David Tennant Brief Biography & Filmography

The 10th TV Doctor Who, David Tennant (real name David MacDonald), was born in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, on April 18th, 1971. Graduating from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Tennant really made his name in the BBC series' 'Blackpool' and 'Casanova'.

A Doctor Who fan since childhood, Tennant first featured on 'Doctor Who' as the voice of the Caretaker in the animated 'Scream of the Shalka' in 2003. His stock has really risen since, and he was in the Harry Potter movie, 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'.

Making an impressive debut in the Christmas 2005 episode of 'Doctor Who', Tennant continued the recent tradition of Doctors with regional accents. Beginning with William Hartnell, and right up to Colin Baker, all the TV Doctors spoke with no discernable accent. Sylvester McCoy's Scottish brogue broke the mould, and, following on from Christopher Eccleston's Mancunian accent, Tennant played a sort of chirpy Cockney Doctor, still possessing the Doctor's humanity, but also obviously not one to be messed with, viz, his stony-faced "No second chances" comment, after he had dispatched a Sycorax leader, who had broken his word. David Tennant's last appearance as the Doctor came on New Year's Day, 2010, when he was replaced by Matt Smith at the end of the two parter, 'The End Of Time'.

- Paul Rance/booksmusicfilmstv.com.

David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor in Doctor Who.

David Tennant's TV & Film Roles (TV unless otherwise stated)
(most recent roles - in italics - listed first)

Doctor Who (2005-2010) The Doctor
Hamlet (2009) Hamlet
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009) (Film) Lord Pomfrey
Doctor Who Animated Series (2007-09) The Doctor
The Sarah Jane Adventures (2009) The Doctor
Glorious 39 (2009) (Film) Hector Haldane MP
Einstein and Eddington (2008) Arthur Eddington
Learners (2007) Chris
Dead Ringers (2007) Regenerated Tony Blair
The Catherine Tate Show, Comic Relief Special (2007) Mr. Logan
Recovery (2007) Alan Hamilton
Free Jimmy (voice) (2006) (Film) Hamish
The Chatterley Affair (2006) Richard Hoggart
The Romantics (2006) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Secret Smile (2005) Brendan Block
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) (Film) Barty Crouch Junior
The Quatermass Experiment (2005) Doctor Gordon Briscoe
Casanova (2005) Giacomo Casanova
Blackpool (2004) D.I. Peter Carlisle
Traffic Warden (2004) (Film) The Traffic Warden
He Knew He Was Right (2004) Mr. Gibson
The Deputy (2004) Christopher Williams
Old Street (2004) (Film) Mr. Watson
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka (2003) (voice) Caretaker
Bright Young Things (2003) (Film) Ginger Littlejohn
Spine Chillers (2003) Dr. Krull
Posh Nosh (2003)
Foyle's War (2002) Theo Howard
Nine 1/2 Minutes (2002) (Film)
One Eyed Jacques (2001) (Film)
Sweetnightgoodheart (2001) (Film) Pete
People Like Us (2001) Rob Harker
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000) Gordon Stylus
Being Considered (2000) (Film) Larry
The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries (1999) Max Valentine
Love in the 21st Century (1999) John
The Last September (1999) (Film) Captain Gerald Colthurst
L.A. Without a Map (1998) (Film) Richard
Duck Patrol (1998) Simon Darwin Brown
Bite (1997) (Film) Alistair Galbraith
Holding the Baby (1997) Nurse
Jude (1996) (Film) Drunk Undergraduate
A Mug's Game (1996) Gavin
The Bill (1995) Steve Clemens
The Tales of Para Handy (1994)
Takin' Over the Asylum (1994) Campbell
Rab C. Nesbitt (1993) Davina