Portrait of David Tennant

Acting

David Tennant

Career

Active from 1993 to 2026, busiest in 2011 with 10 main titles.

Leading roles
94
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for There She Goes
There She Goes
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 112 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
David Tennant Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    4.1, average 5.4
  • Violence
    3.2, average 4.1
  • Coming of Age
    2.1, average 3.0
  • Melancholy
    4.0, average 4.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 10
  • Psychological Thriller 6
  • Sci-Fi Adventure 5
  • Witty Dialogue 5
  • Political Intrigue 5
  • Family-Friendly 5
  • Time Travel 4
  • Character Study 4
  • Historical Drama 4
  • Nature Documentary 4
  • Family Entertainment 3
  • Found Family Dynamics 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

182
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

3 titles
Standing By
Standing By

TV show

The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows

as Basil

The Amazing Maurice: The Waters of Life
The Amazing Maurice: The Waters of Life

as Dangerous Beans (voice)

2020s

40 titles Β· average score 70
Twenty Twenty Six
Twenty Twenty Six (2026)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show Β· as Narrator

The Hack
The Hack (2025)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show Β· as Nick Davies

Macbeth
Macbeth (2025)
GoodWatch score 81

as Macbeth

The Thursday Murder Club
The Thursday Murder Club (2025)
GoodWatch score 65

as Ian

Rivals
Rivals (2024)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show Β· as Tony Baddingham

Ahsoka
Ahsoka (2023)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show Β· as Huyang (voice)

Inside Man
Inside Man (2022)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show Β· as Harry Watling

Around the World in 80 Days
Around the World in 80 Days (2021)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show Β· as Phileas Fogg

The Loud House Movie
The Loud House Movie (2021)
GoodWatch score 60

as Angus (voice)

Staged
Staged (2020)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show Β· as David

Des
Des (2020)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show Β· as Dennis Nilsen

Deadwater Fell
Deadwater Fell (2020)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show Β· as Tom Kendrick

2010s

73 titles Β· average score 69
Good Omens
Good Omens (2019)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show Β· as Crowley

Bad Samaritan
Bad Samaritan (2018)
GoodWatch score 55

as Cale Erendreich

Camping
Camping (2018)
GoodWatch score 34

TV show Β· as Walt

There She Goes
There She Goes (2018)
GoodWatch score 89

TV show Β· as Simon

DuckTales
DuckTales (2017)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show Β· as Scrooge McDuck (Voice)

Gracepoint
Gracepoint (2014)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show Β· as Emmett Carver

What We Did on Our Holiday
What We Did on Our Holiday (2014)
GoodWatch score 66

as Doug McLeod

Broadchurch
Broadchurch (2013)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show Β· as DI Alec Hardy

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013)
GoodWatch score 86

as The Doctor (10)

The Escape Artist
The Escape Artist (2013)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show Β· as Will Burton

Spies of Warsaw
Spies of Warsaw (2013)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show Β· as Jean-FranΓ§ois Mercier

United
United (2011)
GoodWatch score 71

as Jimmy Murphy

2000s

48 titles Β· average score 69
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars (2009)
GoodWatch score 83

as The Doctor

Doctor Who: Dreamland
Doctor Who: Dreamland (2009)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show Β· as The Doctor (voice)

Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead (2009)
GoodWatch score 74

as The Doctor

Einstein and Eddington
Einstein and Eddington (2008)
GoodWatch score 71

as Arthur Eddington

Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned (2007)
GoodWatch score 76

as The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride
Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride (2006)
GoodWatch score 77

as The Doctor

Doctor Who
Doctor Who (2005)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show Β· as The Doctor

Casanova
Casanova (2005)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show Β· as Giacomo Casanova

Secret Smile
Secret Smile (2005)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show Β· as Brendan

Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion
Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion (2005)
GoodWatch score 82

as The Doctor

Sweetnightgoodheart
Sweetnightgoodheart (2005)
GoodWatch score 71

as Pete

Blackpool
Blackpool (2004)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show Β· as DI Peter Carlisle

1990s

13 titles Β· average score 74
L.A. Without a Map
L.A. Without a Map (1999)
GoodWatch score 57

as Richard

People Like Us
People Like Us (1999)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show Β· as Rob Harker

Love in the 21st Century
Love in the 21st Century (1999)

TV show Β· as John

Duck Patrol
Duck Patrol (1998)

TV show Β· as Simon 'Darwin' Brown

The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries (1998)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show Β· as Max Valentine

Bite
Bite (1997)

as Alastair Galbraith

Jude
Jude (1996)
GoodWatch score 71

as Drunk Undergraduate

Quality Control
Quality Control (1996)

as Gary Innes

Takin' Over the Asylum
Takin' Over the Asylum (1994)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show Β· as Campbell

The Tales of Para Handy
The Tales of Para Handy (1994)

TV show Β· as John MacBryde

Spaces
Spaces (1993)

as Vinny

Rab C. Nesbitt
Rab C. Nesbitt (1990)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show Β· as Davina

1980s

5 titles Β· average score 81
The Simpsons
The Simpsons (1989)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show Β· as Pa MacWeldon (voice)

Biting the Hands
Biting the Hands (1989)

as 3rd Squaddie

The Play on One
The Play on One (1988)

TV show Β· as Third Squaddie

Natural World
Natural World (1983)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show Β· as Narrator

Dramarama
Dramarama (1983)

TV show Β· as Neil McDonald