David Tennant
Actor
Born April 18, 1971 in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, UK
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.
Filmography
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Self - Presenter
Rivals: The Official Podcast
Self
Good Omens - Season 3: An Ineffable Goodbye
self
Twenty Twenty Six
Narrator
The Hack
Nick Davies
The Thursday Murder Club
Ian
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
The Doctor / The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Four Seasons
Gianpiero
The Genius Game
The Creator
The Assembly
Self - Interviewee
Macbeth
Macbeth
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 - Guest
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 - The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Bedtime Story
The Doctor
Doctor Who Children in Need Special 2023
The Doctor
Talking Doctor Who
Self - Presenter
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 - Host
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
An Audience with Adele
Self
The Loud House Movie
Angus (voice)
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
Self
Screening
Timothy
The Real Des: The Dennis Nilsen Story
Narrator (voice)
Des
Dennis Nilsen
Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years
Self - Narrator (voice)
Staged
David
Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth Sladen
Self
Good Omens: Lockdown
Crowley (voice)
The Big Night In
Mr. Logan
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
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
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
Mad to Be Normal
RD Laing
Spy in the Wild
Himself - Narrator
Fireman Sam: Alien Alert! The Movie
Buck Douglas (voice)
Top Gear: Extra Gear
Self
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Self - Host
Derren Brown: Pushed to the Edge
Himself
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Self - Voice of Charles Darwin
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
The Doctor (10) (picture) (uncredited)
Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time
Narrator (Voice UK)
Marvel's Jessica Jones
Kilgrave
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
Self
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
Narrator
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
Narrator
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Monster Musical
Igor the Door (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
Dragons: Race to the Edge
Spitelout (voice)
96 Ways to Say I Love You
Mark
Thunderbirds Are Go!
Tyco Reeves (Voice)
Gracepoint
Emmett Carver
What We Did on Our Holiday
Doug McLeod
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
Self
Wings 3D
Narrator (voice)
Postman Pat: The Movie
Wilf (voice)
The Real History of Science Fiction
Self
W1A
Narrator (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
Dolphins: Spy in the Pod
Narrator
Earthflight
Himself - Narrator
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
The Doctor (archive footage)
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Self
The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro
The Doctor (10)
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
The Doctor (10)
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide
Self
Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS
Self
RSC Live: Richard II
Richard II
Doctor Who Explained
Self
The Escape Artist
Will Burton
The Politician's Husband
Aiden Hoynes
Gogglebox
Self
Broadchurch
DI Alec Hardy
Penguins: Spy in the Huddle
Narrator (voice)
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
Self
The Last Leg
Self
Spies of Warsaw
Jean-François Mercier
Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger!
Donald / Roderick Peterson
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Fugitoid (voice)
Comedy World Cup
Host
DreamWorks Dragons
Spitelout (voice)
Shakespeare's Sonnets
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
Charles Darwin
Shakespeare Uncovered
Himself
True Love
Nick
Playhouse Presents
Will
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
Charles Darwin (voice)
Tree Fu Tom
Twigs (voice)
Wild About Pandas
Narrator
Shrek: Once Upon a Time
Self / Narrator
Earthflight
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
Self
Discovering Hamlet
Self
The Ballad of Russell & Julie
Russell T. Davies / Self
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line
Narrator
Fright Night
Peter Vincent
The Itch of the Golden Nit
Radio Newsreader / Stretchy McStretch (voice)
The Decoy Bride
James Arber
Much Ado About Nothing
Benedick
Come in Number Five
Presenter
Twenty Twelve
Narrator (voice)
Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice
Narrator
United
Jimmy Murphy
Single Father
Dave
Ask Rhod Gilbert
Self
Stealing Shakespeare
Narrator
Fish Hooks
Oscar's Brain (voice)
How to Train Your Dragon
Spitelout (voice)
Doctor Who: The End of Time
The Doctor
Rex Is Not Your Lawyer
Rex Alexander
Hamlet
Hamlet
The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol
Ghost of Christmas Present
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
Captain Lord Pomfrey / Sir Piers Pomfrey
Doctor Who: Dreamland
The Doctor (voice)
Glorious 39
Hector
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
The Doctor
Live from Studio Five
Self
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
Self
Monty Python in Aberystwyth
Narrator
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
The Doctor
Chris Moyles' Quiz Night
Self
CBeebies Bedtime Stories
Self
Endgame
Self - Host (uncredited)
Swarm: Nature's Incredible Invasions
Narrator (voice)
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
The Doctor
Einstein and Eddington
Arthur Eddington
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Huyang (voice)
Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres - Doctor Who at the Proms 2008
The Doctor (Uncredited)
Human Footprint
Narrator (self)
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
The Doctor
The Friday Night Project - Unleashed
Self - Guest Host
Doctor Who: Time Crash
The Doctor (10)
Learners
Chris
David Tennant's Video Diary
Self
The Sarah Jane Adventures
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest
The Doctor (voice)
Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
Himself
Painkiller Jane
Recovery
Alan Hamilton
The Graham Norton Show
Self
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride
The Doctor
Doctor Who: A Celebration
Self - Host
The One Show
Self
Totally Doctor Who
Self
The Chatterley Affair
Richard Hoggart
Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion
Secret Smile
Brendan
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Barty Crouch Junior
Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'
Sweetnightgoodheart
Pete
The Quatermass Experiment
Doctor Gordon Briscoe
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
Self - Narrator (voice)
Doctor Who
Doctor (10)
Doctor Who Confidential
Self
Casanova
Giacomo Casanova
The Friday Night Project
Self - Host
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
Big Fat Quiz
Self - Guest
Blackpool
DI Peter Carlisle
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
Traffic Warden
Traffic Warden
He Knew He Was Right
Mr Gibson
Old Street
Mr. Watson
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka
Young Custodian (voice) (uncredited)
Bright Young Things
Ginger Littlejohn
QI
Self
Spine Chillers
Dr. Krull
Trust
Gavin MacEwan
Nine 1/2 Minutes
Charlie
Dead Ringers
Regenerated Tony Blair
Foyle's War
Theo Howard
Top Gear
Self
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Self - Guest Announcer
The Last September
Captain Gerald Colthurst
Being Considered
People Like Us
Rob Harker
L.A. Without a Map
Richard
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
Max Valentine
Duck Patrol
Simon 'Darwin' Brown
Bite
Alastair Galbraith
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self - Presenter
Quality Control
Gary Innes
Jude
Drunk Undergraduate
Ready, Steady, Cook
Self - Contestant
Takin' Over the Asylum
Campbell
The Tales of Para Handy
John MacBryde
Room 101
Self
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
Spaces
Vinny
GMTV
Self
Have I Got News for You
Self - Host
Rab C. Nesbitt
Davina
The Simpsons
Pa MacWeldon (voice)
Biting the Hands
3rd Squaddie
The Play on One
Third Squaddie
Natural World
Narrator
Dramarama
Neil McDonald