Christopher Eccleston
Known for acting · Born 16 February 1964 · 62 · Salford, Lancashire, England, UK
134 credits
Christopher Eccleston (born 16 February 1964) is an English stage, film and television actor. His films include Let Him Have It, Shallow Grave, Elizabeth, 28 Days Later, Gone in 60 Seconds, The Others, and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. In 2005, he became the ninth incarnation of The Doctor in the British television series Doctor Who.
Known for
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
2009
Legend
2015
Thor: The Dark World
2013
Doctor Who
2005
28 Days Later
2002
The Leftovers
2014
The Others
2001
Shallow Grave
1994
Ambulance
2016
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
2007
Elizabeth
1998
Jude
1996
Acting (134)
2026UnchosenMr Phillips · 6 episodesSeries
2026SIGNALRayFilm
2026Ashes Again!DadFilm
2026CrackulaFilm
2026Chasing MillionsCrayfordFilm
2025Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality WarDoctor Who (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
2024Young Woman and the SeaJabez WolffeFilm
2024Doctor Who at the PromsThe Doctor (9) (archive footage)Film
2024An Angel on Oxford StreetSaul (voice)Film
2024Whispers of FreedomHerbert KöferFilm
2024The Guilty Innocent with Christopher EcclestonPresenter · 2 episodesSeries
2023Dodger Special: CoronationFaginFilm
2023The Kemps: All GoldLuke DunmoreFilm
2023Dodger Special: Bad EggFaginFilm
2022DodgerFagin · 14 episodesSeries
2022My Name Is LeonMr. DevlinFilm
2022The ReadNarratorSeries
2022Remembers…Self · 2 episodesSeries
2022Dodger Special: TrainFaginFilm
2022Dodger Special: ChristmasFaginFilm
2021Close to MeRob Harding · 6 episodesSeries
2021Robbo: The Bryan Robson StorySelfFilm
2021Set the Night on Fire: The Story of Ewan MacCollSelfFilm
2020The Romantics and Us with Simon SchamaSelfSeries
2020The Kemps: All TrueSelfFilm
2020EndlessFilm
2020The HourHimselfFilm
2020A Year in the Life of a Year 2019HimselfFilm
2018Where Hands TouchHeinzFilm
2018Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)HarveyFilm
2018King LearOswaldFilm
2018The Flu That Killed 50 MillionNarratorFilm
2018Come HomeGreg Farrell · 3 episodesSeries
2018RSC Live: MacbethMacbethFilm
2017Manchester: 100 Days After The AttackVoiceFilm
2016The A WordMaurice Scott · 6 episodesSeries
2016AmbulanceSelf - Narrator · 104 episodesSeries
2016The Last MinersNarrator (voice)Film
2016The Last MinersNarrator (Voice) · 2 episodesSeries
2015LegendLeonard 'Nipper' ReadFilm
2015FortitudeProfessor Charlie Stoddart · 11 episodesSeries
2015Doctor Who: The Husbands of River SongThe Doctor (9) (picture) (uncredited)Film
2015Safe HouseRobert · 4 episodesSeries
2015Danger MouseJ. Woolington Sham (voice)Series
2014True DetectiveCaptain Ted Connelly · 3 episodesSeries
2014The LeftoversMatt Jamison · 28 episodesSeries
2014Richard III: The New EvidenceNarratorFilm
2013Thor: The Dark WorldMalekithFilm
2013Doctor Who: The Day of the DoctorThe Doctor (9) (archive footage)Film
2013LucanJohn Aspinall · 2 episodesSeries
2013Doctor Who: The Doctors RevisitedSelf · 11 episodesSeries
2013EmilyJamesFilm
2013National Theatre Live: 50 Years on StageFilm
