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.
Born: 18 April 1971
Played In
TV Show
May 2026
Rivals: The Official Podcast
Self
Movie
May 2026
Good Omens - Season 3: An Ineffable Goodbye
self
TV Show
Apr 2026
Twenty Twenty Six
Narrator
TV Show
Sep 2025
The Hack
Nick Davies
Movie
Aug 2025
The Thursday Murder Club
Ian
Movie
May 2025
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
The Doctor / The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
TV Show
May 2025
The Four Seasons
Gianpiero
TV Show
Apr 2025
The Genius Game
The Creator
TV Show
Apr 2025
The Assembly
Self - Interviewee
Movie
Feb 2025
Macbeth
Macbeth
Movie
Dec 2024
Doctor Who at the Proms
The Doctor (14) (10) (archive footage)
TV Show
Oct 2024
Rivals
Tony Baddingham
TV Show
May 2024
Doctor Who
The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
TV Show
Mar 2024
ARK: The Animated Series
Sir Edmund Rockwell (voice)
Movie
Mar 2024
Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money
Self
TV Show
Feb 2024
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
Self - Guest
Movie
Dec 2023
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
Self
Movie
Dec 2023
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
The Doctor (archive footage)
Movie
Nov 2023
Doctor Who: Recollections with Russell and David
Self
TV Show
Nov 2023
Doctor Who: Video Commentaries
Self - The Doctor
TV Show
Nov 2023
Doctor Who: Video Commentaries
Self
Movie
Nov 2023
Doctor Who: The Bedtime Story
The Doctor
Movie
Nov 2023
Doctor Who Children in Need Special 2023
The Doctor
Movie
Nov 2023
Talking Doctor Who
Self - Presenter
TV Show
Aug 2023
Ahsoka
Huyang (voice)
TV Show
Jun 2023
Spy in the Ocean, A Nature Miniseries
Narrator
TV Show
May 2023
Clone High
David Tennant (voice)
TV Show
May 2023
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures
Huyang (voice)
Movie
Apr 2023
National Theatre Live: Good
Professor John Halder/Johnny
Movie
Mar 2023
Comic Relief 2023
Self - Host
TV Show
Feb 2023
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Franklin (voice)
Movie
Dec 2022
The Amazing Maurice
Dangerous Beans (voice)
TV Show
Dec 2022
Litvinenko
Alexander Litvinenko
Movie
Oct 2022
The Paloni Show! Halloween Special!
Roach Chef (voice)
TV Show
Sep 2022
Inside Man
Harry Watling
TV Show
Aug 2022
The Sandman
Don (voice)
TV Show
Jul 2022
Chibiverse
Scrooge McDuck (Voice)
TV Show
Jun 2022
Remembers…
Self
Movie
May 2022
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
Scrooge McDuck (voice)
TV Show
Jan 2022
The Legend of Vox Machina
General Kreig (voice)
TV Show
Jan 2022
Ant & Dec's Limitless Win
Self
Movie
Dec 2021
Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
Self
TV Show
Dec 2021
Around the World in 80 Days
Phileas Fogg
Movie
Nov 2021
An Audience with Adele
Self
Movie
Aug 2021
The Loud House Movie
Angus (voice)
Movie
Dec 2020
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
Self
Movie
Nov 2020
Screening
Timothy
Movie
Sep 2020
The Real Des: The Dennis Nilsen Story
Narrator (voice)
TV Show
Sep 2020
Des
Dennis Nilsen
TV Show
Aug 2020
Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years
Self - Narrator (voice)
TV Show
Jun 2020
Staged
David
Movie
May 2020
Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth Sladen
Self
Movie
May 2020
Good Omens: Lockdown
Crowley (voice)
Movie
Apr 2020
The Big Night In
Mr. Logan
Movie
Apr 2020
The Big Night In
Self
Movie
Mar 2020
Heart to Heart
Heart
TV Show
Jan 2020
Deadwater Fell
Tom Kendrick
Movie
Jan 2020
The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years
Self
Movie
Oct 2019
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
Self
TV Show
Sep 2019
Criminal: UK
Dr. Edgar Fallon
TV Show
May 2019
Good Omens
Crowley
TV Show
Jan 2019
gen:LOCK
Dr. Weller (voice)
Movie
Jan 2019
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Spitelout / Ivar the Whitless (voice)
Movie
Dec 2018
Spy in the Snow
Narrator
Movie
Dec 2018
Mary Queen of Scots
John Knox
TV Show
Oct 2018
There She Goes
Simon
TV Show
Oct 2018
Camping
Walt
Movie
Oct 2018
The Highway Rat
The Highway Rat (voice)
TV Show
Aug 2018
Hang Ups
Martin Lamb
Movie
Jul 2018
The Muppets Take The O2
Self
Movie
Jun 2018
DuckTales: Destination Adventure!
