David Tennant
Born in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, UK — Apr 18 1971
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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…
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David Tennant's Credits
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The Simpsons
Pa MacWeldon (voice)
Doctor Who
Doctor (10)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Huyang (voice)
The Sandman
Don (voice)
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self - Presenter
Foyle's War
Theo Howard
Doctor Who
The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Fugitoid (voice)
Marvel's Jessica Jones
Kilgrave
DuckTales
Scrooge McDuck (Voice)
Ready, Steady, Cook
Self - Contestant
Natural World
Narrator
Dragons: Race to the Edge
Spitelout (voice)
Fish Hooks
Oscar's Brain (voice)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Barty Crouch Junior
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
The Legend of Vox Machina
General Kreig (voice)
Good Omens
Crowley
Broadchurch
DI Alec Hardy
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Franklin (voice)
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Self - Guest Announcer
Ahsoka
Huyang (voice)
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures
Huyang (voice)
DreamWorks Dragons
Spitelout (voice)
How to Train Your Dragon
Spitelout (voice)
Thunderbirds Are Go!
Tyco Reeves (Voice)
Doctor Who Confidential
Self
Big Fat Quiz
Self - Guest
The Sarah Jane Adventures
The Doctor
Gracepoint
Emmett Carver
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Spitelout / Ivar the Whitless (voice)
Final Space
Lord Commander (voice)
Clone High
David Tennant (voice)
Chibiverse
Scrooge McDuck (Voice)
Playhouse Presents
Will
Blackpool
DI Peter Carlisle
Staged
David
The Hack
Nick Davies
Twenty Twelve
Narrator (voice)
Around the World in 80 Days
Phileas Fogg
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
ARK: The Animated Series
Sir Edmund Rockwell (voice)
Ferdinand
Angus (voice)
CBeebies Bedtime Stories
Self
Inside Man
Harry Watling
gen:LOCK
Dr. Weller (voice)
The Real History of Science Fiction
Himself
Criminal: UK
Dr. Edgar Fallon
Rivals
Tony Baddingham
Totally Doctor Who
Self
Painkiller Jane
Directing
Spine Chillers
Dr. Krull
Dramarama
Litvinenko
Alexander Litvinenko
The Thursday Murder Club
Ian
W1A
Narrator (voice)
People Like Us
Rob Harker
Fright Night
Peter Vincent
Casanova
Giacomo Casanova
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
Scrooge McDuck (voice)
Rab C. Nesbitt
Davina
Des
Dennis Nilsen
The Escape Artist
Will Burton
Hang Ups
Martin Lamb
Ask Rhod Gilbert
Self
Ant & Dec's Limitless Win
Self
Camping
Walt
Deadwater Fell
Tom Kendrick
Mary Queen of Scots
John Knox
Terri McIntyre - Classy Bitch
Greig Miller
Gogglebox
Self
The Politician's Husband
Aiden Hoynes
There She Goes
Simon
Single Father
Dave
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
Charles Darwin (voice)
The Loud House Movie
Angus (voice)
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
Self
Shakespeare Uncovered
Himself
He Knew He Was Right
Mr. Gibson
Tree Fu Tom
Twigs (voice)
Love in the 21st Century
John
Comedy World Cup
Host
True Love
Nick
Dead Ringers
Regenerated Tony Blair
Spies of Warsaw
Jean-François Mercier
Takin' Over the Asylum
Campbell
The Amazing Maurice
Dangerous Beans (voice)
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
The Doctor (10)
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
Self
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
Max Valentine
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
Captain Lord Pomfrey / Sir Piers Pomfrey
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka
Young Custodian (voice) (uncredited)
Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride
The Doctor
Duck Patrol
Simon 'Darwin' Brown
What We Did on Our Holiday
Doug McLeod
Jude
Drunk Undergraduate
Bad Samaritan
Cale Erendreich
Endgame
Self - Host (uncredited)
Bright Young Things
Ginger Littlejohn
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
A Mug's Game
Einstein and Eddington
Arthur Eddington
Doctor Who at the Proms
The Doctor (14) (10) (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Video Commentaries
Self - The Doctor
Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
Himself
Standing By
Doctor Who: Dreamland
The Doctor (voice)
Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years
Self - Narrator (voice)
Earthflight
The Tales of Para Handy
John MacBryde
United
Jimmy Murphy
Macbeth
Macbeth
Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
Self
Hamlet
Hamlet
Discovering Hamlet
Self
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
The Doctor (10) (picture) (uncredited)
The Decoy Bride
James Arber
An Audience with Adele
Self
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Self
The Paloni Show! Halloween Special!
