David Tennant
Known for Acting · 254 credits
- Born
- 1971-04-18 (age 55)
- Place of birth
- Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, UK
- Also known as
- Ντέιβιντ Τένναντ · Տէյվիտ Թէնընթ · დევიდ ტენანტი · David McDonald · دیوید تننت · Девід Джон Макдональд
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
TV Shows (122)
The Simpsons
1989
as Pa MacWeldon (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest / George Harrison
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
Doctor Who
2005
as Doctor (10) / The Doctor
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2008
as Huyang (voice)
Top Gear
2002
as Self
The Legend of Vox Machina
2022
as General Kreig (voice)
The One Show
2006
as Self
QI
2003
as Self
Have I Got News for You
1990
as Self - Host
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2012
as Fugitoid (voice)
Ready, Steady, Cook
1994
as Self - Contestant
The Four Seasons
2025
as Gianpiero
Good Omens
2019
as Crowley
The Sandman
2022
as Don (voice)
Natural World
1983
as Narrator
The Last Leg
2013
as Self
Dragons: Race to the Edge
2015
as Spitelout (voice)
Rivals
2024
as Tony Baddingham
DuckTales
2017
as Scrooge McDuck (Voice)
Marvel's Jessica Jones
2015
as Kilgrave / Kilgrave (voice)
GMTV
1993
as Self
Foyle's War
2002
as Theo Howard
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996
as Self - Presenter
Doctor Who
2024
as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
as Self - Presenter
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
as Self
Broadchurch
2013
as DI Alec Hardy
Fish Hooks
2010
as Oscar's Brain (voice)
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures
2023
as Huyang (voice)
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
as Franklin (voice)
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002
as Self - Guest Announcer
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
Ahsoka
2023
as Huyang (voice)
DreamWorks Dragons
2012
as Spitelout (voice) / Spitelout (voice)
Room 101
1994
as Self
The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007
as The Doctor
CBeebies Bedtime Stories
2009
as Self / Fourteenth Doctor
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
as Self
Thunderbirds Are Go!
2015
as Tyco Reeves (Voice)
Final Space
2018
as Lord Commander (voice)
Playhouse Presents
2012
as Will
Remembers…
2022
as Self
Staged
2020
as David
Big Fat Quiz
2004
as Self - Guest
Clone High
2023
as David Tennant (voice)
The Hack
2025
as Nick Davies
Dramarama
1983
as Neil McDonald
Chibiverse
2022
as Scrooge McDuck (Voice)
Criminal: UK
2019
as Dr. Edgar Fallon
ARK: The Animated Series
2024
as Sir Edmund Rockwell (voice)
The Play on One
1988
as Third Squaddie
Around the World in 80 Days
2021
as Phileas Fogg
The Real History of Science Fiction
2014
as Self
Rab C. Nesbitt
1990
as Davina
Gracepoint
2014
as Emmett Carver
Twenty Twelve
2011
as Narrator (voice)
Movies (132)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
as Barty Crouch Junior
How to Train Your Dragon
2010
as Spitelout (voice)
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
2019
as Spitelout / Ivar the Whitless (voice)
Ferdinand
2017
as Angus (voice)
The Thursday Murder Club
2025
as Ian
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
2022
as Scrooge McDuck (voice)
Fright Night
2011
as Peter Vincent
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
2012
as Charles Darwin (voice)
Mary Queen of Scots
2018
as John Knox
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013
as The Doctor (10)
The Loud House Movie
2021
as Angus (voice)
Jude
1996
as Drunk Undergraduate
Bad Samaritan
2018
as Cale Erendreich
The Amazing Maurice
2022
as Dangerous Beans (voice)
Einstein and Eddington
2008
as Arthur Eddington
The Paloni Show! Halloween Special!
2022
as Roach Chef (voice)
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
2009
as Captain Lord Pomfrey / Sir Piers Pomfrey
What We Did on Our Holiday
2014
as Doug McLeod
Glorious 39
2009
as Hector
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
as Self
Bright Young Things
2003
as Ginger Littlejohn
Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride
2006
as The Doctor
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
2015
as Self - Voice of Charles Darwin
United
2011
as Jimmy Murphy
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
2015
as The Doctor (10) (picture) (uncredited)
Endgame
2009
as Self - Host (uncredited)
Postman Pat: The Movie
2014
as Wilf (voice)
Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
2021
as Self
Doctor Who at the Proms
2024
as The Doctor (14) (10) (archive footage)
Macbeth
2025
as Macbeth
The Highway Rat
2018
as The Highway Rat (voice)
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
2007
as The Doctor
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016
as Self - Host
Mad to Be Normal
2017
as RD Laing
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2013
as Self
Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger!
