David Tennant

Award won Role or nomination

1. 1971 age 0

   Born

2. 2005 age 34

   CreditHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

3. 2011 age 40

   CreditFright Night

4. 2018 age 47

   CreditMary Queen of Scots

• MGMurray Gold2 titles
• JBJohn Barrowman2 titles
• FAFreema Agyeman2 titles
• RDRussell T Davies2 titles
• RDRamin Djawadi1 title
• IWIan Whyte1 title
• DBDavid Bradley1 title
• BGBurn Gorman1 title
• FFFrances Fisher1 title
• CMCarrie-Anne Moss1 title

• Partner

  • SMSophia Myles

• Children

  • TTTy Tennant

Nothing recorded for: Spouse, Parents, Siblings, Influenced by, Studied under, Taught.

• I often stop when I'm doing something, in the middle of rehearsals or some other job, and I try to take a minute to think "Okay, this might be as good as it gets, so drink it in, appreciate it now". So far, I've been lucky because another job has always come along to equal the last.

  David Tennant, CC BY-SA 4.0

• The Doctor does have some long speeches and he talks very quickly. Learning all his babble can take a while, but it's very well written babble so I don't mind and you do get quicker. When I filmed Recovery during the break in Doctor Who I would sit down at the weekend and learn the script in an hour and I was like 'Hang on??' You do get used to it though.

  David Tennant, CC BY-SA 4.0

• I really wouldn't. We have such good writers on the show. And I couldn't walk up to Russell and hand it over and say 'Here's 45 minutes for you' and then he would have to hand it back and say 'Thanks, but it's shit!'

  David Tennant, CC BY-SA 4.0

• I would quite like to try my hand at directing although I would do it in the theatre rather than in TV or film. Theatre is more just about telling the story. I understand the way the theatre works. I will leave the TV to the experts. Doctor Who is very complicated to direct. It would be impossible to direct that and act in it as well.

  David Tennant, CC BY-SA 4.0

• Billie and I got chased through the traffic once in a car. You expect paparazzi to do that, but when it's normal people you start to think the world's gone a bit mad.

  David Tennant, CC BY-SA 4.0

• Back in 2005, when I was Christopher Eccleston, we saw one of the largest increases on record, of CO<small>2</small> in the atmosphere. Unless we keep the rise in global temperature to under 2 degrees, by the time I'm Daniel Radcliffe or wee Jimmy Crankie, I won't be able to save the planet. I won't be here to help you -- well I might, but I'll be that bloke who won Any Dream Will Do.

  David Tennant, CC BY-SA 4.0

Nationalities

United Kingdom

Height

185 cm

Hair colour

brown hair

Languages

English

Years active

1989–

Notable works

Doctor Who, Good Omens

Education

Paisley Grammar School, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland