David Tennant
Known for acting · Born 18 April 1971 · 55 · Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, UK
272 credits
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
Doctor Who
2005
DuckTales
2017
Marvel's Jessica Jones
2015
Good Omens
2019
Broadchurch
2013
Bad Samaritan
2018
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013
What We Did on Our Holiday
2014
Fright Night
2011
Mary Queen of Scots
2018
Dragons: Race to the Edge
2015
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
2012
Acting (265)
2026Twenty Twenty SixNarrator · 6 episodesSeries
2026Good Omens - Season 3: An Ineffable GoodbyeselfFilm
2026Rivals: The Official PodcastSelfSeries
2026Doctor Who: The Satan PitThe DoctorFilm
2026Ages of IceSelf (voice) · 3 episodesSeries
2025The Thursday Murder ClubIanFilm
2025The Four SeasonsGianpieroSeries
2025The HackNick Davies · 7 episodesSeries
2025Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality WarThe Doctor / The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
2025MacbethMacbethFilm
2025The AssemblySelf - IntervieweeSeries
2025Genius GameThe Creator · 8 episodesSeries
2025The Big Fat Quiz of EverythingSelfFilm
2024Doctor WhoThe Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)Series
2024RivalsTony Baddingham · 20 episodesSeries
2024ARK: The Animated SeriesSir Edmund Rockwell (voice) · 14 episodesSeries
2024Rob Beckett's Smart TVSelf - GuestSeries
2024Doctor Who at the PromsThe Doctor (14) (10) (archive footage)Film
2024Comic Relief 2024: Funny for MoneySelfFilm
2023AhsokaHuyang (voice) · 8 episodesSeries
2023Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil DinosaurFranklin (voice)Series
2023Clone HighDavid Tennant (voice)Series
2023Star Wars: Young Jedi AdventuresHuyang (voice)Series
2023Doctor Who Children in Need Special 2023The DoctorFilm
2023Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary SpecialsThe Doctor (archive footage)Film
2023National Theatre Live: GoodProfessor John Halder/JohnnyFilm
2023Spy in the Ocean, A Nature MiniseriesNarrator · 4 episodesSeries
2023Talking Doctor WhoSelf - PresenterFilm
2023imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and MeSelfFilm
2023Doctor Who: The Bedtime StoryThe DoctorFilm
2023Doctor Who: Video CommentariesSelf - The Doctor · 5 episodes, Self · 2 episodesSeries
2023Comic Relief 2023Self - HostFilm
2023Doctor Who: Recollections with Russell and DavidSelfFilm
2022The SandmanDon (voice)Series
2022Chip 'n Dale: Rescue RangersScrooge McDuck (voice)Film
2022The Legend of Vox MachinaGeneral Kreig (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
2022Inside ManHarry Watling · 4 episodesSeries
2022The Amazing MauriceDangerous Beans (voice)Film
2022The Paloni Show! Halloween Special!Roach Chef (voice)Film
2022LitvinenkoAlexander Litvinenko · 2 episodesSeries
2022Ant & Dec's Limitless WinSelfSeries
2022ChibiverseScrooge McDuck (Voice)Series
2022Remembers…SelfSeries
2021The Loud House MovieAngus (voice)Film
2021Around the World in 80 DaysPhileas Fogg · 8 episodesSeries
2021An Audience with AdeleSelfFilm
2021Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for ChristmasSelfFilm
2020DesDennis Nilsen · 3 episodesSeries
2020StagedDavid · 20 episodesSeries
2020Deadwater FellTom Kendrick · 4 episodesSeries
2020Good Omens: LockdownCrowley (voice)Film
2020Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for ChristmasSelfFilm
2020Red Dwarf: The First Three Million YearsSelf - Narrator (voice) · 3 episodesSeries
2020The Real Des: The Dennis Nilsen StoryNarrator (voice)Film
2020ScreeningTimothyFilm
2020Heart to HeartHeartFilm
2020The Big Night InMr. Logan, SelfFilm
