David Tennant

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David Tennant (2019)

David Tennant (* 18th April 1971 in Bathgate , West Lothian , Scotland as David John McDonald ) is a British actor and voice actor .

Earned international fame of the award-winning performer from the 2000s through his portrayal of tenth Doctor in the science fiction - cult series Doctor Who , the DI Alec Hardy in Broadchurch , the Kilgrave in the Netflix series Jessica Jones and Barty Crouch Jr. . in the movie Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire . From 2017 on he embodies another cult figure as the voice of Dagobert Duck in DuckTales .

childhood and education

David John McDonald was born as the youngest son of the Presbyterian Reverend Alexander "Sandy" McDonald (1937-2016) and Essedale Helen McDonald, née McLeod, (1940-2007) in Bathgate ( West Lothian ). He grew up in Ralston (district of Paisley ) near Glasgow , where his father was pastor and at times minister (see Bishop ) of the Church of Scotland . Tennant's mother was a housewife and mother, and volunteer in the Church. His brother Blair is six years older and his sister Karen is eight years older.

When his parents explained to him what an actor was at the age of three, he first expressed his desire to become an actor himself. As a fan of the British science fiction family series Doctor Who , he cites the reenactment of film scenes in the family garden as his earliest childhood memories. His parents tried to convince him to pursue a more conventional career, but Tennant said he was amazingly determined as a kid and never dissuaded from his career aspirations. During his school days he performed in the school theater and attended the RSAMD Saturday courses for artistically gifted students . When he registered for his first television role at the age of 16 with the British actors' union Equity , an actor of the same name was already enrolled there, so he used a stage name that he chose after Neil Tennant , the singer of the Pet Shop Boys . As one's own name is the first and most important figurehead of every employee, especially in the film industry, this regulation is intended to avoid confusion.

Today David Tennant uses the self-chosen surname as a private person, his wife and children also wear it. The official and complete name change (in all identification documents etc.) is the result of initially unsuccessful negotiations between British Equity and its US counterpart , the Screen Actors Guild . An actor of the same name was already enrolled there. Tennant would have had to change his name again for his first American film project Fright Night despite more than 20 years of activity under this stage name. A legal precedent, however, allows actors in the United States to keep not their stage name, but at least their real name, even if it is already taken within the Screen Actors Guild. In order to avoid another expensive legal battle and not to have to give up his artist (and thus brand) name, Tennant was asked by Equity to completely give up his maiden name McDonald instead and officially change it to Tennant . The company served its purpose, since then he has been able to work under the name Tennant in all international projects without any problems. His eldest daughter, who was born during this period of upheaval, was given the name McDonald when she was born in April 2011. Her last name was also changed to Tennant less than two weeks later.

After graduating from high school in 1988, Tennant moved to Glasgow and began studying acting at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD) as the youngest of his class. At first he lived with his older sister, then in shared apartments with fellow students. In 1991 he successfully completed his bachelor's degree.

Career

Early career

Tennant began his acting career at the age of 16 in an anti-smoking television commercial for the Scottish Health Authority while he was still in school. A year later he got a role in an episode of the Scottish children's series Dramarama . Tennant's first professional role after graduating from college was with the 7:84 political theater company . The company was founded in 1971 by dramaturge John McGrath and named after a 1966 statistic in the Economist , according to which 7% of the Scottish population owned 84% of the total wealth. Tennant's first appearance with the group was a production by Bertolt Brecht's The Temporary Ascent of Arturo Ui , in which the only six members of the ensemble divided 20 roles among themselves.

In his first major television role, he played the manic-depressive Campbell in 1994 in the six-part BBC series Takin 'Over the Asylum . The series won several awards, including a BAFTA and BAFTA Scotland Award for best series. For Tennant it became a stepping stone to the English theater and later to film, according to him he got every other job because producers saw him in Takin 'Over the Asylum .

Royal National Theater, London

At the latest with his theater appearances in What the Butler Saw (1994-1995 with the Royal National Theater ) and The Glass Menagerie (1996 with the Dundee Repertory Theater) he drew attention as a stage actor. In the same year he received an engagement from the renowned Royal Shakespeare Company . His first role as a permanent member of the ensemble was that of the court jester touchstone in Shakespeare's comedy As You Like It (1996). Tennant later said that an impressive portrayal of this very figure made him enthusiastic about Shakespeare's world for the first time as a young student. At the same time he appeared with the RSC in two modern plays, The Herbal Bed and The General from America . In the latter, Tennant already took on the leading role of Alexander Hamilton . He then played mostly comedic roles, such as Antipholus von Syracuse in Die Komödie der Errungen (2000), but also tragic roles such as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (2000). He was nominated for an Ian Charleson Award for his performance in The Comedy of Errors . An Olivier nomination for best actor for his portrayal of Jeff in Lobby Hero followed in 2003 .

He got his first leading role on the big screen in 1998 in the love comedy LA Without a Map , which was also shown in German cinemas. In 2003 he had a role in the star-studded British film Bright Young Things . In the DVD audio commentary , director and screenwriter Stephen Fry praised Tennant's performance, especially his accent, saying that in a few years everyone would know Tennant's name.

From 2004, Tennant's popularity rose through leading and supporting roles in the British television productions He Knew He Was Right (2004), Blackpool (2004), Casanova (2005) and The Enemy in My House ( Secret Smile , 2005). In these films he plays both highly comedic ( Casanova ) and dramatic roles ( He Knew He Was Right ); Blackpool is also designed as a jukebox musical and Secret Smile shows Tennant as a murderous sociopath. Within a short time he was able to present and distinguish himself as a versatile actor. Through his role as Barty Crouch Jr. in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), Tennant also became internationally known.

Doctor Who (2005-2010)

David Tennant at Comic-Con , July 2009.

After the Doctor Who producer and screenwriter Russell T Davies had already worked with Tennant in the three-part television series Casanova (2005), he offered him the coveted title role in the cult science fiction series. Tennant embodies the tenth doctor , and played the role in seasons 2-4 and the 2009/2010 Specials , in several special episodes, in an episode of the offshoot series The Sarah Jane Adventures , in parodies (e.g. in Extras or in Catherine Tate Show ), in the animated series Infinite Quest and Dreamland, and in several Doctor Who audiobooks. Top-class actors such as Timothy Dalton , Derek Jacobi and Lindsay Duncan appeared in guest roles alongside Tennant.

The role made Tennant one of Britain's most famous and sought-after actors. Among other things, he received the BAFTA Cymru for "Best Actor" in 2006 and the National Television Award for "Most Popular Actor" four times in a row , the most important award given by viewers in Great Britain. He kept talking about his joy in fulfilling his childhood dream with the role .

