David Tennant
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2025
The Hack as Nick Davies
2025The Thursday Murder Club as Ian
2025Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War as The Doctor / The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025The Genius Game as The Creator
2025The Assembly as Self - Interviewee
2025Macbeth as Macbeth
2024Doctor Who at the Proms as The Doctor (14) (10) (archive footage)
2024Rivals as Tony Baddingham
2024Ahsoka - The Patterson Cut as Huyang
2024Doctor Who as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024ARK: The Animated Series as Sir Edmund Rockwell (voice)
2024Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money as Self
2024Rob Beckett's Smart TV as Self - Guest
2023Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials as The Doctor (archive footage)
2023imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me as Self
2023Doctor Who: Video Commentaries as Self - The Doctor
2023Doctor Who: Video Commentaries as Self
2023Doctor Who: The Bedtime Story as The Doctor
2023Doctor Who Children in Need Special 2023 as The Doctor
2023Talking Doctor Who as Self - Presenter
2023Ahsoka as Huyang (voice)
2023Spy in the Ocean, A Nature Miniseries as Narrator
2023Clone High as David Tennant (voice)
2023Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures as Huyang (voice)
2023National Theatre Live: Good as Professor John Halder/Johnny
2023Comic Relief 2023 as Self - Host
2023Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur as Franklin (voice)
2022The Amazing Maurice as Dangerous Beans (voice)
2022Litvinenko as Alexander Litvinenko
2022The Paloni Show! Halloween Special! as Roach Chef (voice)
2022Inside Man as Harry Watling
2022The Sandman as Don (voice)
2022Chibiverse as Scrooge McDuck (Voice)
2022Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers as Scrooge McDuck (voice)
2022The Legend of Vox Machina as General Kreig (voice)
2022Ant & Dec's Limitless Win as Self
2021Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas as Self
2021Around the World in 80 Days as Phileas Fogg
2021An Audience with Adele as Self
2021The Loud House Movie as Angus (voice)
2020Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas as Self
2020Screening as Timothy
2020The Real Des: The Dennis Nilsen Story as Narrator (voice)
2020Des as Dennis Nilsen
2020Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years as Self - Narrator (voice)
2020Staged as David
2020Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth Sladen as Self
2020Good Omens: Lockdown as Crowley (voice)
2020The Big Night In as Mr. Logan
2020Heart to Heart as Heart
2020Deadwater Fell as Tom Kendrick
2020The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years as Self
2019Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered as Self
2019Criminal: UK as Dr. Edgar Fallon
2019Good Omens as Crowley
2019gen:LOCK as Dr. Weller (voice)
2019How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World as Spitelout / Ivar the Whitless (voice)
2018Spy in the Snow as Narrator
2018Mary Queen of Scots as John Knox
2018There She Goes as Simon
2018Camping as Walt
2018The Highway Rat as The Highway Rat (voice)
2018Hang Ups as Martin Lamb
2018The Muppets Take The O2 as Self
2018DuckTales: Destination Adventure! as Scrooge McDuck (voice)
2018Bad Samaritan as Cale Erendreich
2018Final Space as Lord Commander (voice)
2018You, Me and Him as John
2017Ferdinand as Angus (voice)
2017DuckTales as Scrooge McDuck (Voice)
2017Proclaimers: This Is the Story as Self
2017Mad to Be Normal as RD Laing
2017Spy in the Wild as Himself - Narrator
2017Fireman Sam: Alien Alert! The Movie as Buck Douglas (voice)
2016Top Gear: Extra Gear as Self
2016Shakespeare Live! From the RSC as Self - Host
2016Derren Brown: Pushed to the Edge as Himself
2015A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman as Self - Voice of Charles Darwin
2015Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song as The Doctor (10) (picture) (uncredited)
2015Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time as Narrator (Voice UK)
2015Marvel's Jessica Jones as Kilgrave
2015Marvel's Jessica Jones as Kilgrave (voice)
2015The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One as Self
2015Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC as Narrator
2015Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC as Narrator
2015Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Monster Musical as Igor the Door (voice)
2015Dragons: Race to the Edge as Spitelout (voice)
201596 Ways to Say I Love You as Mark
2015Thunderbirds Are Go! as Tyco Reeves (Voice)
2014Gracepoint as Emmett Carver
2014What We Did on Our Holiday as Doug McLeod
2014Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion as Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
2014Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison as Self
2014Wings 3D as Narrator (voice)
2014Postman Pat: The Movie as Wilf (voice)
2014The Real History of Science Fiction as Himself
2014W1A as Narrator (voice)
2014Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
2014Dolphins: Spy in the Pod as Narrator
2013Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith
2013Earthflight as Himself - Narrator
2013The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro as The Doctor (10)
2013Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty as The Doctor (archive footage)
2013The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot as Self
2013Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor as The Doctor (10)
2013Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS as Self
2013Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide as Self
2013Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II as Richard II
2013Doctor Who Explained as Self
2013The Escape Artist as Will Burton
2013The Politician's Husband as Aiden Hoynes
