actor | Self | 60 Fair |
| 2021 | The Loud House Movie | Actor | Angus (voice) | 62 Fair |
| 2020 | Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Screening | Actor | Timothy | 59 Average |
| 2020 | The Real Des: The Dennis Nilsen Story | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Des | Actor | Dennis Nilsen | 71 Good |
| 2020 | Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years | Actor | Self - Narrator (voice) | 69 Fair |
| 2020 | Staged | Actor | David | 74 Good |
| 2020 | Our Sarah Jane – Elisabeth Sladen Tribute | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Good Omens: Lockdown | Actor | Crowley (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2020 | The Big Night In | Actor | Mr. Logan | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Heart to Heart | Actor | Heart | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Deadwater Fell | Actor | Tom Kendrick | 65 Fair |
| 2020 | The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2019 | Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2019 | Doctor Who: The End of Time - Part Two | Actor | The Doctor | N/A N/A |
| 2019 | Doctor Who: The End of Time - Part One | Actor | The Doctor | N/A N/A |
| 2019 | Good Omens | Actor | Crowley | 80 Very good |
| 2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Actor | Spitelout / Ivar the Whitless (voice) | 76 Good |
| 2018 | Spy in the Snow | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2018 | There She Goes | Actor | Simon | 72 Good |
| 2018 | Camping | Actor | Walt | 65 Fair |
| 2018 | The Highway Rat | Actor | The Highway Rat (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2018 | The Muppets Take The O2 | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2018 | DuckTales: Destination Adventure! | Actor | Scrooge McDuck (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2018 | Bad Samaritan | Actor | Cale Erendreich | 63 Fair |
| 2018 | You, Me and Him | Actor | John | 58 Average |
| 2017 | Ferdinand | Actor | Angus (voice) | 70 Good |
| 2017 | DuckTales: Woo-oo! | Actor | Scrooge McDuck | 60 Fair |
| 2017 | DuckTales | Actor | Scrooge McDuck (Voice) | 76 Good |
| 2017 | Proclaimers: This Is the Story | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2017 | Mad to Be Normal | Actor | RD Laing | 58 Average |
| 2017 | Spy in the Wild | Actor | Himself - Narrator | 70 Good |
| 2016 | Shakespeare Live! From the RSC | Actor | Self - Host | 59 Average |
| 2016 | Derren Brown: Pushed to the Edge | Actor | Himself | 61 Fair |
| 2015 | A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman | Actor | Self - Voice of Charles Darwin | 59 Average |
| 2015 | Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time | Actor | Narrator (Voice UK) | 59 Average |
| 2015 | The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2015 | Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2015 | Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2015 | Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Monster Musical | Actor | Igor the Door (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2015 | 96 Ways to Say I Love You | Actor | Mark | 59 Average |
| 2014 | Gracepoint | Actor | Emmett Carver | 67 Fair |
| 2014 | What We Did on Our Holiday | Actor | Doug McLeod | 63 Fair |
| 2014 | Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion | Actor | Self / The Doctor (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2014 | Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2014 | Wings 3D | Actor | Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2014 | Postman Pat: The Movie | Actor | Wilf (voice) | 58 Average |
| 2014 | W1A | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 73 Good |
| 2014 | Dolphins: Spy in the Pod | Actor | Narrator | 70 Good |
| 2013 | Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 2013 | Shakespeare Lives: Richard II | Actor | Richard II | 60 Fair |
| 2013 | Earthflight | Actor | Himself - Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2013 | The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro | Actor | The Doctor (10) | N/A N/A |
| 2013 | Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty | Actor | The Doctor (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2013 | Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor | Actor | The Doctor (10) | 72 Good |
| 2013 | The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | Actor | Self | 61 Fair |
| 2013 | Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2013 | Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II | Actor | Richard II | 59 Average |
| 2013 | Doctor Who Explained | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2013 | The Escape Artist | Actor | Will Burton | 69 Fair |
| 2013 | The Politician's Husband | Actor | Aiden Hoynes | 68 Fair |
| 2013 | Broadchurch | Actor | DI Alec Hardy | 78 Good |
| 2013 | Tree Fu Tom - Tree Fu Magic | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2013 | Penguins: Spy in the Huddle | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 71 Good |
| 2013 | Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited | Actor | Self | 69 Fair |
| 2013 | Spies of Warsaw | Actor | Jean-François Mercier | 68 Fair |
| 2012 | Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! | Actor | Donald / Roderick Peterson | 58 Average |
| 2012 | Comedy World Cup | Actor | Host | N/A N/A |
| 2012 | The Science of Doctor Who | Actor | The Doctor (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2012 | Shakespeare's Sonnets | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2012 | So You Want To Be A Pirate! | Actor | Charles Darwin | 59 Average |
| 2012 | The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! | Actor | Charles Darwin (voice) | 63 Fair |
| 2012 | Tree Fu Tom | Actor | Twigs (voice) | 68 Fair |
| 2012 | Wild About Pandas | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2011 | Shrek: Once Upon a Time | Actor | Self / Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Earthflight | Actor | 68 Fair |
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| 2011 | Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Discovering Hamlet | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 2011 | The Ballad of Russell & Julie | Actor | Russell T. Davies / Self | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2011 | Fright Night | Actor | Peter Vincent | 61 Fair |
| 2011 | The Itch of the Golden Nit | Actor | Radio Newsreader / Stretchy McStretch (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2011 | The Decoy Bride | Actor | James Arber | 60 Fair |