The filming of Doctor Who takes nine months of the year, Tennant was also seen in other, very different roles. Among other things, he played the leading roles in the BBC productions Recovery (2007), Learners (2007) and Einstein and Eddington (2008). In the latter he embodies the astrophysicist Arthur Stanley Eddington alongside Andy Serkis as Albert Einstein .

The Guardian summarized his popularity and acting versatility in the summer of 2007 (Tennant was ranked 24th on their list of the 100 Most Influential People in the UK Media, making it the highest ranked actor):

" David Tennant is the most powerful actor in television. The MediaGuardian 100 definition of a star is someone who can get a project off the ground simply by agreeing to be in it. Tennant is that man. The 10th Doctor Who, Tennant […] rapidly made the role his own. Indeed, critics have acclaimed the latest series as the best yet. However, appearing in the prime time family show does not stop Tennant starring in edgier, less mainstream drama, such as BBC1's recovery about a man left with brain damage after a car crash. The West Lothian-born actor is also slated to appear alongside Andy Serkis in a BBC and HBO co-production about Albert Einstein and the theory of relativity . As a general rule of thumb , the more facial hair Tennant has in any particular role, the more serious the drama. Masterminded by Russell T Davies, another entry in this year's Media Guardian 100, the return of Doctor Who continues to pull in the viewers for BBC1 in its crucial Saturday teatime slot. It is likely to continue to do so with Tennant having signed up to appear in at least one more series of the hit sci-fi drama. Doctor Who was rewarded last year with three Bafta awards, including best drama series, and three of the main prizes at the National Television Awards, including most popular actor for Tennant. Tennant's other TV credits include Casanova - another Russell T Davies production, musical drama Blackpool and Anthony Trollope adaptation He Knew He Was Right. A lifelong Doctor Who fan, Tennant's A-list status was cemented this year when he was included for the first time in Who's Who . [...] "

In October 2008, Tennant announced that he was leaving the series. For him it is the "best job in the world", but he wants to leave before the role becomes routine for him. His last regular Doctor Who episode, The End of Time Part 2 , aired on UK television on January 1, 2010 and was viewed by 10.4 million viewers.

In November 2013, Tennant slipped back into his star role of the tenth doctor for The Day of the Doctor , the special episode for the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who . Alongside him, his successor Matt Smith and " War Doctor " John Hurt were also represented in the roles of their respective incarnations of the character.

Hamlet and Love's Labor's lost

Tennant at the stage door in Stratford-upon-Avon , October 2008
Royal Shakespeare Theater , Stratford-upon-Avon

At the same time as Tennant, showrunner Russell T Davies and production manager / BBC Wales boss Julie Gardner said goodbye to Doctor Who after five years to turn to new projects. In order to be able to adequately prepare and bridge the major cut and the resulting changes in personnel and working methods, instead of a full Doctor Who season, only five extra long episodes were planned for 2009 . For this reason, Tennant was able to return to the Royal Shakespeare Theater in 2008 to first perform the title role of the Shakespeare tragedy Hamlet (alongside Patrick Stewart as Claudius) and then the comedy Lost Love Labor in Stratford-upon-Avon with the ensemble of the RSC . Because of Tennant's popularity in Great Britain, the performance attracted a lot of media interest and 6,000 tickets for the first season were sold out within three hours. Despite the general ban on resale, individual traders on the Ebay trading platform took the equivalent of over 600 euros per card.

The Hamlet production, as well as Tennant's portrayal of the Danish prince, was received extremely positively by theater critics. The production of Love's Labor's Lost , however, received mediocre reviews, but here, too, Tennant's excellent performance in the role of Berowne was highlighted. Charles Spencer, theater critic for the Daily Telegraph , described the Hamlet production as one of the best Hamlet productions he had ever seen, and Tennant as " an actor of extraordinary courage and charisma who has made a persuasive claim to true greatness ". The renowned theater critic Michael Billington OBE also described the Hamlet production in the Guardian under the heading “ David Tennant is the best Hamlet in years ” as “ one of the most richly textured, best-acted versions of the play we have seen in years ” and praised Tennant as " a Hamlet of quicksilver intelligence, mimetic vigor and wild humor: one of the funniest I've ever seen " ( a Hamlet of lively intelligence, mimetic vigor and exuberant comedy: one of the funniest representations that I have ever seen ) . Two months later, Billington wrote about lost love affairs:

“Its best feature is Tennant's sparky berowne; [He] uses his Scottish accent to express a pragmatic skepticism [and] frequently hides his embarrassment behind a veil of satiric irony. [...] I wish I admired the rest of Doran's production as much. Undoubtedly the production, played in courtly period costume, looks handsome and there are some good supporting performances. [...] But, considering that Shakespeare's play rejoices in the very verbal virtuosity it is satirizing, the production often seems indifferent to language. [...] It is one of Shakespeare's great comedies and the audience seemed happy enough. But I don't think it's mere nostalgia that makes me think back to the elegiac beauty of John Barton's production [Note: Insz. 1978, also RSC ], which put the language at the center of the play, whereas here it often seems to be a problem to be camouflaged, disguised or visually decorated. [...] But Tennant, more than any other actor in this production, shows a capacity to handle Shakespeare's language with sensitivity. At times he falls too easily into the current Stratford habit of joshing the audience and playing off front-row spectators. But you could hear a pin drop during Berowne's great paean to passion and the power of love over academic study. When Tennant tells us that 'Love's feeling is more soft and sensitive than are the tender horns of cockled snails', it is with the breathless urgency of a man who sees the image he is describing. And when, at the last, Berowne is enjoined by his lover to spend a year visiting the speechless sick, Tennant displays real shock at the idea one can 'move wild laughter in the throat of death'. It is a performance that confirms Tennant's Shakespearean status. "

Hamlet was transferred in December 2008 to London to the Novello Theater, but Tennant suffered a herniated disk and had to leave the stand-in will represent Edward Bennett. Tennant took over the role again in early January.

On behalf of the BBC and the Royal Shakespeare Company, the play was filmed in the summer of 2009 with the same cast and broadcast on December 26, 2009 on BBC Two . The three-hour television film was watched by 900,000 viewers that day, a success rate that drove the BBC to produce more Shakespeare films and documentaries for 2012.

In April 2011 the UK's Royal Mail issued a stamp with Tennant as Prince Hamlet to celebrate the RSC's 50th anniversary. Just two years later, as part of a special edition on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, it was once again featured on a national postage stamp. Tennant jokingly described both of these in 2019 as one of the things he was most proud of in his entire career.

2010 – today

Hamlet , Doctor Who , several (animation) children's films and various interviews with the prospect of new projects led to David Tennant being seen or heard 75 times on television and radio over the two Christmas holidays of 2009 alone.

