
David Tennant biography
David Tennant is a Scottish actor (born 1971), born on 18 April 1971 in Bathgate.
David Tennant's screen career began in 1987 with Anti-smoking film, playing Jim.
David Tennant has appeared in 257 films and 157 television or streaming titles.
The most recent films are Twenty Twenty Six (2026), Doctor Who: The Companion Chronicles: The Legacy of Time (2026), The Thursday Murder Club (2025).
David Tennant is best known for Doctor Who, Good Omens.
Honours include Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program, International Emmy Award for Best Actor and National Television Award for Special Recognition.
Coming up next: The Neverending Pillow Fort (2027), The Amazing Maurice - The Waters of Life (2027), The Joy of Sex.
- Also known as
- David John McDonald, David McDonald, David John Tennant
- Born
- 18 April 1971 (age 55)
- Birthplace
- Bathgate
- Work
- Television actor, Character actor, Stage actor, Film actor, Podcaster
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1987 to present
- Known for
- Doctor Who, Good Omens
- Awards
- Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program
- International Emmy Award for Best Actor
- National Television Award for Special Recognition
- Trewin Award for Best Shakespearean Performance
David Tennant filmography
262 films and 159 television or streaming titles, newest first.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Joy of Sex | Filming | |||
| 2027 | The Neverending Pillow Fort | Murray | Upcoming | |
| 2027 | The Amazing Maurice - The Waters of Life | Dangerous Beans | Upcoming | |
| 2027 | Othello | Iago | Upcoming | |
| 2027 | Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Adventures | The Doctor | Upcoming | |
| 2026 | Twenty Twenty Six | Sequel to W1A | ||
| 2026 | Doctor Who: The Companion Chronicles: The Legacy of Time | The Doctor | Big Finish | |
| 2025 | The Thursday Murder Club | Ian Ventham | ||
| 2025 | King Lear | Edmund | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2025 | How to Train Your Dragon School: Doom of the Darkwing | Narrator | ||
| 2025 | Him | Narrator | Audible | |
| 2023 | Spy in the Ocean | |||
| 2023 | Luther Arkwright: Heart of Empire | Luther Arkwright | Big Finish: Luther Arkwright | |
| 2023 | Doctor Who: The Martian Invasion of Planetoid 50 | Tenth Doctor | Big Finish: Once and Future | |
| 2023 | Doctor Who: The Bedtime Story | Fourteenth Doctor, Narrator | ||
| 2023 | A Stroke of the Pen | Narrator | Terry Pratchett: The Lost Stories | |
| 2023 | "Destination: Skaro" | Fourteenth Doctor | Children In Need 2023 Doctor Who special | |
| 2022 | The War Master: The Last Line | Tenth Doctor | Big Finish: The War Master | |
| 2022 | The Amazing Maurice | Dangerous Beans | Voice | |
| 2022 | Macbeth | Macbeth | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2022 | Doctor Who: Wink | Tenth Doctor | Big Finish: The Tenth Doctor Adventures | |
| 2022 | Doctor Who: The Stuntman | Tenth Doctor | Big Finish: The Tenth Doctor Adventures | |
| 2022 | Doctor Who: Splinters | Tenth Doctor | Big Finish: The Tenth Doctor Adventures | |
| 2022 | Doctor Who: Quantum of Axos | Tenth Doctor | Big Finish: The Tenth Doctor Adventures | |
| 2022 | Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers | Scrooge McDuck | Voice (cameo) |
Show all 262 films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Warhammer Adventures: Tomb of the Necron | Narrator | Warped Galaxies, Book 6 | |
| 2021 | Warhammer Adventures: Plague of the Nurglings | Narrator | Warped Galaxies, Book 5 | |
| 2021 | The Wizards of Once: Never and Forever | Narrator | The Wizards of Once series by Cressida Cowell | |
| 2021 | The Loud House Movie | Angus | Voice | |
| 2021 | The Diary of River Song: A Brave New World | Tenth Doctor | Big Finish: The Diary of River Song | |
| 2021 | Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins | The Tenth Doctor | ||