Scrooge McDuck (voice)
Movie
Apr 2018
Bad Samaritan
Cale Erendreich
TV Show
Feb 2018
Final Space
Lord Commander (voice)
Movie
Feb 2018
You, Me and Him
John
Movie
Dec 2017
Ferdinand
Angus (voice)
TV Show
Aug 2017
DuckTales
Scrooge McDuck (Voice)
Movie
Jun 2017
Proclaimers: This Is the Story
Self
Movie
Apr 2017
Mad to Be Normal
RD Laing
TV Show
Jan 2017
Spy in the Wild
Himself - Narrator
Movie
Jan 2017
Fireman Sam: Alien Alert! The Movie
Buck Douglas (voice)
TV Show
May 2016
Top Gear: Extra Gear
Self
Movie
Apr 2016
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Self - Host
Movie
Jan 2016
Derren Brown: Pushed to the Edge
Himself
Movie
Dec 2015
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Self - Voice of Charles Darwin
Movie
Dec 2015
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
The Doctor (10) (picture) (uncredited)
Movie
Nov 2015
Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time
Narrator (Voice UK)
TV Show
Nov 2015
Marvel's Jessica Jones
Kilgrave
TV Show
Nov 2015
Marvel's Jessica Jones
Kilgrave (voice)
Movie
Nov 2015
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
Self
Movie
Nov 2015
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
Narrator
Movie
Nov 2015
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
Narrator
Movie
Oct 2015
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Monster Musical
Igor the Door (voice)
TV Show
Sep 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
TV Show
Sep 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
George Harrison
TV Show
Jun 2015
Dragons: Race to the Edge
Spitelout (voice)
Movie
Apr 2015
96 Ways to Say I Love You
Mark
TV Show
Apr 2015
Thunderbirds Are Go!
Tyco Reeves (Voice)
TV Show
Oct 2014
Gracepoint
Emmett Carver
Movie
Sep 2014
What We Did on Our Holiday
Doug McLeod
Movie
Aug 2014
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
Movie
Aug 2014
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
Self
Movie
Jun 2014
Wings 3D
Narrator (voice)
Movie
May 2014
Postman Pat: The Movie
Wilf (voice)
TV Show
Apr 2014
The Real History of Science Fiction
Self
TV Show
Mar 2014
W1A
Narrator (voice)
TV Show
Feb 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
TV Show
Feb 2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
TV Show
Jan 2014
Dolphins: Spy in the Pod
Narrator
Movie
Dec 2013
Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith
Movie
Nov 2013
Earthflight
Himself - Narrator
Movie
Nov 2013
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
The Doctor (archive footage)
Movie
Nov 2013
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Self
Movie
Nov 2013
The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro
The Doctor (10)
Movie
Nov 2013
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
The Doctor (10)
Movie
Nov 2013
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide
Self
Movie
Nov 2013
Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS
Self
Movie
Nov 2013
RSC Live: Richard II
Richard II
Movie
Nov 2013
Doctor Who Explained
Self
TV Show
Oct 2013
The Escape Artist
Will Burton
TV Show
Apr 2013
The Politician's Husband
Aiden Hoynes
TV Show
Mar 2013
Gogglebox
Self
TV Show
Mar 2013
Broadchurch
DI Alec Hardy
TV Show
Feb 2013
Penguins: Spy in the Huddle
Narrator (voice)
TV Show
Jan 2013
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
Self
TV Show
Jan 2013
The Last Leg
Self
TV Show
Jan 2013
Spies of Warsaw
Jean-François Mercier
Movie
Nov 2012
Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger!
