David Tennant
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Apr 18, 1971 (55 years old)
Place of Birth
Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, UK
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 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.
Known For
| 2026 | Good Omens 3Crowley | |
| 2026 | Twenty Twenty SixNarrator | |
| 2025 | The Thursday Murder ClubIan | |
| 2025 | MacbethMacbeth | |
| 2025 | Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality WarThe Doctor / The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 2025 | The Genius GameThe Creator | |
| 2025 | The HackNick Davies | |
| 2025 | The AssemblySelf - Interviewee | |
| 2024 | Comic Relief 2024: Funny for MoneySelf | |
| 2024 | Doctor Who at the PromsThe Doctor (14) (10) (archive footage) | |
| 2024 | ARK: The Animated SeriesSir Edmund Rockwell (voice) | |
| 2024 | RivalsTony Baddingham | |
| 2024 | Rob Beckett's Smart TVSelf - Guest | |
| 2024 | Doctor WhoThe Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 2023 | Comic Relief 2023Self - Host | |
| 2023 | Talking Doctor WhoSelf - Presenter | |
| 2023 | Doctor Who Children in Need Special 2023The Doctor | |
| 2023 | Doctor Who: The Bedtime StoryThe Doctor | |
| 2023 | imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and MeSelf | |
| 2023 | National Theatre Live: GoodProfessor John Halder/Johnny | |
| 2023 | Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary SpecialsThe Doctor (archive footage) | |
| 2023 | Doctor Who: Recollections with Russell and DavidSelf | |
| 2023 | AhsokaHuyang (voice) | |
| 2023 | Clone HighDavid Tennant (voice) | |
| 2023 | Spy in the Ocean, A Nature MiniseriesNarrator | |
| 2023 | Doctor Who: Video CommentariesSelf - The Doctor | |
| 2023 | Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil DinosaurFranklin (voice) | |
| 2023 | Doctor Who: Video CommentariesSelf | |
| 2023 | Star Wars: Young Jedi AdventuresHuyang (voice) | |
| 2022 | The Amazing MauriceDangerous Beans (voice) | |
| 2022 | Chip 'n Dale: Rescue RangersScrooge McDuck (voice) | |
| 2022 | The Paloni Show! Halloween Special!Roach Chef (voice) | |
| 2022 | Doctor Who: The Power of the DoctorThe Doctor | |
| 2022 | The Legend of Vox MachinaGeneral Kreig (voice) | |
| 2022 | The SandmanDon (voice) | |
| 2022 | Inside ManHarry Watling | |
| 2022 | Ant & Dec's Limitless WinSelf | |
| 2022 | ChibiverseScrooge McDuck (Voice) | |
| 2022 | LitvinenkoAlexander Litvinenko | |
| 2022 | Remembers…Self | |
| 2021 | An Audience with AdeleSelf | |
| 2021 | Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for ChristmasSelf | |
| 2021 | The Loud House MovieAngus (voice) | |
| 2021 | Around the World in 80 DaysPhileas Fogg | |
| 2020 | The Big Night InMr. Logan | |
| 2020 | Heart to HeartHeart | |
| 2020 | The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 YearsSelf | |
| 2020 | Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth SladenSelf | |
| 2020 | Good Omens: LockdownCrowley (voice) | |
| 2020 | The Real Des: The Dennis Nilsen StoryNarrator (voice) | |
| 2020 | ScreeningTimothy | |
| 2020 | Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for ChristmasSelf | |
| 2020 | The Big Night InSelf | |
| 2020 | Red Dwarf: The First Three Million YearsSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2020 | Deadwater FellTom Kendrick | |
| 2020 | DesDennis Nilsen | |
