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David Tennant
Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, UK
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…
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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.
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2026
Doctor Who Day: The Impossible Planet & The Satan Pit
Movie The Doctor
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2026
Doctor Who Reboot
TV show The Doctor
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2026
Rivals: The Official Podcast
TV show Self
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2026
Good Omens - Season 3: An Ineffable Goodbye
Movie self
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2026
Twenty Twenty Six
TV show Narrator
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2025
The Hack
TV show Nick Davies
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2025
The Thursday Murder Club
Movie Ian
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2025
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
Movie The Doctor / The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2025
The Four Seasons
TV show Gianpiero
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2025
Genius Game
TV show The Creator
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2025
The Assembly
TV show Self - Interviewee
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2025
Macbeth
Movie Macbeth
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2025
The Big Fat Quiz of Everything
Movie Self
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2024
Doctor Who at the Proms
Movie The Doctor (14) (10) (archive footage)
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2024
Rivals
TV show Tony Baddingham
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2024
Doctor Who
TV show The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2024
ARK: The Animated Series
TV show Sir Edmund Rockwell (voice)
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2024
Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money
Movie Self
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2024
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
TV show Self - Guest
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2023
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
Movie The Doctor (archive footage)
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2023
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
Movie Self
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2023
Doctor Who: Video Commentaries
TV show Self - The Doctor
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2023
Doctor Who: The Bedtime Story
Movie The Doctor
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2023
Doctor Who Children in Need Special 2023
Movie The Doctor
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2023
Talking Doctor Who
Movie Self - Presenter
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2023
Ahsoka
TV show Huyang (voice)
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2023
Spy in the Ocean, A Nature Miniseries
TV show Narrator
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2023
Clone High
TV show David Tennant (voice)
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2023
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures
TV show Huyang (voice)
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2023
National Theatre Live: Good
Movie Professor John Halder/Johnny
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2023
Comic Relief 2023
Movie Self - Host
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2023
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
TV show Franklin (voice)
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2022
The Amazing Maurice
Movie Dangerous Beans (voice)
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2022
Litvinenko
TV show Alexander Litvinenko
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2022
The Paloni Show! Halloween Special!
Movie Roach Chef (voice)
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2022
Inside Man
TV show Harry Watling
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2022
The Sandman
TV show Don (voice)
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2022
Chibiverse
TV show Scrooge McDuck (Voice)
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2022
Remembers…
TV show Self