| 2021 | Doctor Who: The Gates of Hell | Tenth Doctor | Big Finish: The Tenth Doctor Adventures | |
| 2021 | Doctor Who: The Edge of Reality | The Tenth Doctor | Voice and likeness | |
| 2021 | Doctor Who: Echos of Extinction | Tenth Doctor | Time Lord Victorious | |
| 2021 | Doctor Who: Dalek Universe 3 | Tenth Doctor | Big Finish: The Tenth Doctor Adventures | |
| 2021 | Doctor Who: Dalek Universe 2 | Tenth Doctor | Big Finish: The Tenth Doctor Adventures | |
| 2021 | Doctor Who: Dalek Universe 1 | Tenth Doctor | Big Finish: The Tenth Doctor Adventures | |
| 2021 | Ark: Survival Evolved | Sir Edmund Rockwell | Voice | |
| 2021 | ARK: Survival Ascended Lost Colony Expansion Pack | Sir Edmund Rockwell | Voice | |
| 2020 | Warhammer Adventures: War of the Orks | Narrator | Warped Galaxies, Book 4 | |
| 2020 | The Wizards of Once: Knock Three Times | Narrator | The Wizards of Once series by Cressida Cowell | |
| 2020 | Spy in the Wild | |||
| 2020 | Screening | Timothy | ||
| 2020 | Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years | |||
| 2020 | Heart to Heart | Heart | ||
| 2020 | Fare Well | Voice-over | ||
| 2020 | Donna Noble: Kidnapped: The Chiswick Cuckoos | Tenth Doctor | Big Finish: Donna Noble: Kidnapped | |
| 2020 | Doctor Who: Precious Annihilation | Tenth Doctor | Big Finish: The Tenth Doctor Adventures | |
| 2020 | Doctor Who: Out of Time | Tenth Doctor | Big Finish: The Tenth Doctor Adventures | |
| 2020 | Doctor Who: Ghosts | Tenth Doctor | Big Finish: The Tenth Doctor Adventures | |
| 2020 | Doctor Who: Expiry Dating | Tenth Doctor | Big Finish: The Tenth Doctor Adventures | |
| 2019 | Warhammer Adventures: Secrets of the Tau | Narrator | Warped Galaxies, Book 3 | |
| 2019 | Warhammer Adventures: Claws of the Genestealer | Narrator | Warped Galaxies, Book 2 | |
| 2019 | Warhammer Adventures: Attack of the Necron | Narrator | Warped Galaxies, Book 1 | |
| 2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Spitelout, Ivar the Witless | Voice | |
| 2019 | Doctor Who: The Creeping Death | Tenth Doctor | Big Finish: The Tenth Doctor Adventures | |
| 2019 | Doctor Who: One Mile Down | Tenth Doctor | Big Finish: The Tenth Doctor Adventures | |
| 2019 | Doctor Who: No Place | Tenth Doctor | Big Finish: The Tenth Doctor Adventures | |
| 2018 | Mary Queen of Scots | John Knox | ||
| 2018 | Bad Samaritan | Cale Erendreich | ||
| 2018 | Wild Honey | Platanov | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2018 | The Wizards of Once: Twice Magic | Narrator | The Wizards of Once series by Cressida Cowell | |
| 2018 | Jenny: The Doctor's Daughter: Zero Space | Tenth Doctor | Big Finish: Jenny: The Doctors Daughter | |
| 2017 | Mad to Be Normal | R. D. Laing | ||
| 2017 | You, Me and Him | John | ||
| 2017 | The Wizards of Once | Narrator | The Wizards of Once series by Cressida Cowell | |
| 2017 | Gudrun The Viking Princess | |||
| 2017 | Ferdinand | Angus | Voice | |
| 2017 | Doctor Who: Sword of the Chevalier | Tenth Doctor | Big Finish: The Tenth Doctor Adventures | |
| 2017 | Doctor Who: Infamy of the Zaross | Tenth Doctor | Big Finish: The Tenth Doctor Adventures | |
| 2017 | Doctor Who: Cold Vengeance | Tenth Doctor | Big Finish: The Tenth Doctor Adventures | |
| 2017 | Call of Duty: WWII | Drostan Hynd | Voice and likeness | |
| 2016 | The Mark of the Gold Light | Noriam | , | |
| 2016 | The Ebb Tide | Narrator | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2016 | The Beach of Falesa | Wiltshire | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2016 | Look Back in Anger | Jimmy Porter | ||
| 2016 | How to Fight a Dragon's Fury | Narrator | Part of the How to Train Your Dragon series | |
| 2016 | Fireman Sam: Alien Alert | Buck Douglas | Voice | |
| 2016 | Doctor Who: Time Reaver | Tenth Doctor | Big Finish: The Tenth Doctor Adventures | |
