David John Tennant (né McDonald; born 18 April 1971) is a Scottish actor. He was the tenth incarnation of the Doctor in the sci-fi series Doctor Who (2005–2010; 2013), returning to the show as the fourteenth incarnation of the character in 2022. His other notable roles include Giacomo Casanova in the comedy-drama serial Casanova (2005), Barty Crouch Jr. in the fantasy film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), Peter Vincent in the horror remake Fright Night (2011), DI Alec Hardy in the crime drama series Broadchurch (2013–2017), Kilgrave in the superhero series Jessica Jones (2015–2019), Crowley in the fantasy series Good Omens (2019–present), Angus in The Loud House Movie (2021), and Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days (2021).
Series | Rex Is Not Your Lawyer | Rex Alexander | 2025 |
Series | Rivals | Tony Baddingham | 2025 |
Series | Have I Got a Bit More News for You | Self - Presenter | 2025 |
Movie | Fuddy Meers | Lisping Man | 2025 |
Series | Standing By | 2025 | |
Series | ARK: The Animated Series | Sir Edmund Rockwell (voice) | 2024-03-21 |
Series | Unknown | The Doctor | 2024-05-11 |
Movie | National Theatre Live: Good | Professor John Halder/Johnny | 2023-04-20 |
Movie | Comic Relief 2023 | Self - Host | 2023-03-17 |
Series | Clone High | David Tennant (voice) | 2023-05-23 |
Series | Spy in the Ocean, A Nature Miniseries | Narrator | 2023-06-04 |
Series | Doctor Who: Unleashed | Self - The Doctor | 2023-11-25 |
Movie | imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me | Self | 2023-12-18 |
Series | Doctor Who: Video Commentaries | Self - The Doctor | 2023-11-25 |
Movie | Doctor Who: The Bedtime Story | The Doctor | 2023-11-23 |
Series | Ahsoka | Huyang (voice) | 2023-08-22 |
Movie | Talking Doctor Who | Self - Presenter | 2023-11-01 |
Movie | Doctor Who Children in Need Special 2023 | The Doctor | 2023-11-17 |
Series | Ant & Dec's Limitless Win | Self | 2022-01-08 |
Series | The Legend of Vox Machina | General Kreig (voice) | 2022-01-27 |
Movie | The Paloni Show! Halloween Special! | Roach Chef (voice) | 2022-10-17 |
Movie | Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers | Scrooge McDuck (voice) | 2022-05-20 |
Movie | Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor | The Doctor | 2022-10-23 |
Series | Litvinenko | Alexander Litvinenko | 2022-12-15 |
Movie | The Amazing Maurice | Dangerous Beans (voice) | 2022-12-16 |
Series | The Sandman | Don (voice) | 2022-08-05 |
Series | Inside Man | Harry Watling | 2022-09-26 |
Movie | Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas | Self | 2021-12-19 |
Movie | The Loud House Movie | Angus (voice) | 2021-08-20 |
Series | Around the World in 80 Days | Phileas Fogg | 2021-12-05 |
Movie | An Audience with Adele | Self | 2021-11-21 |
Series | Deadwater Fell | Tom Kendrick | 2020-01-10 |
Movie | The Big Night In | Mr. Logan | 2020-04-23 |
Movie | The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years | Self | 2020-01-07 |
Series | Staged | David | 2020-06-10 |
Movie | The Real Des: The Dennis Nilsen Story | Narrator (voice) | 2020-09-17 |
Series | Des | Dennis Nilsen | 2020-09-14 |
Series | Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years | Self - Narrator | 2020-08-06 |
Movie | Good Omens: Lockdown | Crowley (voice) | 2020-05-01 |
Movie | Screening | Timothy | 2020-11-20 |
Movie | Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas | Self | 2020-12-24 |
Movie | Our Sarah Jane – Elisabeth Sladen Tribute | Self | 2020-05-04 |
Movie | Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered | Self | 2019-10-30 |
Movie | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Spitelout / Ivar the Whitless (voice) | 2019-01-03 |