2020Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth SladenSelfFilm
2020The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 YearsSelfFilm
2019How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden WorldSpitelout / Ivar the Whitless (voice)Film
2019Good OmensCrowley · 13 episodesSeries
2019Criminal: UKDr. Edgar FallonSeries
2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelfSeries
2019gen:LOCKDr. Weller (voice) · 8 episodesSeries
2019Children In Need 2019: Got It CoveredSelfFilm
2018Mary Queen of ScotsJohn KnoxFilm
2018Final SpaceLord Commander (voice) · 10 episodesSeries
2018Bad SamaritanCale ErendreichFilm
2018You, Me and HimJohnFilm
2018CampingWalt · 8 episodesSeries
2018The Highway RatThe Highway Rat (voice)Film
2018There She GoesSimon · 10 episodesSeries
2018Hang UpsMartin LambSeries
2018DuckTales: Destination Adventure!Scrooge McDuck (voice)Film
2018The Muppets Take The O2SelfFilm
2018Spy in the SnowNarratorFilm
2017FerdinandAngus (voice)Film
2017DuckTalesScrooge McDuck (Voice) · 69 episodesSeries
2017Mad to Be NormalRD LaingFilm
2017Spy in the WildHimself - Narrator · 9 episodesSeries
2017Fireman Sam: Alien Alert! The MovieBuck Douglas (voice)Film
2017Proclaimers: This Is the StorySelfFilm
2016Derren Brown: Pushed to the EdgeHimselfFilm
2016Shakespeare Live! From the RSCSelf - HostFilm
2016Top Gear: Extra GearSelfSeries
2016Einstein 100NarratorFilm
2015Marvel's Jessica JonesKilgrave · 14 episodes, Kilgrave (voice)Series
2015Dragons: Race to the EdgeSpitelout (voice) · 12 episodesSeries
2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest · 2 episodes, George HarrisonSeries
2015Doctor Who: The Husbands of River SongThe Doctor (10) (picture) (uncredited)Film
2015Thunderbirds Are Go!Tyco Reeves (Voice)Series
2015A Grand Night In: The Story of AardmanSelf - Voice of Charles DarwinFilm
2015Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and TimeNarrator (Voice UK)Film
2015Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Monster MusicalIgor the Door (voice)Film
201596 Ways to Say I Love YouMarkFilm
2015The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number OneSelfFilm
2015Dames of Classic Drama at the BBCNarratorFilm
2015Knights of Classic Drama at the BBCNarratorFilm
2014What We Did on Our HolidayDoug McLeodFilm
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - GuestSeries
2014GracepointEmmett Carver · 10 episodesSeries
2014Postman Pat: The MovieWilf (voice)Film
2014W1ANarrator (voice) · 14 episodesSeries
2014The Real History of Science FictionSelf · 2 episodesSeries
2014Doctor Who: The Ultimate CompanionSelf / The Doctor (archive footage)Film
2014Dolphins: Spy in the PodNarrator · 2 episodesSeries
2014Off Camera with Sam JonesSelfSeries
2014Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter DavisonSelfFilm
2014Wings 3DNarrator (voice)Film
2013BroadchurchDI Alec Hardy · 24 episodesSeries
2013Doctor Who: The Day of the DoctorThe Doctor (10)Film
2013The Escape ArtistWill Burton · 3 episodesSeries
2013The Five(ish) Doctors RebootSelfFilm
2013Spies of WarsawJean-François Mercier · 2 episodesSeries
2013GoggleboxSelfSeries
2013The Politician's HusbandAiden Hoynes · 3 episodesSeries
2013The Last LegSelf · 7 episodesSeries
2013EarthflightHimself - NarratorFilm
2013Penguins: Spy in the HuddleNarrator (voice) · 3 episodesSeries
2013RSC Live: Richard IIRichard IIFilm
2013Doctor Who: The Doctors RevisitedSelf · 11 episodesSeries
2013Doctor Who: The Ultimate GuideSelfFilm
2013Doctor Who ExplainedSelfFilm
2013Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt SmithFilm
2013Doctor Who Live: The AfterpartyThe Doctor (archive footage)Film