| 2016 | Doctor Who: Technophobia | Tenth Doctor | Big Finish: The Tenth Doctor Adventures | |
| 2016 | Doctor Who: Death and the Queen | Tenth Doctor | Big Finish: The Tenth Doctor Adventures | |
| 2016 | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the Race Against Time | Narrator | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang series | |
| 2016 | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Over the Moon | Narrator | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang series | |
| 2015 | The Great Scott: The Talisman | Walter Scott | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2015 | The Great Scott: The Heart of Midlothian | Walter Scott | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2015 | The Great Scott: The Antiquary | Walter Scott | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2015 | Reds and Grays | Robbie | Voice | |
| 2015 | Pets , Wild at Heart | BBC Wildlife Specials | ||
| 2015 | Peter and the wolf and jazz! | Narrator | with The Amazing Keystone Big Band | |
| 2015 | Lego Dimensions | Tenth Doctor | Archive audio | |
| 2015 | Knights of Classic Drama | |||
| 2015 | Just Cause 3 | "General's News Network" Broadcaster | Voice | |
| 2015 | Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time | British version only | ||
| 2015 | How to Betray a Dragon's Hero | Narrator | Part of the How to Train Your Dragon series | |
| 2015 | Growing Up Wild | BBC Wildlife Specials | ||
| 2015 | Dames of Classic Drama | |||
| 2015 | Chew | Mason Savoy | Voice; unfinished film; unreleased | |
| 2015 | Carmilla | Dr. Martin Hesselius | Amazon Audible | |
| 2015 | 96 Ways to Say I Love You | Mark | ||
| 2014 | What We Did on Our Holiday | Doug | ||
| 2014 | W1A | Sequel to Twenty Twelve | ||
| 2014 | The Great Scott: The Bride of Lammermoor | Walter Scott | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2014 | The Great Scott: Redgauntlet | Walter Scott | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2014 | The Great Scott: Ivanhoe | Walter Scott | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2014 | Postman Pat: The Movie | Wilf | Voice | |
| 2014 | Kinect Sports Rivals | Narrator | Voice | |
| 2014 | How to Seize a Dragon's Jewel | Narrator | Part of the How to Train Your Dragon series | |
| 2014 | Dolphins , Spy in the Pod | BBC Wildlife Specials | ||
| 2013 | The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | English | ||
| 2013 | The Great Scott: Waverley | Walter Scott | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2013 | The Great Scott: The Fair Maid of Perth | Walter Scott | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2013 | The Great Scott: Rob Roy | Walter Scott | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2013 | Penguins , Spy in the Huddle | |||
| 2013 | Every Seventh Wave | Leo | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2012 | Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger | Donald Peterson, Roderick Peterson | ||
| 2012 | Wild About Pandas | |||
| 2012 | Waiting for the Boatman | Mario Minniti | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2012 | Twelfth Night | Malvolio | BBC Radio 3 | |
| 2012 | The Rhyming Rabbit | Narrator | Macmillan Digital Audio | |
| 2012 | The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! | Charles Darwin | Voice | |
| 2012 | Silver: The Return to Treasure Island | Narrator | Whole Story Audiobooks | |
| 2012 | Romeo and Juliet | Prince Escalus | BBC Radio 3 | |
| 2012 | Our Secret Universe: The Hidden Life of the Cell | |||
| 2012 | On Her Majesty's Secret Service | Narrator | BBC Audio | |
| 2012 | Love Virtually | Leo | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2012 | Jack and the Flum Flum Tree | Narrator | Macmillan Digital Audio | |
| 2012 | How to Steal a Dragon's Sword | Narrator | Part of the How to Train Your Dragon series | |