Series | Criminal: UK | Dr. Edgar Fallon | 2019-09-20 |
Series | Good Omens | Crowley | 2019-05-31 |
Series | gen:LOCK | Dr. Weller (voice) | 2019-01-26 |
Series | Final Space | Lord Commander (voice) | 2018-02-26 |
Movie | You, Me and Him | John | 2018-02-01 |
Movie | Bad Samaritan | Cale Erendreich | 2018-04-19 |
Movie | The Muppets Take The O2 | Self | 2018-07-13 |
Movie | DuckTales: Destination Adventure! | Scrooge McDuck (voice) | 2018-06-05 |
Series | Camping | Walt | 2018-10-14 |
Series | There She Goes | Simon | 2018-10-16 |
Movie | Mary Queen of Scots | John Knox | 2018-12-07 |
Series | Hang Ups | Martin Lamb | 2018-08-08 |
Movie | Spy in the Snow | Narrator | 2018-12-30 |
Movie | The Highway Rat | The Highway Rat (voice) | 2018-10-10 |
Movie | Mad to Be Normal | RD Laing | 2017-04-06 |
Movie | Ferdinand | Angus (voice) | 2017-12-09 |
Series | DuckTales | Scrooge McDuck (Voice) | 2017-08-12 |
Movie | Proclaimers: This Is the Story | Himself | 2017-06-21 |
Series | Spy in the Wild | Himself - Narrator | 2017-01-12 |
Movie | Shakespeare Live! From the RSC | Self - Host | 2016-04-23 |
Movie | Derren Brown: Pushed to the Edge | Himself | 2016-01-12 |
Movie | Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time | Narrator (Voice UK) | 2015-11-25 |
Movie | A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman | Self - Voice of Charles Darwin | 2015-12-26 |
Series | Marvel's Jessica Jones | Kilgrave (voice) | 2015-11-20 |
Movie | The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One | Self | 2015-11-11 |
Series | Dragons: Race to the Edge | Spitelout (voice) | 2015-06-26 |
Movie | 96 Ways to Say I Love You | Mark | 2015-04-18 |
Series | Thunderbirds Are Go! | Tyco Reeves (Voice) | 2015-04-04 |
Movie | Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Monster Musical | Igor the Door (voice) | 2015-10-09 |
Series | Dolphins: Spy in the Pod | Narrator | 2014-01-02 |
Series | W1A | Narrator (voice) | 2014-03-19 |
Series | Off Camera with Sam Jones | Self | 2014-02-06 |
Movie | Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion | Self / The Doctor (archive footage) | 2014-08-13 |
Series | Gracepoint | Emmett Carver | 2014-10-02 |
Movie | Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison | Self | 2014-08-01 |
Movie | What We Did on Our Holiday | Doug McLeod | 2014-09-26 |
Movie | Wings 3D | Narrator (voice) | 2014-06-17 |
Series | The Real History of Science Fiction | Himself | 2014-04-19 |
Movie | Postman Pat: The Movie | Wilf (voice) | 2014-05-23 |
Movie | Tree Fu Tom - Tree Fu Magic | 2013-02-18 | |
Series | Penguins: Spy in the Huddle | Narrator (voice) | 2013-02-11 |
Series | The Last Leg | Self | 2013-01-25 |
Series | The Politician's Husband | Aiden Hoynes | 2013-04-25 |
Series | Spies of Warsaw | Jean-François Mercier | 2013-01-09 |
Series | Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited | Himself | 2013-01-27 |
Series | Broadchurch | DI Alec Hardy | 2013-03-04 |
Movie | Earthflight | Himself - Narrator | 2013-11-26 |
Movie | Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor | The Doctor (10) | 2013-11-23 |
Movie | The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | Himself | 2013-11-23 |
Series | The Escape Artist | Will Burton | 2013-10-29 |
Movie | Moshi Monsters: The Movie | Newsreader (voice) | 2013-12-20 |
Movie | Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith | 2013-12-25 | |
Movie | Doctor Who Explained | Self | 2013-11-01 |
Movie | Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II | Richard II | 2013-11-13 |
Movie | Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide | Himself | 2013-11-18 |
Movie | Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty | The Doctor (archive footage) | 2013-11-23 |