After Tennant's exit from Doctor Who , he got the lead role in the series pilot Rex is not your Lawyer on NBC . This was Tennant's first North American project, but the pilot didn't become a series. The four-part BBC - Miniseries Single Father , plays in the Tennant an increasingly despairing widower and father of five children, was in October 2010 on BBC One aired and brought him his second nomination of the Royal Television Society (2008 for recovery and Doctor Who ) and the fourth award with the TV Choice Award (2006, 2007, 2008 for Doctor Who ) for best actor. In April 2011, he was in the soccer drama United to see another BBC project, dedicated to rebuilding the team after the plane crash of Manchester United is concerned teams 1958th In it he played coach Jimmy Murphy , his first television role with Welsh dialect.

On April 24, 2011, he played the leading role in the radio play Kafka: The Musical by Murray Gold (film composer for single Father , Casanova and Doctor Who, among others ) on Radio 3 . In the same year Tennant won the BBC Audio Drama Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Franz Kafka .

Wyndham's Theater, London

From May 16 to September 3, 2011, Tennant starred alongside Doctor Who co-star Catherine Tate in the Shakespeare comedy Much Ado About Nothing at London's Wyndham's Theater . The production broke all Wyndham's Theater sales records and was described by critics as the "feel-good hit of the summer" and "Shakespeare with mind and heart". Due to the great demand, the play was filmed and made available as a download.

Tennant's first Hollywood film was Fright Night (2011, remake of Tom Holland 's horror comedy of the same name from 1985), in which he played the role of stage magician Peter Vincent, who was originally played by Roddy McDowall . The film was released in German cinemas in October 2011. In the British romantic comedy Who's the Bride? ( The Decoy Bride ), which was filmed in the summer of 2010, can be seen alongside Kelly Macdonald and Alice Eve .

In the first episode of the quirky British sitcom This is Jinsy , Tennant played an exaggerated show host. In 2011 Tennant also worked on two projects with partly improvised scripts. The BBC One drama True Love , in which his Doctor Who stars Billie Piper and David Morrissey also star , was broadcast in June 2012. In the British family comedy Nativity 2 - The Second Coming , he plays the two leading roles of Mr Peterson and his twin brother, two teachers who compete with their classes in a competition for the best Christmas performance. The film was released in UK cinemas at Christmas 2012. In the animated film The Pirates! - A bunch of strange guys ( The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists ) he speaks the voice of Charles Darwin in English . He plays the lead role in the two-part agent thriller The Spies of Warsaw , produced for BBC Four , ARTE France and TVP . He and Emily Watson star in the three-part political drama The Politician's Husband , which aired on BBC Two in 2013 .

RST , Stratford-upon-Avon

In the fall of 2013 and again in 2016 returned Tennant for a season for the Royal Shakespeare Company back to Richard II to play. At the end of the first season in 2014, one of the performances at the Royal Shakespeare Theater (RST) was recorded and released on DVD. Since 2012 he has also been a permanent member of the RSC Board of Directors .

Between 2013 and 2017, he played the lead role as Detective Inspector Alec Hardy in Chris Chibnall's acclaimed crime series Broadchurch . His portrayal of the aloof and pain-ridden criminalist was seen for the first time in the UK alone by 9 million viewers per episode and was almost equal in popularity to that of the 10th Doctor . In the US remake of the first season - Gracepoint ( FOX ) - he played the same role again with an American accent and a new name; all other roles were newly cast, the names of the characters retained.

In 2015, he played the villain Kilgrave in the Netflix series Marvel's Jessica Jones .

On July 5, 2016, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS, formerly RSAMD) awarded her 1991 alumnus an Honorary Doctorate from the Faculty of Drama. He was awarded to Sir Matthew Bourne (English choreographer ; honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Dance) and Ralph Kirshbaum (American music teacher / cellist ; honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Music). The award goes hand in hand with an invitation to teach master classes in the respective subject area at the university.

On February 26, 2017, the drama- biopic Mad to Be Normal by documentary filmmaker Robert Mullan premiered at the Glasgow Film Festival. Tennant took on the lead role of the psychiatrist Ronald D. Laing , an important critic of Freudian psychoanalysis and co-founder of the anti- psychiatric movement. In March he returned to the West End stage of the Wyndham's Theater for just three months ( strictly limited run ), this time not with the RSC, but in the role of Don Juan in Patrick Marber's modern adaptation Don Juan in Soho .

In December 2017, the low-budget project You, Me and Him was published online worldwide, the cinema release will follow in April 2018. After the short film 96 Ways to Say I Love You (2015, also with David Tennant), this is the cinema debut of the friends Daisy Aitkens, she wrote the script and directed both cases. The extraordinarily low production cost of only 160,000 US dollars could only be achieved because it is a joint project of a group of friends and family. David and Georgia Tennant took over large parts of the financing with the support of Georgia's father Peter Davison . David also took on a supporting role (John or title role Him ), his wife supported her friend as a producer (Tennant's production debut) and had a cameo herself. Their children, Olive and Wilfred, also appear briefly. Georgia's parents Peter Davison and Sandra Dickinson as well as the befriended actors Sarah Parish , Faye Marsay , David Warner , Nina Sosanya , Ingrid Oliver, Don Warrington and others also took on different roles . a.

The animated film Ferdinand (loosely based on the children's book from 1936 ) also opened in cinemas worldwide in December 2017. In the family film, Tennant speaks the young bull Angus. The animated science fiction series Final Space premiered on February 26, 2018 . Tennant speaks the role of Lord Commander. On May 4, 2018 came Horror - Thriller Bad Samaritan American US cinemas in the. Directed by Dean Devlin , Tennant played the sadistic antagonist of Robert Sheehan's petty criminal title character.

The film Mary, Queen of Scots , which is currently in post-production, will also appear in 2018 . The same applies to the animated film Chew (based on the comic series of the same name ), in which Tennant took on a speaking role that was originally intended for fellow actor Robin Williams , who died in 2014 .

Together with Michael Sheen , Tennant can be seen in the lead role of the demon Crowley (Sheen as the angel Erziraphael) in Neil Gaiman's six-part BBC miniseries Good Omens . It is a film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Gaiman and Terry Pratchett . Filming was completed in February 2018 and the series premiered on May 31, 2019 on Amazon Prime .

