David Tennant
Biography
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
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Simpsons
1989
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Doctor Who
2005
Doctor Who
2005
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2008
The One Show
2006
Filmography
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as George Harrison · 2015
The Simpsons
as Pa MacWeldon (voice) · 1989
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest · 2014
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest · 1993
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self · 2019
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self · 2005
The Graham Norton Show
as Self · 2007
Doctor Who
as Doctor (10) · 2005
Doctor Who
as The Doctor · 2005
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
as Huyang (voice) · 2008
The One Show
as Self · 2006
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
as Fugitoid (voice) · 2012
Have I Got News for You
as Self - Host · 1990
QI
as Self · 2003
Ready, Steady, Cook
as Self - Contestant · 1994
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
as Self - Presenter
Top Gear
as Self · 2002
DuckTales
as Scrooge McDuck (Voice) · 2017
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
as Self - Presenter · 1996
The Last Leg
as Self · 2013
Natural World
as Narrator · 1983
CBeebies Bedtime Stories
as Self · 2009
CBeebies Bedtime Stories
as Fourteenth Doctor · 2009
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Barty Crouch Junior · 2005
The Legend of Vox Machina
as General Kreig (voice) · 2022
The Sandman
as Don (voice) · 2022
GMTV
as Self · 1993
Fish Hooks
as Oscar's Brain (voice) · 2010
Dragons: Race to the Edge
as Spitelout (voice) · 2015
Foyle's War
as Theo Howard · 2002
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
as Franklin (voice) · 2023
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self · 2014
Marvel's Jessica Jones
as Kilgrave · 2015
Marvel's Jessica Jones
as Kilgrave (voice) · 2015
Doctor Who
as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2024
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures
as Huyang (voice) · 2023
Good Omens
as Crowley · 2019
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
as Self - Guest Announcer · 2002
Rivals
as Tony Baddingham · 2024
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
as Spitelout / Ivar the Whitless (voice) · 2019
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self · 2004
How to Train Your Dragon
as Spitelout (voice) · 2010
Parkinson
as Self - Guest · 2004
Ahsoka
as Huyang (voice) · 2023
Broadchurch
as DI Alec Hardy · 2013
The Sarah Jane Adventures
as The Doctor · 2007
Around the World in 80 Days
as Phileas Fogg · 2021
Playhouse Presents
as Will · 2012
DreamWorks Dragons
as Spitelout (voice) · 2012
DreamWorks Dragons
as Spitelout (voice) · 2012
Room 101
as Self · 1994
Doctor Who Confidential
as Self · 2005
The Four Seasons
as Gianpiero · 2025
The Play on One
as Third Squaddie · 1988
Final Space
as Lord Commander (voice) · 2018
Thunderbirds Are Go!
as Tyco Reeves (Voice) · 2015
Big Fat Quiz
as Self - Guest · 2004
Chibiverse
as Scrooge McDuck (Voice) · 2022
Ferdinand
as Angus (voice) · 2017
Fright Night
as Peter Vincent · 2011
Time
as Bobby Bailey · 2021
Clone High
as David Tennant (voice) · 2023
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
as Scrooge McDuck (voice) · 2022
Remembers…
as Self · 2022
Dramarama
as Neil McDonald · 1983
The Thursday Murder Club
as Ian · 2025
Mary Queen of Scots
as John Knox · 2018
Staged
as David · 2020
The Amazing Maurice
as Dangerous Beans (voice) · 2022
Gracepoint
as Emmett Carver · 2014
Criminal: UK
as Dr. Edgar Fallon · 2019
The Hack
as Nick Davies · 2025
Chris Moyles' Quiz Night
as Self · 2009
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
as Charles Darwin (voice) · 2012
Inside Man
as Harry Watling · 2022
ARK: The Animated Series
as Sir Edmund Rockwell (voice) · 2024
Des
as Dennis Nilsen · 2020
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
· 2000
The Real History of Science Fiction
as Self · 2014
Twenty Twelve
as Narrator (voice) · 2011
W1A
as Narrator (voice) · 2014
Camping
as Walt · 2018
Rab C. Nesbitt
as Davina · 1990
Litvinenko
as Alexander Litvinenko · 2022
gen:LOCK
as Dr. Weller (voice) · 2019
Dead Ringers
as Regenerated Tony Blair · 2002
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
as Self - Guest · 2024
Ant & Dec's Limitless Win
as Self · 2022
The Escape Artist
as Will Burton · 2013
Spine Chillers
as Dr. Krull · 2003
Blackpool
as DI Peter Carlisle · 2004
True Love
as Nick · 2012
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka
as Young Custodian (voice) (uncredited) · 2003
People Like Us
as Rob Harker · 1999
Gogglebox
as Self · 2013
He Knew He Was Right
as Mr Gibson · 2004
The Paloni Show! Halloween Special!