| 2012 | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | Narrator | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang series | |
| 2012 | Book at Bedtime , Stonemouth | Reader | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2012 | Believe It! | Young Richard Wilson, David Tennant | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2011 | Fright Night | Peter Vincent | ||
| 2011 | The Decoy Bride | James Arber | ||
| 2011 | Twenty Twelve | |||
| 2011 | The TA & The Taliban | |||
| 2011 | The Purple Land | Richard Lamb | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2011 | The Pied Piper of Hamelin | Narrator | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2011 | The Itch of the Golden Nit | Stretchy McStretch | Voice | |
| 2011 | The Gobetweenies | Joe | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2011 | The Father of Australia | |||
| 2011 | Tales of Hans Christian Andersen | Narrator | BBC Learning | |
| 2011 | Supermarket Zoo | Narrator | Simon & Schuster | |
| 2011 | Stevenson in Love | Robert Stevenson | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2011 | Starlight: For the Children | |||
| 2011 | Shrek: Once Upon a Time | |||
| 2011 | My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece | Narrator | Orion Books | |
| 2011 | Life and Fate | Nikolai Krymov | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2011 | Kafka: The Musical | Franz Kafka | BBC Radio 3 | |
| 2011 | How to Break a Dragon's Heart | Narrator | Part of the How to Train Your Dragon series | |
| 2011 | Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line | |||
| 2011 | Earthflight | |||
| 2011 | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang series | Narrator | ||
| 2011 | Book at Bedtime , A Night with a Vampire 2 | Narrator | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2011 | A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons | Narrator | Part of the How to Train Your Dragon series | |
| 2010 | Stealing Shakespeare | |||
| 2010 | Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice | BBC Wildlife Specials | ||
| 2010 | Of Mice and Men | George Milton | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2010 | Murder in Samarkand | Craig Murray | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2010 | How to Train Your Dragon | Spitelout | Voice | |
| 2010 | How to Ride a Dragon's Storm | Narrator | Part of the How to Train Your Dragon series | |
| 2010 | How Roald Dahl Shaped Pop | Narrator | BBC Radio 2 | |
| 2010 | Hairy Maclary Story Collection | Narrator | Collection of eight stories | |
| 2010 | Eddie Izzard: Marathon Man | |||
| 2010 | Dogfish | Narrator | Simon & Schuster Children's Books | |
| 2010 | Doctor Who: The Last Voyage | Narrator | BBC Audio | |
| 2010 | Doctor Who: Dead Air | Narrator | BBC Audio | |
| 2010 | Diet or My Husband Dies | |||
| 2010 | Caught in the Web , A Newsround Special | |||
| 2010 | Book at Bedtime , A Night with a Vampire | Narrator | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2010 | Bear Snores On | Narrator | Simon & Schuster Children's Books | |
| 2009 | St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold | Sir Piers Pomfrey | ||
| 2009 | Glorious 39 | Hector | ||
| 2009 | Troubled Young Minds | |||
| 2009 | Swarm: Nature's Incredible Invasions | |||
| 2009 | MacB | Narrator | BBC 7 | |
| 2009 | How to Twist a Dragon's Tale | Narrator | Part of the How to Train Your Dragon series | |
| 2009 | Doctor Who: The Day of the Troll | Narrator | BBC Audio | |
| 2008 | Nebulous | Doctor Beep | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2008 | Everest ER | |||
| 2008 | Doctor Who: Pest Control | Narrator | BBC Audio | |
| 2007 | "Time Crash" | Tenth Doctor | Children in Need 2007 Doctor Who special | |
| 2007 | The Wooden Overcoat | Peter | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2007 | The Human Footprint | |||