Private life

Tennant avoids talking about his private life in interviews: “ Relationships are hard enough with the people you're having them with, let alone talking about them in public. ”(German:“ Having relationships is difficult enough without speaking about it publicly. ”) He has been in a relationship with actress Georgia Moffett , the daughter of Doctor Who actor Peter Davison , since 2008 . In April 2011, the couple's first child was born, a daughter. A few months later, Tennant also adopted Moffett's then ten-year-old son, Ty, and the couple finally married in December of that year. Georgia and Ty (born Ty Peter Moffett-Martin) took the surname Tennant upon marriage. In a professional context, the filmmaker used her girl's name or both names in parallel for some time. The second son was born in 2013, the second in 2015 and the third daughter in October 2019. The family lives in London . The eldest son Ty Tennant is now pursuing an acting career there like his parents and was seen with Tolkien in his first major film in 2019 .

Politically, Tennant is on the side of the Labor Party and participated in their 2005 and 2010 campaigns.

He is the patron of the Headway Essex Foundation (care, support and rehabilitation of children and adults with brain injuries) and the UK Association for International Cancer Research . In 2007 his mother died of cancer. He got to know and appreciate the work of Headway in 2006 while preparing for his film Recovery . In Recovery , he played a family man who suffered a severe TBI and injuries in a car accident . a. of the OFC (Orbitofrontalcortex) and as a result not only suffers retrograde memory loss , but also massive personality changes .

Since 2012 he has been a board member of the Royal Shakespeare Company , for which he has been on stage regularly since 1996. 25 years after graduating from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama , he received an honorary doctorate in acting here in 2016 .

Filmography

actor

Movies

  • 1993: Spaces (short film)
  • 1993: The Brown Man (TV movie)
  • 1996: Hearts in Turmoil (Jew)
  • 1997: Bite (short film)
  • 1998: LA Without a Map
  • 1999: The Last September
  • 2000: Being Considered
  • 2001: Sweetnight Goodheart (short film)
  • 2002: Nine 1/2 Minutes (short film)
  • 2003: Bright Young Things
  • 2004: Traffic Warden (short film)
  • 2004: Old Street (short film)
  • 2004: The Deputy (TV movie)
  • 2005: The Quatermass Experiment (Live TV Movie)
  • 2005: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  • 2006: The Chatterley Affair (TV movie)
  • 2007: Recovery (TV movie)
  • 2007: Learners (TV movie)
  • 2008: Einstein and Eddington (TV movie)
  • 2009: Nan's Christmas Carol (TV movie on the Catherine Tate Show )
  • 2009: Glorious 39
  • 2009: The Girls of St. Trinian 2 - On a Treasure Hunt (St. Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold)
  • 2009: Hamlet ( RSC television film)
  • 2011: United
  • 2011: who is the bride? (The Decoy Bride)
  • 2011: Fright Night
  • 2012: Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger
  • 2013: The day the doctor (The Day of the Doctor)
  • 2013: The Five (ish) Doctors Reboot (short film)
  • 2014: A Scot doesn't make a summer (What We Did on Our Holiday)
  • 2015: 96 Ways to Say I Love You (short film)
  • 2017: Mad to Be Normal
  • 2017: You, Me and Him
  • 2018: In the sights of the killer (Bad Samaritan)
  • 2018: Maria Stuart, Queen of Scotland (Mary Queen of Scots)

Miniseries (TV series )

  • 1994: Takin 'Over the Asylum (six parts, all parts)
  • 1998: Duck Patrol (seven divider, all parts)
  • 2004: Blackpool (six-part, all parts)
  • 2004: He Knew He Was Right (four-part, all parts)
  • 2005: Casanova (three-part, all parts)
  • 2005: The Enemy in My House ( Secret Smile , two-part, both parts)
  • 2010: Single Father (four parts, all parts)
  • 2012: True Love (five-part, part 1)
  • 2013: The Spies of Warsaw ( The Spies of Warsaw , three-part, all parts)
  • 2013: The man by her side ( The Politician's Husband , three-part, all parts)
  • 2013: The Devil's Lawyer ( The Escape Artist , three-part, all parts)
  • 2019: Good Omens (six parts, all parts)
  • 2019: Criminal: United Kingdom ( Criminal UK , three-part anthology series, part 1)
  • 2020: Staged

Series

  • 1988: Dramarama (episode 6x13 The Secret of Croftmore )
  • 1992: Strathblair (episode 1x01)
  • 1992: Bunch of Five (episode 1x05 Miles Better )
  • 1993: Rab C Nesbitt (episode 3x02 Touch )
  • 1995: The Bill (episode 11x128 Deadline )
  • 1995: The Tales of Para Handy (episode 2x02 Para Handy's Piper )
  • 1996: A Mug's Game (episode 1x04)
  • 1997: Holding the Baby (episode 1x02)
  • 1997: Conjuring Shakespeare (episode 1x06 Like a Virgin )
  • 1999: Love in the 21st Century (episode 1x01 Reproduction )
  • 2000: The Mrs Bradley Mysteries (episode 2x01 Death at the Opera )
  • 2000: Randall and Hopkirk (episode 1x01 Drop Dead )
  • 2001: High Stakes (episode 2x01 The Magic Word )
  • 2001: People Like Us (episode 2x04 The Actor )
  • 2002: Foyle's War (episode 1x03 A Lesson in Murder )
  • 2003: Terri McIntyre (6 episodes)
  • 2003: Trust (episode 1x06)
  • 2003: Posh Nosh (two of the nine minisodes)
  • 2003: Spine Chillers (episode 1x01)
  • 2005–2010: Doctor Who (50 episodes)
  • 2006: In the footsteps of my ancestors ( Who Do You Think You Are?, Documentary series, episode 3x04)
  • 2006: Ready Steady Cook (an episode)
  • 2006: The Romantics (episode 1x01)
  • 2007: Dead Ringers (episode 7x06)
  • 2007: Extras (Christmas special)
  • 2007: Top Gear (episode 10x10)
  • 2008: Trick or Treat (2 episodes)
  • 2009: The Sarah Jane Adventures (episodes 3x05–3x06)
  • 2009: QI (episode 7x05)
  • 2009: Never Mind the Buzzcocks (episode 23x12)
  • 2010: Ask Rhod Gilbert (episode 1x05)
  • 2011: This is Jinsy (episode 1x01)
  • 2012: Playhouse Presents (episode 1x01 The Minor Character )
  • 2012: Comedy World Cup (moderator)
  • 2013-2017: Broadchurch (all 24 episodes)
  • 2014: Gracepoint (all 10 episodes)
  • 2015-2019: Marvel's Jessica Jones
  • 2016: Room 101 (episode 16x01)
  • 2018: Camping

