David Tennant
Birthday: 1971-04-18
Place of Birth: Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, UK
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.
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The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed progra...
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
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Doctor Who Explained
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The Science of Doctor Who
Like all great science fiction shows, there are kernels of truth and nuggets of science fact scatter...
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David Tennant's Video Diary
David Tennant records behind the scenes interviews and glimpses into the production behind his three...
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The Amazing Maurice
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The Decoy Bride
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Hamlet
David Tennant stars in a film of the Royal Shakespeare Company's award-winning production of Shakesp...
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Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Monster Musical
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Glorious 39
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An Audience with Adele
Joining multi-Grammy Award winning and one of the biggest UK artists of all time, Adele, for a uniqu...
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Comic Relief 2023
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Einstein and Eddington
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Bright Young Things
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L.A. Without a Map
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St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
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United
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Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith
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The Quatermass Experiment
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The Last September
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Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
Peter Davison, the Fifth Doctor, meets the talented people and stars who have helped create the show...
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The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
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Polar Bear - Spy on the Ice
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Traffic Warden
A comic short – in fact, a bite-size romantic comedy – in which a serendipitous series of events lea...
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Sweetnightgoodheart
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Fright Night
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Human Footprint
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Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres - Doctor Who at the Proms 2008
A selection of classical favourites with a strong flavour of time and space. Join Freema Agyeman (ak...
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The Big Night In
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The Ballad of Russell & Julie
David Tennant, Catherine Tate and John Barrowman thank Russell T. Davies and Julie Gardner for their...
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Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
Sketch-show sensation Catherine Tate tells the story of the decade in which she became a household n...
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The Itch of the Golden Nit
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Old Street
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Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger!
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Earthflight
Nature documentary that takes a breathtaking flight on the wings of birds across six continents and ...
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Learners
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Much Ado About Nothing
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Nine 1/2 Minutes
A couple meet on a blind date and go from introduction, seduction, relationship, boredom, to break u...
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Discovering Hamlet
Journey into "Hamlet"-the play and the man-through the experiences of some of the major actors and d...
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Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
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Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia
Biography of Lachlan Macquarie and his wife, Elizabeth, who arrived to govern the colony of New Sout...
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Spy in the Snow
The franchise returns with a brand new wintertime entry about animals that live in the coldest place...
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The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
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Postman Pat: The Movie
Like always, Postman Pat is happily going about his duty delivering letters and parcels around the f...
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Talking Doctor Who
As part of the sixtieth anniversary celebrations of Doctor Who, David Tennant time-travels back thro...
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What We Did on Our Holiday
Doug and Abi and their three children travel to the Scottish Highlands for Doug's father Gordie's b...
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RSC Live: Richard II
A monarch ordained by God to lead his people. But he is also a man of very human weakness. A man who...
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Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
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Doctor Who Children in Need Special 2023
The Doctor hurtles through space and time to a crucial point in the Daleks’ history....
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Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride
A young bride in the midst of her wedding finds herself mysteriously transported to the TARDIS. The ...
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Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
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The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro
A two-scene introduction that was shown exclusively in advance of the 50th anniversary theatrical sc...
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Doctor Who: The Bedtime Story
Where will you go and Who will you meet on Planet Bedtime Stories tonight?...
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imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
imagine... follows celebrated British TV writer Russell T Davies as he prepares to return as the sho...
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Stealing Shakespeare
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Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
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Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
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The Paloni Show! Halloween Special!
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Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
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Jude
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Recovery
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The Chatterley Affair
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Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money
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National Theatre Live: Good
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Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
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Mad to Be Normal
The story of Scottish psychiatrist RD Laing and his unique community at Kingsley Hall, East London i...
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Doctor Who: A Celebration
A special concert performed in order to raise money for Children in Need 2006, it was the very first...
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A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Julie Walters tells the story of how Morph, Shaun the Sheep and that cheese-loving man Wallace and h...
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96 Ways to Say I Love You
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Heart to Heart
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The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol
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Being Considered
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The Thursday Murder Club
A group of senior sleuths passionate about solving cold cases get plunged into a real-life murder my...
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Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
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Doctor Who: A New Dimension
Documentary lead-in to the premiere episode of the 2005 revival of Doctor Who. Features cast intervi...
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Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
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Wings 3D
This feature-length RealD™ 3D experience was filmed with revolutionary aerial devices and techniques...
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Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
The BBC delves into its archives to discover British acting greats as they take their first tentativ...
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Monty Python in Aberystwyth
In a strange turn of events, Sue Jones-Davies became the mayor of a Welsh town where Monty Python's ...
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Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
The Doctor finds himself with an old face and something is very wrong. How can Donna remember him an...
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Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time
In November 1915, Einstein published his greatest work: General Relativity, the theory that transfor...