| 2007 | How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse | Narrator | Part of the How to Train Your Dragon series | |
| 2006 | The Virgin Radio Christmas Panto | Buttons | Virgin Radio | |
| 2006 | How to Speak Dragonese | Narrator | Part of the How to Train Your Dragon series | |
| 2006 | Free Jimmy | Hamish | Voice | |
| 2006 | Doctor Who: The Stone Rose | Narrator | BBC Audio | |
| 2006 | Doctor Who: The Resurrection Casket | Narrator | BBC Audio | |
| 2006 | Doctor Who: The Feast of the Drowned | Narrator | BBC Audio | |
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Barty Crouch Jr. | ||
| 2005 | UNIT: The Wasting | Colonel Brimmecombe-Wood | Big Finish | |
| 2005 | The Comedy of Errors | Antipholus of Syracuse | Arkangel Shakespeare | |
| 2005 | The Beasts of Clawstone Castle | Narrator | Macmillan Digital Audio | |
| 2005 | The Adventures of Luther Arkwright | Luther Arkwright | Big Finish | |
| 2005 | Romeo and Juliet | Mercutio | Arkangel Shakespeare | |
| 2005 | Macbeth | Porter | Arkangel Shakespeare | |
| 2005 | King Lear | Edgar | Arkangel Shakespeare | |
| 2005 | Doctor Who: A New Dimension | Doctor Who Confidential pilot | ||
| 2005 | Dixon of Dock Green | PC Andy Crawford | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2005 | "Born Again" | Tenth Doctor | Children in Need 2005 Doctor Who special | |
| 2004 | Whiteout | Narrator | Macmillan Digital Audio | |
| 2004 | Traffic Warden | Traffic warden | ||
| 2004 | The Merchant of Venice | Launcelot Gobbo | Arkangel Shakespeare | |
| 2004 | Starter for Ten | Narrator | Hodder & Stoughton | |
| 2004 | Stargazing: Memoirs of a Young Lighthouse Keeper | Narrator | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2004 | Richard III | The Archbishop, Ghost of Henry VI | Arkangel Shakespeare | |
| 2004 | Quite Ugly One Morning | Narrator | Time Warner | |
| 2004 | Old Street | Mr. Watson | Short film | |
| 2004 | How to Train Your Dragon | Narrator | Part of the How to Train Your Dragon series | |
| 2004 | How to Be a Pirate | Narrator | Part of the How to Train Your Dragon series | |
| 2004 | Doctor Who: Medicinal Purposes | Daft Jamie | Big Finish | |
| 2004 | Dalek Empire III | Galanar | Big Finish | |
| 2003 | Bright Young Things | Ginger Littlejohn | ||
| 2003 | Tuesdays & Sundays | William Millman | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2003 | The Rotters' Club | Bill Trotter | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2003 | The Mill on the Floss | Phillip Wakeman, Gypsy | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2003 | The Merlin Conspiracy | Narrator | Co-narrated with Emilia Fox | |
| 2003 | The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents | Dangerous Beans | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2003 | Strangers and Brothers | Donald Howerd | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2003 | Pompeii | Narrator | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2003 | Mansfield Park | Tom Bertram | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2003 | Doctor Who: Sympathy for the Devil | Colonel Brimmecombe-Wood | Big Finish | |
| 2003 | Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka | Caretaker | BBCi | |
| 2003 | Doctor Who: Exile | Time Lord No. 2, Pub landlord | Big Finish | |
| 2003 | Caesar! , Peeling Figs for Julius | Caligula | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2003 | A Quick Change | Colin | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2002 | The Museum | Brian | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2002 | Sunburst Finish | Davey | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2002 | Nine 1/2 Minutes | Charlie | Short film | |
| 2002 | Love and Friendship | Edward | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2002 | Island | Calum | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2002 | Facade | William Walton | BBC Radio 4 drama based on Façade | |
