David Tennant
Acting
1971-04-18 · Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, UK
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.
Filmography
Rivals: The Official Podcast
2026 · Series
Good Omens - Season 3: An Ineffable Goodbye
2026 · Movie
Twenty Twenty Six
2026 · Series
The Hack
2025 · Series
The Thursday Murder Club
2025 · Movie
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2025 · Movie
The Four Seasons
2025 · Series
The Genius Game
2025 · Series
The Assembly
2025 · Series
Macbeth
2025 · Movie
The Big Fat Quiz of Everything
2025 · Movie
Doctor Who at the Proms
2024 · Movie
Rivals
2024 · Series
Doctor Who
2024 · Series
ARK: The Animated Series
2024 · Series
Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money
2024 · Movie
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
2024 · Series
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
2023 · Movie
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
2023 · Movie
Doctor Who: Recollections with Russell and David
2023 · Movie
Doctor Who: Video Commentaries
2023 · Series
Doctor Who: The Bedtime Story
2023 · Movie
Doctor Who Children in Need Special 2023
2023 · Movie
Talking Doctor Who
2023 · Movie
Ahsoka
2023 · Series
Spy in the Ocean, A Nature Miniseries
2023 · Series
Clone High
2023 · Series
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures
2023 · Series
National Theatre Live: Good
2023 · Movie
Comic Relief 2023
2023 · Movie
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023 · Series
The Amazing Maurice
2022 · Movie
Litvinenko
2022 · Series
The Paloni Show! Halloween Special!
2022 · Movie
Inside Man
2022 · Series
The Sandman
2022 · Series
Chibiverse
2022 · Series
Remembers…
2022 · Series
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
2022 · Movie
The Legend of Vox Machina
2022 · Series
Ant & Dec's Limitless Win
2022 · Series
Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
2021 · Movie
Around the World in 80 Days
2021 · Series
An Audience with Adele
2021 · Movie
The Loud House Movie
2021 · Movie
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
2020 · Movie
Screening
2020 · Movie
The Real Des: The Dennis Nilsen Story
2020 · Movie
Des
2020 · Series
Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years
2020 · Series
Staged
2020 · Series
Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth Sladen
2020 · Movie
Good Omens: Lockdown
2020 · Movie
The Big Night In
2020 · Movie
Heart to Heart
2020 · Movie
Deadwater Fell
2020 · Series
The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years
2020 · Movie
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
2019 · Movie
Criminal: UK
2019 · Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Series
Good Omens
2019 · Series
gen:LOCK
2019 · Series
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
2019 · Movie
Spy in the Snow
2018 · Movie
Mary Queen of Scots
2018 · Movie
There She Goes
2018 · Series
Camping
2018 · Series
The Highway Rat
2018 · Movie
Hang Ups
2018 · Series
The Muppets Take The O2
2018 · Movie
DuckTales: Destination Adventure!
2018 · Movie
Bad Samaritan
2018 · Movie
Final Space
2018 · Series
You, Me and Him
2018 · Movie
Ferdinand
2017 · Movie
DuckTales
2017 · Series
Proclaimers: This Is the Story
2017 · Movie
Mad to Be Normal
2017 · Movie
Spy in the Wild
2017 · Series
Fireman Sam: Alien Alert! The Movie
2017 · Movie
Einstein 100
2016 · Movie
Top Gear: Extra Gear
2016 · Series
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016 · Movie
Derren Brown: Pushed to the Edge
2016 · Movie
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
2015 · Movie
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
2015 · Movie
Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time
2015 · Movie
Marvel's Jessica Jones
2015 · Series
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
2015 · Movie
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015 · Movie
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015 · Movie
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Monster Musical
2015 · Movie
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Series
Dragons: Race to the Edge
2015 · Series
96 Ways to Say I Love You
2015 · Movie
Thunderbirds Are Go!
2015 · Series
Gracepoint
2014 · Series
What We Did on Our Holiday
2014 · Movie
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
2014 · Movie
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
2014 · Movie
Wings 3D
2014 · Movie
Postman Pat: The Movie
2014 · Movie
The Real History of Science Fiction
2014 · Series
W1A
2014 · Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Series
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014 · Series
Dolphins: Spy in the Pod
2014 · Series
Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith
2013 · Movie
Earthflight
2013 · Movie
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013 · Movie
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2013 · Movie
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
2013 · Movie
The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro
2013 · Movie
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide
2013 · Movie
Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS
2013 · Movie
RSC Live: Richard II
2013 · Movie
Doctor Who Explained
2013 · Movie
The Escape Artist
2013 · Series
The Politician's Husband
2013 · Series
Gogglebox
2013 · Series
Broadchurch
2013 · Series
Penguins: Spy in the Huddle
2013 · Series
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
2013 · Series
The Last Leg
2013 · Series
Spies of Warsaw
2013 · Series
Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger!