as Roach Chef (voice) · 2022
Tree Fu Tom
as Twigs (voice) · 2012
Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride
as The Doctor · 2006
Twenty Twenty Six
as Narrator · 2026
Top Gear: Extra Gear
as Self · 2016
Casanova
as Giacomo Casanova · 2005
The Politician's Husband
as Aiden Hoynes · 2013
The Loud House Movie
as Angus (voice) · 2021
Hang Ups
as Martin Lamb · 2018
Takin' Over the Asylum
as Campbell · 1994
Spies of Warsaw
as Jean-François Mercier · 2013
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
as The Doctor (10) · 2013
Totally Doctor Who
as Self · 2006
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
as Self · 2009
Shakespeare Uncovered
as Himself · 2012
What We Did on Our Holiday
as Doug McLeod · 2014
Trust
as Gavin MacEwan · 2003
Love in the 21st Century
as John · 1999
Bad Samaritan
as Cale Erendreich · 2018
Ask Rhod Gilbert
as Self · 2010
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
as Max Valentine · 1998
Earthflight
· 2011
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
as Self · 2013
Doctor Who: The Satan Pit
as The Doctor · 2026
Comedy World Cup
as Host · 2012
Postman Pat: The Movie
as Wilf (voice) · 2014
Deadwater Fell
as Tom Kendrick · 2020
Duck Patrol
as Simon 'Darwin' Brown · 1998
Rex Is Not Your Lawyer
as Rex Alexander · 2010
Single Father
as Dave · 2010
The Highway Rat
as The Highway Rat (voice) · 2018
RSC Live: Richard II
as Richard II · 2013
Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
as Himself · 2007
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
as Captain Lord Pomfrey / Sir Piers Pomfrey · 2009
L.A. Without a Map
as Richard · 1999
There She Goes
as Simon · 2018
Einstein and Eddington
as Arthur Eddington · 2008
Being Considered
· 2000
Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years
as Self - Narrator (voice) · 2020
Doctor Who: Video Commentaries
as Self - The Doctor · 2023
Doctor Who: Video Commentaries
as Self · 2023
The Decoy Bride
as James Arber · 2011
Doctor Who: Dreamland
as The Doctor (voice) · 2009
The Assembly
as Self - Interviewee · 2025
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
as Self · 2013
Jude
as Drunk Undergraduate · 1996
Spy in the Wild
as Himself - Narrator · 2017
The Tales of Para Handy
as John MacBryde · 1994
Macbeth
as Macbeth · 2025
The National Television Awards Backstage Live
· 2010
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
as The Doctor · 2007
Secret Smile
as Brendan · 2005
Glorious 39
as Hector · 2009
An Audience with Adele
as Self · 2021
Penguins: Spy in the Huddle
as Narrator (voice) · 2013
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
as Self - Voice of Charles Darwin · 2015
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
as The Doctor · 2009
Genius Game
as The Creator · 2025
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
as Self · 2007
Bright Young Things
as Ginger Littlejohn · 2003
A Mug's Game
· 1996
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
as Self - Narrator (voice) · 2005
Doctor Who at the Proms
as The Doctor (14) (10) (archive footage) · 2024
You, Me and Him
as John · 2018
United
as Jimmy Murphy · 2011
Derren Brown: Pushed to the Edge
as Himself · 2016
Live from Studio Five
as Self · 2009
Mad to Be Normal
as RD Laing · 2017
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
as Self - Host · 2016
Rivals: The Official Podcast
as Self · 2026
Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion
as The Doctor · 2005
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
as The Doctor / The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2025
Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger!