| 2002 | Dr Finlay: Further Adventures of a Black Bag | McKellor | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2002 | Double Income, No Kids Yet | Daniel | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2002 | Boots UK advert | Husband | ||
| 2001 | True Crime | Narrator | Whole Story Audiobooks | |
| 2001 | The Long Firm | Narrator | Whole Story Audiobooks | |
| 2001 | Sweetnight Goodheart | Peter | ||
| 2001 | Much Ado about Nothing | Benedick | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2001 | He Kills Coppers | Narrator | Whole Story Audiobooks | |
| 2001 | Dr Finlay: Adventures of a Black Bag | Jackson | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2001 | Doctor Who: Colditz | Feldwebel Kurtz | Big Finish | |
| 2000 | The Sea | Willy Carson | BBC Radio 3 | |
| 2000 | Henry VI, Part 3 | Henry VI | Arkangel Shakespeare | |
| 2000 | Henry VI, Part 2 | Henry VI | Arkangel Shakespeare | |
| 2000 | Henry VI, Part 1 | Henry VI | Arkangel Shakespeare | |
| 2000 | Being Considered | Larry | ||
| 1999 | The Last September | Captain Gerald Colthurst | ||
| 1999 | Fire in the Heart | Reader | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 1998 | L.A. Without a Map | Richard | ||
| 1998 | The Golden Triangle: The Order of Release | John Everett Millais | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 1998 | The Airmen Who Would Not Die | Captain Raymond "Hinch" Hinchliffe | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 1998 | Hemlock and After | Eric Craddock | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 1997 | Bite | Alastair Galbraith | ||
| 1996 | Jude | Drunk undergraduate | ||
| 1996 | Quality Control | Gary Innes | Short film, rescued from 16mm print | |
| 1996 | Paint Her Well | The Son | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 1994 | Knocking on Heaven's Door | Lindsay Lerner | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 1993 | The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Policeman | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 1993 | The Fifty Friends of Simon Goberschmitt | Raymond | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 1993 | Spaces | Vinny | ||
| 1987 | Anti-smoking film | Jim | Glasgow Health Board PSA |
Television and streaming
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standing By | TBA | Upcoming | ||
| Hide | TBA | Pre-production | ||
| 2026 | Time | Officer Bailey | Main cast (series 3) | |
| 2026 | The Four Seasons | Gianpiero | Episode: "Maratona" | |
| 2026 | Spidey and His Amazing Friends | Web Beard (voice) | Episode: "The Return of Web-Beard" | |
| 2025 | The Hack | Nick Davies | Also executive producer | |
| 2025 | Genius Game | Host | Eight-part game show | |
| 2025 | Chibiverse | Scrooge McDuck (voice) | Episode: "Stan's 11" | |
| 2025 | Big City Greens | Lord Argyle (voice) | Episode: “Saxon Saxability” | |
| 2024 | Rivals | Lord Tony Baddingham | 14 episodes | |
| 2024 | Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures | Huyang (voice) | Episode: "Nubs' Big Mistake" | |
| 2024 | Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur | Franklin (voice) | Episode: "Dog Day Mid-Afternoon" | |
| 2024 | Ark: The Animated Series | Sir Edmund Rockwell (voice) | 3 episodes | |
| 2023 | The Giggle | English | ||
| 2023 | Wild Blue Yonder | English | ||
| 2023 | The Star Beast | English | ||
| 2023 | Episode #2.1 | |||
| 2023 | The Simpsons | Pa MacWeldon (voice) | Episode: "Ae Bonny Romance" | |
| 2023 | Ahsoka | Huyang (voice) | 8 episodes | |
| 2022 | The Power of the Doctor | English | ||
| 2022 | Litvinenko | Alexander Litvinenko | 4 episode ITV drama series; also executive producer | |
| 2022 | The Sandman | Don (voice) | Episode: "A Dream of a Thousand Cats" | |
