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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.
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
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May 14th, 2026 | Good Omens - Season 3: An Ineffable Goodbye | self | TBD | |
August 22nd, 2025 | The Thursday Murder Club | Ian | 6.6 | |
May 31st, 2025 | Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War | The Doctor / The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited) | 5.4 | |
February 5th, 2025 | Macbeth | Macbeth | 8.8 | |
December 24th, 2024 | Doctor Who at the Proms | The Doctor (14) (10) (archive footage) | 7.2 | |
March 15th, 2024 | Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money | Self | TBD | |
December 18th, 2023 | imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me | Self | 10 | |
December 18th, 2023 | Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials | The Doctor (archive footage) | 8.8 | |
November 27th, 2023 | Doctor Who: Recollections with Russell and David | Self | TBD | |
November 23rd, 2023 | Doctor Who: The Bedtime Story | The Doctor | 4.5 | |
November 17th, 2023 | Doctor Who Children in Need Special 2023 | The Doctor | 7.2 | |
November 1st, 2023 | Talking Doctor Who | Self - Presenter | 5 | |
April 20th, 2023 | National Theatre Live: Good | Professor John Halder/Johnny | 8.5 | |
March 17th, 2023 | Comic Relief 2023 | Self - Host | 8 | |
December 16th, 2022 | The Amazing Maurice | Dangerous Beans (voice) | 6.7 | |
October 16th, 2022 | The Paloni Show! Halloween Special! | Roach Chef (voice) | 6.3 | |
May 20th, 2022 | Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers | Scrooge McDuck (voice) | 7 | |
December 19th, 2021 | Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas | Self | 4.7 | |
November 21st, 2021 | An Audience with Adele | Self | 8.4 | |
August 20th, 2021 | The Loud House Movie | Angus (voice) | 7.3 | |
December 24th, 2020 | Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas | Self | 6.3 | |
November 20th, 2020 | Screening | Timothy | 7 | |
September 17th, 2020 | The Real Des: The Dennis Nilsen Story | Narrator (voice) | 6.8 | |
May 4th, 2020 | Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth Sladen | Self | 8 | |
May 1st, 2020 | Good Omens: Lockdown | Crowley (voice) | 7.8 | |
April 23rd, 2020 | The Big Night In | Mr. Logan | 9 | |
April 23rd, 2020 | The Big Night In | Self | 9 | |
March 16th, 2020 | Heart to Heart | Heart | 4 | |
January 7th, 2020 | The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years | Self | TBD | |
October 30th, 2019 | Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered | Self | 9 | |
January 3rd, 2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Spitelout / Ivar the Whitless (voice) | 7.8 | |
December 30th, 2018 | Spy in the Snow | Narrator | 6.5 | |
December 7th, 2018 | Mary Queen of Scots | John Knox | 6.6 | |
October 10th, 2018 | The Highway Rat | The Highway Rat (voice) | 6.3 | |
July 13th, 2018 | The Muppets Take The O2 | Self | 9.5 | |
June 5th, 2018 | DuckTales: Destination Adventure! | Scrooge McDuck (voice) | 4.8 | |
April 19th, 2018 | Bad Samaritan | Cale Erendreich | 6.7 | |
February 1st, 2018 | You, Me and Him | John | 5.6 | |
December 9th, 2017 | Ferdinand | Angus (voice) | 7.2 | |
June 21st, 2017 | Proclaimers: This Is the Story | Self | 8 | |
April 6th, 2017 | Mad to Be Normal | RD Laing | 5.9 | |
January 5th, 2017 | Fireman Sam: Alien Alert! The Movie | Buck Douglas (voice) | 5.8 | |
April 23rd, 2016 | Shakespeare Live! From the RSC | Self - Host | 7.2 | |
January 12th, 2016 | Derren Brown: Pushed to the Edge | Himself | 7.2 | |
December 26th, 2015 | A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman | Self - Voice of Charles Darwin | 7.1 | |
December 25th, 2015 | Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song | The Doctor (10) (picture) (uncredited) | 8 | |
November 25th, 2015 | Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time | Narrator (Voice UK) | 7.3 | |
November 11th, 2015 | The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One | Self | 9.3 | |
November 8th, 2015 | Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC | Narrator | 5 | |
November 1st, 2015 | Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC | Narrator | TBD | |
October 9th, 2015 | Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Monster Musical | Igor the Door (voice) | 7.6 | |
April 18th, 2015 | 96 Ways to Say I Love You | Mark | 5.4 | |
September 26th, 2014 | What We Did on Our Holiday | Doug McLeod | 6.7 | |
August 13th, 2014 | Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion | Self / The Doctor (archive footage) | 8.1 | |
August 1st, 2014 | Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison | Self | TBD | |
June 17th, 2014 | Wings 3D | Narrator (voice) | 10 | |
May 23rd, 2014 | Postman Pat: The Movie | Wilf (voice) | 5.2 | |
December 25th, 2013 | Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith | TBD | 5.8 | |
November 26th, 2013 | Earthflight | Himself - Narrator | 6.7 | |
November 23rd, 2013 | Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty | The Doctor (archive footage) | 9 | |
November 23rd, 2013 | The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | Self | 7.9 | |
November 23rd, 2013 | The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro | The Doctor (10) | 10 | |