2012
as Donald / Roderick Peterson
Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion
2005
L.A. Without a Map
1999
as Richard
Much Ado About Nothing
2011
as Benedick
The Decoy Bride
2011
as James Arber
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
2009
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
2009
as The Doctor
An Audience with Adele
2021
as Self
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
2019
as Self
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
2012
as Charles Darwin
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2025
as The Doctor / The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Big Night In
2020
as Mr. Logan / Self
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Monster Musical
2015
as Igor the Door (voice)
The Quatermass Experiment
2005
as Doctor Gordon Briscoe
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
2020
as Self
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
2013
as The Doctor (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres - Doctor Who at the Proms 2008
2008
as The Doctor (Uncredited)
Hamlet
2009
as Hamlet
The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years
2020
as Self
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
2008
as The Doctor
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015
as Narrator
You, Me and Him
2018
as John
Derren Brown: Pushed to the Edge
2016
as Himself
DuckTales: Destination Adventure!
2018
as Scrooge McDuck (voice)
The Itch of the Golden Nit
2011
as Radio Newsreader / Stretchy McStretch (voice)
Learners
2007
as Chris
Discovering Hamlet
2011
as Self
Fireman Sam: Alien Alert! The Movie
2017
as Buck Douglas (voice)
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
2015
as Self
The Muppets Take The O2
2018
as Self
The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol
2009
as Ghost of Christmas Present
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
2014
as Self
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015
as Narrator
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
2011
as Self
Proclaimers: This Is the Story
2017
as Self
The Chatterley Affair
2006
as Richard Hoggart
Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'
2005
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
2023
as Self
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
2023
as The Doctor (archive footage)
RSC Live: Richard II
2013
as Richard II
Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith
2013
Recovery
2007
as Alan Hamilton
The Last September
2000
as Captain Gerald Colthurst
The Science of Doctor Who
2012
as The Doctor (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest
2007
as The Doctor (voice)
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
2014
as Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
Being Considered
2000
Doctor Who Children in Need Special 2023
2023
as The Doctor
National Theatre Live: Good
2023
as Professor John Halder/Johnny
Talking Doctor Who
2023
as Self - Presenter
Bite
1997
Shakespeare's Sonnets
2012
Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time
2015
as Narrator (Voice UK)
Biting the Hands
1989
as 3rd Squaddie
David Tennant's Video Diary
2007
as Self
Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money
2024
as Self
Doctor Who: Time Crash
2007
as The Doctor (10)
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
2005
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Doctor Who Explained
2013
as Self
Shrek: Once Upon a Time
2011
as Self / Narrator
The Deputy
2004
as Christopher Williams
The Wind in the Willows
as Basil
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide
2013
as Self
Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice
2011
as Narrator
Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line
2011
as Narrator
96 Ways to Say I Love You
2015
as Mark
Sweetnightgoodheart
2005
as Pete
Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia
2011
as Narrator
Old Street
2004
as Mr. Watson
The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro
2013
as The Doctor (10)
Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS
2013
as Self
Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth Sladen
2020
as Self
The Ballad of Russell & Julie
2011
as Russell T. Davies / Self
Doctor Who: The Bedtime Story
2023
as The Doctor
Come in Number Five
2011
as Presenter
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
2011
Doctor Who: The End of Time
2010
as The Doctor
The Neverending Pillow Fort
Human Footprint
2008
as Narrator (self)
Traffic Warden
2004
as Traffic Warden
Screening
2020
as Timothy
Nine 1/2 Minutes
2002
as Charlie
The Friday Night Project - Unleashed
2007
as Self - Guest Host
The Real Des: The Dennis Nilsen Story
2020
as Narrator (voice)
Comic Relief 2023
2023
as Self - Host
About 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 com… With 254 credits spanning from 1983 to 2026, David Tennant has appeared in 132 films and 122 TV shows.
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Most Popular David Tennant Movies
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) — as Barty Crouch Junior
- How to Train Your Dragon (2010) — as Spitelout (voice)
- How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) — as Spitelout / Ivar the Whitless (voice)
- Ferdinand (2017) — as Angus (voice)
- The Thursday Murder Club (2025) — as Ian
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