David Tennant
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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- Born:
- Apr 18, 1971 In Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 246
- First Appeared:
- In the series Standing By
- Latest Project:
- Series Have I Got a Bit More News for You 2026
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Standing By | 2026 | |
| Series | Have I Got a Bit More News for You | Self - Presenter | 2026 |
| Movie | The Minor Character | Will | 2026 |
| Movie | Macbeth | Macbeth | 2025-02-05 |
| Series | The Assembly | Self - Interviewee | 2025-04-26 |
| Series | The Genius Game | The Creator | 2025-04-30 |
| Series | The Hack | Nick Davies | 2025-09-24 |
| Movie | The Thursday Murder Club | Ian | 2025-08-22 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War | The Doctor / The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2025-05-31 |
| Movie | Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money | Self | 2024-03-15 |
| Series | Rob Beckett's Smart TV | Self - Guest | 2024-02-29 |
| Series | ARK: The Animated Series | Sir Edmund Rockwell (voice) | 2024-03-21 |
| Series | Doctor Who: Unleashed | Self - The Doctor | 2024-05-11 |
| Series | Doctor Who | The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2024-05-11 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour | The Doctor (10) (picture) (uncredited) | 2024-12-23 |
| Movie | Doctor Who at the Proms | The Doctor (14) (10) (archive footage) | 2024-12-24 |
| Series | Rivals | Tony Baddingham | 2024-10-18 |
| Series | Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures | Huyang (voice) | 2023-05-04 |
| Series | Clone High | David Tennant (voice) | 2023-05-23 |
| Movie | National Theatre Live: Good | Professor John Halder/Johnny | 2023-04-20 |
| Movie | Comic Relief 2023 | Self - Host | 2023-03-17 |
| Series | Spy in the Ocean, A Nature Miniseries | Narrator | 2023-06-04 |
| Series | Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur | Franklin (voice) | 2023-02-10 |
| Movie | imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me | Self | 2023-12-18 |
| Series | Ahsoka | Huyang (voice) | 2023-08-22 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials | The Doctor (archive footage) | 2023-12-18 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Bedtime Story | The Doctor | 2023-11-23 |
| Series | Doctor Who: Video Commentaries | Self - The Doctor | 2023-11-25 |
| Movie | Doctor Who Children in Need Special 2023 | The Doctor | 2023-11-17 |
| Movie | Talking Doctor Who | Self - Presenter | 2023-11-01 |
| Movie | Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers | Scrooge McDuck (voice) | 2022-05-20 |
| Series | The Legend of Vox Machina | General Kreig (voice) | 2022-01-27 |
| Series | Chibiverse | Scrooge McDuck (Voice) | 2022-07-30 |
| Series | Ant & Dec's Limitless Win | Self | 2022-01-08 |
| Series | Inside Man | Harry Watling | 2022-09-26 |
| Series | Litvinenko | Alexander Litvinenko | 2022-12-15 |
| Series | The Sandman | Don (voice) | 2022-08-05 |
| Movie | The Paloni Show! Halloween Special! | Roach Chef (voice) | 2022-10-16 |
| Movie | The Amazing Maurice | Dangerous Beans (voice) | 2022-12-16 |
| Movie | An Audience with Adele | Self | 2021-11-21 |
| Movie | The Loud House Movie | Angus (voice) | 2021-08-20 |
| Movie | Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas | Self | 2021-12-19 |
| Series | Around the World in 80 Days | Phileas Fogg | 2021-12-05 |
| Movie | The Big Night In | Mr. Logan | 2020-04-23 |
| Movie | Heart to Heart | Heart | 2020-03-16 |
| Series | Deadwater Fell | Tom Kendrick | 2020-01-10 |
| Movie | The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years | Self | 2020-01-07 |
| Movie | Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth Sladen | Self | 2020-05-04 |
| Movie | Good Omens: Lockdown | Crowley (voice) | 2020-05-01 |
| Movie | Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas | Self | 2020-12-24 |
| Series | Staged | David | 2020-06-10 |
| Movie | Screening | Timothy | 2020-11-20 |
| Movie | The Real Des: The Dennis Nilsen Story | Narrator (voice) | 2020-09-17 |