Movie | The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro | The Doctor (10) | 2013-11-23 |
Series | Wild About Pandas | Narrator | 2012-02-01 |
Movie | Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! | Donald / Roderick Peterson | 2012-01-01 |
Series | Tree Fu Tom | Twigs (voice) | 2012-03-05 |
Movie | The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! | Charles Darwin (voice) | 2012-03-12 |
Series | True Love | Nick | 2012-06-17 |
Series | Comedy World Cup | Host | 2012-09-15 |
Movie | The Science of Doctor Who | The Doctor (archive footage) | 2012-08-04 |
Series | DreamWorks Dragons | Spitelout (voice) | 2012-08-07 |
Movie | Shakespeare's Sonnets | 2012-07-18 | |
Series | Shakespeare Uncovered | Himself | 2012-06-19 |
Movie | So You Want To Be A Pirate! | Charles Darwin | 2012-07-09 |
Series | Twenty Twelve | Narrator (voice) | 2011-03-14 |
Movie | Polar Bear - Spy on the Ice | Narrator | 2011-02-22 |
Movie | Much Ado About Nothing | Benedick | 2011-05-16 |
Movie | United | Jimmy Murphy | 2011-01-02 |
Movie | Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia | Narrator | 2011-01-25 |
Series | Earthflight | 2011-12-29 | |
Movie | Shrek: Once Upon a Time | Self / Narrator | 2011-12-30 |
Movie | Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time | 2011-10-31 | |
Movie | Discovering Hamlet | Self | 2011-11-01 |
Movie | The Decoy Bride | James Arber | 2011-06-06 |
Movie | The Ballad of Russell & Julie | Russell T. Davies / Self | 2011-10-31 |
Movie | The Itch of the Golden Nit | Radio Newsreader / Stretchy McStretch (voice) | 2011-06-28 |
Movie | Fright Night | Peter Vincent | 2011-08-18 |
Movie | Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line | Narrator | 2011-08-29 |
Movie | Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties | Self | 2011-12-17 |
Series | The National Television Awards Backstage Live | Unknown | 2010-01-20 |
Series | Single Father | Dave | 2010-10-10 |
Movie | Stealing Shakespeare | Narrator | 2010-09-06 |
Series | Ask Rhod Gilbert | Unknown | 2010-09-27 |
Series | Fish Hooks | Oscar's Brain (voice) | 2010-09-03 |
Movie | How to Train Your Dragon | Spitelout (voice) | 2010-03-18 |
Series | CBeebies Bedtime Stories | Himself | 2009-03-09 |
Series | Swarm: Nature's Incredible Invasions | Narrator (voice) | 2009-01-04 |
Movie | Doctor Who at the Proms | The Doctor (Uncredited) | 2009-01-01 |
Movie | Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead | The Doctor | 2009-04-11 |
Movie | St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold | Captain Lord Pomfrey / Sir Piers Pomfrey | 2009-12-18 |
Movie | The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol | Ghost of Christmas Present | 2009-12-25 |
Movie | Hamlet | Hamlet | 2009-12-26 |
Movie | The Greatest TV Shows of the Noughties | Self | 2009-12-27 |
Series | Doctor Who: Dreamland | The Doctor (voice) | 2009-11-21 |
Movie | Glorious 39 | Hector | 2009-11-20 |
Series | Live from Studio Five | Self | 2009-09-14 |
Movie | Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars | The Doctor | 2009-11-15 |
Series | Doctor Who Greatest Moments | Himself | 2009-08-20 |
Movie | Midnight | The Doctor (10) | 2008-11-08 |
Movie | Human Footprint | Narrator (self) | 2008-04-13 |
Movie | Doctor Who: The Next Doctor | The Doctor | 2008-12-25 |
Movie | Einstein and Eddington | Arthur Eddington | 2008-11-29 |
Movie | Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres | The Doctor | 2008-07-27 |
Series | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Huyang (voice) | 2008-10-03 |
Movie | The 50 Greatest Television Dramas | Self | 2007-02-03 |
Movie | Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned | The Doctor | 2007-12-25 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self - Guest | 2007-02-22 |
Series | Derren Brown: Trick or Treat | Himself | 2007-04-13 |
Movie | Doctor Who: Time Crash | The Doctor (10) | 2007-11-16 |
Movie | The Friday Night Project - Unleashed | Guest Host | 2007-11-19 |
Movie | Learners | Chris | 2007-11-11 |
Movie | David Tennant's Video Diary | Himself | 2007-11-05 |
Movie | Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest | The Doctor (voice) | 2007-06-30 |
Series | The Sarah Jane Adventures | The Doctor | 2007-09-24 |
Movie | Recovery | Alan Hamilton | 2007-02-25 |
Movie | Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride | The Doctor | 2006-12-25 |
Series | The One Show | Self | 2006-08-14 |
Movie | Free Jimmy | Hamish (voice) | 2006-04-21 |
Movie | The Chatterley Affair | Richard Hoggart | 2006-03-20 |
Series | Totally Doctor Who | Himself | 2006-04-13 |
Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self | 2005-01-03 |
Series | Casanova | Giacomo Casanova | 2005-03-13 |
Movie | The Quatermass Experiment | Doctor Gordon Briscoe | 2005-04-02 |
Series | Secret Smile | Brendan | 2005-12-12 |
Series | Extras | David Tennant | 2005-07-21 |
Series | Doctor Who Confidential | Self | 2005-03-26 |
Movie | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Barty Crouch Junior | 2005-11-16 |
Series | Doctor Who | The Doctor (voice) | 2005-03-26 |
Movie | Sweetnightgoodheart | Pete | 2005-09-05 |
Movie | Old Street | Mr. Watson | 2004-01-01 |
Movie | The Deputy | Christopher Williams | 2004-02-23 |
Series | Big Fat Quiz | Self - Guest | 2004-12-27 |
Series | Blackpool | DI Peter Carlisle | 2004-11-11 |
Series | Who Do You Think You Are? | Self | 2004-10-12 |
Movie | Traffic Warden | Traffic Warden | 2004-08-27 |
Series | He Knew He Was Right | Mr. Gibson | 2004-04-18 |
Series | Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka | Young custodian | 2003-11-13 |
Movie | Bright Young Things | Ginger Littlejohn | 2003-10-03 |
Series | QI | Self | 2003-09-11 |
Series | Spine Chillers | Dr. Krull | 2003-06-23 |
Movie | Nine 1/2 Minutes | Charlie | 2002-12-01 |
Series | Top Gear | Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car | 2002-10-20 |
Series | Foyle's War | Unknown | 2002-10-27 |
Series | Dead Ringers | Regenerated Tony Blair | 2002-11-18 |
Series | Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | Self - Guest Announcer | 2002-06-08 |
Series | Terri McIntyre - Classy Bitch | Greig Miller | 2001-04-06 |
Series | Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) | Unknown | 2000-03-18 |
Movie | Being Considered | 2000-03-01 | |
Movie | The Last September | Captain Gerald Colthurst | 2000-04-28 |
Series | Love in the 21st Century | John | 1999-07-21 |
Series | People Like Us | Rob Harker | 1999-09-20 |
Movie | L.A. Without a Map | Richard | 1999-02-26 |
Series | Duck Patrol | Simon 'Darwin' Brown | 1998-07-19 |
Series | South Park | Unknown | 1997-08-13 |
Series | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Presenter | 1996-11-12 |
Series | A Mug's Game | Unknown | 1996-01-18 |
Movie | Jude | Drunk Undergraduate | 1996-02-06 |
Series | Room 101 | Self | 1994-07-04 |
Series | Takin' Over the Asylum | Campbell | 1994-09-27 |
Series | The Tales of Para Handy | John MacBryde | 1994-07-31 |
Movie | Spaces | Vinny | 1993-01-01 |
Series | GMTV | Self | 1993-01-01 |
Series | Have I Got News for You | Host | 1990-09-28 |
Series | Rab C. Nesbitt | Davina | 1990-09-27 |
Series | The Simpsons | Pa MacWeldon (voice) | 1989-12-17 |
Movie | Biting the Hands | 3rd Squaddie | 1989-04-11 |
Series | Natural World | Narrator | 1983-10-30 |
Series | Dramarama | Unknown | 1983-09-12 |
Series | Doctor Who | Unknown | 1963-11-23 |