Voice actor

Movies

  • 2006: Free Jimmy (voice of Hamish)
  • 2007: The Human Footprint (TV movie, narrator)
  • 2009: The Secret of Swarms: Fantastic Gatherings in the Animal Kingdom ( Swarm: Nature's Incredible Invasions , Narrator)
  • 2010: Train Your Dragon ( How to Train Your Dragon , Voice of Spitelout)
  • 2011: The Itch of the Golden Nit (short film, voice of the newscaster / Stretchy McStretch)
  • 2011: Shrek : Once Upon a Time (Narrator)
  • 2012: The Pirates! - Bunch of weird guys ( The Pirates! - In an Adventure with Scientists , voice of Charles Darwin )
  • 2014: Postman Pat: The Movie (voice of Wilf)
  • 2014: The fantastic journey of the birds in 3D ( Earthflight 3D , compilation of the 6-part BBC documentary from 2011, narrator)
  • 2015: Reds and Grays (voice of Robbie)
  • 2016: Fireman Sam: Warning, aliens! - The Movie ( Fireman Sam: Alien Alert , voice of Buck Douglas)
  • 2017: Ferdinand - Go bullish! ( Ferdinand , voice of Angus)
  • 2019: How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World 3: The Secret World ( Voice of Spitleout / Ivar the Witless)

Miniseries (TV series)

  • 2009: Dreamland (six parts , voice of the doctor in all parts)
  • 2011: The fantastic journey of the birds ( Earthflight , six-part, narrator of all parts)
  • 2014: Dolphins up close ( Dolphins - Spy in the Pod , two-parter, narrator of both parts)

Series

  • 2005: Doctor Who : A New Dimension (Narrator)
  • 2008: Everest ER (narrator)
  • 2009: Troubled Young Minds (Narrator)
  • 2010: Eddie Izzard: Marathon Man (Narrator)
  • 2010: My Life (episode Karate Kids , narrator)
  • 2010: Diet or My Husband Dies (Narrator)
  • 2010: Stealing Shakespeare (Narrator)
  • 2010: Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice (Narrator)
  • 2011: The Father of Australia (Narrator)
  • 2011: The TA & The Taliban (Narrator)
  • 2011: Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line (Narrator)
  • 2011–2012: Twenty Twelve ( Mockumentary , all 13 episodes, narrator)
  • 2012: Tree Fu Tom (voice of Twigs)
  • 2012–2013: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (voice of Huyang)
  • 2012: Wild About Pandas (Narrator)
  • 2012: We Won't Drop the Baby (Narrator)
  • 2012: Secret Universe: The Hidden Life of the Cell (Narrator)
  • 2012–2013, since 2015: DreamWorks Dragons (voice of Spitelout)
  • 2013: Penguins up close ( Penguins - Spy in the Huddle , narrator)
  • 2013: The Fish Club ( Fish Hooks , 2 episodes, voice of Oscar's brain)
  • since 2014: W1A (narrator)
  • 2015: Pets - Wild at Heart (Narrator)
  • 2015: Growing Up Wild (Narrator)
  • 2015: Jake and the Neverland Pirates ( Jake and the Neverland Pirates , 2 episodes, voice)
  • 2015: Mickey Mouse Wunderhaus ( Mickey Mouse Clubhouse , episode 4x21 Mickey's Monster Musical , voice of Igor the Door)
  • 2015: Knights of Classic Drama (Narrator)
  • 2015: Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time (narrator)
  • 2015-2016: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (15 episodes, Voice of the Fugitoid)
  • since 2017: DuckTales (voice of Dagobert Duck )
  • 2017: Spy in the Wild (Narrator)
  • since 2018: Final Space (voice of the Lord Commander)
  • 2019: Gen: Lock (voice of Dr. Rufus Weller)

Other works

Tennant wrote forewords to three books by his friends so far: In 2006 he wrote introductory words to Gary Russell's Doctor Who: The Inside Story . In 2011 there was an introduction to Elisabeth Sladen's posthumously published autobiography in memory of his childhood heroine and later colleague and friend. He also insisted on speaking his words for the accompanying audio book (otherwise read by Caroline John ) himself. Most recently, he wrote in 2017 the preface to the memoirs of his father , entitled Is There Life Outside The Box? To Actor Despairs .

theatre

Theaters without a specific location belong to the West End theater district of London , only the Royal Court Theater and Royal National Theater are located a few kilometers south in the neighboring district of Chelsea and on Waterloo Bridge . The Royal Shakespeare Theater , the headquarters of the Royal Shakespeare Company , is located in Shakespeare's birth town Stratford-upon-Avon ; parts of the interior are modeled on the London Globe Theater - due to the special arrangement of the three-level seating, none of the 1,500 seats are more than 15 Meters from the stage.

