David Tennant

David Tennant

Acting

Born April 18, 1971 · Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, UK

3 films as director · Active 2005–2007

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…

Known for

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019

Late Show with David Letterman

Late Show with David Letterman

1993

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

2005

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

2005

Directed(3)

David Tennant's Video Diary

2007David Tennant's Video Diary★ 9.3

Acting(261)

2026Rivals: The Official PodcastSelf

2026Good Omens - Season 3: An Ineffable Goodbyeself

2026Twenty Twenty SixNarrator

2025The HackNick Davies

2025The Thursday Murder ClubIan

2025Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality WarThe Doctor / The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)

2025The Four SeasonsGianpiero

2025The Genius GameThe Creator

2025The AssemblySelf - Interviewee

2025MacbethMacbeth

2024Doctor Who at the PromsThe Doctor (14) (10) (archive footage)

2024RivalsTony Baddingham

2024Doctor WhoThe Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)

2024ARK: The Animated SeriesSir Edmund Rockwell (voice)

2024Comic Relief 2024: Funny for MoneySelf

2024Rob Beckett's Smart TVSelf - Guest

2023imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and MeSelf

2023Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary SpecialsThe Doctor (archive footage)

2023Doctor Who: Recollections with Russell and DavidSelf

2023Doctor Who: Video CommentariesSelf - The Doctor

2023Doctor Who: The Bedtime StoryThe Doctor

2023Doctor Who Children in Need Special 2023The Doctor

2023Talking Doctor WhoSelf - Presenter

2023AhsokaHuyang (voice)

2023Spy in the Ocean, A Nature MiniseriesNarrator

2023Clone HighDavid Tennant (voice)

2023Star Wars: Young Jedi AdventuresHuyang (voice)

2023National Theatre Live: GoodProfessor John Halder/Johnny

2023Comic Relief 2023Self - Host

2023Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil DinosaurFranklin (voice)

2022The Amazing MauriceDangerous Beans (voice)

2022LitvinenkoAlexander Litvinenko

2022The Paloni Show! Halloween Special!Roach Chef (voice)

2022Inside ManHarry Watling

2022The SandmanDon (voice)

2022ChibiverseScrooge McDuck (Voice)

2022Remembers…Self

2022Chip 'n Dale: Rescue RangersScrooge McDuck (voice)

2022The Legend of Vox MachinaGeneral Kreig (voice)

2022Ant & Dec's Limitless WinSelf

2021Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for ChristmasSelf

2021Around the World in 80 DaysPhileas Fogg

2021An Audience with AdeleSelf

2021The Loud House MovieAngus (voice)

2020Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for ChristmasSelf

2020ScreeningTimothy

2020The Real Des: The Dennis Nilsen StoryNarrator (voice)

2020DesDennis Nilsen

2020Red Dwarf: The First Three Million YearsSelf - Narrator (voice)

2020StagedDavid

2020Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth SladenSelf

2020Good Omens: LockdownCrowley (voice)

2020The Big Night InMr. Logan

2020Heart to HeartHeart

2020Deadwater FellTom Kendrick

2020The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 YearsSelf

2019Children In Need 2019: Got It CoveredSelf

2019Criminal: UKDr. Edgar Fallon

2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf

2019Good OmensCrowley

2019gen:LOCKDr. Weller (voice)

2019How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden WorldSpitelout / Ivar the Whitless (voice)

2018Spy in the SnowNarrator

2018Mary Queen of ScotsJohn Knox

2018There She GoesSimon

2018CampingWalt

2018The Highway RatThe Highway Rat (voice)

2018Hang UpsMartin Lamb

2018The Muppets Take The O2Self

2018DuckTales: Destination Adventure!Scrooge McDuck (voice)

2018Bad SamaritanCale Erendreich

2018Final SpaceLord Commander (voice)

2018You, Me and HimJohn

2017FerdinandAngus (voice)

2017DuckTalesScrooge McDuck (Voice)

2017Proclaimers: This Is the StorySelf

2017Mad to Be NormalRD Laing

2017Spy in the WildHimself - Narrator

2017Fireman Sam: Alien Alert! The MovieBuck Douglas (voice)

