David Tennant

David Tennant Movies and TV Shows

David John Tennant (born 18 April 1971) is a Scottish actor. He is best known for his roles as the tenth incarnation of The Doctor in Doctor Who (2005–2010), Giacomo Casanova in Casanova (2005), the title prince in the RSC's 2009 adaptation of Hamlet, Barty Crouch, Jr. in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), DI Alec Hardy in Broadchurch (2013–2017), and Kilgrave in Jessica Jones (2015–2019). He made his professional acting debut in a staging of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (1991). He also made an early television appearance in the Scottish TV sitcom Rab C Nesbitt (1993). He was awarded his first major TV role in the BBC Scotland drama series Takin' Over the Asylum (1994), but one of his earliest big-screen roles was in Jude (1996). In 2003, he appeared in the film Bright Young Things, and since, he began to appear on television more prominently, when he appeared in a dramatisation of He Knew He Was Right (2004), Blackpool (2004), Casanova (2005), and The Quatermass Experiment (2005), and later that same year, he appeared as Barty Crouch Jr. in the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. He was also in the early December 2005 ITV drama Secret Smile. He replaced Christopher Eccleston as The Doctor in Doctor Who in 2005 throughout three series, finishing in 2010. Later, he was replaced by Matt Smith. He starred in the ITV detective series Broadchurch as DI Alec Hardy between 2013 and 2017. He also filmed the US remake of Broadchurch, re-titled Gracepoint. He portrayed the villainous Kilgrave in Jessica Jones. Also in 2017, he became the voice of Scrooge McDuck for Disney XD's DuckTales reboot. In 2018, he played Simon Yates in There She Goes. He played Crowley in the miniseries Good Omens; alongside his co-star, Michael Sheen in Good Omens, he played himself in Staged (2020). Description above is from the Wikipedia article David Tennant, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 4/18/1971 (53 years old)
  • Place of birth: Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, UK
  • nationality: British
  • height: 1.85 m
  • Net worth: $7,000,000
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
Rivals
IMDB 8.0
TMDB 71%
role:
Tony Baddingham
2024

Drama

8.0
71%
Doctor Who
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 66%
role:
The Doctor (14)
2024

Action

Adventure

Drama

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.2
66%
ARK: The Animated Series
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 85%
role:
Sir Edmund Rockwell (voice)
2024

Action

Adventure

Animation

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.4
85%
Ahsoka
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 76%
role:
Huyang (voice)
2023

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.5
76%
The Amazing Maurice
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 69%
role:
Dangerous Beans (voice)
2022

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

6.2
69%
Litvinenko
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 76%
role:
Alexander Litvinenko
2022

Drama

7.3
76%
Inside Man
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 70%
role:
Harry Watling
2022

Drama

Mystery

6.6
70%
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 71%
role:
Scrooge McDuck (voice)
2022

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

Mystery

6.9
71%
Around the World in 80 Days
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 71%
role:
Executive Producer & 1 more
2021

Action

Adventure

7.2
71%
2021

Documentary

Music

8.3
87%
The Loud House Movie
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 77%
role:
Angus (voice)
2021

Animation

Comedy

Family

Music

6.1
77%
Des
IMDB 7.6
TMDB 73%
role:
Executive Producer & 1 more
2020

Crime

Drama

7.6
73%
Staged
IMDB 8.5
TMDB 78%
role:
David
2020

Comedy

8.5
78%
Deadwater Fell
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 61%
role:
Tom Kendrick
2020

Crime

Drama

6.5
61%
Good Omens
IMDB 8.0
TMDB 81%
role:
Crowley
2019

Comedy

Drama

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.0
81%
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 78%
role:
Spitelout / Ivar the Whitless (voice)
2019

Adventure

Animation

Family

7.4
78%
2018

Drama

History

6.3
66%
2018

Drama

8.2
80%
The Highway Rat
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 66%
role:
The Highway Rat (voice)
2018

Animation

Comedy

Family

6.6
66%
Bad Samaritan
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 67%
role:
Cale Erendreich
2018

Crime

Horror

Thriller

6.4
67%
2018

Comedy

5.9
58%
Ferdinand
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 72%
role:
Angus (voice)
2017

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

6.7
72%
DuckTales
IMDB 8.3
TMDB 78%
role:
Scrooge McDuck (Voice)
2017

Animation

Comedy

Family

8.3
78%
Mad to Be Normal
IMDB 6.0
TMDB 57%
role:
RD Laing
2017

Drama

History

6.0
57%
Derren Brown: Pushed to the Edge
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 74%
role:
Himself
Not available
2016