| Series | Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2020-08-06 |
| Series | Des | Dennis Nilsen | 2020-09-14 |
| Series | gen:LOCK | Dr. Weller (voice) | 2019-01-26 |
| Movie | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Spitelout / Ivar the Whitless (voice) | 2019-01-03 |
| Series | Good Omens | Crowley | 2019-05-31 |
| Series | Criminal: UK | Dr. Edgar Fallon | 2019-09-20 |
| Movie | Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered | Self | 2019-10-30 |
| Movie | Bad Samaritan | Cale Erendreich | 2018-04-19 |
| Movie | DuckTales: Destination Adventure! | Scrooge McDuck (voice) | 2018-06-05 |
| Movie | You, Me and Him | John | 2018-02-01 |
| Movie | The Muppets Take The O2 | Self | 2018-07-13 |
| Series | Final Space | Lord Commander (voice) | 2018-02-26 |
| Series | Camping | Walt | 2018-10-14 |
| Movie | Mary Queen of Scots | John Knox | 2018-12-07 |
| Series | Hang Ups | Martin Lamb | 2018-08-08 |
| Series | There She Goes | Simon | 2018-10-16 |
| Movie | The Highway Rat | The Highway Rat (voice) | 2018-10-10 |
| Movie | Spy in the Snow | Narrator | 2018-12-30 |
| Series | Spy in the Wild | Himself - Narrator | 2017-01-12 |
| Movie | Mad to Be Normal | RD Laing | 2017-04-06 |
| Movie | Fireman Sam: Alien Alert! The Movie | Buck Douglas (voice) | 2017-01-05 |
| Movie | Ferdinand | Angus (voice) | 2017-12-09 |
| Movie | Proclaimers: This Is the Story | Self | 2017-06-21 |
| Series | DuckTales | Scrooge McDuck (Voice) | 2017-08-12 |
| Movie | Shakespeare Live! From the RSC | Self - Host | 2016-04-23 |
| Series | Top Gear: Extra Gear | Self | 2016-05-29 |
| Movie | Derren Brown: Pushed to the Edge | Himself | 2016-01-12 |
| Movie | Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Monster Musical | Igor the Door (voice) | 2015-10-09 |
| Series | Dragons: Race to the Edge | Spitelout (voice) | 2015-06-26 |
| Movie | Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC | Narrator | 2015-11-01 |
| Series | Thunderbirds Are Go! | Tyco Reeves (Voice) | 2015-04-04 |
| Movie | 96 Ways to Say I Love You | Mark | 2015-04-18 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song | The Doctor (10) (picture) (uncredited) | 2015-12-25 |
| Movie | Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC | Narrator | 2015-11-08 |
| 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 | The Real History of Science Fiction | Himself | 2014-04-19 |
| Series | W1A | Narrator (voice) | 2014-03-19 |
| Series | Dolphins: Spy in the Pod | Narrator | 2014-01-02 |
| Series | Off Camera with Sam Jones | Self | 2014-02-06 |
| Movie | Postman Pat: The Movie | Wilf (voice) | 2014-05-23 |
| Movie | Wings 3D | Narrator (voice) | 2014-06-17 |
| Movie | What We Did on Our Holiday | Doug McLeod | 2014-09-26 |
| Series | Gracepoint | Emmett Carver | 2014-10-02 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison | Self | 2014-08-01 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion | Self / The Doctor (archive footage) | 2014-08-13 |
| Series | Broadchurch | DI Alec Hardy | 2013-03-04 |
| Series | The Politician's Husband | Aiden Hoynes | 2013-04-25 |
| Series | The Escape Artist | Will Burton | 2013-10-29 |
| Movie | Tree Fu Tom - Tree Fu Magic | Unknown | 2013-02-18 |
| Series | The Last Leg | Self | 2013-01-25 |
| Series | Spies of Warsaw | Jean-François Mercier | 2013-01-09 |
| Series | Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited | Self | 2013-01-27 |
| Series | Penguins: Spy in the Huddle | Narrator (voice) | 2013-02-11 |
| Movie | Doctor Who Explained | Self | 2013-11-01 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor | The Doctor (10) | 2013-11-23 |
| Movie | Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II | Richard II | 2013-11-13 |
| Movie | Moshi Monsters: The Movie | Newsreader (voice) | 2013-12-20 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith | 2013-12-25 | |
| Movie | The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | Self | 2013-11-23 |
| Movie | Earthflight | Himself - Narrator | 2013-11-26 |
