David Tennant

David John Tennant (né McDonald; born 18 April 1971) is a Scottish actor. His accolades include two BAFTA Scotland Awards, two Emmy Awards and nominations for three Laurence Olivier Awards. Raised in Paisley, Tennant trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and began his acting career primarily working in theatre. His first major television role was in the BBC drama Takin' Over the Asylum (1994). He gained further recognition for the serials Blackpool (2004) and Casanova (2005), and appeared in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005).

A childhood fan of the science fiction series Doctor Who, Tennant starred as the tenth incarnation of the Doctor from 2005 to 2010. His portrayal is among the most popular interpretations of the character, and he returned as the Fourteenth Doctor in 2023. Tennant's further television roles include DI Alec Hardy in Broadchurch (2013–2017), Kilgrave in Jessica Jones (2015–2019), Crowley in Good Omens (2019–2026), Dennis Nilsen in Des (2020) and various fictionalised versions of himself in Staged (2020–2022). He is also a voice actor, voicing Scrooge McDuck in DuckTales (2017–2021) and the droid Huyang in the Star Wars series The Clone Wars (2012) and Ahsoka (2023).

Tennant has worked extensively on stage, including in Royal Shakespeare Company productions of As You Like It (1996), Romeo and Juliet (2000), Hamlet (2008–2009) and Richard II (2013, 2016); his Hamlet was adapted for television in 2009. He also starred in West End productions of Much Ado About Nothing (2011) and Macbeth (2023–2024). In 2015, he was the recipient of the Special Recognition Award at the National Television Awards.