2013Muse of FireSelfFilm
2013LucanJohn AspinallFilm
2013When Coal Was KingNarratorFilm
2012Song for MarionJamesFilm
2012BlackoutDaniel Demoys · 3 episodesSeries
2012When Wrestling Was Golden: Grapples, Grunts and GranniesNarratorFilm
2012National Theatre Live: AntigoneCreon, King of ThebesFilm
2011The Shadow LineJoseph Bede · 7 episodesSeries
2011The BorrowersPod ClockFilm
2010AccusedWilly HoulihanSeries
2010Lennon NakedJohn LennonFilm
2009G.I. Joe: The Rise of CobraMcCullen / DestroFilm
2009AmeliaFred NoonanFilm
2009The Happiness SalesmanSalesmanFilm
2008Doctor Who: The Next DoctorThe Doctor (9) (archive footage)Film
2008New Orleans, Mon AmourHenryFilm
2007The Seeker: The Dark Is RisingThe RiderFilm
2007The Sarah Silverman ProgramDr. Lazer RageSeries
2006HeroesClaude · 5 episodesSeries
2006Perfect ParentsStuartFilm
2006Best Ever Muppet MomentsSelfFilm
2005Doctor WhoDoctor (9), Doctor Who · 13 episodesSeries
2005Doctor Who ConfidentialSelf · 13 episodesSeries
2005Einstein's Big IdeaNarrator (voice)Film
2005The Dark Side of Porn: Porn ShutdownFilm
2005Doctor Who: A New DimensionSelfFilm
2004The Paul O'Grady ShowSeries
2004Bible MysteriesNarratorSeries
2003The Second ComingStephen Baxter · 2 episodesSeries
2003Pure Rage: The Making of '28 Days Later'SelfFilm
2003The Importance of Being MorrisseyNarratorFilm
2003The Second ComingStephen BaxterFilm
200228 Days LaterMajor Henry WestFilm
2002Top GearSelfSeries
200224 Hour Party PeopleBoethius (uncredited)Film
2002I Am DinaLeo ZhukovskyFilm
2002Revengers TragedyVindiciFilm
2002SundayMajor Gen. Robert FordFilm
2002Flesh and BloodJoe BroughtonFilm
2002TimeshiftselfSeries
2002The King and UsAnthonyFilm
2002Tony Adams - Drunk And DryNarratorFilm
2002What's Your Problem?Series
2001The OthersCharles StewartFilm
2001The Invisible CircusWolfFilm
2001StrumpetStraymanFilm
2001OthelloBen JagoFilm
2001Linda GreenTom/NeilSeries
2000Gone in Sixty SecondsRaymond CalitriFilm
1999eXistenZSeminar LeaderFilm
1999With or Without YouVincent BoydFilm
1999HeartGary EllisFilm
1999Dockers: Writing the WrongsNarrator (voice)Film
1998ElizabethDuke of NorfolkFilm
1998A Price Above RubiesSender HorowitzFilm
1996JudeJude FawleyFilm
1996Our Friends in the NorthNicky Hutchinson · 9 episodesSeries
1996HillsboroughTrevor HicksFilm
1995Hearts and MindsDrew Mackenzie · 4 episodesSeries
1994Shallow GraveDavid StephensFilm
1993CrackerDavid Bilborough · 7 episodes, Bilborough · 3 episodesSeries
1993AnchoressPriestFilm
1993GMTVSelfSeries
1993Cuentos de BorgesAlonso ZunzSeries
1992Death and the CompassSchartach / Zunz / GryphiusFilm
1992Rachel's DreamMan in DreamSeries
1992Friday on My MindSean · 3 episodesSeries
1992Rachel's DreamMan in DreamFilm
1992RootsFrankie BryantFilm
1992Continental Drift(Business with Friends)Film
1991Let Him Have ItDerek BentleyFilm
1991PerformanceFrankie BryantSeries
1990ChancerRadioSeries
1989Agatha Christie's PoirotFrank CarterSeries
1987Inspector MorseTerrence MitchellSeries
1986CasualtyStephen HillsSeries
1986ScreenPlaySchartach / Zunz / GryphiusSeries
1958Blue PeterSelfSeries
—Hear Me RoarMichael BellingerFilm
—Color Your HurtJamesFilm
—About A BellDC HolmanFilm