| Movie | Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty | The Doctor (archive footage) | 2013-11-23 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS | Self | 2013-11-18 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide | Self | 2013-11-18 |
| Movie | The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro | The Doctor (10) | 2013-11-23 |
| Series | True Love | Nick | 2012-06-17 |
| Movie | The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! | Charles Darwin (voice) | 2012-03-12 |
| Series | Wild About Pandas | Narrator | 2012-02-01 |
| Series | Tree Fu Tom | Twigs (voice) | 2012-03-05 |
| Series | Shakespeare Uncovered | Himself | 2012-06-19 |
| Series | DreamWorks Dragons | Spitelout (voice) | 2012-08-07 |
| Series | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Fugitoid (voice) | 2012-09-28 |
| Movie | Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! | Donald / Roderick Peterson | 2012-11-23 |
| Series | Comedy World Cup | Host | 2012-09-15 |
| Movie | So You Want To Be A Pirate! | Charles Darwin | 2012-07-09 |
| Movie | The Science of Doctor Who | The Doctor (archive footage) | 2012-08-04 |
| Movie | Shakespeare's Sonnets | 2012-07-18 | |
| Movie | Much Ado About Nothing | Benedick | 2011-05-16 |
| Movie | The Decoy Bride | James Arber | 2011-06-06 |
| Movie | Come in Number Five | Presenter | 2011-03-28 |
| Movie | Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia | Narrator | 2011-01-25 |
| Movie | The Itch of the Golden Nit | Radio Newsreader / Stretchy McStretch (voice) | 2011-06-28 |
| Movie | United | Jimmy Murphy | 2011-01-02 |
| Movie | Polar Bear - Spy on the Ice | Narrator | 2011-02-22 |
| Series | Twenty Twelve | Narrator (voice) | 2011-03-14 |
| Movie | Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties | Self | 2011-12-17 |
| Series | Earthflight | 2011-12-29 | |
| Movie | Fright Night | Peter Vincent | 2011-08-18 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time | 2011-10-31 | |
| Movie | Discovering Hamlet | Self | 2011-11-01 |
| Movie | Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line | Narrator | 2011-08-29 |
| Movie | The Ballad of Russell & Julie | Russell T. Davies / Self | 2011-10-31 |
| Movie | Shrek: Once Upon a Time | Self / Narrator | 2011-12-30 |
| Series | Rex Is Not Your Lawyer | Rex Alexander | 2010-01-24 |
| Series | The National Television Awards Backstage Live | Unknown | 2010-01-20 |
| Movie | How to Train Your Dragon | Spitelout (voice) | 2010-03-18 |
| Series | Fish Hooks | Oscar's Brain (voice) | 2010-09-03 |
| Movie | Stealing Shakespeare | Narrator | 2010-09-06 |
| Series | Single Father | Dave | 2010-10-10 |
| Series | Ask Rhod Gilbert | Self | 2010-09-27 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead | The Doctor | 2009-04-11 |
| Movie | Monty Python in Aberystwyth | Narrator | 2009-05-12 |
| Series | CBeebies Bedtime Stories | Self | 2009-03-09 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres - Doctor Who at the Proms 2008 | The Doctor (Uncredited) | 2009-01-01 |
| Series | Doctor Who Greatest Moments | Self | 2009-08-20 |
| Series | Swarm: Nature's Incredible Invasions | Narrator (voice) | 2009-01-04 |
| Movie | Endgame | Self - Host (uncredited) | 2009-01-18 |
| Movie | The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol | Ghost of Christmas Present | 2009-12-25 |
| Movie | The Greatest TV Shows of the Noughties | Self | 2009-12-27 |
| Series | Live from Studio Five | Self | 2009-09-14 |
| Movie | Hamlet | Hamlet | 2009-12-26 |
| Movie | St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold | Captain Lord Pomfrey / Sir Piers Pomfrey | 2009-12-18 |
| Series | Doctor Who: Dreamland | The Doctor (voice) | 2009-11-21 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars | The Doctor | 2009-11-15 |
| Movie | Glorious 39 | Hector | 2009-11-20 |
| Movie | Human Footprint | Narrator (self) | 2008-04-13 |
| Movie | Einstein and Eddington | Arthur Eddington | 2008-11-29 |
| Series | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Huyang (voice) | 2008-10-03 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Next Doctor | The Doctor | 2008-12-25 |
| Series | Derren Brown: Trick or Treat | Himself | 2007-04-13 |
| Movie | Recovery | Alan Hamilton | 2007-02-25 |