2013The Day of the Doctor: Cinema IntroThe Doctor (10)Film
2013Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDISSelfFilm
2012The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!Charles Darwin (voice)Film
2012Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesFugitoid (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
2012DreamWorks DragonsSpitelout (voice) · 2 episodes, Spitelout (voice)Series
2012Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger!Donald / Roderick PetersonFilm
2012So You Want To Be A Pirate!Charles DarwinFilm
2012True LoveNickSeries
2012Tree Fu TomTwigs (voice) · 72 episodesSeries
2012Shakespeare UncoveredHimselfSeries
2012The Science of Doctor WhoThe Doctor (archive footage)Film
2012Playhouse PresentsWillSeries
2012Shakespeare's SonnetsFilm
2012Comedy World CupHost · 7 episodesSeries
2012Wild About PandasNarratorSeries
2011Fright NightPeter VincentFilm
2011The Decoy BrideJames ArberFilm
2011UnitedJimmy MurphyFilm
2011Much Ado About NothingBenedickFilm
2011Twenty TwelveNarrator (voice) · 13 episodesSeries
2011Polar Bear: Spy on the IceNarratorFilm
2011Shrek: Once Upon a TimeSelf / NarratorFilm
2011Earthflight · 6 episodesSeries
2011The Ballad of Russell & JulieRussell T. Davies / SelfFilm
2011The Itch of the Golden NitRadio Newsreader / Stretchy McStretch (voice)Film
2011Catherine Tate: Laughing at the NoughtiesSelfFilm
2011Discovering HamletSelfFilm
2011Doctor Who: Tales Lost in TimeFilm
2011Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of AustraliaNarratorFilm
2011Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the LineNarratorFilm
2011Come in Number FivePresenterFilm
2011My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth SladenSelfFilm
2010How to Train Your DragonSpitelout (voice)Film
2010Fish HooksOscar's Brain (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
2010Single FatherDave · 4 episodesSeries
2010Ask Rhod GilbertSelfSeries
2010Doctor Who: The End of TimeThe DoctorFilm
2010Rex Is Not Your LawyerRex AlexanderSeries
2010Stealing ShakespeareNarratorFilm
2010The National Television Awards Backstage LiveSeries
2009Doctor Who: The Waters of MarsThe DoctorFilm
2009St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's GoldCaptain Lord Pomfrey / Sir Piers PomfreyFilm
2009Doctor Who: Planet of the DeadThe DoctorFilm
2009Glorious 39HectorFilm
2009HamletHamletFilm
2009EndgameSelf - Host (uncredited)Film
2009Live from Studio FiveSelf · 2 episodesSeries
2009The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas CarolGhost of Christmas PresentFilm
2009Doctor Who: DreamlandThe Doctor (voice) · 6 episodesSeries
2009Doctor Who Greatest MomentsSelf · 3 episodesSeries
2009CBeebies Bedtime StoriesSelf, Fourteenth DoctorSeries
2009Chris Moyles' Quiz NightSelf · 2 episodesSeries
2009Swarm: Nature's Incredible InvasionsNarrator (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
2009Monty Python in AberystwythNarratorFilm
2008Star Wars: The Clone WarsHuyang (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
2008Doctor Who: The Next DoctorThe DoctorFilm
2008Einstein and EddingtonArthur EddingtonFilm
2008Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres - Doctor Who at the Proms 2008The Doctor (Uncredited)Film
2008Human FootprintNarrator (self)Film
2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf · 9 episodesSeries
2007Doctor Who: Voyage of the DamnedThe DoctorFilm
2007The Sarah Jane AdventuresThe Doctor · 2 episodesSeries
2007Doctor Who: Time CrashThe Doctor (10)Film
2007Doctor Who: The Infinite QuestThe Doctor (voice)Film
2007RecoveryAlan HamiltonFilm
2007LearnersChrisFilm