2012 · Movie
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2012 · Series
Comedy World Cup
2012 · Series
DreamWorks Dragons
2012 · Series
The Science of Doctor Who
2012 · Movie
Shakespeare's Sonnets
2012 · Movie
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
2012 · Movie
Shakespeare Uncovered
2012 · Series
True Love
2012 · Series
Playhouse Presents
2012 · Series
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
2012 · Movie
Tree Fu Tom
2012 · Series
Wild About Pandas
2012 · Series
Shrek: Once Upon a Time
2011 · Movie
Earthflight
2011 · Series
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
2011 · Movie
Discovering Hamlet
2011 · Movie
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
2011 · Movie
The Ballad of Russell & Julie
2011 · Movie
Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line
2011 · Movie
Fright Night
2011 · Movie
The Itch of the Golden Nit
2011 · Movie
The Decoy Bride
2011 · Movie
Much Ado About Nothing
2011 · Movie
My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen
2011 · Movie
Come in Number Five
2011 · Movie
Twenty Twelve
2011 · Series
Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice
2011 · Movie
Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia
2011 · Movie
United
2011 · Movie
Single Father
2010 · Series
Ask Rhod Gilbert
2010 · Series
Stealing Shakespeare
2010 · Movie
Fish Hooks
2010 · Series
How to Train Your Dragon
2010 · Movie
Doctor Who: The End of Time
2010 · Movie
Rex Is Not Your Lawyer
2010 · Series
The National Television Awards Backstage Live
2010 · Series
Hamlet
2009 · Movie
The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol
2009 · Movie
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
2009 · Movie
Doctor Who: Dreamland
2009 · Series
Glorious 39
2009 · Movie
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
2009 · Movie
Live from Studio Five
2009 · Series
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
2009 · Series
Monty Python in Aberystwyth
2009 · Movie
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
2009 · Movie
Chris Moyles' Quiz Night
2009 · Series
CBeebies Bedtime Stories
2009 · Series
Endgame
2009 · Movie
Swarm: Nature's Incredible Invasions
2009 · Series
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
2008 · Movie
Einstein and Eddington
2008 · Movie
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2008 · Series
Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres - Doctor Who at the Proms 2008
2008 · Movie
Human Footprint
2008 · Movie
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
2007 · Movie
The Friday Night Project - Unleashed
2007 · Movie
Doctor Who: Time Crash
2007 · Movie
Learners
2007 · Movie
David Tennant's Video Diary
2007 · Movie
The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007 · Series
Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest
2007 · Movie
Painkiller Jane
2007 · Series
Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
2007 · Series
Recovery
2007 · Movie
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Series
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007 · Movie
Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride
2006 · Movie
Doctor Who: A Celebration
2006 · Movie
The One Show
2006 · Series
Totally Doctor Who
2006 · Series
The Chatterley Affair
2006 · Movie
Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion
2005 · Movie
Secret Smile
2005 · Series
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005 · Movie
Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'
2005 · Movie
Sweetnightgoodheart
2005 · Movie
The Quatermass Experiment
2005 · Movie
Doctor Who
2005 · Series
Doctor Who Confidential
2005 · Series
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
2005 · Movie
Casanova
2005 · Series
The Friday Night Project
2005 · Series
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 · Series
Big Fat Quiz
2004 · Series
Blackpool
2004 · Series
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004 · Series
Traffic Warden
2004 · Movie
He Knew He Was Right
2004 · Series
The Deputy
2004 · Movie
Old Street
2004 · Movie
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka
2003 · Series
Bright Young Things
2003 · Movie
QI
2003 · Series
Spine Chillers
2003 · Series
Trust
2003 · Series
Nine 1/2 Minutes
2002 · Movie
Dead Ringers
2002 · Series
Foyle's War
2002 · Series
Top Gear
2002 · Series
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002 · Series
Terri McIntyre - Classy Bitch
2001 · Series
The Last September
2000 · Movie
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000 · Series
Being Considered
2000 · Movie
People Like Us
1999 · Series
Love in the 21st Century
1999 · Series
L.A. Without a Map
1999 · Movie
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
1998 · Series
Duck Patrol
1998 · Series
Bite
1997 · Movie
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996 · Series
Quality Control
1996 · Movie
Jude
1996 · Movie
A Mug's Game
1996 · Series
Ready, Steady, Cook
1994 · Series
Takin' Over the Asylum
1994 · Series
The Tales of Para Handy
1994 · Series
Room 101
1994 · Series
Late Show with David Letterman
1993 · Series
GMTV
1993 · Series
Spaces
1993 · Movie
Have I Got News for You
1990 · Series
Rab C. Nesbitt
1990 · Series
The Simpsons
1989 · Series
Biting the Hands
1989 · Movie
The Play on One
1988 · Series
Natural World
1983 · Series
Dramarama
1983 · Series
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Series
The Joy of Sex
Movie
The Amazing Maurice: The Waters of Life
Movie
The Neverending Pillow Fort
Movie
Standing By
Series
The Wind in the Willows
Movie