| Movie | The 50 Greatest Television Dramas | Self | 2007-02-03 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest | The Doctor (voice) | 2007-06-30 |
| Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007-02-22 |
| Movie | The Friday Night Project - Unleashed | Guest Host | 2007-11-19 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned | The Doctor | 2007-12-25 |
| Series | The Sarah Jane Adventures | The Doctor | 2007-09-24 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Time Crash | The Doctor (10) | 2007-11-16 |
| Movie | Learners | Chris | 2007-11-11 |
| Movie | David Tennant's Video Diary | Self | 2007-11-05 |
| Movie | The Chatterley Affair | Richard Hoggart | 2006-03-20 |
| Series | Totally Doctor Who | Self | 2006-04-13 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: A Celebration | Self - Host | 2006-11-19 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride | The Doctor | 2006-12-25 |
| Movie | Free Jimmy | Hamish (voice) | 2006-04-21 |
| Series | The One Show | Self | 2006-08-14 |
| Series | Doctor Who Confidential | Self | 2005-03-26 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: A New Dimension | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2005-03-26 |
| Series | The Friday Night Project | Self - Host | 2005-02-04 |
| Series | Doctor Who | The Doctor | 2005-03-26 |
| Series | Casanova | Giacomo Casanova | 2005-03-13 |
| Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self | 2005-01-03 |
| Series | Secret Smile | Brendan | 2005-12-12 |
| Movie | The Quatermass Experiment | Doctor Gordon Briscoe | 2005-04-02 |
| Movie | Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment' | Unknown | 2005-10-24 |
| Movie | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Barty Crouch Junior | 2005-11-16 |
| Series | Extras | David Tennant | 2005-07-21 |
| Movie | Sweetnightgoodheart | Pete | 2005-09-05 |
| Movie | The Deputy | Christopher Williams | 2004-02-23 |
| Movie | Old Street | Mr. Watson | 2004-01-01 |
| Series | He Knew He Was Right | Mr. Gibson | 2004-04-18 |
| Movie | Traffic Warden | Traffic Warden | 2004-08-27 |
| Series | Who Do You Think You Are? | Self | 2004-10-12 |
| Series | Big Fat Quiz | Self - Guest | 2004-12-27 |
| Series | Blackpool | DI Peter Carlisle | 2004-11-11 |
| Series | Spine Chillers | Dr. Krull | 2003-06-23 |
| Movie | Bright Young Things | Ginger Littlejohn | 2003-10-03 |
| Series | QI | Self | 2003-09-11 |
| Series | Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka | Young Custodian (voice) (uncredited) | 2003-11-13 |
| Series | Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | Self - Guest Announcer | 2002-06-08 |
| Series | Top Gear | Self | 2002-10-20 |
| Series | Foyle's War | Theo Howard | 2002-10-27 |
| Series | Dead Ringers | Regenerated Tony Blair | 2002-11-18 |
| Movie | Nine 1/2 Minutes | Charlie | 2002-12-01 |
| Series | Terri McIntyre - Classy Bitch | Greig Miller | 2001-04-06 |
| Movie | Being Considered | 2000-03-01 | |
| Movie | The Last September | Captain Gerald Colthurst | 2000-04-28 |
| Series | Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) | Unknown | 2000-03-18 |
| Movie | L.A. Without a Map | Richard | 1999-02-26 |
| Series | Love in the 21st Century | John | 1999-07-21 |
| Series | People Like Us | Rob Harker | 1999-09-20 |
| Series | The Mrs Bradley Mysteries | Max Valentine | 1998-08-31 |
| Series | Duck Patrol | Simon 'Darwin' Brown | 1998-07-19 |
| Movie | Bite | 1997-08-18 | |
| Series | South Park | Unknown | 1997-08-13 |
| Series | A Mug's Game | Unknown | 1996-01-18 |
| Movie | Jude | Drunk Undergraduate | 1996-02-06 |
| Series | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Self - Presenter | 1996-11-12 |
| Series | Ready, Steady, Cook | Self - Contestant | 1994-10-24 |
| Series | Room 101 | Self | 1994-07-04 |
| Series | The Tales of Para Handy | John MacBryde | 1994-07-31 |
| Series | Takin' Over the Asylum | Campbell | 1994-09-27 |
| Series | GMTV | Self | 1993-01-01 |
| Movie | Spaces | Vinny | 1993-01-01 |
| Series | Have I Got News for You | Self - 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 |