Acting · Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, UK · Born April 18, 1971
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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2026
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MovieGood Omens - Season 3: An Ineffable Goodbye
2026
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TVTwenty Twenty Six
2026
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TVThe Hack
2025
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MovieThe Thursday Murder Club
2025
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MovieDoctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2025
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2025
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2025
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2025
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MovieMacbeth
2025
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MovieDoctor Who at the Proms
2024
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TVRivals
2024
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TVDoctor Who
2024
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TVARK: The Animated Series
2024
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MovieComic Relief 2024: Funny for Money
2024
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TVRob Beckett's Smart TV
2024
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Movieimagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
2023
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MovieDoctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
2023
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MovieDoctor Who: Recollections with Russell and David
2023
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TVDoctor Who: Video Commentaries
2023
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MovieDoctor Who: The Bedtime Story
2023
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MovieDoctor Who Children in Need Special 2023
2023
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MovieTalking Doctor Who
2023
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TVAhsoka
2023
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TVSpy in the Ocean, A Nature Miniseries
2023
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TVClone High
2023
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2023
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2023
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2023
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TVMarvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
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MovieThe Amazing Maurice
2022
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2022
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MovieThe Paloni Show! Halloween Special!
2022
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TVInside Man
2022
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TVThe Sandman
2022
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TVChibiverse
2022
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TVRemembers…
2022
as Self
MovieChip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
2022
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TVThe Legend of Vox Machina
2022
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TVAnt & Dec's Limitless Win
2022
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MovieBeauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
2021
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TVAround the World in 80 Days
2021
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2021
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MovieThe Loud House Movie
2021
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MovieCinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
2020
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MovieScreening
2020
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MovieThe Real Des: The Dennis Nilsen Story
2020
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TVDes
2020
as Dennis Nilsen
TVRed Dwarf: The First Three Million Years
2020
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TVStaged
2020
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MovieOur Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth Sladen
2020
as Self
MovieGood Omens: Lockdown
2020
as Crowley (voice)
MovieThe Big Night In
2020
as Mr. Logan
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2020
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2020
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MovieThe National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years
2020
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MovieChildren In Need 2019: Got It Covered
2019
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TVCriminal: UK
2019
as Dr. Edgar Fallon
TVThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
TVGood Omens
2019
as Crowley
TVgen:LOCK
2019
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MovieHow to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
2019
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MovieSpy in the Snow
2018
as Narrator
MovieMary Queen of Scots
2018
as John Knox
TVThere She Goes
2018
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TVCamping
2018
as Walt
MovieThe Highway Rat
2018
as The Highway Rat (voice)
TVHang Ups
2018
as Martin Lamb
The Muppets Take The O2
2018
as Self
MovieDuckTales: Destination Adventure!
2018
as Scrooge McDuck (voice)
MovieBad Samaritan
2018
as Cale Erendreich
TVFinal Space
2018
as Lord Commander (voice)
MovieYou, Me and Him
2018
as John
MovieFerdinand
2017
as Angus (voice)
TVDuckTales
2017
as Scrooge McDuck (Voice)
MovieProclaimers: This Is the Story
2017
as Self
MovieMad to Be Normal
2017
as RD Laing
TVSpy in the Wild
2017
as Himself - Narrator
MovieFireman Sam: Alien Alert! The Movie
2017
as Buck Douglas (voice)
TVTop Gear: Extra Gear
2016
as Self
MovieShakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016
as Self - Host
MovieDerren Brown: Pushed to the Edge
2016
as Himself
MovieA Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
2015
as Self - Voice of Charles Darwin
MovieDoctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
2015
as The Doctor (10) (picture) (uncredited)
MovieInside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time
2015
as Narrator (Voice UK)
TVMarvel's Jessica Jones
2015
as Kilgrave
MovieThe Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
2015
as Self
MovieDames of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015
as Narrator
MovieKnights of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015
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MovieMickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Monster Musical
2015
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TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
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TVDragons: Race to the Edge
2015
as Spitelout (voice)
Movie96 Ways to Say I Love You
2015
as Mark
TVThunderbirds Are Go!
