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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 18, 1971
Place of Birth
Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, UK
Also Known As
- Ντέιβιντ Τένναντ
- Տէյվիտ Թէնընթ
- დევიდ ტენანტი
- David McDonald
- دیوید تننت
David Tennant
2.4 Popularity
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
7.3
Nick Davies
The Hack
2025
6.6
Ian
The Thursday Murder Club
2025
5.3
The Doctor / The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2025
6.6
The Creator
The Genius Game
2025
5.7
Self - Interviewee
The Assembly
2025
9.1
Macbeth
Macbeth
2025
7.2
The Doctor (14) (10) (archive footage)
Doctor Who at the Proms
2024
7.1
Tony Baddingham
Rivals
2024
6.4
The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Doctor Who
2024
8.3
Sir Edmund Rockwell (voice)
ARK: The Animated Series
2024
Credits
The Hack
as Nick Davies
2025
7.3
The Thursday Murder Club
as Ian
2025
6.6
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
as The Doctor / The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
5.3
The Genius Game
as The Creator
2025
6.6
The Assembly
as Self - Interviewee
2025
5.7
Macbeth
as Macbeth
2025
9.1
Doctor Who at the Proms
as The Doctor (14) (10) (archive footage)
2024
7.2
Rivals
as Tony Baddingham
2024
7.1
Doctor Who
as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
6.4
ARK: The Animated Series
as Sir Edmund Rockwell (voice)
2024
8.3
Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money
as Self
2024
0.0
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
as Self - Guest
2024
5.4
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
as The Doctor (archive footage)
2023
9.2
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
as Self
2023
10.0
Doctor Who: Video Commentaries
as Self - The Doctor
2023
5.5
Doctor Who: Video Commentaries
as Self
2023
5.5
Doctor Who: The Bedtime Story
as The Doctor
2023
4.5
Doctor Who Children in Need Special 2023
as The Doctor
2023
7.2
Talking Doctor Who
as Self - Presenter
2023
5.0
Ahsoka
as Huyang (voice)
2023
7.5
Spy in the Ocean, A Nature Miniseries
as Narrator
2023
7.8
Clone High
as David Tennant (voice)
2023
6.6
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures
as Huyang (voice)
2023
4.6
National Theatre Live: Good
as Professor John Halder/Johnny
2023
8.5
Comic Relief 2023
as Self - Host
2023
8.0
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
as Franklin (voice)
2023
7.7
The Amazing Maurice
as Dangerous Beans (voice)
2022
6.7
Litvinenko
as Alexander Litvinenko
2022
7.4
The Paloni Show! Halloween Special!
as Roach Chef (voice)
2022
6.3
Inside Man
as Harry Watling
2022
6.9
The Sandman
as Don (voice)
2022
7.9
Chibiverse
as Scrooge McDuck (Voice)
2022
7.0
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
as Scrooge McDuck (voice)
2022
7.0
The Legend of Vox Machina
as General Kreig (voice)
2022
8.2
Ant & Dec's Limitless Win
as Self
2022
6.9
Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
as Self
2021
4.7
Around the World in 80 Days
as Phileas Fogg
2021
7.3
An Audience with Adele
as Self
2021
8.4
The Loud House Movie
as Angus (voice)
2021
7.3
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
as Self
2020
6.3
Screening
as Timothy
2020
7.0
The Real Des: The Dennis Nilsen Story
as Narrator (voice)
2020
6.8
Des
as Dennis Nilsen
2020
7.2
Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2020
6.8
Staged
as David
2020
7.9
Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth Sladen
as Self
2020
8.0
Good Omens: Lockdown
as Crowley (voice)
2020
7.8
The Big Night In
as Mr. Logan
2020
9.0
Heart to Heart
as Heart
2020
4.0
Deadwater Fell
as Tom Kendrick
2020
6.1
The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years
as Self
2020
0.0
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
as Self
2019
9.0
Criminal: UK
as Dr. Edgar Fallon
2019
7.2
Good Omens
as Crowley
2019
8.0
gen:LOCK
as Dr. Weller (voice)
2019
7.0
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
as Spitelout / Ivar the Whitless (voice)
2019
7.7
Spy in the Snow
as Narrator
2018
6.5
Mary Queen of Scots
as John Knox
2018
6.5
There She Goes
as Simon
2018
8.2
Camping
as Walt
2018
5.2
The Highway Rat
as The Highway Rat (voice)
2018
6.4
Hang Ups
as Martin Lamb
2018
6.4
🎬
The Muppets Take The O2
as Self
2018
9.5
DuckTales: Destination Adventure!
