David Tennant's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Doctor Who (UK) (2005) The Tenth D… Marvel's Jessica Jones Kilgrave Broadchurch (UK) DI Alec Hardy Gracepoint Emmett Carver The Sarah Jane Adventures (UK) The Doctor Doctor Who Confidential (UK) David Tennant Who Do You Think You Are? (UK) David Tennant Final Space Lord Comman… The Escape Artist (UK) Will Burton Totally Doctor Who (UK) The Doctor David Tennant The Spies Of Warsaw (UK) Jean-Franco… The Friday Night Project (UK) Himself - G… The Politician's Husband (UK) Aiden Hoynes Blackpool (UK) D.I. Peter … Casanova (UK) Casanova The Real History of Science Fiction (UK) David Tennant Einstein And Eddington (UK) Arthur Eddi… Single Father (UK) Dave This is Jinsy (UK) Mr. Slightl… Spine Chillers (UK) Dr. Krull Takin' Over the Asylum (UK) Campbell The Chatterley Affair (UK) Richard Hog… Posh Nosh (UK) Jose-Luis Duck Patrol (UK) Simon 'Darw…

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BIOGRAPHY:

David Tennant is a Scottish actor and voice actor, known for Doctor Who, Broadchurch, Gracepoint, W1A, Jessica Jones, DuckTales, Dragons: Race to the Edge, and Final Space.



TRIVIA:

• Best friends with 'Louise Delamere' (qv) (_"No Angels" (2004)_ (qv)). They went to Glasgow's Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama together and shared a flat.
• Is only the 2nd actor to play The Doctor in the whole run of the show, both old and new, to have been born in Scotland.
• His heroes are 'John Cleese' (qv) and 'Derek Jacobi' (qv).
• Says that his favorite Doctor from the original _"Doctor Who" (1963)_ (qv) was 'Peter Davison (I)' (qv), who reprised his role as the Fifth Doctor alongside Tennant in the Children in Need special episode, "Time Crash.".
• Favorite actress is 'Audrey Hepburn' (qv).
• David Tennant is a respected classical actor who has performed numerous starring roles for the Royal Shakespeare Company, including Touchstone in "As You Like It," Romeo in "Romeo and Juliet," Antipholus of Syracuse in "The Comedy of Errors," and Captain Jack Absolute in "The Rivals.".
• Chose his acting surname from 'Neil Tennant' (qv), singer with Pet Shop Boys. This came after reading an interview with Tennant in Smash Hits shortly after learning that he would have to change his professional name in order to join the actors' union, Equity, as there was already a registered member with his real name, David McDonald.
• On August 31, 2007, he turned on the illumination lights for Blackpool.