year Play role stage Remarks
1989 The Ghost of Benjy O'Neil The ghost Phantom Productions
1990 Fools Leon Steponovitch Tolchinsky Chandler Studio (RSAMD), Glasgow Made in Glasgow (student ensemble of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama)
The twelve jurors Judge 8 Arches Theater, Glasgow Twelve Angry Men ; Theater Positive Scotland, directed by Iain Reekie
1991 Mozart from A to Z Mozart RSAMD, Glasgow Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
The resilient rise of Arturo Ui Multiple roles at the same time Arches Theater, Glasgow The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui ; 7:84 Theater Company Scotland; Tennant's professional debut after graduating from RSAMD
1991-1992 Shinda the Magic Ape Kenny Royal Lyceum Theater, Edinburgh Moved to the Royal Lyceum Theater Company, Edinburgh
1992 Jump the Life to Come Malcolm Arches Theater, Glasgow 7:84 am Theater Company Scotland
Merlin Arthur Royal Lyceum Theater RLT Company Edinburgh
Scotland Matters Multiple roles at the same time Arches Theater, Glasgow 7:84 am Theater Company Scotland
Hay Fever Simon Royal Lyceum Theater Production by the RLT Company Edinburgh
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Nick Dundee Repertory Theater Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Tartuffe Valere Dundee Repertory Theater
1992-1993 Merlin the Magnificent and the Adventures of Arthur Arthur Dundee Repertory Theater Panto (traditional British family slapstick musical at Christmas time)
1993 Antigone Haemon Arches Theater, Glasgow 7:84 am Theater Company Scotland
1993-1994 The princess and the leprechaun Curdie Dundee Repertory Theater The Princess and the Goblin
Christmas Panto
1994 One long day's journey into the night Edmund Dundee Repertory Theater Long Day's Journey into Night
The Slab Boys Trilogy Alan Young Vic ( The Cut , London) England and London debuts
1994-1995 What the Butler Saw Nicholas "Nick" Beckett Theater Royal, Bath
RNT’s Lyttelton Theater 		Productions by the Royal National Theater
1995 An Experienced Woman Gives Advice Kenny Royal Exchange Theater, Manchester
1996 The glass menagerie Tom Dundee Repertory Theater The Glass Menagerie
As you Like It Touchstone Royal Shakespeare Theater As You Like It , directed by the Royal Shakespeare Company
The General from America Hamilton Royal Shakespeare Theater Production by the Royal Shakespeare Company
The Herbal Bed Jack Lane Royal Shakespeare Theater Production by the Royal Shakespeare Company
1997 Hurly Burly Mickey Old Vic (The Cut, London) ;
Queen's Theater 		West End debut
Tamagotchi Heaven Boyfriend no stage appearance, pre-filmed video playback played during the play
Matters of Life and Death - "Blue" David Tennant Chelsea Theater
1998 The Real Inspector Hound Moon Comedy Theater
Black Comedy Brinsley Miller Comedy Theater
For one night only The Other Place Performed as part of the Stratford-upon-Avon Fringe Festival on July 19, 1998
1999 Vassa - Scenes from Family Life Pavel Albery Theater
Edward III Eduard, the black prince Shakespeare's Globe scenic reading
King Lear Edgar Royal Exchange Theater, Manchester King Lear
2000 The comedy of errors Antipholus of Syracuse Royal Shakespeare Theater The Comedy of Errors , directed by the Royal Shakespeare Company
The Rivals Jack Royal Shakespeare Theater Production by the Royal Shakespeare Company
Romeo and Juliet Romeo Royal Shakespeare Theater Romeo and Juliet , production by the Royal Shakespeare Company
Laughter in the Dark Dawid Tenemann The Other Place no stage appearance, filmed segment
2001 A midsummer night's dream Lysander / flute Royal Shakespeare Theater A Midsummer Night's Dream , directed by the Royal Shakespeare Company
Comedians Gethin Price
Medea Bodyguard Royal National Theater scenic reading
2002 Push up Robert Royal Court Theater
Lobby Hero Jeff Donmar Warehouse
Ambassadors Theater
2003 London Concert for Peace David Tennant Theater Royal Drury Lane Performance of "nevertheless"
2003-2004 The pillow man Katurian National Theater The Pillowman
2004 The Fleer Lord Piso Shakespeare's Globe scenic reading at the Globe Education Center
2005-2006 Look back in anger Jimmy Porter Theater Royal, Bath
Lyceum Theater
Royal Court Theater 		Look back in Anger
2008 Lost labor of love Berowne Royal Shakespeare Theater Love's Labor's Lost , directed by the Royal Shakespeare Company
2008-2009 Hamlet Prince Hamlet Royal Shakespeare Theater
Novello Theater 		Production by the Royal Shakespeare Company; with Patrick Stewart as Claudius / King Hamlet; Filmed in 2009
2010 Celebrity Autobiography Multiple roles at the same time Leicester Square Theater
2011 A lot of noise about nothing Benedick Wyndham's Theater Much Ado about Nothing ; Production by the Royal Shakespeare Company ; with Catherine Tate as Beatrice
2013-2014 Richard II King Richard Royal Shakespeare Theater &
The Barbican 		Production by the Royal Shakespeare Company
2016 The Barbican &
The Brooklyn Academy of Music 		USA and Broadway theater debut; Production by the Royal Shakespeare Company
2017 Don Juan in Soho Don juan Wyndham's Theater
Donmar Warehouse 		"Strictly limited run" of only 11 weeks

Radio plays and audio books

Audiobooks are presented by a single speaker, and radio plays by a multi-person cast in assigned roles. A summary of both fields of activity can be found under radio play speakers .

Audio books

  • 1998: Classic FM's 100 Favorite Humorous Poems (alternating with seven other editors and editors Mike Read)
  • 1999: Fire in the Heart ( BBC Radio 4 )
  • 2001: He Kills Coppers (Whole Story Audiobooks)
  • 2001: The Long Firm (Whole Story Audiobooks)
  • 2001: TrueCrime (alternating with Kenneth Cranham and Sandra Duncan; Whole Story Audiobooks)
  • 2001: The Long Firm (Whole Story Audiobooks)
  • 2003: Pompeii ( BBC Radio 4 )
  • 2003: The Merlin Conspiracy (alternating with Emilia Fox )
  • 2004: Quite Ugly One Morning ( Time Warner )
  • 2004: How to Train Your Dragon (1st part of the How to Train Your Dragon book series )
  • 2004: How to Be a Pirate (2nd part of the How to Train Your Dragon book series )
  • 2004: Quite Ugly One Morning ( Time Warner )
  • 2004: Starter for Ten (Hodder & Stoughton)
  • 2004: Ken Follett ’s Whiteout (Macmillan Digital Audio)
  • 2005: The Beasts of Clawstone Castle (The Eva Ibbotson CD Box Set; Macmillan Digital Audio)
  • 2006: Doctor Who : The Stone Rose (BBC Audio)
  • 2006: Doctor Who: The Resurrection Casket (BBC Audio)
  • 2006: Doctor Who: The Feast of the Drowned (BBC Audio)
  • 2006: How to Speak Dragonese (3rd part of the How to Train Your Dragon book series )
  • 2007: How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse (4th part of the How to Train Your Dragon book series )
  • 2008: Doctor Who : Pest Control (BBC Audio)
  • 2009: Classic FM Favorite Poems for Every Occasion Chosen by Classic FM Listeners (alternating with 26 other lecturers; Hodder & Stoughton Audio)
  • 2009: Doctor Who : The Day of the Troll (BBC Audio)
  • 2009: From Shakespeare ~ With Love - The Best of Sonnets, 400th Anniversary Edition (Sonett 9 Is it for fear to wet a widow's eye… ; Naxos Audiobooks)
  • 2009: How to Twist a Dragon's Tale (5th part of the How to Train Your Dragon book series )
  • 2010: Bear Snores On (Simon & Schuster Children's Books)
  • 2010: Book at Bedtime - A Night with a Vampire ( BBC Radio 4 )
  • 2010: Doctor Who : The Last Voyage (BBC Audio)
  • 2010: Doctor Who: Dead Air (BBC Audio)
  • 2010: Dogfish (Simon & Schuster Children's Books)
  • 2010: Hairy Maclary Story Collection (8 stories; Puffin Books )
  • 2010: How Roald Dahl Shaped Pop ( BBC Radio 2 )
  • 2011: My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece (Orion Books)
  • 2010: How to Ride a Dragon's Storm (7th part of the How to Train Your Dragon book series )
  • 2010: MacB (BBC Radio 4)
  • 2011: A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons (6th part of the How to Train Your Dragon book series )
  • 2011: Book at Bedtime - A Night with a Vampire 2 ( BBC Radio 4 )
  • 2011: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again (Macmillan Digital Audio)
  • 2011: How to Break a Dragon's Heart (8th part of the How to Train Your Dragon book series )
  • 2011: My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece (Orion Books)
  • 2011: Supermarket Zoo (Simon & Schuster)
  • 2011: Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (also The Brave Tin Soldier and Other Fairy Tales / The Emperor's New Clothes and Other Fairy Tales ; two of six fairy tales; BBC Learning)
  • 2011: The Pied Piper of Hamelin (BBC Audio)
  • 2011: Elisabeth Sladen - The Autobiography (Foreword)
  • 2012: Book at Bedtime - Stonemouth ( BBC Radio 4 )
  • 2012: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
  • 2012: How to Steal a Dragon's Sword (9th part of the How to Train Your Dragon book series )
  • 2012: Jack and the Flum Flum Tree (Macmillan Digital Audio)
  • 2012: On Her Majesty's Secret Service (BBC Audio)
  • 2012: Silver - The Return to Treasure Island (Whole Story Audiobooks)
  • 2012: The Rhyming Rabbit (Macmillan Digital Audio)
  • 2014: How to Seize a Dragon's Jewel (10th part of the How to Train Your Dragon book series )
  • 2015: How to Betray a Dragon's Hero (11th part of the How to Train Your Dragon book series )
  • 2016: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Over the Moon
  • 2016: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the Race Against Time
  • 2016: Doctor Who: Tenth Doctor Tales (BBC Worldwide Limited)
    • Pest Control (Part 1)
    • The Day of the Troll (Part 5)
    • Dead Air (part 7)
  • 2016: How to Fight a Dragon's Fury (12th part of the How to Train Your Dragon book series ; Hachette Children's Books)
  • 2016: The Ebb Tide (BBC Radio 4)
  • 2017: The Wizards of Once (1st part of The Wizards of Once book series; Hodder Children's Books)
  • 2018: Twice Magic (2nd part of The Wizards of Once book series; Hodder Children's Books)
  • 2019: HG Wells - The Science Fiction Collection (Book 1: The War of the Worlds ; Audible Audiobooks Unabridged)
  • 2019: Warhammer Adventures: Warped Galaxies Trilogy (Games Workshop Ltd.)
    • Attack of the Necron (1st part)
    • Claws of the Genestealer (Part 2)
    • Secrets of the TAU (3rd part)
  • 2019: David Tennant - Audible Sessions (Audible Ltd.)
  • 2020: Knock Three Times (3rd part of The Wizards of Once book series; Hodder Children's Books)

