David Tennant

ActorProducerCrewDirectorEditor Apr 18 (age 54) Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, UK 1983–2025 (42 year career)

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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 var…

Known For

Film

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Barty Crouch Junior

Film

How to Train Your Dragon

Spitelout (voice)

Film

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

Spitelout / Ivar the Whitless (voice)

Film

Good Omens

Crowley

Film

Doctor Who

The Doctor

Film

Marvel's Jessica Jones

Kilgrave

Film

Ferdinand

Angus (voice)

Film

Final Space

Lord Commander (voice)

Filmography

Acting (252)

Movies (133)

The Thursday Murder Club

as Ian

Macbeth

as Macbeth

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

2025

as The Doctor / The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)

5.4

Lights Out

2025

as The 10th Doctor

Doctor Who at the Proms

2024

as The Doctor (14) (10) (archive footage)

7.2

Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money

2024

as Self

Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials

2023

as The Doctor (archive footage)

9.1

Talking Doctor Who

2023

as Self - Presenter

5.0

National Theatre Live: Good

2023

as Professor John Halder/Johnny

8.5

Doctor Who Children in Need Special 2023

2023

as The Doctor

7.2

Doctor Who: The Bedtime Story

as The Doctor

Comic Relief 2023

as Self - Host

imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me

2023

as Self

10.0

Doctor Who: Recollections with Russell and David

2023

as Self

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers

2022

as Scrooge McDuck (voice)

7.0

The Paloni Show! Halloween Special!

2022

as Roach Chef (voice)

6.3

The Amazing Maurice

2022

as Dangerous Beans (voice)

6.7

Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor

2022

as The Doctor

The Loud House Movie

2021

as Angus (voice)

7.4

An Audience with Adele

2021

as Self

8.4

Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas

2021

as Self

4.7

Dopple-Death

2021

as The 10th Doctor (voice)

Good Omens: Lockdown

as Crowley (voice)

Screening

as Timothy

Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas

as Self

Heart to Heart

as Heart

Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth Sladen

2020

as Self

8.0

The Real Des: The Dennis Nilsen Story

as Narrator (voice)

The Big Night In

as Mr. Logan

The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years

2020

as Self

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

2019

as Spitelout / Ivar the Whitless (voice)

7.7

Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered

as Self

Mary Queen of Scots

as John Knox

Bad Samaritan

as Cale Erendreich

DuckTales: Destination Adventure!

2018

as Scrooge McDuck (voice)

4.8

The Highway Rat

2018

as The Highway Rat (voice)

6.3

You, Me and Him

2018

as John

5.6

The Muppets Take The O2

as Self

Spy in the Snow

as Narrator

Ferdinand

as Angus (voice)

Proclaimers: This Is the Story

2017

as Self

8.0

Fireman Sam: Alien Alert! The Movie

2017

as Buck Douglas (voice)

5.8

Mad to Be Normal

2017

as RD Laing

5.9

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

2016

as Self - Host

7.2

Derren Brown: Pushed to the Edge

2016

as Himself

7.2

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

2015

as The Doctor (10) (picture) (uncredited)

8.0

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

2015

as Self - Voice of Charles Darwin

7.0

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Monster Musical

2015

as Igor the Door (voice)

7.6

96 Ways to Say I Love You

2015

as Mark

5.4

Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

2015

as Narrator

Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC

2015

as Narrator

5.0

Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time

2015

as Narrator (Voice UK)

7.3

The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One

2015

as Self

9.3

Postman Pat: The Movie

as Wilf (voice)

Wings 3D

as Narrator (voice)

What We Did on Our Holiday

2014

as Doug McLeod

6.7

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion

2014

as Self / The Doctor (archive footage)

8.1

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison

2014

as Self

Doctor Who Explained

2013

as Self

8.5

The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro

2013

as The Doctor (10)

10.0

Earthflight

2013

as Himself - Narrator

6.7

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

as The Doctor (10)

RSC Live: Richard II

as Richard II

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide

2013

as Self

7.8

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

2013

as Self

7.8

Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS

2013

as Self

Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty

2013

as The Doctor (archive footage)

9.0

Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith

2013

5.8

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

2012

as Charles Darwin (voice)

6.5

Shakespeare's Sonnets

2012

The Science of Doctor Who

2012

as The Doctor (archive footage)

So You Want To Be A Pirate!

2012

as Charles Darwin

6.3

Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger!