| 2020 | StagedDavid | |
| 2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden WorldSpitelout / Ivar the Whitless (voice) | |
| 2019 | Children In Need 2019: Got It CoveredSelf | |
| 2019 | Good OmensCrowley | |
| 2019 | gen:LOCKDr. Weller (voice) | |
| 2019 | Criminal: UKDr. Edgar Fallon | |
| 2018 | Spy in the SnowNarrator | |
| 2018 | You, Me and HimJohn | |
| 2018 | Mary Queen of ScotsJohn Knox | |
| 2018 | Bad SamaritanCale Erendreich | |
| 2018 | The Highway RatThe Highway Rat (voice) | |
| 2018 | DuckTales: Destination Adventure!Scrooge McDuck (voice) | |
| 2018 | The Muppets Take The O2Self | |
| 2018 | Final SpaceLord Commander (voice) | |
| 2018 | CampingWalt | |
| 2018 | There She GoesSimon | |
| 2018 | Hang UpsMartin Lamb | |
| 2017 | Mad to Be NormalRD Laing | |
| 2017 | FerdinandAngus (voice) | |
| 2017 | Proclaimers: This Is the StorySelf | |
| 2017 | Fireman Sam: Alien Alert! The MovieBuck Douglas (voice) | |
| 2017 | Spy in the WildHimself - Narrator | |
| 2017 | DuckTalesScrooge McDuck (Voice) | |
| 2016 | Shakespeare Live! From the RSCSelf - Host | |
| 2016 | Derren Brown: Pushed to the EdgeHimself | |
| 2016 | Top Gear: Extra GearSelf | |
| 2015 | Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Monster MusicalIgor the Door (voice) | |
| 2015 | A Grand Night In: The Story of AardmanSelf - Voice of Charles Darwin | |
| 2015 | 96 Ways to Say I Love YouMark | |
| 2015 | Dames of Classic Drama at the BBCNarrator | |
| 2015 | Knights of Classic Drama at the BBCNarrator | |
| 2015 | Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and TimeNarrator (Voice UK) | |
| 2015 | The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number OneSelf | |
| 2015 | Doctor Who: The Husbands of River SongThe Doctor (10) (picture) (uncredited) | |
| 2015 | Dragons: Race to the EdgeSpitelout (voice) | |
| 2015 | Marvel's Jessica JonesKilgrave | |
| 2015 | Thunderbirds Are Go!Tyco Reeves (Voice) | |
| 2015 | Marvel's Jessica JonesKilgrave (voice) | |
| 2014 | Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter DavisonSelf | |
| 2014 | Postman Pat: The MovieWilf (voice) | |
| 2014 | What We Did on Our HolidayDoug McLeod | |
| 2014 | Wings 3DNarrator (voice) | |
| 2014 | Doctor Who: The Ultimate CompanionSelf / The Doctor (archive footage) | |
| 2014 | GracepointEmmett Carver | |
| 2014 | W1ANarrator (voice) | |
| 2014 | Dolphins: Spy in the PodNarrator | |
| 2014 | The Real History of Science FictionHimself | |
| 2014 | Off Camera with Sam JonesSelf | |
| 2013 | Doctor Who Live: The AfterpartyThe Doctor (archive footage) | |
| 2013 | Doctor Who ExplainedSelf | |
| 2013 | Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith | |
| 2013 | EarthflightHimself - Narrator | |
| 2013 | The Five(ish) Doctors RebootSelf | |
| 2013 | RSC Live: Richard IIRichard II | |
| 2013 | The Day of the Doctor: Cinema IntroThe Doctor (10) | |
| 2013 | Doctor Who: The Day of the DoctorThe Doctor (10) | |
| 2013 | Doctor Who: The Ultimate GuideSelf | |
| 2013 | Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDISSelf | |
| 2013 | BroadchurchDI Alec Hardy | |
| 2013 | The Politician's HusbandAiden Hoynes | |
| 2013 | The Escape ArtistWill Burton | |
| 2013 | The Last LegSelf | |
| 2013 | Penguins: Spy in the HuddleNarrator (voice) | |
| 2013 | Doctor Who: The Doctors RevisitedSelf | |
| 2013 | Spies of WarsawJean-François Mercier | |