Roach Chef (voice)
Postman Pat: The Movie
Wilf (voice)
Spy in the Wild
Himself - Narrator
Spy in the Ocean, A Nature Miniseries
Narrator
Rex Is Not Your Lawyer
Rex Alexander
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
The Doctor / The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Genius Game
The Creator
Glorious 39
Hector
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
The Doctor (archive footage)
Twenty Twenty Six
Narrator
The Last September
Captain Gerald Colthurst
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
The Doctor
The Quatermass Experiment
Doctor Gordon Briscoe
The Big Night In
Mr. Logan
Dolphins: Spy in the Pod
Narrator
Talking Doctor Who
Self - Presenter
The National Television Awards Backstage Live
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Self - Host
The Deputy
Christopher Williams
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
Recovery
Alan Hamilton
Shakespeare's Sonnets
The Muppets Take The O2
Self
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
Self
Shrek: Once Upon a Time
Self / Narrator
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Self - Voice of Charles Darwin
David Tennant's Video Diary
Self
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
The Doctor (archive footage)
Doctor Who Explained
Self
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide
Self
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
Self - Narrator (voice)
Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith
L.A. Without a Map
Richard
Mad to Be Normal
RD Laing
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
The Doctor
The Science of Doctor Who
The Doctor (archive footage)
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
Narrator
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
Charles Darwin
Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger!
Donald / Roderick Peterson
You, Me and Him
John
Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor
The Doctor
Learners
Chris
The Wind in the Willows
Basil
The Itch of the Golden Nit
Radio Newsreader / Stretchy McStretch (voice)
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
Self
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
Self
Good Omens: Lockdown
Crowley (voice)
Secret Smile
Brendan
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
The Doctor
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
Self
Heart to Heart
Heart
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
The Doctor
Much Ado About Nothing
Benedick
National Theatre Live: Good
Professor John Halder/Johnny
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
Self
Derren Brown: Pushed to the Edge
Himself
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Monster Musical
Igor the Door (voice)
My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen
Self
Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS
Self
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
Narrator
Screening
Timothy
Penguins: Spy in the Huddle
Narrator (voice)
The Highway Rat
The Highway Rat (voice)
96 Ways to Say I Love You
Mark
The Chatterley Affair
Richard Hoggart
Traffic Warden
Traffic Warden
Sweetnightgoodheart
Pete
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
Self
The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years
Self
The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol
Ghost of Christmas Present
Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice
Narrator
Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money
Self
Fireman Sam: Alien Alert! The Movie
Buck Douglas (voice)
Doctor Who:The Christmas Invasion
Proclaimers: This Is the Story
Self
Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line
Narrator
Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest
The Doctor (voice)
Wild About Pandas
Narrator
Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'
The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro
The Doctor (10)
RSC Live: Richard II
Richard II
Being Considered
The Friday Night Project
Self - Host
DuckTales: Destination Adventure!
Scrooge McDuck (voice)
Monty Python in Aberystwyth
Narrator
Spaces
Vinny
Doctor Who: The End of Time
The Doctor
Biting the Hands
3rd Squaddie
Old Street
Mr. Watson
Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth Sladen
Self
Doctor Who Children in Need Special 2023
The Doctor
The Ballad of Russell & Julie
Russell T. Davies / Self
Doctor Who: Time Crash
The Doctor (10)
The Friday Night Project - Unleashed
Self - Guest Host
Comic Relief 2023
Self - Host
Earthflight
Himself - Narrator
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
Nine 1/2 Minutes
Charlie
Come in Number Five
Presenter
Doctor Who: The Bedtime Story
The Doctor
Swarm: Nature's Incredible Invasions
Narrator (voice)
Good Omens 3
Crowley
Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia
Narrator
The Real Des: The Dennis Nilsen Story
Narrator (voice)
Doctor Who: A Celebration
Self - Host
Spy in the Snow
Narrator
Bite
Human Footprint
Narrator (self)
Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres - Doctor Who at the Proms 2008
The Doctor (Uncredited)
Stealing Shakespeare
Narrator
Wings 3D
Narrator (voice)
Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time
Narrator (Voice UK)
Doctor Who: Recollections with Russell and David
Self