2007Derren Brown: Trick or TreatHimself · 2 episodesSeries
2007David Tennant's Video DiarySelfFilm
2007The Friday Night Project - UnleashedSelf - Guest HostFilm
2007The 50 Greatest Television DramasSelfFilm
2006Doctor Who: The Runaway BrideThe DoctorFilm
2006The One ShowSelf · 3 episodesSeries
2006The Chatterley AffairRichard HoggartFilm
2006Totally Doctor WhoSelf · 5 episodesSeries
2006Doctor Who: A CelebrationSelf - HostFilm
2005Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireBarty Crouch JuniorFilm
2005Doctor WhoDoctor (10), The Doctor · 40 episodesSeries
2005The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonSelfSeries
2005CasanovaGiacomo Casanova · 3 episodesSeries
2005Doctor Who ConfidentialSelf · 39 episodesSeries
2005The Quatermass ExperimentDoctor Gordon BriscoeFilm
2005Secret SmileBrendan · 2 episodesSeries
2005SweetnightgoodheartPeteFilm
2005The Friday Night ProjectSelf - Host · 2 episodesSeries
2005Doctor Who: The Christmas InvasionThe DoctorFilm
2005Doctor Who: A New DimensionSelf - Narrator (voice)Film
2005Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'Film
2004Big Fat QuizSelf - GuestSeries
2004BlackpoolDI Peter Carlisle · 6 episodesSeries
2004Who Do You Think You Are?SelfSeries
2004He Knew He Was RightMr Gibson · 4 episodesSeries
2004Traffic WardenTraffic WardenFilm
2004Old StreetMr. WatsonFilm
2004The DeputyChristopher WilliamsFilm
2004ParkinsonSelf - GuestSeries
2003QISelfSeries
2003Bright Young ThingsGinger LittlejohnFilm
2003Doctor Who: Scream of the ShalkaYoung Custodian (voice) (uncredited)Series
2003Spine ChillersDr. KrullSeries
2003TrustGavin MacEwanSeries
2003Doctor Who: The Scream of the ShalkaWarehousemanFilm
2002Top GearSelf · 2 episodesSeries
2002Foyle's WarTheo HowardSeries
2002Ant & Dec's Saturday Night TakeawaySelf - Guest Announcer · 2 episodesSeries
2002Dead RingersRegenerated Tony BlairSeries
2002Nine 1/2 MinutesCharlieFilm
2001Terri McIntyre - Classy BitchGreig Miller · 14 episodesSeries
2000The Last SeptemberCaptain Gerald ColthurstFilm
2000Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)Series
2000Being ConsideredFilm
1999L.A. Without a MapRichardFilm
1999People Like UsRob HarkerSeries
1999Love in the 21st CenturyJohnSeries
1998The Mrs Bradley MysteriesMax ValentineSeries
1998Duck PatrolSimon 'Darwin' Brown · 7 episodesSeries
1997BiteAlastair GalbraithFilm
1996JudeDrunk UndergraduateFilm
1996Never Mind the BuzzcocksSelf - PresenterSeries
1996Quality ControlGary InnesFilm
1996A Mug's GameSeries
1994Room 101SelfSeries
1994Takin' Over the AsylumCampbell · 6 episodesSeries
1994The Tales of Para HandyJohn MacBrydeSeries
1994Ready, Steady, CookSelf - Contestant · 2 episodesSeries
1993Late Show with David LettermanSelf - GuestSeries
1993GMTVSelfSeries
1993SpacesVinnyFilm
1990Have I Got News for YouSelf - Host · 10 episodesSeries
1990Rab C. NesbittDavinaSeries
1989The SimpsonsPa MacWeldon (voice)Series
1989Biting the Hands3rd SquaddieFilm
1988The Play on OneThird SquaddieSeries
1983Natural WorldNarratorSeries
1983DramaramaNeil McDonaldSeries
—Have I Got a Bit More News for YouSelf - Presenter · 9 episodesSeries
—The Wind in the WillowsBasilFilm
—The Neverending Pillow FortFilm
—The Amazing Maurice: The Waters of LifeDangerous Beans (voice)Film
—The Joy of SexFilm
—Standing BySeries
Crew (1)
2007David Tennant's Video DiaryCinematography, Director, EditorFilm
Directing (2)
2007Painkiller JaneDirectorSeries
2005Doctor Who ConfidentialDirectorSeries
Production (4)
2025The HackExecutive ProducerSeries
2021Around the World in 80 DaysExecutive ProducerSeries
2020DesExecutive ProducerSeries
2020StagedExecutive ProducerSeries