| 2013 | GoggleboxSelf | |
| 2012 | The Science of Doctor WhoThe Doctor (archive footage) | |
| 2012 | The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!Charles Darwin (voice) | |
| 2012 | Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger!Donald / Roderick Peterson | |
| 2012 | So You Want To Be A Pirate!Charles Darwin | |
| 2012 | Shakespeare's Sonnets | |
| 2012 | DreamWorks DragonsSpitelout (voice) | |
| 2012 | Comedy World CupHost | |
| 2012 | Wild About PandasNarrator | |
| 2012 | Shakespeare UncoveredHimself | |
| 2012 | True LoveNick | |
| 2012 | Tree Fu TomTwigs (voice) | |
| 2012 | Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesFugitoid (voice) | |
| 2012 | DreamWorks DragonsSpitelout (voice) | |
| 2012 | Playhouse PresentsWill | |
| 2011 | The Decoy BrideJames Arber | |
| 2011 | UnitedJimmy Murphy | |
| 2011 | Polar Bear: Spy on the IceNarrator | |
| 2011 | Fright NightPeter Vincent | |
| 2011 | The Ballad of Russell & JulieRussell T. Davies / Self | |
| 2011 | Catherine Tate: Laughing at the NoughtiesSelf | |
| 2011 | The Itch of the Golden NitRadio Newsreader / Stretchy McStretch (voice) | |
| 2011 | Much Ado About NothingBenedick | |
| 2011 | Discovering HamletSelf | |
| 2011 | Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of AustraliaNarrator | |
| 2011 | Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time | |
| 2011 | Shrek: Once Upon a TimeSelf / Narrator | |
| 2011 | Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the LineNarrator | |
| 2011 | Come in Number FivePresenter | |
| 2011 | My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth SladenSelf | |
| 2011 | Earthflight | |
| 2011 | Twenty TwelveNarrator (voice) | |
| 2010 | Stealing ShakespeareNarrator | |
| 2010 | How to Train Your DragonSpitelout (voice) | |
| 2010 | Doctor Who: The End of TimeThe Doctor | |
| 2010 | The National Television Awards Backstage Live | |
| 2010 | Ask Rhod GilbertSelf | |
| 2010 | Single FatherDave | |
| 2010 | Rex Is Not Your LawyerRex Alexander | |
| 2010 | Fish HooksOscar's Brain (voice) | |
| 2009 | HamletHamlet | |
| 2009 | Glorious 39Hector | |
| 2009 | St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's GoldCaptain Lord Pomfrey / Sir Piers Pomfrey | |
| 2009 | Doctor Who: The Waters of MarsThe Doctor | |
| 2009 | Doctor Who: Planet of the DeadThe Doctor | |
| 2009 | The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas CarolGhost of Christmas Present | |
| 2009 | Monty Python in AberystwythNarrator | |
| 2009 | EndgameSelf - Host (uncredited) | |
| 2009 | Doctor Who: DreamlandThe Doctor (voice) | |
| 2009 | Live from Studio FiveSelf | |
| 2009 | Doctor Who Greatest MomentsSelf | |
| 2009 | CBeebies Bedtime StoriesSelf | |
| 2009 | Swarm: Nature's Incredible InvasionsNarrator (voice) | |
| 2009 | CBeebies Bedtime StoriesFourteenth Doctor | |
| 2008 | Einstein and EddingtonArthur Eddington | |
| 2008 | Human FootprintNarrator (self) | |
| 2008 | Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres - Doctor Who at the Proms 2008The Doctor (Uncredited) | |
| 2008 | Doctor Who: The Next DoctorThe Doctor | |
| 2008 | Star Wars: The Clone WarsHuyang (voice) | |
| 2007 | The 50 Greatest Television DramasSelf | |
| 2007 | David Tennant's Video DiarySelf | |
| 2007 | LearnersChris | |
| 2007 | Doctor Who: Voyage of the DamnedThe Doctor | |
| 2007 | RecoveryAlan Hamilton | |