November 23rd, 2013 | Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor | The Doctor (10) | 8.2 | |
November 18th, 2013 | Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide | Self | 7.8 | |
November 18th, 2013 | Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS | Self | TBD | |
November 13th, 2013 | RSC Live: Richard II | Richard II | 7.4 | |
November 1st, 2013 | Doctor Who Explained | Self | 8.5 | |
November 23rd, 2012 | Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! | Donald / Roderick Peterson | 5.5 | |
August 4th, 2012 | The Science of Doctor Who | The Doctor (archive footage) | TBD | |
July 18th, 2012 | Shakespeare's Sonnets | TBD | TBD | |
July 9th, 2012 | So You Want To Be A Pirate! | Charles Darwin | 6.2 | |
March 12th, 2012 | The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! | Charles Darwin (voice) | 6.5 | |
December 30th, 2011 | Shrek: Once Upon a Time | Self / Narrator | 7.5 | |
December 17th, 2011 | Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties | Self | 10 | |
November 1st, 2011 | Discovering Hamlet | Self | 7.5 | |
October 31st, 2011 | The Ballad of Russell & Julie | Russell T. Davies / Self | 10 | |
October 31st, 2011 | Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time | TBD | 8 | |
August 29th, 2011 | Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line | Narrator | TBD | |
August 18th, 2011 | Fright Night | Peter Vincent | 6.2 | |
June 28th, 2011 | The Itch of the Golden Nit | Radio Newsreader / Stretchy McStretch (voice) | 7.7 | |
June 6th, 2011 | The Decoy Bride | James Arber | 6 | |
May 16th, 2011 | Much Ado About Nothing | Benedick | 8.3 | |
April 23rd, 2011 | My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen | Self | TBD | |
March 28th, 2011 | Come in Number Five | Presenter | TBD | |
February 22nd, 2011 | Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice | Narrator | 7.5 | |
January 25th, 2011 | Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia | Narrator | TBD | |
January 2nd, 2011 | United | Jimmy Murphy | 6.9 | |
September 6th, 2010 | Stealing Shakespeare | Narrator | TBD | |
March 18th, 2010 | How to Train Your Dragon | Spitelout (voice) | 7.9 | |
February 2nd, 2010 | Doctor Who: The End of Time | The Doctor | TBD | |
December 26th, 2009 | Hamlet | Hamlet | 7.3 | |
December 25th, 2009 | The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol | Ghost of Christmas Present | 7.8 | |
December 18th, 2009 | St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold | Captain Lord Pomfrey / Sir Piers Pomfrey | 5.6 | |
November 20th, 2009 | Glorious 39 | Hector | 6 | |
November 15th, 2009 | Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars | The Doctor | 7.9 | |
May 12th, 2009 | Monty Python in Aberystwyth | Narrator | TBD | |
April 11th, 2009 | Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead | The Doctor | 7.5 | |
January 18th, 2009 | Endgame | Self - Host (uncredited) | 5.9 | |
December 25th, 2008 | Doctor Who: The Next Doctor | The Doctor | 7.4 | |
November 29th, 2008 | Einstein and Eddington | Arthur Eddington | 6.9 | |
July 27th, 2008 | Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres - Doctor Who at the Proms 2008 | The Doctor (Uncredited) | 8.8 | |
April 13th, 2008 | Human Footprint | Narrator (self) | 5.8 | |
December 25th, 2007 | Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned | The Doctor | 7.6 | |
November 19th, 2007 | The Friday Night Project - Unleashed | Self - Guest Host | 8.5 | |
November 16th, 2007 | Doctor Who: Time Crash | The Doctor (10) | 7.7 | |
November 11th, 2007 | Learners | Chris | 6 | |
November 5th, 2007 | David Tennant's Video Diary | Self | 9.3 | |
June 30th, 2007 | Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest | The Doctor (voice) | 6.6 | |
February 25th, 2007 | Recovery | Alan Hamilton | 6.4 | |
February 3rd, 2007 | The 50 Greatest Television Dramas | Self | TBD | |
December 25th, 2006 | Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride | The Doctor | 7.8 | |
November 19th, 2006 | Doctor Who: A Celebration | Self - Host | TBD | |
March 20th, 2006 | The Chatterley Affair | Richard Hoggart | 5.3 | |
December 25th, 2005 | Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion | TBD | 10 | |
November 16th, 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Barty Crouch Junior | 7.8 | |
October 24th, 2005 | Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment' | TBD | 7 | |
September 5th, 2005 | Sweetnightgoodheart | Pete | 7.5 | |
April 2nd, 2005 | The Quatermass Experiment | Doctor Gordon Briscoe | 5.6 | |
March 26th, 2005 | Doctor Who: A New Dimension | Self - Narrator (voice) | 9 | |
August 27th, 2004 | Traffic Warden | Traffic Warden | 7.8 | |
February 23rd, 2004 | The Deputy | Christopher Williams | 9 | |
January 1st, 2004 | Old Street | Mr. Watson | 9 | |
October 3rd, 2003 | Bright Young Things | Ginger Littlejohn | 6.3 | |
December 1st, 2002 | Nine 1/2 Minutes | Charlie | 7.4 | |
April 28th, 2000 | The Last September | Captain Gerald Colthurst | 5.2 | |
March 1st, 2000 | Being Considered | TBD | 5.5 | |
February 26th, 1999 | L.A. Without a Map | Richard | 5.8 | |
August 18th, 1997 | Bite | TBD | 9 | |
February 6th, 1996 | Jude | Drunk Undergraduate | 6.3 | |
January 1st, 1993 | Spaces | Vinny | 5.5 | |
April 11th, 1989 | Biting the Hands | 3rd Squaddie | TBD | |
TBD | The Wind in the Willows | Basil | TBD | |
TBD | The Neverending Pillow Fort | TBD | TBD |