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Christopher Eccleston

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Feb 16, 1964 (62 years old)

Place of Birth

Salford, Lancashire, England, UK

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

Acting
2026UnchosenMr Phillps
2025Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality WarDoctor Who (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024Young Woman and the SeaJabez Wolffe
2024An Angel on Oxford StreetSaul (voice)
2024Doctor Who at the PromsThe Doctor (9) (archive footage)
2024Whispers of FreedomHerbert Köfer
2024The Guilty Innocent with Christopher EcclestonPresenter
2023The Kemps: All GoldLuke Dunmore
2023Dodger Special: CoronationFagin
2023Dodger Special: Bad EggFagin
2022My Name Is LeonMr. Devlin
2022Dodger Special: TrainFagin
2022Dodger Special: ChristmasFagin
2022DodgerFagin
2022The ReadNarrator
2022Remembers…Self
2021Robbo: The Bryan Robson StorySelf
2021Set the Night on Fire: The Story of Ewan MacCollSelf
2021Close to MeRob Harding
2020The HourHimself
2020A Year in the Life of a Year 2019Himself
2020Endless
2020The Kemps: All TrueSelf
2020The Romantics and Us with Simon SchamaSelf
2018Where Hands TouchHeinz
2018Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)Harvey
2018King LearOswald
2018RSC Live: MacbethMacbeth
2018The Flu That Killed 50 MillionNarrator
2018Come HomeGreg Farrell
2017Manchester: 100 Days After The AttackVoice
2016The Last MinersNarrator (voice)
2016The Last MinersNarrator (Voice)
2016The A WordMaurice Scott
2016AmbulanceSelf - Narrator
2015LegendLeonard 'Nipper' Read
2015Doctor Who: The Husbands of River SongThe Doctor (9) (picture) (uncredited)
2015Safe HouseRobert
2015Danger MouseJ. Woolington Sham (voice)
2015FortitudeProfessor Charlie Stoddart
2014Richard III: The New EvidenceNarrator
2014The LeftoversMatt Jamison
2014True DetectiveCaptain Ted Connelly
2013Thor: The Dark WorldMalekith
2013Doctor Who: The Day of the DoctorThe Doctor (9) (archive footage)
2013EmilyJames
2013When Coal Was KingNarrator
2013Muse of FireSelf
2013National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013LucanJohn Aspinall
2013LucanJohn Aspinall
2013Doctor Who: The Doctors RevisitedSelf
2012Song for MarionJames
2012When Wrestling Was Golden: Grapples, Grunts and GranniesNarrator
2012National Theatre Live: AntigoneCreon, King of Thebes
2012BlackoutDaniel Demoys
2011The BorrowersPod Clock
2011The Shadow LineJoseph Bede
2010Lennon NakedJohn Lennon
2010AccusedWilly Houlihan
2009AmeliaFred Noonan
2009G.I. Joe: The Rise of CobraMcCullen / Destro
2009The Happiness SalesmanSalesman
2008New Orleans, Mon AmourHenry
2008Doctor Who: The Next DoctorThe Doctor (9) (archive footage)
2007The Seeker: The Dark Is RisingThe Rider
2007The Sarah Silverman Program.Dr. Lazer Rage
2006Perfect ParentsStuart
2006Best Ever Muppet MomentsSelf
2006HeroesClaude
2005Doctor Who: A New DimensionSelf
2005Einstein's Big IdeaNarrator (voice)
2005The Dark Side of Porn: Porn Shutdown
2005Doctor WhoDoctor (9)
2005Doctor WhoDoctor Who
2005Doctor Who ConfidentialSelf
2005Doctor Who 9: Christopher EcclestonDoctor Who
2004Bible MysteriesNarrator
2004The Paul O'Grady Show
2003The Importance of Being MorrisseyNarrator
2003The Second ComingStephen Baxter
2003The Second ComingStephen Baxter
200228 Days LaterMajor Henry West
2002Revengers TragedyVindici
2002I Am DinaLeo Zhukovsky
2002The King and UsAnthony
2002SundayMajor Gen. Robert Ford
2002Flesh and BloodJoe Broughton
200224 Hour Party PeopleBoethius (uncredited)
2002Tony Adams - Drunk And DryNarrator
2002Top GearSelf
2002What's Your Problem?
2002Timeshiftself
2001The OthersCharles Stewart
2001The Invisible CircusWolf
2001StrumpetStrayman
2001OthelloBen Jago
2001Linda GreenTom/Neil
2000Gone in Sixty SecondsRaymond Calitri
1999eXistenZSeminar Leader
1999HeartGary Ellis
1999With or Without YouVincent Boyd
1999Dockers: Writing the WrongsNarrator (voice)
1998ElizabethDuke of Norfolk
1998A Price Above RubiesSender Horowitz
1996JudeJude Fawley
1996HillsboroughTrevor Hicks
1996Our Friends in the NorthNicky Hutchinson
1995Hearts and MindsDrew Mackenzie
1994Shallow GraveDavid Stephens
1993AnchoressPriest
1993CrackerDavid Bilborough
1993GMTVSelf
1993Cuentos de BorgesAlonso Zunz
1993CrackerBilborough
1992Death and the CompassSchartach / Zunz / Gryphius
1992RootsFrankie Bryant
1992Continental Drift(Business with Friends)
1992Rachel's DreamMan in Dream
1992Rachel's DreamMan in Dream
1992Friday on My MindSean
1991Let Him Have ItDerek Bentley
1991PerformanceFrankie Bryant
1990ChancerRadio
1989Agatha Christie's PoirotFrank Carter
1987Inspector MorseTerrence Mitchell
1986CasualtyStephen Hills
1958Blue PeterSelf
-Hear Me RoarMichael Bellinger
-Chasing Millions
-Color Your HurtJames