as Donald / Roderick Peterson · 2012
Spy in the Ocean, A Nature Miniseries
as Narrator · 2023
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
as The Doctor · 2009
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
as Self · 2020
Terri McIntyre - Classy Bitch
as Greig Miller · 2001
The Big Night In
as Mr. Logan · 2020
The Big Night In
as Self · 2020
Fireman Sam: Alien Alert! The Movie
as Buck Douglas (voice) · 2017
The Itch of the Golden Nit
as Radio Newsreader / Stretchy McStretch (voice) · 2011
Shrek: Once Upon a Time
as Self / Narrator · 2011
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
as The Doctor (10) (picture) (uncredited) · 2015
Doctor Who: The End of Time
as The Doctor · 2010
My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen
as Self · 2011
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Monster Musical
as Igor the Door (voice) · 2015
Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
as Self · 2021
Ages of Ice
as Self (voice) · 2026
David Tennant's Video Diary
as Self · 2007
The Amazing Maurice: The Waters of Life
as Dangerous Beans (voice)
Doctor Who Children in Need Special 2023
as The Doctor · 2023
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
as Self / The Doctor (archive footage) · 2014
Much Ado About Nothing
as Benedick · 2011
Endgame
as Self - Host (uncredited) · 2009
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
as Charles Darwin · 2012
Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money
as Self · 2024
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
as The Doctor · 2008
Doctor Who: The Scream of the Shalka
as Warehouseman · 2003
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
as Self · 2019
National Theatre Live: Good
as Professor John Halder/Johnny · 2023
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide
as Self · 2013
Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS
as Self · 2013
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
· 2011
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
as The Doctor (archive footage) · 2023
Dolphins: Spy in the Pod
as Narrator · 2014
Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres - Doctor Who at the Proms 2008
as The Doctor (Uncredited) · 2008
Proclaimers: This Is the Story
as Self · 2017
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
as Self · 2011
The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro
as The Doctor (10) · 2013
Nine 1/2 Minutes
as Charlie · 2002
The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years
as Self · 2020
Doctor Who: Time Crash
as The Doctor (10) · 2007
Wild About Pandas
as Narrator · 2012
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
as Self · 2023
Einstein 100
as Narrator · 2016
The Muppets Take The O2
as Self · 2018
Monty Python in Aberystwyth
as Narrator · 2009
The Science of Doctor Who
as The Doctor (archive footage) · 2012
Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith
· 2013
Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line
as Narrator · 2011
The Neverending Pillow Fort
Standing By
Talking Doctor Who
as Self - Presenter · 2023
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
as Narrator · 2015
Traffic Warden
as Traffic Warden · 2004
Hamlet
as Hamlet · 2009
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
as Self · 2015
Come in Number Five
as Presenter · 2011
Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest
as The Doctor (voice) · 2007
Wings 3D
as Narrator (voice) · 2014
Doctor Who Explained
as Self · 2013
Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth Sladen
as Self · 2020
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
as The Doctor (archive footage) · 2013
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
as Narrator · 2015
The Joy of Sex
Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'
· 2005
The Quatermass Experiment
as Doctor Gordon Briscoe · 2005
Discovering Hamlet
as Self · 2011
Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice
as Narrator · 2011
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
as Self · 2014
Old Street
as Mr. Watson · 2004
96 Ways to Say I Love You
as Mark · 2015
The Last September
as Captain Gerald Colthurst · 2000
DuckTales: Destination Adventure!
as Scrooge McDuck (voice) · 2018
The Chatterley Affair
as Richard Hoggart · 2006
Sweetnightgoodheart
as Pete · 2005
Swarm: Nature's Incredible Invasions
as Narrator (voice) · 2009
Shakespeare's Sonnets
· 2012
Bite
as Alastair Galbraith · 1997
The Ballad of Russell & Julie
as Russell T. Davies / Self · 2011
Spy in the Snow
as Narrator · 2018
Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia
as Narrator · 2011
The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol
as Ghost of Christmas Present · 2009
The Friday Night Project - Unleashed
as Self - Guest Host · 2007
Good Omens - Season 3: An Ineffable Goodbye
as self · 2026
Earthflight
as Himself - Narrator · 2013
The Real Des: The Dennis Nilsen Story
as Narrator (voice) · 2020
The Big Fat Quiz of Everything
as Self · 2025
The Wind in the Willows
as Basil
Biting the Hands
as 3rd Squaddie · 1989
Doctor Who: The Bedtime Story
as The Doctor · 2023
Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time
as Narrator (Voice UK) · 2015
Learners
as Chris · 2007
Recovery
as Alan Hamilton · 2007
Doctor Who: Recollections with Russell and David
as Self · 2023
Heart to Heart
as Heart · 2020
Good Omens: Lockdown
as Crowley (voice) · 2020
Human Footprint
as Narrator (self) · 2008
The Deputy
as Christopher Williams · 2004
Doctor Who: A Celebration
as Self - Host · 2006
Comic Relief 2023
as Self - Host · 2023
The Friday Night Project
as Self - Host · 2005
Screening
as Timothy · 2020
Stealing Shakespeare
as Narrator · 2010
Spaces
as Vinny · 1993
Quality Control
as Gary Innes · 1996