as Scrooge McDuck (voice)
2018
4.8
Bad Samaritan
as Cale Erendreich
2018
6.7
Final Space
as Lord Commander (voice)
2018
8.4
You, Me and Him
as John
2018
5.6
Ferdinand
as Angus (voice)
2017
7.2
DuckTales
as Scrooge McDuck (Voice)
2017
7.8
Proclaimers: This Is the Story
as Self
2017
8.0
Mad to Be Normal
as RD Laing
2017
5.9
Spy in the Wild
as Himself - Narrator
2017
7.0
Fireman Sam: Alien Alert! The Movie
as Buck Douglas (voice)
2017
5.8
Top Gear: Extra Gear
as Self
2016
4.6
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
as Self - Host
2016
7.2
Derren Brown: Pushed to the Edge
as Himself
2016
7.2
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
as Self - Voice of Charles Darwin
2015
7.0
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
as The Doctor (10) (picture) (uncredited)
2015
8.0
Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time
as Narrator (Voice UK)
2015
7.3
Marvel's Jessica Jones
as Kilgrave
2015
7.5
Marvel's Jessica Jones
as Kilgrave (voice)
2015
7.5
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
as Self
2015
9.3
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
as Narrator
2015
5.0
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
as Narrator
2015
0.0
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Monster Musical
as Igor the Door (voice)
2015
7.6
Dragons: Race to the Edge
as Spitelout (voice)
2015
8.4
96 Ways to Say I Love You
as Mark
2015
5.4
Thunderbirds Are Go!
as Tyco Reeves (Voice)
2015
6.2
Gracepoint
as Emmett Carver
2014
6.7
What We Did on Our Holiday
as Doug McLeod
2014
6.7
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
as Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
2014
8.1
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
as Self
2014
0.0
Wings 3D
as Narrator (voice)
2014
10.0
Postman Pat: The Movie
as Wilf (voice)
2014
5.1
The Real History of Science Fiction
as Himself
2014
7.0
W1A
as Narrator (voice)
2014
7.8
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self
2014
4.0
Dolphins: Spy in the Pod
as Narrator
2014
8.5
🎬
Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith
2013
5.8
Earthflight
as Himself - Narrator
2013
6.7
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
as The Doctor (archive footage)
2013
9.0
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
as The Doctor (10)
2013
8.2
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
as Self
2013
7.8
The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro
as The Doctor (10)
2013
0.0
Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS
as Self
2013
0.0
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide
as Self
2013
7.8
RSC Live: Richard II
as Richard II
2013
7.5
Doctor Who Explained
as Self
2013
8.5
The Escape Artist
as Will Burton
2013
7.1
The Politician's Husband
as Aiden Hoynes
2013
6.8
Gogglebox
as Self
2013
6.9
Broadchurch
as DI Alec Hardy
2013
7.9
Penguins: Spy in the Huddle
as Narrator (voice)
2013
8.9
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
as Self
2013
6.4
The Last Leg
as Self
2013
5.7
Spies of Warsaw
as Jean-François Mercier
2013
6.6
Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger!
as Donald / Roderick Peterson
2012
5.4
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
as Fugitoid (voice)
2012
8.3
Comedy World Cup
as Host
2012
0.0
DreamWorks Dragons
as Spitelout (voice)
2012
7.8
DreamWorks Dragons
as Spitelout (voice)
2012
7.8
🎬
The Science of Doctor Who
as The Doctor (archive footage)
2012
0.0
Shakespeare's Sonnets
2012
0.0
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
as Charles Darwin
2012
6.3
Shakespeare Uncovered
as Himself
2012
7.5
True Love
as Nick
2012
7.0
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
as Charles Darwin (voice)
2012
6.5
Tree Fu Tom
as Twigs (voice)
2012
5.5
Wild About Pandas
as Narrator
2012
0.0
Shrek: Once Upon a Time
as Self / Narrator
2011
7.5
Earthflight
2011
6.7
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
as Self
2011
10.0
Discovering Hamlet
as Self
2011
7.0
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
2011
8.0
The Ballad of Russell & Julie
as Russell T. Davies / Self
2011
10.0
Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line
as Narrator
2011
0.0
Fright Night
as Peter Vincent
2011
6.2
The Itch of the Golden Nit
as Radio Newsreader / Stretchy McStretch (voice)
2011
7.7
The Decoy Bride
as James Arber
2011
6.0
Much Ado About Nothing
as Benedick
2011
8.3
🎬
My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen
as Self
2011
0.0
Come in Number Five
as Presenter
2011
0.0
Twenty Twelve
as Narrator (voice)
2011
7.3
Polar Bear - Spy on the Ice
as Narrator
2011
7.5
🎬
Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia
as Narrator
2011
0.0
United
as Jimmy Murphy
2011
6.9
Single Father
as Dave
2010
7.5