2012

as Donald / Roderick Peterson

5.4

Much Ado About Nothing

2011

as Benedick

8.3

Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties

2011

as Self

10.0

Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia

2011

as Narrator

The Itch of the Golden Nit

2011

as Radio Newsreader / Stretchy McStretch (voice)

Fright Night

as Peter Vincent

United

as Jimmy Murphy

Shrek: Once Upon a Time

2011

as Self / Narrator

7.5

Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time

The Decoy Bride

as James Arber

Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice

2011

as Narrator

7.5

Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line

2011

as Narrator

Discovering Hamlet

2011

as Self

7.0

The Ballad of Russell & Julie

2011

as Russell T. Davies / Self

10.0

Come in Number Five

2011

as Presenter

My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen

2011

as Self

How to Train Your Dragon

2010

as Spitelout (voice)

7.9

Doctor Who: The End of Time

2010

as The Doctor

Stealing Shakespeare

2010

as Narrator

Endgame

2009

as Self - Host (uncredited)

5.8

Monty Python in Aberystwyth

2009

as Narrator

Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead

as The Doctor

Hamlet

as Hamlet

St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold

2009

as Captain Lord Pomfrey / Sir Piers Pomfrey

5.6

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars

as The Doctor

Glorious 39

as Hector

The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol

2009

as Ghost of Christmas Present

7.8

Einstein and Eddington

2008

as Arthur Eddington

6.9

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

as The Doctor

Human Footprint

as Narrator (self)

Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres - Doctor Who at the Proms 2008

2008

as The Doctor (Uncredited)

8.8

David Tennant's Video Diary

as Self

Learners

as Chris

Recovery

as Alan Hamilton

Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned

2007

as The Doctor

7.6

Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest

2007

as The Doctor (voice)

6.6

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

2007

as Self

Doctor Who: Time Crash

2007

as The Doctor (10)

7.7

The Friday Night Project - Unleashed

2007

as Guest Host

8.5

The Chatterley Affair

2006

as Richard Hoggart

5.3

Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride

2006

as The Doctor

7.8

Doctor Who: A Celebration

2006

as Self - Host

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

2005

as Barty Crouch Junior

7.8

The Quatermass Experiment

2005

as Doctor Gordon Briscoe

5.5

Sweetnightgoodheart

2005

as Pete

7.1

Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'

2005

Doctor Who:The Christmas Invasion

2005

Doctor Who: A New Dimension

2005

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion

2005

as The Doctor

The Deputy

2004

as Christopher Williams

Old Street

as Mr. Watson

Traffic Warden

as Traffic Warden

Bright Young Things

as Ginger Littlejohn

Nine 1/2 Minutes

as Charlie

The Last September

as Captain Gerald Colthurst

Being Considered

L.A. Without a Map

as Richard

Bite

Jude

as Drunk Undergraduate

Spaces

as Vinny

Biting the Hands

as 3rd Squaddie

Television (119)

The Hack

as Nick Davies

The Genius Game

as The Creator

The Assembly

as Self - Interviewee

5.7

Doctor Who

2024

as The Doctor

6.4

ARK: The Animated Series

2024

as Sir Edmund Rockwell (voice)

8.2

Rivals

2024

as Tony Baddingham

7.2

Doctor Who: Unleashed

2024

as Self - The Doctor

6.6

Rob Beckett's Smart TV

2024

as Self - Guest

5.4

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

as Franklin (voice)

Ahsoka

as Huyang (voice)

Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures

2023

as Huyang (voice)

4.6

Clone High

2023

as David Tennant (voice)

6.6

Doctor Who: Video Commentaries

2023

as Self - The Doctor

5.5

Doctor Who: Video Commentaries

2023

as Self

5.5

Spy in the Ocean, A Nature Miniseries

as Narrator

The Sandman

as Don (voice)

The Legend of Vox Machina

2022

as General Kreig (voice)

Inside Man

as Harry Watling

Chibiverse

as Scrooge McDuck (Voice)

7.0

Litvinenko

2022

as Alexander Litvinenko

7.4

Ant & Dec's Limitless Win

2022

as Self

6.9

Remembers…

2022

as Self

Around the World in 80 Days

as Phileas Fogg

Staged

as David

Des

as Dennis Nilsen

Deadwater Fell

as Tom Kendrick

Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years

2020

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Good Omens

as Crowley

Criminal: UK

as Dr. Edgar Fallon

gen:LOCK

as Dr. Weller (voice)

7.0

Final Space

2018

as Lord Commander (voice)

Hang Ups

as Martin Lamb

There She Goes

as Simon

Camping

as Walt

DuckTales

as Scrooge McDuck (Voice)

7.8

Spy in the Wild

2017

as Himself - Narrator

7.0

Top Gear: Extra Gear

2016

as Self

4.6

Marvel's Jessica Jones

2015

as Kilgrave

7.5

Marvel's Jessica Jones

2015

as Kilgrave

7.5

Dragons: Race to the Edge

2015

as Spitelout (voice)

8.4

Thunderbirds Are Go!