Documentary

TV Movie

7.5
74%
Not available
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 74%
role:
Self - Voice of Charles Darwin
2015

Animation

Documentary

7.5
74%
Gracepoint
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 67%
role:
Emmett Carver
2014

Crime

Drama

Mystery

7.0
67%
2014

Comedy

6.9
68%
Postman Pat: The Movie
IMDB 4.7
TMDB 49%
role:
Wilf (voice)
2014

Animation

Comedy

Family

4.7
49%
W1A
IMDB 7.8
TMDB 79%
role:
Narrator (voice)
2014

Comedy

7.8
79%
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
IMDB 8.5
TMDB 81%
role:
Himself
Not available
2013

Comedy

8.5
81%
Not available
2013

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

9.3
82%
2013

Drama

History

8.3
73%
The Escape Artist
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 71%
role:
Will Burton
2013

Drama

7.5
71%
2013

Drama

War & Politics

7.1
66%
Broadchurch
IMDB 8.4
TMDB 80%
role:
DI Alec Hardy
2013

Crime

Drama

Mystery

8.4
80%
Penguins: Spy in the Huddle
IMDB 8.4
TMDB 80%
role:
Narrator (voice)
2013

Documentary

8.4
80%
Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger!
IMDB 5.3
TMDB 54%
role:
Donald / Roderick Peterson
2012

Comedy

Family

5.3
54%
2012

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

6.7
64%
Fright Night
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 62%
role:
Peter Vincent
2011

Comedy

Horror

6.4
62%
The Decoy Bride
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 60%
role:
James Arber
2011

Comedy

Drama

Romance

6.1
60%
Much Ado About Nothing
IMDB 8.5
TMDB 82%
role:
Benedick
Not available
2011

Comedy

Drama

Romance

8.5
82%
Not available
Twenty Twelve
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 77%
role:
Narrator (voice)
2011

Comedy

7.7
77%
United
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 70%
role:
Jimmy Murphy
2011

Drama

History

7.3
70%
2010

Drama

7.6
74%
How to Train Your Dragon
IMDB 8.1
TMDB 78%
role:
Spitelout (voice)
2010

Adventure

Animation

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.1
78%
Hamlet
IMDB 8.1
TMDB 75%
role:
Hamlet
Not available
2009

Drama

8.1
75%
Not available
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
IMDB 5.3
TMDB 57%
role:
Captain Lord Pomfrey / Sir Piers Pomfrey
2009

Adventure

Comedy

5.3
57%
Doctor Who: Dreamland
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 80%
role:
The Doctor (voice)
Not available
2009

Action

Adventure

Animation

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.4
80%
Not available
Glorious 39
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 58%
role:
Hector
2009

Drama

History

Thriller

War & Politics

6.4
58%
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
IMDB 8.8
TMDB 79%
role:
The Doctor
Not available
2009

TV Movie

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.8
79%
Not available
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 75%
role:
The Doctor
Not available
2009

TV Movie

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.4
75%
Not available
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 74%
role:
The Doctor
Not available
2008

TV Movie

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.4
74%
Not available
Einstein and Eddington
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 70%
role:
Arthur Eddington
2008

Drama

History

TV Movie

7.2
70%
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
IMDB 8.4
TMDB 85%
role:
Huyang (voice)
2008

Action

Adventure

Animation

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.4
85%
Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 58%
role:
The Doctor
Not available
2008

Comedy

Family

Music

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.2
58%
Not available
2007

TV Movie

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.6
76%
Doctor Who: Time Crash
IMDB 8.4
TMDB 78%
role:
Tenth Doctor
2007

TV Movie

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.4
78%
Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 67%
role:
The Doctor (voice)
2007

Animation

TV Movie

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.4
67%
Recovery
IMDB 7.9
TMDB 67%
role:
Alan Hamilton
Not available
2007

Drama

TV Movie

7.9
67%
Not available
Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride
IMDB 7.6
TMDB 78%
role:
The Doctor
Not available
2006

TV Movie

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.6
78%
Not available
Free Jimmy
IMDB 5.9
TMDB 51%
role:
Hamish (voice)
2006

Animation

Comedy

5.9
51%
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 78%
role:
Barty Crouch Junior & 1 more
2005

Adventure

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.7
78%
Bright Young Things
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 64%
role:
Ginger Littlejohn
2003

Comedy

6.5
64%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving David Tennant are, for example, Doctor Who, ARK: The Animated Series and Ahsoka.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, iTunes and Google Play.
The best StreamFat ratings are Broadchurch (8.2), Staged (8.2) and There She Goes (8.1).