Ask Rhod Gilbert
as Self
2010
6.8
Stealing Shakespeare
as Narrator
2010
0.0
Fish Hooks
as Oscar's Brain (voice)
2010
6.5
How to Train Your Dragon
as Spitelout (voice)
2010
7.9
Rex Is Not Your Lawyer
as Rex Alexander
2010
6.0
🎬
The National Television Awards Backstage Live
2010
0.0
Hamlet
as Hamlet
2009
7.3
The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol
as Ghost of Christmas Present
2009
7.8
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
as Captain Lord Pomfrey / Sir Piers Pomfrey
2009
5.6
Doctor Who: Dreamland
as The Doctor (voice)
2009
5.3
Glorious 39
as Hector
2009
6.0
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
as The Doctor
2009
7.9
Live from Studio Five
as Self
2009
3.7
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
as Self
2009
7.0
Monty Python in Aberystwyth
as Narrator
2009
0.0
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
as The Doctor
2009
7.5
CBeebies Bedtime Stories
as Self
2009
7.7
Endgame
as Self - Host (uncredited)
2009
5.8
Swarm: Nature's Incredible Invasions
as Narrator (voice)
2009
7.3
Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres - Doctor Who at the Proms 2008
as The Doctor (Uncredited)
2009
9.5
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
as The Doctor
2008
7.4
Einstein and Eddington
as Arthur Eddington
2008
6.9
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
as Huyang (voice)
2008
8.5
Human Footprint
as Narrator (self)
2008
5.8
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
as The Doctor
2007
7.6
The Friday Night Project - Unleashed
as Guest Host
2007
8.5
Doctor Who: Time Crash
as The Doctor (10)
2007
7.7
Learners
as Chris
2007
6.0
David Tennant's Video Diary
as Self
2007
9.3
The Sarah Jane Adventures
as The Doctor
2007
7.1
Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest
as The Doctor (voice)
2007
6.6
Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
as Himself
2007
8.1
Recovery
as Alan Hamilton
2007
6.4
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
as Self
2007
0.0
Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride
as The Doctor
2006
7.8
Doctor Who: A Celebration
as Self - Host
2006
0.0
The One Show
as Self
2006
4.4
Totally Doctor Who
as Self
2006
6.5
The Chatterley Affair
as Richard Hoggart
2006
4.9
Secret Smile
as Brendan
2005
6.3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Barty Crouch Junior
2005
7.8
Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'
2005
0.0
Sweetnightgoodheart
as Pete
2005
7.1
The Quatermass Experiment
as Doctor Gordon Briscoe
2005
5.5
Doctor Who
as Doctor (10)
2005
7.6
Doctor Who
as The Doctor
2005
7.6
Doctor Who Confidential
as Self
2005
8.2
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2005
0.0
Casanova
as Giacomo Casanova
2005
7.1
The Friday Night Project
as Self - Host
2005
5.8
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
2005
6.7
Big Fat Quiz
as Self - Guest
2004
7.7
Blackpool
as DI Peter Carlisle
2004
6.8
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
2004
6.7
Traffic Warden
as Traffic Warden
2004
7.5
He Knew He Was Right
as Mr. Gibson
2004
7.6
🎬
The Deputy
as Christopher Williams
2004
0.0
Old Street
as Mr. Watson
2004
8.0
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka
as Young Custodian (voice) (uncredited)
2003
6.6
Bright Young Things
as Ginger Littlejohn
2003
6.2
QI
as Self
2003
7.9
Spine Chillers
as Dr. Krull
2003
0.0
Nine 1/2 Minutes
as Charlie
2002
7.2
Dead Ringers
as Regenerated Tony Blair
2002
5.2
Foyle's War
as Theo Howard
2002
7.9
Top Gear
as Self
2002
7.5
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
as Self - Guest Announcer
2002
6.1
🎬
Terri McIntyre - Classy Bitch
as Greig Miller
2001
0.0
The Last September
as Captain Gerald Colthurst
2000
4.9
🎬
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
6.5
Being Considered
2000
4.0
People Like Us
as Rob Harker
1999
8.0
🎬
Love in the 21st Century
as John
1999
4.0
L.A. Without a Map
as Richard
1999
5.8
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
as Max Valentine
1998
6.9
Duck Patrol
as Simon 'Darwin' Brown
1998
5.0
🎬
Bite
1997
0.0
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
as Self - Presenter
1996
7.0
Jude
as Drunk Undergraduate
1996
6.3
🎬
A Mug's Game
1996
0.0
Ready, Steady, Cook
as Self - Contestant
1994
0.0
Takin' Over the Asylum
as Campbell
1994
8.3
The Tales of Para Handy
as John MacBryde
1994
5.0
Room 101
as Self
1994
6.3
GMTV
as Self
1993
5.6
Spaces
as Vinny
1993
5.5
Have I Got News for You
as Self - Host
1990
7.1
Rab C. Nesbitt
as Davina
1990
7.0
The Simpsons
as Pa MacWeldon (voice)
1989
8.0
Biting the Hands
as 3rd Squaddie
1989
0.0
Natural World
as Narrator
1983
7.2
Dramarama
1983
6.7
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
as Self - Presenter
N/A
7.0
🎬
Standing By
N/A
0.0