2015

as Tyco Reeves (Voice)

6.2

Off Camera with Sam Jones

as Self

Gracepoint

as Emmett Carver

W1A

as Narrator (voice)

The Real History of Science Fiction

2014

as Himself

7.0

Dolphins: Spy in the Pod

as Narrator

The Last Leg

as Self

Broadchurch

as DI Alec Hardy

Gogglebox

as Self

The Escape Artist

as Will Burton

Spies of Warsaw

as Jean-François Mercier

6.6

Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

2013

as Self

6.4

The Politician's Husband

2013

as Aiden Hoynes

6.8

Penguins: Spy in the Huddle

2013

as Narrator (voice)

8.9

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

as Fugitoid (voice)

DreamWorks Dragons

as Spitelout (voice)

Playhouse Presents

as Will

Tree Fu Tom

as Twigs (voice)

True Love

as Nick

Comedy World Cup

as Host

Shakespeare Uncovered

2012

as Himself

7.5

Wild About Pandas

2012

as Narrator

Twenty Twelve

as Narrator (voice)

Earthflight

Fish Hooks

as Oscar's Brain (voice)

Single Father

as Dave

Ask Rhod Gilbert

as Self

Rex Is Not Your Lawyer

2010

as Rex Alexander

6.0

The National Television Awards Backstage Live

2010

CBeebies Bedtime Stories

2009

as Self

7.7

Live from Studio Five

2009

as Self

3.7

Doctor Who: Dreamland

2009

as The Doctor (voice)

5.3

Doctor Who Greatest Moments

2009

as Self

7.0

Swarm: Nature's Incredible Invasions

2009

as Narrator (voice)

7.3

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

2008

as Huyang (voice)

8.5

The Graham Norton Show

2007

as Self

7.2

The Sarah Jane Adventures

2007

as The Doctor

7.1

Derren Brown: Trick or Treat

as Himself

The One Show

as Self

Totally Doctor Who

as Self

Doctor Who

as The Doctor

Doctor Who

as The Doctor (voice)

7.6

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

as Self

Extras

as David Tennant

Doctor Who Confidential

as Self

Casanova

as Giacomo Casanova

Secret Smile

as Brendan

The Friday Night Project

2005

as Self - Host

5.8

Who Do You Think You Are?

as Self

Big Fat Quiz

as Self - Guest

He Knew He Was Right

as Mr. Gibson

Blackpool

as DI Peter Carlisle

as Self

Spine Chillers

as Dr. Krull

Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka

2003

as Young Custodian (voice) (uncredited)

Top Gear

as Self

Foyle's War

as Theo Howard

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

2002

as Self - Guest Announcer

6.1

Dead Ringers

2002

as Regenerated Tony Blair

5.2

Terri McIntyre - Classy Bitch

2001

as Greig Miller

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

People Like Us

as Rob Harker

Love in the 21st Century

1999

as John

4.0

The Mrs Bradley Mysteries

1998

as Max Valentine

6.9

Duck Patrol

1998

as Simon 'Darwin' Brown

5.0

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

as Self - Presenter

A Mug's Game

Ready, Steady, Cook

as Self - Contestant

Room 101

1994

as Self

6.3

Takin' Over the Asylum

1994

as Campbell

8.3

The Tales of Para Handy

as John MacBryde

GMTV

as Self

Have I Got News for You

as Self - Host

Rab C. Nesbitt

as Davina

The Simpsons

as Pa MacWeldon (voice)

Natural World

as Narrator

Dramarama

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

as Self - Presenter

7.0

Standing By

Crew (9)

Movies (3)

David Tennant's Video Diary

2007

Cinematography

9.3

David Tennant's Video Diary

2007

Director

9.3

David Tennant's Video Diary

2007

Editor

9.3

Television (6)

The Hack

2025

Executive Producer

6.5

Around the World in 80 Days

Executive Producer

Staged

Executive Producer

Des

Executive Producer

Painkiller Jane

Director

Doctor Who Confidential

2005

Director

8.2