Radio plays and radio reports

Video games

Awards

Laurence Olivier Award

  • 2003: Best Actor - Lobby Hero (nominated)

Emmy Awards

Critics' Circle Theater Award

Ian Charleson Award

BAFTA Awards

National Television Awards

  • 2006: Favorite Actor - Doctor Who (won)
  • 2007: Favorite Actor - Doctor Who (won)
  • 2008: Outstanding Performance / Drama - Doctor Who (won)
  • 2010: Outstanding Performance / Drama - Doctor Who (won)
  • 2014: Best TV Commissioner - Broadchurch (won)
  • 2015: Special Recognition Award - roughly equivalent to a lifetime achievement award (out of competition)

TV Quick and (from 2009) TV Choice Award

  • 2006: Best Actor - Doctor Who (won)
  • 2007: Best Actor - Doctor Who (won)
  • 2008: Best Actor - Doctor Who (won)
  • 2011: Best Actor - Single Father (won)
  • 2013: Best Actor - Broadchurch (Won)
  • 2015: Best Actor - Broadchurch (Won)
  • 2017: Best Actor - Broadchurch (Winner)

People's Choice Award

  • 2015: Favorite Actor in a New TV Series - Gracepoint (won)
  • 2016: Favorite SciFi / Fantasy TV Actor - Jessica Jones (nominated)

Satellite Award

  • 2008: Best Actor in a Drama Series - Doctor Who (nominated)

Saturn Award

  • 2010: Best Television Actor - Doctor Who : The End of Time (nominated)
  • 2016: Best Supporting Actor / Television - Jessica Jones (nominated)

BBC Audio Drama Award

  • 2012: Best Actor - Kafka: The Musical (won)

Broadcasting Press Guild Television and Radio Award

  • 2006: Best Actor - Casanova, Secret Smile , Doctor Who (nominated)
  • 2009: Best Actor - Doctor Who, Einstein & Eddington (nominated)
  • 2010: Best Actor - Hamlet , Doctor Who (nominated)
  • 2014: Best Actor - Broadchurch (Won)

Royal Television Society Award

Television and Radio Industries Club Award

  • 2018: Best Performance (Feature Film or TV Series) - Broadchurch (nominated)

Shanghai International Film Festival

  • 2007: Magnolia Award, Best Performance in a TV Movie - Recovery (nominated)

Critics Award for Theater in Scotland

Evening Standard Theater Award

  • 2009: Best Actor - Hamlet (nominated)

BroadwayWorld UK Award

What's on Stage Award

Theatregoers' Choice Awards

  • 2009: AKA Theater Event of the Year - Hamlet (won)

Theater Management Association Award

Manchester Evening News Theater Award

  • 1995: Best Actor - An Experienced Woman Gives Advice (nominated)

Constellation Award

  • 2007: Best Male Actor in a Science Fiction TV Episode - Doctor Who (won)
  • 2008: Best Male Actor in a Science Fiction TV Episode - Doctor Who (won)
  • 2010: Best Male Actor in a Science Fiction TV Episode - Doctor Who (won)

Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award

  • 2007: Screen Award - Scottish Icon in Film and Television (won)

Playing for the Planet Awards

  • 2008: Greenest Star on the Planet - "[for being] a great role model for kids everywhere and clearly [being] as passionate at saving the planet as his character 'The Doctor'" "(won)

literature

  • David Tennant: Touchstone in As You Like It . In: Robert Smallwood (Ed.): Players of Shakespeare 4 . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2000, ISBN 0-521-79416-1 , pp. 30–44 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).