| 2011 | Much Ado About Nothing | Actor | Benedick | 60 Fair |
| 2011 | Twenty Twelve | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 70 Good |
| 2011 | Polar Bear - Spy on the Ice | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2011 | United | Actor | Jimmy Murphy | 61 Fair |
| 2010 | Single Father | Actor | Dave | 70 Good |
| 2010 | Stealing Shakespeare | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2010 | How to Train Your Dragon | Actor | Spitelout (voice) | 77 Good |
| 2010 | 神秘博士特别篇：时间尽头(下) | Actor | The Doctor | N/A N/A |
| 2009 | 神秘博士特别篇：时间尽头(上) | Actor | The Doctor | N/A N/A |
| 2009 | Hamlet | Actor | Hamlet | 60 Fair |
| 2009 | The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol | Actor | Ghost of Christmas Present | 59 Average |
| 2009 | St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold | Actor | Captain Lord Pomfrey / Sir Piers Pomfrey | 58 Average |
| 2009 | Doctor Who: Dreamland | Actor | The Doctor (voice) | 58 Average |
| 2009 | Doctor Who: Dreamland | Actor | The Doctor (voice) | 68 Fair |
| 2009 | Glorious 39 | Actor | Hector | 59 Average |
| 2009 | Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars | Actor | The Doctor | 64 Fair |
| 2009 | Doctor Who Greatest Moments | Actor | Himself | 69 Fair |
| 2009 | Monty Python in Aberystwyth | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2009 | Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead | Actor | The Doctor | 63 Fair |
| 2009 | Endgame | Actor | Self - Host (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 2009 | Swarm: Nature's Incredible Invasions | Actor | Himself - Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2009 | Swarm: Nature's Incredible Invasions | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 70 Good |
| 2009 | Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres - Doctor Who at the Proms 2008 | Actor | The Doctor (Uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 2008 | Doctor Who: The Next Doctor | Actor | The Doctor | 63 Fair |
| 2008 | Einstein and Eddington | Actor | Arthur Eddington | 60 Fair |
| 2008 | Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres | Actor | The Doctor | 59 Average |
| 2008 | Human Footprint | Actor | Narrator (self) | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned | Actor | The Doctor | 63 Fair |
| 2007 | The Friday Night Project - Unleashed | Actor | Guest Host | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Doctor Who: Time Crash | Actor | The Doctor (10) | 61 Fair |
| 2007 | Learners | Actor | Chris | 59 Average |
| 2007 | David Tennant's Video Diary | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest | Actor | The Doctor (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Recovery | Actor | Alan Hamilton | 59 Average |
| 2007 | The 50 Greatest Television Dramas | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2006 | Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride | Actor | The Doctor | 64 Fair |
| 2006 | Doctor Who: A Celebration | Actor | Host | N/A N/A |
| 2006 | Free Jimmy | Actor | Hamish (voice) | 58 Average |
| 2006 | The Chatterley Affair | Actor | Richard Hoggart | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Doctor Who - L'Invasion de Noël | Actor | Le docteur | N/A N/A |
| 2005 | Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion | Actor | The Doctor | N/A N/A |
| 2005 | Doctor Who: Attack of the Graske | Actor | The Doctor | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion | Actor | Doctor Who | 58 Average |
| 2005 | Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion | Actor | The Doctor | 65 Fair |
| 2005 | Secret Smile | Actor | Brendan Block | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Secret Smile | Actor | Brendan | 69 Fair |
| 2005 | Doctor Who: Born Again | Actor | The Doctor (10) | N/A N/A |
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Actor | Barty Crouch Junior | 77 Good |
| 2005 | Sweetnightgoodheart | Actor | Pete | 59 Average |
| 2005 | The Quatermass Experiment | Actor | Doctor Gordon Briscoe | 58 Average |
| 2005 | Doctor Who: A New Dimension | Actor | Self - Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2005 | Casanova | Actor | Giacomo Casanova | 69 Fair |
| 2004 | Blackpool | Actor | DI Peter Carlisle | 69 Fair |
| 2004 | Traffic Warden | Actor | Traffic Warden | 59 Average |
| 2004 | He Knew He Was Right | Actor | Mr. Gibson | 71 Good |
| 2004 | The Deputy | Actor | Christopher Williams | N/A N/A |
| 2004 | Old Street | Actor | Mr. Watson | 59 Average |
| 2003 | Bright Young Things | Actor | Ginger Littlejohn | 59 Average |
| 2002 | Nine 1/2 Minutes | Actor | Charlie | 59 Average |
| 2000 | The Last September | Actor | Captain Gerald Colthurst | 58 Average |
| 2000 | Being Considered | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1999 | L.A. Without a Map | Actor | Richard | 58 Average |
| 1998 | Duck Patrol | Actor | Simon 'Darwin' Brown | 69 Fair |
| 1997 | Bite | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1996 | Jude | Actor | Drunk Undergraduate | 59 Average |
| 1994 | Takin' Over the Asylum | Actor | Campbell | 71 Good |
| 1993 | Spaces | Actor | Vinny | 59 Average |
| 1989 | Biting the Hands | Actor | 3rd Squaddie | N/A N/A |
| Marvel's Jessica Jones | Actor | Kilgrave | N/A N/A |
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| Richard II (RSC, 2013) | Actor | Richard II | N/A N/A |
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| Fuddy Meers | Actor | Lisping Man | N/A N/A |
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| Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
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| The Thursday Murder Club | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| Genius Game | Actor | Self - The Creator | N/A N/A |
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| Rex Is Not Your Lawyer | Actor | Rex Alexander | N/A N/A |
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| Standing By | Actor | N/A N/A |
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Production |
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| 2021 | Around the World in 80 Days | Production | Executive Producer | 71 Good |
| 2020 | Des | Production | Executive Producer | 71 Good |
Crew |
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| 2007 | David Tennant's Video Diary | Crew | Cinematography | 59 Average |