| 2022 | The Paloni Show! Halloween Special | Roach Chef (voice) | Segment: "Clacky's Café" | |
| 2022 | The Legend of Vox Machina | General Krieg (voice) | 2 episodes | |
| 2022 | Meet the Richardsons | David Tennant | 2 episodes |
Show all 159 titles
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Inside Man | Reverend Harry Watling | 4 episodes | |
| 2022 | Doctor Who | Fourteenth Doctor | ||
| 2021 | Eden | E92 (voice) | 4 episodes | |
| 2021 | Around the World in 80 Days | Phileas Fogg | Main role; 8 episodes; also executive producer | |
| 2020 | Staged | David Tennant | 20 episodes; also executive producer | |
| 2020 | Deadwater Fell | Tom Kendrick | 4 episodes; also executive producer | |
| 2020 | The Secret of Novice Hame | Tenth Doctor | ||
| 2020 | Des | Dennis Nilsen | 3 episodes; also executive producer | |
| 2019 | In the Beginning | |||
| 2019 | Good Omens | Crowley | Main role; 13 episodes | |
| 2019 | Gen:Lock | Rufus Weller, Caliban (voice) | 16 episodes | |
| 2019 | Criminal: UK | Dr. Edgar Fallon | Episode: "Edgar" | |
| 2018 | AKA Three Lives and Counting | English | ||
| 2018 | There She Goes | Simon Yates | 11 episodes | |
| 2018 | Hang Ups | Martin Lamb | Episode: #1.2 | |
| 2018 | Final Space | Lord Commander (voice) | 21 episodes | |
| 2018 | Camping | Walt Jodell | 8 episodes | |
| 2017 | Thunderbirds Are Go | Tycho Reeves (voice) | Episode: "Hyperspeed" | |
| 2017 | The Highway Rat | The Highway Rat (voice) | Television film | |
| 2017 | DuckTales | Scrooge McDuck (voice) | 60 episodes | |
| 2016 | Family Guy | Tenth Doctor (voice) | Episode: "Inside Family Guy" | |
| 2015 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Fugitoid (voice) | 15 episodes | |
| 2015 | Mickey Mouse Clubhouse | Igor the Door (voice) | Episode: "Mickey's Monster Musical" | |
| 2015 | Jessica Jones | Kevin Thompson / Kilgrave | ||
| 2015 | Jake and the Never Land Pirates | Dread (voice) | 2 episodes | |
| 2014 | Gracepoint | Emmett Carver | 10 episodes | |
| 2013 | The Day of the Doctor | English | ||
| 2013 | The Politician's Husband | Aiden Hoynes | 3 episodes | |
| 2013 | The Great Scott | Walter Scott | 3 episodes | |
| 2013 | The Escape Artist | Will Burton | 3 episodes | |
| 2013 | Spies of Warsaw | Jean-François Mercier | 4 episodes | |
| 2013 | Fish Hooks | Oscar's Brain (voice) | 2 episodes | |
| 2013 | Broadchurch | DI Alec Hardy | 24 episodes | |
| 2012 | True Love | Nick | Episode: "Nick" | |
| 2012 | Tree Fu Tom | Twigs (voice) | 27 episodes | |
| 2012 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Huyang (voice) | 3 episodes | |
| 2012 | Playhouse Presents | Will | Episode: "The Minor Character" | |
| 2012 | DreamWorks Dragons | Spitelout (voice) | 14 episodes | |
| 2011 | United | Jimmy Murphy | Television film | |
| 2011 | This is Jinsy | Mr. Slightlyman | Episode: "Wedding Lottery" | |
| 2010 | The End of Time , Part Two | English | ||
| 2010 | Single Father | Dave Tiler | 4 episodes | |
| 2010 | Rex Is Not Your Lawyer | Rex Alexander | NBC pilot (unaired) | |
| 2009 | The End of Time , Part One | English | ||
| 2009 | The Waters of Mars | English | ||
| 2009 | Planet of the Dead | English | ||
| 2009 | Hamlet | Prince Hamlet | Television film | |
| 2009 | The Sarah Jane Adventures | Tenth Doctor | Story: "The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith" | |
| 2009 | The Catherine Tate Show | Ghost of Christmas Present | Episode: "Nan's Christmas Carol" | |
| 2009 | Dreamland | Tenth Doctor (voice) | 6 episodes | |
| 2008 | The Next Doctor | English | ||
| 2008 | Journey's End | English | ||
| 2008 | The Stolen Earth | English | ||
| 2008 | Turn Left | English | ||
| 2008 | Midnight | English | ||
| 2008 | Forest of the Dead | English | ||
| 2008 | Silence in the Library | English | ||
| 2008 | The Unicorn and the Wasp | English | ||
| 2008 | The Doctor's Daughter | English | ||
| 2008 | The Poison Sky | English | ||