2015
as Tyco Reeves (Voice)
TVGracepoint
2014
as Emmett Carver
MovieWhat We Did on Our Holiday
2014
as Doug McLeod
MovieDoctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
2014
as Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
MovieDoctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
2014
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MovieWings 3D
2014
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MoviePostman Pat: The Movie
2014
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TVThe Real History of Science Fiction
2014
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TVW1A
2014
as Narrator (voice)
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
TVOff Camera with Sam Jones
2014
as Self
TVDolphins: Spy in the Pod
2014
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Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith
2013
MovieEarthflight
2013
as Himself - Narrator
MovieDoctor Who Live: The Afterparty
2013
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MovieThe Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2013
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MovieThe Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro
2013
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MovieDoctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013
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MovieDoctor Who: The Ultimate Guide
2013
as Self
MovieDoctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS
2013
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MovieRSC Live: Richard II
2013
as Richard II
MovieDoctor Who Explained
2013
as Self
TVThe Escape Artist
2013
as Will Burton
TVThe Politician's Husband
2013
as Aiden Hoynes
TVGogglebox
2013
as Self
TVBroadchurch
2013
as DI Alec Hardy
TVPenguins: Spy in the Huddle
2013
as Narrator (voice)
TVDoctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
2013
as Self
TVThe Last Leg
2013
as Self
TVSpies of Warsaw
2013
as Jean-François Mercier
MovieNativity 2: Danger in the Manger!
2012
as Donald / Roderick Peterson
TVTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2012
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TVComedy World Cup
2012
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TVDreamWorks Dragons
2012
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The Science of Doctor Who
2012
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MovieShakespeare's Sonnets
2012
MovieSo You Want To Be A Pirate!
2012
as Charles Darwin
TVShakespeare Uncovered
2012
as Himself
TVTrue Love
2012
as Nick
TVPlayhouse Presents
2012
as Will
MovieThe Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
2012
as Charles Darwin (voice)
TVTree Fu Tom
2012
as Twigs (voice)
TVWild About Pandas
2012
as Narrator
MovieShrek: Once Upon a Time
2011
as Self / Narrator
TVEarthflight
2011
MovieCatherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
2011
as Self
MovieDiscovering Hamlet
2011
as Self
MovieThe Ballad of Russell & Julie
2011
as Russell T. Davies / Self
MovieDoctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
2011
MovieGerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line
2011
as Narrator
MovieFright Night
2011
as Peter Vincent
MovieThe Itch of the Golden Nit
2011
as Radio Newsreader / Stretchy McStretch (voice)
MovieThe Decoy Bride
2011
as James Arber
MovieMuch Ado About Nothing
2011
as Benedick
My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen
2011
as Self
MovieCome in Number Five
2011
as Presenter
TVTwenty Twelve
2011
as Narrator (voice)
MoviePolar Bear: Spy on the Ice
2011
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Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia
2011
as Narrator
MovieUnited
2011
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TVSingle Father
2010
as Dave
TVAsk Rhod Gilbert
2010
as Self
MovieStealing Shakespeare
2010
as Narrator
TVFish Hooks
2010
as Oscar's Brain (voice)
MovieHow to Train Your Dragon
2010
as Spitelout (voice)
MovieDoctor Who: The End of Time
2010
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TVRex Is Not Your Lawyer
2010
as Rex Alexander
The National Television Awards Backstage Live
2010
MovieHamlet
2009
as Hamlet
MovieThe Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol
2009
as Ghost of Christmas Present
MovieSt Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
2009
as Captain Lord Pomfrey / Sir Piers Pomfrey
TVDoctor Who: Dreamland
2009
as The Doctor (voice)
MovieGlorious 39
2009
as Hector
MovieDoctor Who: The Waters of Mars
2009
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TVLive from Studio Five
2009
as Self
TVDoctor Who Greatest Moments
2009
as Self
MovieMonty Python in Aberystwyth
2009
as Narrator
MovieDoctor Who: Planet of the Dead
2009