Web links

Commons : David Tennant  - Collection of Images
Wikiquote: David Tennant  - Quotes

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Very Rev. Dr. Alexander McDonald. (No longer available online.) In: Frost's Scottish Who's Who. Archived from the original on May 16, 2012 ; accessed on April 29, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Benjamin Cook: Interview in Doctor Who Magazine , Issue 375. (No longer available online.) October 2006, archived from the original on January 22, 2015 ; accessed on August 21, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / benjamincook.net
  3. ↑ a b c d Vicki Reid: David Tennant: The Visible Man. In: The Telegraph . November 22, 2008, accessed December 5, 2010 .
  4. ↑ Desert Island Discs with David Tennant. In: BBC Radio December 4 , 2009, accessed April 25, 2011 .
  5. ^ The Paley Center for Media: David Tennant - Who's the Doctor? Interview recorded October 9, 2018, published on YouTube October 22, 2018. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
  6. ^ Arabella Weir: Arabella Weir meets David Tennant. In: The Times. April 6, 2008, accessed December 5, 2010 .
  7. ↑ Background, pictures and reviews of the Brecht production of the 7:84 ensemble (Tennant's debut) ( Memento of the original from July 3, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. david-tennant-news.com. Retrieved July 1, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.david-tennant-news.com
  8. ↑ Actor David Tennant conquers TV. In: BBC News . April 16, 2005, accessed November 21, 2010 .
  9. ↑ David Tennant in the audio commentary on Takin 'Over the Asylum Episode 2: Fly Like an Eagle , recorded in 2008, quote: "Every job I've had since I got because of [ Takin' Over the Asylum ]."
  10. ↑ The General from America - Synopsis Summary of Contents of the Playbill , accessed December 16, 2017.
  11. ^ Doctor in Demand: David now the biggest stage draw in Britain. In: Daily Mail . December 31, 2008, accessed November 21, 2010 .
  12. ^ The Media Top100 2007 - 24th David Tennant. In: The Guardian . July 9, 2007, accessed November 21, 2010 .
  13. ↑ Media Top 100 # 24 David Tennant In: The Guardian, July 9, 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
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  15. ↑ Doctor Who finale watched by 10.4m as Tennant bows out. In: BBC News. January 2, 2010, accessed January 9, 2011 .
  16. ↑ a b David Tennant leads new RSC season as Richard II. In: The Guardian . January 23, 2013, accessed August 13, 2013 .
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  18. ^ Tennant's London Hamlet sells out in hours. In: The Guardian. September 12, 2008, accessed October 21, 2017 .
  19. ^ What to say about ... Love's Labor's Lost. In: The Guardian. October 10, 2008, accessed October 21, 2017 .
  20. ^ Charles Spencer: David Tennant as Hamlet at the Novello Theater. In: The Telegraph. January 8, 2009, accessed May 6, 2011 .
  21. ^ Michael Billington: From Time Lord to antic prince: David Tennant is the best Hamlet in years. In: The Guardian . August 6, 2008, accessed May 6, 2011 .
  22. ↑ Michael Billington: Theater review: Love's Labor's Lost, The Courtyard, Stratford-upon-Avon. In: The Guardian . October 9, 2008, accessed October 6, 2017 .
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  24. ^ The play's the thing for 900,000 Hamlet viewers on Boxing Day . In: The Guardian. December 29, 2009, accessed January 18, 2011 .
  25. ↑ BBC plans 2012 Shakespeare season. In: BBC News. September 21, 2010, accessed January 18, 2011 .
  26. ^ Royal Mail marks the Royal Shakespeare Company's 50th year. In: BBC News. April 12, 2011, accessed April 15, 2011 .
  27. ↑ Today : Jon Hamm, Michael Sheen And David Tennant Talk 'Good Omens' | TODAY. On YouTube published May 24, 2019. Retrieved on May 29, 2019 (English).
  28. ↑ Quickfire Quiz with David Tennant on the comedy show Miranda Hart does Christmas on Channel 4 on December 27, 2017. Uploaded by davidtennantdotcom on YouTube on December 28, 2017. Accessed February 1, 2018.
  29. ^ Rex is not your Lawyer at NBC? In: Entertainment Weekly. January 24, 2010, accessed January 18, 2011 .
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  31. ^ TV Choice Awards 2011. In: DWDL. September 14, 2011, accessed September 14, 2011 .
  32. ↑ David Tennant to star in Busby Babes BBC drama. In: BBC News. November 14, 2010, accessed January 15, 2011 .
  33. ↑ Much Ado About Nothing ends run at Wyndham's Theater. In: Broadwayworld.com. August 4, 2011, accessed August 24, 2011 .
  34. ↑ Much Ado About Nothing reviews. In: Much Ado On Stage. 2011, accessed on August 24, 2011 .
  35. ↑ Much Ado About Nothing starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate available for download. (No longer available online.) In: DigitalTheatre.com. December 13, 2011, archived from the original on February 15, 2017 ; accessed on January 7, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.digitaltheatre.com
  36. ↑ David Tennant to star in Fright Night remake. In: BBC News. June 9, 2010, accessed January 9, 2011 .
  37. ↑ Hollywood comes to island of 'Hegg'. In: The Scotsman. May 15, 2010, accessed January 9, 2010 .
  38. ↑ Love Life by Dominic Savage for BBC One. In: BBC Press Office. August 26, 2011, accessed October 8, 2011 .
  39. ^ Double starring role for David Tennant in Nativity 2 . In: Variety. October 28, 2011, accessed October 28, 2011 .
  40. ^ The Spies of Warsaw . In: BBC. April 4, 2012, Retrieved April 4, 2012 .
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  42. ↑ Who's who: David Tennant. (No longer available online.) In: Royal Shakespeare Company. 2012, archived from the original on September 23, 2012 ; Retrieved September 30, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rsc.org.uk
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  44. ↑ 'Broadchurch': David Tennant to star in Fox remake. In: Entertainment Weekly. October 2, 2013, accessed November 27, 2013 .
  45. ↑ Doctor Who star David Tennant becomes Marvel villain. In: moviepilot.de. Retrieved April 3, 2016 .
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  47. ↑ Today David Tennant receives an honorary degree from the Royal Conservatoire Of Scotland NewsFeed from DavidTennantOnTwitter.com, July 5, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
  48. ^ David Tennant stars in Don Juan in Soho for a strictly limited run at London's Wyndham's Theater. In: moviepilot.de. Retrieved September 4, 2017 .
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  50. ↑ Joe Otterson: TBS Renews 'American Dad' For Two More Seasons, Sets Monday Night Animation Block . January 11, 2018. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  51. ↑ Huw Fullerton: Doctor Who's David Tennant has been cast in an animated space sitcom . July 21, 2017.
  52. ↑ Alison Flood: Good Omens: David Tennant and Michael Sheen to save the world in TV adaptation In: The Guardian, August 15, 2017. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
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  97. ↑ BBC Radio 4 - Drama, Robert Louis Stevenson: Terror in the South Seas, The Ebb Tide . Retrieved September 3, 2018.
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  102. ↑ Warhammer Adventures: Secrets of the Tau: Warped Galaxies, Book 3
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  107. ^ Doctor Who at the BBC: The Tenth Doctor - presented by Elisabeth Sladen
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personal data
SURNAME Tennant, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McDonald, David John (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actor
DATE OF BIRTH April 18th 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Bathgate , West Lothian , Scotland