2016Einstein 100Narrator

2016Top Gear: Extra GearSelf

2016Shakespeare Live! From the RSCSelf - Host

2016WIRED's Autocomplete InterviewsSelf - Guest

2016Derren Brown: Pushed to the EdgeHimself

2015A Grand Night In: The Story of AardmanSelf - Voice of Charles Darwin

2015Doctor Who: The Husbands of River SongThe Doctor (10) (picture) (uncredited)

2015Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and TimeNarrator (Voice UK)

2015Marvel's Jessica JonesKilgrave

2015The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number OneSelf

2015Dames of Classic Drama at the BBCNarrator

2015Knights of Classic Drama at the BBCNarrator

2015Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Monster MusicalIgor the Door (voice)

2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest

2015Dragons: Race to the EdgeSpitelout (voice)

201596 Ways to Say I Love YouMark

2015Thunderbirds Are Go!Tyco Reeves (Voice)

2014GracepointEmmett Carver

2014What We Did on Our HolidayDoug McLeod

2014Doctor Who: The Ultimate CompanionSelf / The Doctor (archive footage)

2014Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter DavisonSelf

2014Wings 3DNarrator (voice)

2014Postman Pat: The MovieWilf (voice)

2014The Real History of Science FictionSelf

2014W1ANarrator (voice)

2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest

2014Off Camera with Sam JonesSelf

2014Dolphins: Spy in the PodNarrator

2013Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith

2013EarthflightHimself - Narrator

2013Doctor Who Live: The AfterpartyThe Doctor (archive footage)

2013The Five(ish) Doctors RebootSelf

2013The Day of the Doctor: Cinema IntroThe Doctor (10)

2013Doctor Who: The Day of the DoctorThe Doctor (10)

2013Doctor Who: The Ultimate GuideSelf

2013Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDISSelf

2013RSC Live: Richard IIRichard II

2013Doctor Who ExplainedSelf

2013The Escape ArtistWill Burton

2013The Politician's HusbandAiden Hoynes

2013GoggleboxSelf

2013BroadchurchDI Alec Hardy

2013Penguins: Spy in the HuddleNarrator (voice)

2013Doctor Who: The Doctors RevisitedSelf

2013The Last LegSelf

2013Spies of WarsawJean-François Mercier

2012Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger!Donald / Roderick Peterson

2012Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesFugitoid (voice)

2012Comedy World CupHost

2012DreamWorks DragonsSpitelout (voice)

2012The Science of Doctor WhoThe Doctor (archive footage)

2012Shakespeare's Sonnets

2012So You Want To Be A Pirate!Charles Darwin

2012Shakespeare UncoveredHimself

2012True LoveNick

2012Playhouse PresentsWill

2012The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!Charles Darwin (voice)

2012Tree Fu TomTwigs (voice)

2012Wild About PandasNarrator

2011Shrek: Once Upon a TimeSelf / Narrator

2011Earthflight

2011Catherine Tate: Laughing at the NoughtiesSelf

2011Discovering HamletSelf

2011The Ballad of Russell & JulieRussell T. Davies / Self

2011Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time

2011Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the LineNarrator

2011Fright NightPeter Vincent

2011The Itch of the Golden NitRadio Newsreader / Stretchy McStretch (voice)

2011The Decoy BrideJames Arber

2011Much Ado About NothingBenedick

2011My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth SladenSelf

2011Come in Number FivePresenter

2011Twenty TwelveNarrator (voice)

2011Polar Bear: Spy on the IceNarrator

2011Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of AustraliaNarrator

2011UnitedJimmy Murphy

2010Single FatherDave

2010Ask Rhod GilbertSelf

2010Stealing ShakespeareNarrator

2010Fish HooksOscar's Brain (voice)

2010How to Train Your DragonSpitelout (voice)

2010Doctor Who: The End of TimeThe Doctor

2010Rex Is Not Your LawyerRex Alexander

2010The National Television Awards Backstage Live

2009HamletHamlet

2009The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas CarolGhost of Christmas Present

2009St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's GoldCaptain Lord Pomfrey / Sir Piers Pomfrey

2009Doctor Who: DreamlandThe Doctor (voice)

