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