Christopher Eccleston
February 16, 1964 (61 years old) in Salford, Lancashire, England, UK
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
Credits
- 2025 · Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War as Doctor Who (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2024 · Young Woman and the Sea as Jabez Wolffe
- 2023 · The Kemps: All Gold as Luke Dunmore
- 2023 · Dodger Special: Coronation as Fagin
- 2023 · Dodger Special: Bad Egg as Fagin
- 2022 · Dodger Special: Christmas as Fagin
- 2020 · The Hour as Himself
- 2018 · Where Hands Touch as Heinz
- 2018 · Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) as Harvey
- 2018 · King Lear as Oswald
- 2018 · RSC Live: Macbeth as Macbeth
- 2016 · Ambulance as Narrator
- 2016 · Ambulance as Self - Narrator
- 2015 · Danger Mouse as J. Woolington Sham (voice)
- 2015 · Legend as Leonard 'Nipper' Read
- 2015 · Safe House as Robert
- 2015 · Fortitude as Professor Charlie Stoddart
- 2014 · The Leftovers as Matt Jamison
- 2014 · True Detective as Captain Ted Connelly
- 2013 · Thor: The Dark World as Malekith
- 2013 · Muse of Fire as Self
- 2013 · Emily as James
- 2012 · Song for Marion as James
- 2010 · Lennon Naked as John Lennon
- 2010 · Accused as Willy Houlihan
- 2009 · G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra as McCullen / Destro
- 2008 · Doctor Who: The Next Doctor as The Doctor (9) (archive footage)
- 2007 · The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising as The Rider
- 2007 · The Sarah Silverman Program. as Dr. Lazer Rage
- 2006 · Heroes as Claude
- 2005 · Einstein's Big Idea as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Doctor (9)
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Doctor Who
- 2005 · Doctor Who Confidential as Self
- 2004 · The Paul O'Grady Show as
- 2002 · 28 Days Later as Major Henry West
- 2002 · Top Gear as Self
- 2002 · Timeshift as self
- 2002 · The King and Us as Anthony
- 2002 · I Am Dina as Leo Zhukovsky
- 2002 · 24 Hour Party People as Boethius
- 2002 · Sunday as Major Gen. Robert Ford
- 2001 · The Others as Charles Stewart
- 2001 · Strumpet as Strayman
- 2000 · Gone in Sixty Seconds as Raymond Calitri
- 1999 · With or Without You as Vincent Boyd
- 1999 · eXistenZ as Seminar Leader
- 1999 · The League of Gentlemen as Dougal Siepp
- 1999 · Heart as Gary Ellis
- 1998 · Elizabeth as Duke of Norfolk
- 1998 · A Price Above Rubies as Sender Horowitz
- 1996 · Hillsborough as Trevor Hicks
- 1996 · Jude as Jude Fawley
- 1996 · Our Friends in the North as Nicky Hutchinson
- 1993 · Cracker as David Bilborough
- 1993 · Cracker as Bilborough
- 1993 · Anchoress as Priest
- 1993 · GMTV as Self
- 1992 · Rachel's Dream as Man in Dream
- 1991 · Performance as Frankie Bryant
- 1991 · Let Him Have It as Derek Bentley
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Frank Carter
- 1987 · Inspector Morse as Terrence Mitchell
- Future · Chasing Millions as
- 2024 · Doctor Who at the Proms as The Doctor (9) (archive footage)
- 2022 · Dodger Special: Train as Fagin
- 2022 · My Name Is Leon as Mr. Devlin
- 2022 · Dodger as Fagin
- 2021 · Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story as Self
- 2021 · Set the Night on Fire: The Story of Ewan MacColl as Self
- 2021 · Close to Me as Rob Harding
- 2020 · The Kemps: All True as Self
- 2018 · Come Home as Greg Farrell
- 2016 · The A Word as Maurice Scott
- 2015 · Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song as The Doctor (9) (picture) (uncredited)
- 2013 · Lucan as John Aspinall
- 2013 · Lucan as John Aspinall
- 2013 · Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor as The Doctor (9) (archive footage)
- 2013 · Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited as Self
- 2012 · Blackout as Daniel Demoys
- 2011 · The Borrowers as Pod Clock
- 2011 · The Shadow Line as Joseph Bede
- 2010 · The Happiness Salesman as Salesman
- 2009 · Amelia as Fred Noonan
- 2008 · New Orleans, Mon Amour as Henry
- 2006 · Best Ever Muppet Moments as Self
- 2002 · Revengers Tragedy as Vindici
- 2001 · Othello as Ben Jago
- 2001 · Linda Green as Tom/Neil
- 2001 · The Invisible Circus as Wolf
- 1999 · Dockers: Writing the Wrongs as Narrator (voice)
- 1995 · Hearts and Minds as Drew Mackenzie
- 1994 · Shallow Grave as David Stephens
- 1992 · Death and the Compass as Schartach / Zunz / Gryphius
- 1990 · Chancer as Radio
- Future · Unchosen as Mr Phillps
- Future · Hear Me Roar as Michael Bellinger
- 2024 · Whispers of Freedom as Herbert Köfer
- 2024 · An Angel on Oxford Street as Saul (voice)
- 2024 · The Guilty Innocent with Christopher Eccleston as Presenter
- 2022 · The Read as Narrator
- 2020 · The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama as Self
- 2020 · Endless as
- 2020 · A Year in the Life of a Year 2019 as Himself
- 2018 · The Flu That Killed 50 Million as Narrator
- 2017 · Manchester: 100 Days After The Attack as Voice
- 2016 · The Last Miners as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · The Last Miners as Narrator (Voice)
- 2014 · Richard III: The New Evidence as Narrator
- 2013 · When Coal Was King as Narrator
- 2013 · National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage as
- 2012 · National Theatre Live: Antigone as Creon, King of Thebes
- 2012 · When Wrestling Was Golden: Grapples, Grunts and Grannies as Narrator
- 2006 · Perfect Parents as Stuart
- 2005 · The Dark Side of Porn: Porn Shutdown as
- 2005 · Doctor Who: A New Dimension as Self
- 2004 · Bible Mysteries as Narrator
- 2003 · The Importance of Being Morrissey as Narrator
- 2003 · The Second Coming as Stephen Baxter
- 2003 · The Second Coming as Stephen Baxter
- 2002 · Flesh and Blood as Joe Broughton
- 2002 · What's Your Problem? as
- 2002 · Tony Adams - Drunk And Dry as Narrator
- 1993 · Cuentos de Borges as Alonso Zunz
- 1992 · Roots as Frankie Bryant
- 1992 · Continental Drift as (Business with Friends)
- 1992 · Rachel's Dream as Man in Dream
- 1992 · Friday on My Mind as Sean
- 1986 · Casualty as Stephen Hills