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