| 2007 | Doctor Who: Time CrashThe Doctor (10) | |
| 2007 | Doctor Who: The Infinite QuestThe Doctor (voice) | |
| 2007 | The Friday Night Project - UnleashedSelf - Guest Host | |
| 2007 | The Sarah Jane AdventuresThe Doctor | |
| 2007 | Derren Brown: Trick or TreatHimself | |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton ShowSelf | |
| 2006 | Doctor Who: The Runaway BrideThe Doctor | |
| 2006 | The Chatterley AffairRichard Hoggart | |
| 2006 | Doctor Who: A CelebrationSelf - Host | |
| 2006 | Totally Doctor WhoSelf | |
| 2006 | The One ShowSelf | |
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireBarty Crouch Junior | |
| 2005 | The Quatermass ExperimentDoctor Gordon Briscoe | |
| 2005 | SweetnightgoodheartPete | |
| 2005 | Doctor Who: A New DimensionSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2005 | Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment' | |
| 2005 | Doctor Who:The Christmas Invasion | |
| 2005 | CasanovaGiacomo Casanova | |
| 2005 | Doctor WhoDoctor (10) | |
| 2005 | Doctor WhoThe Doctor | |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonSelf | |
| 2005 | Secret SmileBrendan | |
| 2005 | Doctor Who ConfidentialSelf | |
| 2005 | The Friday Night ProjectSelf - Host | |
| 2004 | Traffic WardenTraffic Warden | |
| 2004 | Old StreetMr. Watson | |
| 2004 | The DeputyChristopher Williams | |
| 2004 | BlackpoolDI Peter Carlisle | |
| 2004 | Who Do You Think You Are?Self | |
| 2004 | Big Fat QuizSelf - Guest | |
| 2004 | He Knew He Was RightMr Gibson | |
| 2003 | Bright Young ThingsGinger Littlejohn | |
| 2003 | QISelf | |
| 2003 | Spine ChillersDr. Krull | |
| 2003 | Doctor Who: Scream of the ShalkaYoung Custodian (voice) (uncredited) | |
| 2002 | Nine 1/2 MinutesCharlie | |
| 2002 | Top GearSelf | |
| 2002 | Foyle's WarTheo Howard | |
| 2002 | Ant & Dec's Saturday Night TakeawaySelf - Guest Announcer | |
| 2002 | Dead RingersRegenerated Tony Blair | |
| 2001 | Terri McIntyre - Classy BitchGreig Miller | |
| 2000 | The Last SeptemberCaptain Gerald Colthurst | |
| 2000 | Being Considered | |
| 2000 | Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) | |
| 1999 | L.A. Without a MapRichard | |
| 1999 | Love in the 21st CenturyJohn | |
| 1999 | People Like UsRob Harker | |
| 1998 | Duck PatrolSimon 'Darwin' Brown | |
| 1998 | The Mrs Bradley MysteriesMax Valentine | |
| 1997 | Bite | |
| 1996 | JudeDrunk Undergraduate | |
| 1996 | A Mug's Game | |
| 1996 | Never Mind the BuzzcocksSelf - Presenter | |
| 1994 | Takin' Over the AsylumCampbell | |
| 1994 | The Tales of Para HandyJohn MacBryde | |
| 1994 | Room 101Self | |
| 1994 | Ready, Steady, CookSelf - Contestant | |
| 1993 | SpacesVinny | |
| 1993 | GMTVSelf | |
| 1990 | Have I Got News for YouSelf - Host | |
| 1990 | Rab C. NesbittDavina | |
| 1989 | Biting the Hands3rd Squaddie | |
| 1989 | The SimpsonsPa MacWeldon (voice) | |
| 1983 | Dramarama | |
| 1983 | Natural WorldNarrator | |
| - | The Wind in the WillowsBasil | |
| - | Have I Got a Bit More News for YouSelf - Presenter | |
| - | Standing By |
| 2025 | The HackExecutive Producer | |
| 2021 | Around the World in 80 DaysExecutive Producer | |
| 2020 | DesExecutive Producer | |
| 2020 | StagedExecutive Producer |
| 2007 | David Tennant's Video DiaryDirector | |
| 2007 | Painkiller JaneDirector | |
| 2005 | Doctor Who ConfidentialDirector |
| 2007 | David Tennant's Video DiaryCinematography |