Christopher Eccleston
February 16, 1964 (62 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
- 2026 · Unchosen as Mr Phillps
- 2025 · Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War as Doctor Who (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2024 · Doctor Who at the Proms as The Doctor (9) (archive footage)
- 2022 · Dodger Special: Christmas as Fagin
- 2020 · The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama as Self
- 2018 · Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) as Harvey
- 2016 · The Last Miners as Narrator (Voice)
- 2015 · Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song as The Doctor (9) (picture) (uncredited)
- 2013 · Lucan as John Aspinall
- 2013 · National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage as
- 2013 · Emily as James
- 2012 · National Theatre Live: Antigone as Creon, King of Thebes
- 2012 · When Wrestling Was Golden: Grapples, Grunts and Grannies as Narrator
- 2011 · The Borrowers as Pod Clock
- 2010 · The Happiness Salesman as Salesman
- 2008 · Doctor Who: The Next Doctor as The Doctor (9) (archive footage)
- 2006 · Best Ever Muppet Moments as Self
- 2005 · Doctor Who: A New Dimension as Self
- 2005 · Doctor Who 9: Christopher Eccleston as Doctor Who
- 2002 · Flesh and Blood as Joe Broughton
- 2002 · Revengers Tragedy as Vindici
- 2002 · Sunday as Major Gen. Robert Ford
- 2001 · Strumpet as Strayman
- 2001 · The Invisible Circus as Wolf
- 1999 · With or Without You as Vincent Boyd
- 1999 · Dockers: Writing the Wrongs as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 · Heart as Gary Ellis
- 1998 · A Price Above Rubies as Sender Horowitz
- 1996 · Hillsborough as Trevor Hicks
- 1992 · Roots as Frankie Bryant
- 1992 · Rachel's Dream as Man in Dream
- 1992 · Friday on My Mind as Sean
- 1991 · Let Him Have It as Derek Bentley
- Future · Color Your Hurt as James
- 2024 · Whispers of Freedom as Herbert Köfer
- 2024 · Young Woman and the Sea as Jabez Wolffe
- 2024 · An Angel on Oxford Street as Saul (voice)
- 2024 · The Guilty Innocent with Christopher Eccleston as Presenter
- 2023 · The Kemps: All Gold as Luke Dunmore
- 2023 · Dodger Special: Coronation as Fagin
- 2023 · Dodger Special: Bad Egg as Fagin
- 2022 · Dodger Special: Train as Fagin
- 2022 · Remembers… as Self
- 2022 · My Name Is Leon as Mr. Devlin
- 2022 · The Read as Narrator
- 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 Hour as Himself
- 2020 · The Kemps: All True 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
- 2018 · Where Hands Touch as Heinz
- 2018 · King Lear as Oswald
- 2018 · RSC Live: Macbeth as Macbeth
- 2018 · Come Home as Greg Farrell
- 2017 · Manchester: 100 Days After The Attack as Voice
- 2016 · The Last Miners as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · Ambulance as Self - Narrator
- 2016 · The A Word as Maurice Scott
- 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 · Richard III: The New Evidence as Narrator
- 2014 · The Leftovers as Matt Jamison
- 2014 · True Detective as Captain Ted Connelly
- 2013 · Lucan as John Aspinall
- 2013 · Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor as The Doctor (9) (archive footage)
- 2013 · When Coal Was King as Narrator
- 2013 · Thor: The Dark World as Malekith
- 2013 · Muse of Fire as Self
- 2013 · Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited as Self
- 2012 · Song for Marion as James
- 2012 · Blackout as Daniel Demoys
- 2011 · The Shadow Line as Joseph Bede
- 2010 · Lennon Naked as John Lennon
- 2010 · Accused as Willy Houlihan
- 2009 · Amelia as Fred Noonan
- 2009 · G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra as McCullen / Destro
- 2008 · New Orleans, Mon Amour as Henry
- 2007 · The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising as The Rider
- 2007 · The Sarah Silverman Program. as Dr. Lazer Rage
- 2006 · Perfect Parents as Stuart
- 2006 · Heroes as Claude
- 2005 · Einstein's Big Idea as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · The Dark Side of Porn: Porn Shutdown as
- 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
- 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 · 28 Days Later as Major Henry West
- 2002 · Top Gear as Self
- 2002 · Timeshift as self
- 2002 · What's Your Problem? as
- 2002 · Tony Adams - Drunk And Dry as Narrator
- 2002 · The King and Us as Anthony
- 2002 · I Am Dina as Leo Zhukovsky
- 2002 · 24 Hour Party People as Boethius (uncredited)
- 2001 · Othello as Ben Jago
- 2001 · Linda Green as Tom/Neil
- 2001 · The Others as Charles Stewart
- 2000 · Gone in Sixty Seconds as Raymond Calitri
- 1999 · eXistenZ as Seminar Leader
- 1998 · Elizabeth as Duke of Norfolk
- 1996 · Jude as Jude Fawley
- 1996 · Our Friends in the North as Nicky Hutchinson
- 1995 · Hearts and Minds as Drew Mackenzie
- 1994 · Shallow Grave as David Stephens
- 1993 · Cracker as David Bilborough
- 1993 · Cracker as Bilborough
- 1993 · Anchoress as Priest
- 1993 · Cuentos de Borges as Alonso Zunz
- 1993 · GMTV as Self
- 1992 · Death and the Compass as Schartach / Zunz / Gryphius
- Future · Hear Me Roar as Michael Bellinger
- 1992 · Continental Drift as (Business with Friends)
- 1992 · Rachel's Dream as Man in Dream
- 1991 · Performance as Frankie Bryant
- 1990 · Chancer as Radio
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Frank Carter
- 1987 · Inspector Morse as Terrence Mitchell
- 1986 · Casualty as Stephen Hills
- 1958 · Blue Peter as Self
- Future · Chasing Millions as