Christopher Eccleston

Actor Feb 16 (age 62) Salford, Lancashire, England, UK 1986–2026 (40 year career)

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Biography

Christopher Eccleston (born 16 February 1964) is an English stage, film and television actor. His films include Let Him Have It, Shallow Grave, Elizabeth, 28 Days Later, Gone in 60 Seconds, The Others, and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. In 2005, he became the ninth incarnation of The Doctor in the British television series Doctor Who.

Known For

Film

The Others

Charles Stewart

Film

28 Days Later

Major Henry West

Film

Thor: The Dark World

Malekith

Film

Doctor Who

Film

Legend

Leonard 'Nipper' Read

Film

Gone in Sixty Seconds

Raymond Calitri

Film

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

The Doctor (9) (archive footage)

Film

The Leftovers

Matt Jamison

Filmography

Acting (134)

Movies (83)

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

2025

as Doctor Who (archive footage) (uncredited)

5.4

Whispers of Freedom

2024

as Herbert Köfer

Young Woman and the Sea

2024

as Jabez Wolffe

7.9

Doctor Who at the Proms

2024

as The Doctor (9) (archive footage)

7.2

An Angel on Oxford Street

2024

as Saul (voice)

Dodger Special: Coronation

2023

as Fagin

10.0

The Kemps: All Gold

2023

as Luke Dunmore

Dodger Special: Bad Egg

2023

as Fagin

Dodger Special: Train

2022

as Fagin

Dodger Special: Christmas

2022

as Fagin

My Name Is Leon

2022

as Mr. Devlin

3.7

Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story

2021

as Self

6.4

Set the Night on Fire: The Story of Ewan MacColl

2021

as Self

The Hour

2020

as Himself

The Kemps: All True

as Self

Endless

A Year in the Life of a Year 2019

2020

as Himself

Where Hands Touch

2018

as Heinz

7.9

Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)

as Harvey

King Lear

as Oswald

RSC Live: Macbeth

as Macbeth

The Flu That Killed 50 Million

2018

as Narrator

5.9

Manchester: 100 Days After The Attack

2017

as Voice

8.4

The Last Miners

2016

as Narrator (voice)

Legend

2015

as Leonard 'Nipper' Read

7.1

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

2015

as The Doctor (9) (picture) (uncredited)

8.0

Richard III: The New Evidence

as Narrator

Thor: The Dark World

as Malekith

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

2013

as The Doctor (9) (archive footage)

Emily

as James

Muse of Fire

as Self

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

Lucan

as John Aspinall

When Coal Was King

as Narrator

Song for Marion

2012

as James

6.8

When Wrestling Was Golden: Grapples, Grunts and Grannies

2012

as Narrator

7.2

National Theatre Live: Antigone

2012

as Creon, King of Thebes

The Borrowers

as Pod Clock

Lennon Naked

as John Lennon

The Happiness Salesman

2010

as Salesman

9.0

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

as McCullen / Destro

Amelia

as Fred Noonan

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

2008

as The Doctor (9) (archive footage)

7.4

New Orleans, Mon Amour

2008

as Henry

7.0

The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising

2007

as The Rider

5.4

Best Ever Muppet Moments

as Self

Perfect Parents

as Stuart

Einstein's Big Idea

as Narrator (voice)

Doctor Who: A New Dimension

2005

as Self

The Dark Side of Porn: Porn Shutdown

The Second Coming

as Stephen Baxter

The Importance of Being Morrissey

as Narrator

28 Days Later

as Major Henry West

24 Hour Party People

as Boethius (uncredited)

I Am Dina

as Leo Zhukovsky

Sunday

as Major Gen. Robert Ford

Flesh and Blood

as Joe Broughton

Revengers Tragedy

as Vindici

The King and Us

as Anthony

Tony Adams - Drunk And Dry

as Narrator

The Others

as Charles Stewart

Othello

as Ben Jago

The Invisible Circus

as Wolf

Strumpet

as Strayman

Gone in Sixty Seconds

as Raymond Calitri

eXistenZ

as Seminar Leader

Dockers: Writing the Wrongs

1999

as Narrator (voice)

With or Without You

as Vincent Boyd

Heart

as Gary Ellis

Elizabeth

as Duke of Norfolk

A Price Above Rubies

as Sender Horowitz

Jude

as Jude Fawley

Hillsborough

as Trevor Hicks

Shallow Grave

as David Stephens

Anchoress

as Priest

Roots

as Frankie Bryant

Rachel's Dream

1992

as Man in Dream

4.5

Continental Drift

1992

as (Business with Friends)

Death and the Compass

1992

as Schartach / Zunz / Gryphius

5.8

Let Him Have It

1991

as Derek Bentley

6.6

Color Your Hurt

Chasing Millions

Hear Me Roar

as Michael Bellinger

Television (51)

Unchosen

2026 Upcoming

as Mr Phillps

Apr 21

The Guilty Innocent with Christopher Eccleston

2024

as Presenter

Remembers…

2022

as Self

The Read

2022

as Narrator

Dodger

as Fagin

Close to Me

as Rob Harding

The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama

as Self

Come Home

as Greg Farrell

Ambulance

as Narrator

The A Word

as Maurice Scott

The Last Miners

as Narrator (Voice)

Danger Mouse

2015

as J. Woolington Sham (voice)

6.2

Fortitude

2015

as Professor Charlie Stoddart

Safe House

as Robert

True Detective

as Captain Ted Connelly

8.3

The Leftovers

2014

as Matt Jamison

7.7

Brian Pern: A Life in Rock

2014

as Luke Dunmore

8.5

Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

as Self

Lucan

as John Aspinall

Blackout

as Daniel Demoys

The Shadow Line

as Joseph Bede

Accused

as Willy Houlihan

Would I Lie to You?

as Self

The Sarah Silverman Program.

as Dr. Lazer Rage

Heroes

as Claude

Doctor Who

as Doctor Who

Doctor Who

as The Doctor (archive footage)

7.6

Doctor Who Confidential

2005

as Self

8.2

Doctor Who 9: Christopher Eccleston

2005

as Doctor Who

The Paul O'Grady Show

Bible Mysteries

as Narrator

The Second Coming

as Stephen Baxter

Top Gear

as Self

Timeshift

as self

What's Your Problem?

Linda Green

as Tom/Neil

The League of Gentlemen

1999

as Dougal Siepp

7.7

Our Friends in the North

as Nicky Hutchinson

Hearts and Minds

as Drew Mackenzie

GMTV

as Self

Cracker

as David Bilborough

Cracker

as Bilborough

Cuentos de Borges

as Alonso Zunz

Friday on My Mind

as Sean

Rachel's Dream

as Man in Dream

Performance

as Frankie Bryant

Chancer

as Radio

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Frank Carter

Inspector Morse

as Terrence Mitchell

Casualty

as Stephen Hills

Blue Peter

as Self