2009Glorious 39Hector

2009Doctor Who: The Waters of MarsThe Doctor

2009Live from Studio FiveSelf

2009Doctor Who Greatest MomentsSelf

2009Monty Python in AberystwythNarrator

2009Doctor Who: Planet of the DeadThe Doctor

2009Chris Moyles' Quiz NightSelf

2009CBeebies Bedtime StoriesSelf

2009EndgameSelf - Host (uncredited)

2009Swarm: Nature's Incredible InvasionsNarrator (voice)

2008Doctor Who: The Next DoctorThe Doctor

2008Einstein and EddingtonArthur Eddington

2008Star Wars: The Clone WarsHuyang (voice)

2008Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres - Doctor Who at the Proms 2008The Doctor (Uncredited)

2008Human FootprintNarrator (self)

2007Doctor Who: Voyage of the DamnedThe Doctor

2007The Friday Night Project - UnleashedSelf - Guest Host

2007Doctor Who: Time CrashThe Doctor (10)

2007LearnersChris

2007David Tennant's Video DiarySelf

2007The Sarah Jane AdventuresThe Doctor

2007Doctor Who: The Infinite QuestThe Doctor (voice)

2007Derren Brown: Trick or TreatHimself

2007RecoveryAlan Hamilton

2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf

2007The 50 Greatest Television DramasSelf

2006Doctor Who: The Runaway BrideThe Doctor

2006Doctor Who: A CelebrationSelf - Host

2006The One ShowSelf

2006Totally Doctor WhoSelf

2006The Chatterley AffairRichard Hoggart

2005Doctor Who: The Christmas InvasionThe Doctor

2005Secret SmileBrendan

2005Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireBarty Crouch Junior

2005Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'

2005SweetnightgoodheartPete

2005The Quatermass ExperimentDoctor Gordon Briscoe

2005Doctor Who: A New DimensionSelf - Narrator (voice)

2005Doctor WhoDoctor (10)

2005Doctor Who ConfidentialSelf

2005CasanovaGiacomo Casanova

2005The Friday Night ProjectSelf - Host

2005The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonSelf

2004Big Fat QuizSelf - Guest

2004BlackpoolDI Peter Carlisle

2004Who Do You Think You Are?Self

2004Traffic WardenTraffic Warden

2004He Knew He Was RightMr Gibson

2004The DeputyChristopher Williams

2004Old StreetMr. Watson

2003Doctor Who: Scream of the ShalkaYoung Custodian (voice) (uncredited)

2003Bright Young ThingsGinger Littlejohn

2003Spine ChillersDr. Krull

2003TrustGavin MacEwan

2002Nine 1/2 MinutesCharlie

2002Dead RingersRegenerated Tony Blair

2002Foyle's WarTheo Howard

2002Top GearSelf

2002Ant & Dec's Saturday Night TakeawaySelf - Guest Announcer

2001Terri McIntyre - Classy BitchGreig Miller

2000The Last SeptemberCaptain Gerald Colthurst

2000Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

2000Being Considered

1999People Like UsRob Harker

1999Love in the 21st CenturyJohn

1999L.A. Without a MapRichard

1998The Mrs Bradley MysteriesMax Valentine

1998Duck PatrolSimon 'Darwin' Brown

1997BiteAlastair Galbraith

1996Never Mind the BuzzcocksSelf - Presenter

1996Quality ControlGary Innes

1996JudeDrunk Undergraduate

1996A Mug's Game

1994Ready, Steady, CookSelf - Contestant

1994Takin' Over the AsylumCampbell

1994The Tales of Para HandyJohn MacBryde

1994Room 101Self

1993Late Show with David LettermanSelf - Guest

1993SpacesVinny

1990Have I Got News for YouSelf - Host

1990Rab C. NesbittDavina

1989The SimpsonsPa MacWeldon (voice)

1989Biting the Hands3rd Squaddie

1988The Play on OneThird Squaddie

1983Natural WorldNarrator

1983DramaramaNeil McDonald

The Wind in the WillowsBasil

The Neverending Pillow Fort

The Amazing Maurice: The Waters of LifeDangerous Beans (voice)

Have I Got a Bit More News for YouSelf - Presenter