2013Gogglebox as Self
2013Broadchurch as DI Alec Hardy
2013Penguins: Spy in the Huddle as Narrator (voice)
2013Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited as Self
2013The Last Leg as Self
2013Spies of Warsaw as Jean-François Mercier
2012Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! as Donald / Roderick Peterson
2012Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Fugitoid (voice)
2012Comedy World Cup as Host
2012DreamWorks Dragons as Spitelout (voice)
2012DreamWorks Dragons as Spitelout (voice)
2012The Science of Doctor Who as The Doctor (archive footage)
2012Shakespeare's Sonnets
2012So You Want To Be A Pirate! as Charles Darwin
2012Shakespeare Uncovered as Himself
2012True Love as Nick
2012The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! as Charles Darwin (voice)
2012Tree Fu Tom as Twigs (voice)
2012Wild About Pandas as Narrator
2011Shrek: Once Upon a Time as Self / Narrator
2011Earthflight
2011Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties as Self
2011Discovering Hamlet as Self
2011Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
2011The Ballad of Russell & Julie as Russell T. Davies / Self
2011Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line as Narrator
2011Fright Night as Peter Vincent
2011The Itch of the Golden Nit as Radio Newsreader / Stretchy McStretch (voice)
2011The Decoy Bride as James Arber
2011Much Ado About Nothing as Benedick
2011Come in Number Five as Presenter
2011Twenty Twelve as Narrator (voice)
2011Polar Bear - Spy on the Ice as Narrator
2011Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia as Narrator
2011United as Jimmy Murphy
2010Single Father as Dave
2010Ask Rhod Gilbert as Self
2010Stealing Shakespeare as Narrator
2010Fish Hooks as Oscar's Brain (voice)
2010How to Train Your Dragon as Spitelout (voice)
2010Rex Is Not Your Lawyer as Rex Alexander
2010The National Television Awards Backstage Live
2009Hamlet as Hamlet
2009The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol as Ghost of Christmas Present
2009St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold as Captain Lord Pomfrey / Sir Piers Pomfrey
2009Doctor Who: Dreamland as The Doctor (voice)
2009Glorious 39 as Hector
2009Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars as The Doctor
2009Live from Studio Five as Self
2009Doctor Who Greatest Moments as Self
2009Monty Python in Aberystwyth as Narrator
2009Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead as The Doctor
2009CBeebies Bedtime Stories as Self
2009Endgame as Self - Host (uncredited)
2009Swarm: Nature's Incredible Invasions as Narrator (voice)
2009Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres - Doctor Who at the Proms 2008 as The Doctor (Uncredited)
2008Doctor Who: The Next Doctor as The Doctor
2008Einstein and Eddington as Arthur Eddington
2008Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Huyang (voice)
2008Human Footprint as Narrator (self)
2007Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned as The Doctor
2007The Friday Night Project - Unleashed as Guest Host
2007Doctor Who: Time Crash as The Doctor (10)
2007Learners as Chris
2007David Tennant's Video Diary as Self
2007The Sarah Jane Adventures as The Doctor
2007Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest as The Doctor (voice)
2007Derren Brown: Trick or Treat as Himself
2007Recovery as Alan Hamilton
2007The Graham Norton Show as Self
2007The 50 Greatest Television Dramas as Self
2006Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride as The Doctor
2006Doctor Who: A Celebration as Self - Host
2006The One Show as Self
2006Totally Doctor Who as Self
2006The Chatterley Affair as Richard Hoggart
2005Secret Smile as Brendan
2005Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as Barty Crouch Junior
2005Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'
2005Sweetnightgoodheart as Pete
2005The Quatermass Experiment as Doctor Gordon Briscoe
2005Doctor Who as Doctor (10)
2005Doctor Who as The Doctor
2005Doctor Who Confidential as Self
2005Doctor Who: A New Dimension as Self - Narrator (voice)
2005Casanova as Giacomo Casanova
2005The Friday Night Project as Self - Host
2005The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
2004Big Fat Quiz as Self - Guest
2004Blackpool as DI Peter Carlisle
2004Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
2004Traffic Warden as Traffic Warden
2004He Knew He Was Right as Mr. Gibson
2004The Deputy as Christopher Williams
2004Old Street as Mr. Watson
2003Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka as Young Custodian (voice) (uncredited)
2003Bright Young Things as Ginger Littlejohn
2003QI as Self
2003Spine Chillers as Dr. Krull
2002Nine 1/2 Minutes as Charlie
2002Dead Ringers as Regenerated Tony Blair
2002Foyle's War as Theo Howard
2002Top Gear as Self
2002Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway as Self - Guest Announcer
2001Terri McIntyre - Classy Bitch as Greig Miller
2000The Last September as Captain Gerald Colthurst
2000Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000Being Considered
1999People Like Us as Rob Harker
1999Love in the 21st Century as John
1999L.A. Without a Map as Richard
1998The Mrs Bradley Mysteries as Max Valentine
1998Duck Patrol as Simon 'Darwin' Brown
1997Bite
1996Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self - Presenter
1996Jude as Drunk Undergraduate
1996A Mug's Game
1994Ready, Steady, Cook as Self - Contestant
1994Takin' Over the Asylum as Campbell
1994The Tales of Para Handy as John MacBryde
1994Room 101 as Self
1993GMTV as Self
1993Spaces as Vinny
1990Have I Got News for You as Self - Host
1990Rab C. Nesbitt as Davina
1989The Simpsons as Pa MacWeldon (voice)
1989Biting the Hands as 3rd Squaddie
1983Natural World as Narrator
1983Dramarama
—Have I Got a Bit More News for You as Self - Presenter
—Standing By