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TVChris Moyles' Quiz Night
2009
as Self
TVCBeebies Bedtime Stories
2009
as Self
MovieEndgame
2009
as Self - Host (uncredited)
TVSwarm: Nature's Incredible Invasions
2009
as Narrator (voice)
MovieDoctor Who: The Next Doctor
2008
as The Doctor
MovieEinstein and Eddington
2008
as Arthur Eddington
TVStar Wars: The Clone Wars
2008
as Huyang (voice)
MovieDoctor Who: Music of the Spheres - Doctor Who at the Proms 2008
2008
as The Doctor (Uncredited)
MovieThe Stolen Earth / Journey's End
2008
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MovieDoctor Who: Silence in the Library & Forest of the Dead
2008
as The Doctor
MovieHuman Footprint
2008
as Narrator (self)
MovieDoctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
2007
as The Doctor
MovieThe Friday Night Project - Unleashed
2007
as Self - Guest Host
MovieDoctor Who: Time Crash
2007
as The Doctor (10)
MovieLearners
2007
as Chris
MovieDavid Tennant's Video Diary
2007
as Self
TVThe Sarah Jane Adventures
2007
as The Doctor
MovieDoctor Who: Daleks in Manhattan & Evolution of the Daleks
2007
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MovieDoctor Who: The Infinite Quest
2007
as The Doctor (voice)
MovieDoctor Who: Utopia & The Sound of Drums & Last of the Time Lords
2007
as The Doctor
MovieDoctor Who: Human Nature & The Family of Blood
2007
as The Doctor / John Smith
TVDerren Brown: Trick or Treat
2007
as Himself
MovieRecovery
2007
as Alan Hamilton
TVThe Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
MovieThe 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
as Self
MovieDoctor Who: The Runaway Bride
2006
as The Doctor
MovieDoctor Who: A Celebration
2006
as Self - Host
TVThe One Show
2006
as Self
MovieDoctor Who: The Impossible Planet & The Satan Pit
2006
as The Doctor
TVTotally Doctor Who
2006
as Self
MovieThe Chatterley Affair
2006
as Richard Hoggart
MovieDoctor Who: The Christmas Invasion
2005
TVSecret Smile
2005
as Brendan
MovieHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
as Barty Crouch Junior
MovieBring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'
2005
MovieSweetnightgoodheart
2005
as Pete
MovieThe Quatermass Experiment
2005
as Doctor Gordon Briscoe
MovieDoctor Who: A New Dimension
2005
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TVDoctor Who
2005
as Doctor (10)
TVDoctor Who Confidential
2005
as Self
TVCasanova
2005
as Giacomo Casanova
TVThe Friday Night Project
2005
as Self - Host
TVThe Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
TVBig Fat Quiz
2004
as Self - Guest
TVBlackpool
2004
as DI Peter Carlisle
TVWho Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
MovieTraffic Warden
2004
as Traffic Warden
TVHe Knew He Was Right
2004
as Mr Gibson
The Deputy
2004
as Christopher Williams
MovieOld Street
2004
as Mr. Watson
TVDoctor Who: Scream of the Shalka
2003
as Young Custodian (voice) (uncredited)
MovieBright Young Things
2003
as Ginger Littlejohn
TVQI
2003
as Self
TVSpine Chillers
2003
as Dr. Krull
TVTrust
2003
as Gavin MacEwan
MovieNine 1/2 Minutes
2002
as Charlie
TVDead Ringers
2002
as Regenerated Tony Blair
TVFoyle's War
2002
as Theo Howard
TVTop Gear
2002
as Self
TVAnt & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002
as Self - Guest Announcer
Terri McIntyre - Classy Bitch
2001
as Greig Miller
MovieThe Last September
2000
as Captain Gerald Colthurst
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
MovieBeing Considered
2000
TVPeople Like Us
1999
as Rob Harker
Love in the 21st Century
1999
as John
MovieL.A. Without a Map
1999
as Richard
TVThe Mrs Bradley Mysteries
1998
as Max Valentine
TVDuck Patrol
1998
as Simon 'Darwin' Brown
MovieBite
1997
as Alastair Galbraith
TVNever Mind the Buzzcocks
1996
as Self - Presenter
MovieQuality Control
1996
as Gary Innes
MovieJude
1996
as Drunk Undergraduate
A Mug's Game
1996
TVReady, Steady, Cook
1994
as Self - Contestant
TVTakin' Over the Asylum
1994
as Campbell
TVThe Tales of Para Handy
1994
as John MacBryde
TVRoom 101
1994
as Self
TVLate Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest
MovieSpaces
1993
as Vinny
TVGMTV
1993
as Self
TVHave I Got News for You
1990
as Self - Host
TVRab C. Nesbitt
1990
as Davina
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Pa MacWeldon (voice)
MovieBiting the Hands
1989
as 3rd Squaddie
TVThe Play on One
1988
as Third Squaddie
TVNatural World
1983
as Narrator
TVDramarama
1983
as Neil McDonald
The Wind in the Willows
as Basil
The Neverending Pillow Fort
MovieThe Amazing Maurice: The Waters of Life
as Dangerous Beans (voice)
MovieDoctor Who: The Sontaran Stratagem & The Poison Sky
as The Doctor
MovieDoctor Who: Rise of the Cybermen & The Age of Steel
as The Doctor
MovieDoctor Who: Army of Ghosts & Doomsday
as The Doctor
TVHave I Got a Bit More News for You
as Self - Presenter
Standing By