Donald / Roderick Peterson
TV Show
Sep 2012
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Fugitoid (voice)
TV Show
Sep 2012
Comedy World Cup
Host
TV Show
Aug 2012
DreamWorks Dragons
Spitelout (voice)
TV Show
Aug 2012
DreamWorks Dragons
Spitelout (voice)
Movie
Aug 2012
The Science of Doctor Who
The Doctor (archive footage)
Movie
Jul 2012
Shakespeare's Sonnets
Movie
Jul 2012
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
Charles Darwin
TV Show
Jun 2012
Shakespeare Uncovered
Himself
TV Show
Jun 2012
True Love
Nick
TV Show
Apr 2012
Playhouse Presents
Will
Movie
Mar 2012
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
Charles Darwin (voice)
TV Show
Mar 2012
Tree Fu Tom
Twigs (voice)
TV Show
Feb 2012
Wild About Pandas
Narrator
Movie
Dec 2011
Shrek: Once Upon a Time
Self / Narrator
TV Show
Dec 2011
Earthflight
Movie
Dec 2011
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
Self
Movie
Nov 2011
Discovering Hamlet
Self
Movie
Oct 2011
The Ballad of Russell & Julie
Russell T. Davies / Self
Movie
Oct 2011
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
Movie
Aug 2011
Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line
Narrator
Movie
Aug 2011
Fright Night
Peter Vincent
Movie
Jun 2011
The Itch of the Golden Nit
Radio Newsreader / Stretchy McStretch (voice)
Movie
Jun 2011
The Decoy Bride
James Arber
Movie
May 2011
Much Ado About Nothing
Benedick
Movie
Apr 2011
My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen
Self
Movie
Mar 2011
Come in Number Five
Presenter
TV Show
Mar 2011
Twenty Twelve
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Feb 2011
Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice
Narrator
Movie
Jan 2011
Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia
Narrator
Movie
Jan 2011
United
Jimmy Murphy
TV Show
Oct 2010
Single Father
Dave
TV Show
Sep 2010
Ask Rhod Gilbert
Self
Movie
Sep 2010
Stealing Shakespeare
Narrator
TV Show
Sep 2010
Fish Hooks
Oscar's Brain (voice)
Movie
Mar 2010
How to Train Your Dragon
Spitelout (voice)
Movie
Feb 2010
Doctor Who: The End of Time
The Doctor
TV Show
Jan 2010
Rex Is Not Your Lawyer
Rex Alexander
TV Show
Jan 2010
The National Television Awards Backstage Live
Movie
Dec 2009
Hamlet
Hamlet
Movie
Dec 2009
The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol
Ghost of Christmas Present
Movie
Dec 2009
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
Captain Lord Pomfrey / Sir Piers Pomfrey
TV Show
Nov 2009
Doctor Who: Dreamland
The Doctor (voice)
Movie
Nov 2009
Glorious 39
Hector
Movie
Nov 2009
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
The Doctor
TV Show
Sep 2009
Live from Studio Five
Self
TV Show
Aug 2009
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
Self
Movie
May 2009
Monty Python in Aberystwyth
Narrator
Movie
Apr 2009
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
The Doctor
TV Show
Mar 2009
Chris Moyles' Quiz Night
Self
TV Show
Mar 2009
CBeebies Bedtime Stories
Self
TV Show
Mar 2009
CBeebies Bedtime Stories
Fourteenth Doctor
Movie
Jan 2009
Endgame
Self - Host (uncredited)
TV Show
Jan 2009
Swarm: Nature's Incredible Invasions
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Dec 2008
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
The Doctor
Movie
Nov 2008
Einstein and Eddington
Arthur Eddington
TV Show
Oct 2008
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Huyang (voice)
Movie
Jul 2008
Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres - Doctor Who at the Proms 2008
The Doctor (Uncredited)
Movie
Apr 2008
Human Footprint
Narrator (self)
Movie
Dec 2007
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
The Doctor
Movie
Nov 2007
The Friday Night Project - Unleashed
Self - Guest Host
Movie
Nov 2007
Doctor Who: Time Crash
The Doctor (10)
Movie
Nov 2007
Learners
Chris
Movie
Nov 2007