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Endgame
The time is the late '80s, a crucial period in the history of South Africa. President P.W. Botha is ...
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So You Want To Be A Pirate!
With the help of his trusted dodo Polly, the Pirate Captain presents fun-loving and hilarious tips a...
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Doctor Who: Time Crash
After Martha Jones parts company with the Doctor, his TARDIS collides with another, and he comes fac...
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The Deputy
The Deputy explores Bob Galway's life and work in the House of Commons and how it impacts on his per...
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Ferdinand
Ferdinand, a little bull, prefers sitting quietly under a cork tree just smelling the flowers versus...
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You, Me and Him
Despite their age difference, Lesbian couple Olivia and Alex are very much in love. But as the quest...
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Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest
In this animated adventure, The Doctor and Martha Jones trek through space and time in a race agains...
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Mary Queen of Scots
In 1561, Mary Stuart, widow of the King of France, returns to Scotland, reclaims her rightful throne...
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Bad Samaritan
A thief makes a disturbing discovery in the house where he breaks in. Later, when he returns to the ...
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Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide
The Ultimate Guide was a documentary made by BBC Events Production in London which aired on BBC Thre...
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The Highway Rat
The tale of a ravenous rat who craves buns, biscuits and all sweet things. Tearing along the highway...
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Proclaimers: This Is the Story
David Tennant talks to Craig and Charlie Reid of The Proclaimers about a 30-year career that has see...
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The Friday Night Project - Unleashed
The very first "Friday Night Project" DVD is here and unleashed! A big, bold and brassy Friday night...
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Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
Go behind the scenes of Dr Who as never before - and discover the 'lost tales' of the show! Doctors ...
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Derren Brown: Pushed to the Edge
Derren Brown investigates the power of social compliance by persuading an unwitting member of the pu...
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DuckTales: Destination Adventure!
An ancient tomb in Toth-ra, the mountain peak of Mt. Neverrest, a vacation island for Greek gods glo...
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How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
As Hiccup fulfills his dream of creating a peaceful dragon utopia, Toothless’ discovery of an untame...
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How to Train Your Dragon
As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite...
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Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
Peter Davison is on a new journey to discover everything he can about the Doctor's Companion. What e...
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Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
Ten big-name actors, including Jim Broadbent, Jodie Whittaker, David Tennant and Olivia Colman, come...
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The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years
This one-hour special documentary celebrates 25 star-studded years of the National Television Awards...
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The Muppets Take The O2
The Muppets Take the O2 is a live stage show starring the Muppets performed at the O2 Arena in Londo...
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Spaces
A young man's night shift in a car park in Edinburgh and the characters he meets over the course of ...
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Good Omens: Lockdown
Aziraphale and Crowley talk over the phone about how they're dealing with the lockdown during the CO...
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Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth Sladen
A feature-length look at the life and career of Sarah Jane Smith, played by Elisabeth Sladen....
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Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line
Gerry Rafferty, who died in January 2011, was one of Scotland's best-loved singer/songwriters, famou...
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The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
The Nation’s Favourite Beatles Number One tells the stories behind some of the greatest Beatles song...
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The Real Des: The Dennis Nilsen Story
Known as a “kindly killer”, this documentary details Nilsen’s moves between 1978 and 1983, after whi...
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Screening
Once Upon a Time 4 years ago, a scientific advisor gets hit by the full farce of the government she'...
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Shakespeare's Sonnets
Released alongside a spectacular edition of Shakespeare’s Sonnets for the Apple iPad, this beautiful...
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Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
Olivia Colman leads a stellar cast of actors, entertainers and comedians in a very special ‘stay-at-...
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The Loud House Movie
The Loud family travel to Scotland and discover they are descendants of Scottish royalty as they mov...
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Biting the Hands
Linda and Gail are Hell's Belles - an alternative comedy double act. When success begins to beckon, ...
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Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS
Behind-the-scenes stories from the cast and crew across 50 years of Doctor Who....
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Macbeth
Fearless and unforgettably creepy. This high-concept production, filmed live at London’s Donmar Ware...
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Doctor Who at the Proms
Doctor Who fan favourite Catherine Tate presents a concert of music, monsters and mayhem featuring s...
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Fireman Sam: Alien Alert! The Movie
Buck Douglas, the famous "Alien Quest" TV show host visits Pontypandy and everyone in town searches ...
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Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
It’s Christmas Day on a remote human colony and the Doctor is hiding from Christmas Carols and Comed...
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Come in Number Five
A special retrospective of Peter Davison's tenure as the Fifth Doctor....
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Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'
Cast, crew and critics discuss the BBC's 2005 remake of 'The Quatermass Experiment'....
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Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
Belinda Chandra has been kidnapped by robots, faced a terrifying god and a creature of pure evil on ...
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My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen
My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen was a special documentary made by the Doctor Who Confid...
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