David Tennant
- Acting
- April 18, 1971 · Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, UK
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Doctor Who: The Satan Pit · The Doctor (archive footage)
- The Loud House Movie · Angus (Voice)
- Ages of Ice · Self
- Rivals: The Official Podcast · Self
- Good Omens - Season 3: An Ineffable Goodbye · Self
- Twenty Twenty Six · Narrator
- The Hack · Nick Davies, Executive producer
- The Thursday Murder Club · Ian
- Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War · The Doctor / The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Four Seasons · Gianpiero
- Genius Game · The Creator
- The Assembly · Self
- Macbeth · Macbeth
- The Big Fat Quiz of Everything · Self
- Doctor Who at the Proms · The Doctor (14) (10) (archive footage)
- Rivals · Tony Baddingham
- Doctor Who · The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
- ARK: The Animated Series · Sir Edmund Rockwell (Voice)
- Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money · Self
- Rob Beckett's Smart TV · Self
- imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me · Self
- Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials · The Doctor (archive footage)
- Doctor Who: Recollections with Russell and David · Self
- Doctor Who: Video Commentaries · Self
- Doctor Who: The Bedtime Story · The Doctor
- Doctor Who Children in Need Special 2023 · The Doctor
- Talking Doctor Who · Self
- Ahsoka · Huyang (Voice)
- Spy in the Ocean, A Nature Miniseries · Narrator
- Clone High · David Tennant (Voice)
- Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures · Huyang (Voice)
- National Theatre Live: Good · Professor John Halder/Johnny
- Comic Relief 2023 · Self
- Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur · Franklin (Voice)
- The Amazing Maurice · Dangerous Beans (Voice)
- Litvinenko · Alexander Litvinenko
- The Paloni Show! Halloween Special! · Roach Chef (Voice)
- Inside Man · Harry Watling
- The Sandman · Don (Voice)
- Chibiverse · Scrooge McDuck (Voice)
- Remembers… · Self
- Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers · Scrooge McDuck (Voice)
- The Legend of Vox Machina · General Kreig (Voice)
- Ant & Dec's Limitless Win · Self
- Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas · Self
- Around the World in 80 Days · Phileas Fogg, Executive producer
- An Audience with Adele · Self
- Time · Bobby Bailey
- Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas · Self
- Screening · Timothy
- The Real Des: The Dennis Nilsen Story · Narrator (Voice)
- Des · Dennis Nilsen, Executive producer
- Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years · Self
- Staged · David, Executive producer
- Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth Sladen · Self
- Good Omens: Lockdown · Crowley (Voice)
- The Big Night In · Mr. Logan, Self
- Heart to Heart · Heart
- Deadwater Fell · Tom Kendrick
- The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years · Self
- Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered · Self
- Criminal: UK · Dr. Edgar Fallon
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- Good Omens · Crowley
- gen:LOCK · Dr. Weller (Voice)
- How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World · Spitelout / Ivar the Whitless (Voice)
- Spy in the Snow · Narrator
- Mary Queen of Scots · John Knox
- There She Goes · Simon
- Camping · Walt
- The Highway Rat · The Highway Rat (Voice)
- Hang Ups · Martin Lamb
- The Muppets Take The O2 · Self
- DuckTales: Destination Adventure! · Scrooge McDuck (Voice)
- Bad Samaritan · Cale Erendreich
- Final Space · Lord Commander (Voice)
- You, Me and Him · John
- Ferdinand · Angus (Voice)
- DuckTales · Scrooge McDuck (Voice)
- Proclaimers: This Is the Story · Self