David Tennant's Video Diary
Self
TV Show
Sep 2007
The Sarah Jane Adventures
The Doctor
Movie
Jun 2007
Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest
The Doctor (voice)
TV Show
Apr 2007
Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
Himself
Movie
Feb 2007
Recovery
Alan Hamilton
TV Show
Feb 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Movie
Feb 2007
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
Movie
Dec 2006
Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride
The Doctor
Movie
Nov 2006
Doctor Who: A Celebration
Self - Host
TV Show
Aug 2006
The One Show
Self
TV Show
Apr 2006
Totally Doctor Who
Self
Movie
Mar 2006
The Chatterley Affair
Richard Hoggart
Movie
Dec 2005
Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion
TV Show
Dec 2005
Secret Smile
Brendan
Movie
Nov 2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Barty Crouch Junior
Movie
Oct 2005
Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'
Movie
Sep 2005
Sweetnightgoodheart
Pete
Movie
Apr 2005
The Quatermass Experiment
Doctor Gordon Briscoe
Movie
Mar 2005
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
Self - Narrator (voice)
TV Show
Mar 2005
Doctor Who
Doctor (10)
TV Show
Mar 2005
Doctor Who
The Doctor
TV Show
Mar 2005
Doctor Who Confidential
Self
TV Show
Mar 2005
Casanova
Giacomo Casanova
TV Show
Feb 2005
The Friday Night Project
Self - Host
TV Show
Jan 2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
TV Show
Dec 2004
Big Fat Quiz
Self - Guest
TV Show
Nov 2004
Blackpool
DI Peter Carlisle
TV Show
Oct 2004
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
Movie
Aug 2004
Traffic Warden
Traffic Warden
TV Show
Apr 2004
He Knew He Was Right
Mr Gibson
Movie
Feb 2004
The Deputy
Christopher Williams
Movie
Jan 2004
Old Street
Mr. Watson
TV Show
Nov 2003
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka
Young Custodian (voice) (uncredited)
Movie
Oct 2003
Bright Young Things
Ginger Littlejohn
TV Show
Sep 2003
QI
Self
TV Show
Jun 2003
Spine Chillers
Dr. Krull
TV Show
Jan 2003
Trust
Gavin MacEwan
Movie
Dec 2002
Nine 1/2 Minutes
Charlie
TV Show
Nov 2002
Dead Ringers
Regenerated Tony Blair
TV Show
Oct 2002
Foyle's War
Theo Howard
TV Show
Oct 2002
Top Gear
Self
TV Show
Jun 2002
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Self - Guest Announcer
TV Show
Apr 2001
Terri McIntyre - Classy Bitch
Greig Miller
Movie
Apr 2000
The Last September
Captain Gerald Colthurst
TV Show
Mar 2000
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
Movie
Mar 2000
Being Considered
TV Show
Sep 1999
People Like Us
Rob Harker
TV Show
Jul 1999
Love in the 21st Century
John
Movie
Feb 1999
L.A. Without a Map
Richard
TV Show
Aug 1998
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
Max Valentine
TV Show
Jul 1998
Duck Patrol
Simon 'Darwin' Brown
Movie
Aug 1997
Bite
TV Show
Nov 1996
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self - Presenter
Movie
Jun 1996
Quality Control
Gary Innes
Movie
Feb 1996
Jude
Drunk Undergraduate
TV Show
Jan 1996
A Mug's Game
TV Show
Oct 1994
Ready, Steady, Cook
Self - Contestant
TV Show
Sep 1994
Takin' Over the Asylum
Campbell
TV Show
Jul 1994
The Tales of Para Handy
John MacBryde
TV Show
Jul 1994
Room 101
Self
TV Show
Aug 1993
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
Movie
Jan 1993
Spaces
Vinny
TV Show
Jan 1993
GMTV
Self
TV Show
Sep 1990
Have I Got News for You
Self - Host
TV Show
Sep 1990
Rab C. Nesbitt
Davina
TV Show
Dec 1989
The Simpsons
Pa MacWeldon (voice)
Movie
Apr 1989
Biting the Hands
3rd Squaddie
TV Show
Jan 1988
The Play on One
Third Squaddie
TV Show
Oct 1983
Natural World
Narrator
TV Show
Sep 1983
Dramarama
Neil McDonald
Movie
The Wind in the Willows
Basil
Movie
The Neverending Pillow Fort
TV Show
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Self - Presenter
TV Show
Standing By