| 2008 | The Sontaran Stratagem | English | ||
| 2008 | Planet of the Ood | English | ||
| 2008 | The Fires of Pompeii | English | ||
| 2008 | Partners in Crime | English | ||
| 2008 | Einstein and Eddington | Sir Arthur Eddington | Television film | |
| 2008 | Music of the Spheres | Tenth Doctor | Television film | |
| 2007 | Voyage of the Damned | English | ||
| 2007 | Last of the Time Lords | English | ||
| 2007 | The Sound of Drums | English | ||
| 2007 | Utopia | English | ||
| 2007 | Blink | English | ||
| 2007 | The Family of Blood | English | ||
| 2007 | Human Nature | English | ||
| 2007 | 42 | English | ||
| 2007 | The Lazarus Experiment | English | ||
| 2007 | Evolution of the Daleks | English | ||
| 2007 | Daleks in Manhattan | English | ||
| 2007 | Gridlock | English | ||
| 2007 | The Shakespeare Code | English | ||
| 2007 | Smith and Jones | English | ||
| 2007 | Recovery | Alan Hamilton | Television film | |
| 2007 | Learners | Chris | Television film | |
| 2007 | The Infinite Quest | Tenth Doctor (voice) | Television film | |
| 2007 | The Catherine Tate Show | Mr. Logan, The Doctor | Sketch for Red Nose Day 2007 | |
| 2007 | Dead Ringers | Regenerated Tony Blair | Episode: #7.6 | |
| 2006 | The Runaway Bride | English | ||
| 2006 | Doomsday | English | ||
| 2006 | Army of Ghosts | English | ||
| 2006 | Fear Her | English | ||
| 2006 | Love & Monsters | English | ||
| 2006 | The Satan Pit | English | ||
| 2006 | The Impossible Planet | English | ||
| 2006 | The Idiot's Lantern | English | ||
| 2006 | The Age of Steel | English | ||
| 2006 | Rise of the Cybermen | English | ||
| 2006 | The Girl in the Fireplace | English | ||
| 2006 | School Reunion | English | ||
| 2006 | Tooth and Claw | English | ||
| 2006 | New Earth | English | ||
| 2006 | The Romantics | Jean-Jacques Rousseau | Episode: "Liberty" | |
| 2006 | The Chatterley Affair | Richard Hoggart | Television film | |
| 2005 | The Parting of the Ways | English | ||
| 2005 | The Quatermass Experiment | Dr. Gordon Briscoe | Television film | |
| 2005 | Secret Smile | Brendan Block | 2 episodes | |
| 2005 | Doctor Who | Tenth Doctor | ||
| 2005 | Casanova | Giacomo Casanova | 3 episodes | |
| 2004 | The Deputy | Christopher Williams | Television film | |
| 2004 | He Knew He Was Right | Mr. Gibson | 4 episodes | |
| 2004 | Blackpool | DI Peter Carlisle | 6 episodes | |
| 2003 | Trust | Gavin MacEwan | Episode: #1.6 | |
| 2003 | Terri McIntyre | Greig Millar | 6 episodes | |
| 2003 | Spine Chillers | Dr. Krull | Episode: "Bradford in My Dreams" | |
| 2003 | Scream of the Shalka | Warehouseman (voice) | Episode: #1.5 | |
| 2003 | Posh Nosh | Jose-Luis | 2 episodes | |
| 2002 | Foyle's War | Theo Howard | Episode: "A Lesson in Murder" | |
| 2001 | People Like Us | Rob Harker | Episode: "The Actor" | |
| 2001 | Only Human | Tyler | TV pilot | |
| 2001 | High Stakes | Gaz Whitney | Episode: "The Magic Word" | |
| 2000 | Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) | Gordon Stylus | Episode: "Drop Dead" | |
| 1999 | The Mrs Bradley Mysteries | Max Valentine | Episode: "Death at the Opera" | |
| 1999 | Love in the 21st Century | John | Episode: "Reproduction" | |
| 1998 | Duck Patrol | Simon "Darwin" Brown | 8 episodes | |
| 1997 | Holding the Baby | Nurse | Episode: #1.2 | |
| 1997 | Conjuring Shakespeare | Angelo | Episode: "Like a Virgin" | |
| 1996 | A Mug's Game | Gavin | Episode: #1.2 | |
| 1995 | The Tales of Para Handy | John MacBryde | Episode: "Para Handy's Piper" | |
| 1995 | The Bill | Steve Clemens | Episode: "Deadline" | |
| 1994 | Takin' Over the Asylum | Campbell Bain | 6 episodes | |
| 1993 | The Brown Man | Ventriloquist | Television film | |
| 1993 | Rab C. Nesbitt | Davina | Episode: "Touch" | |
| 1992 | Strathblair | Archie the Hiker | Episode: "Family Affairs" | |
| 1992 | Bunch of Five | Policeman | Episode: "Miles Better" | |
| 1989 | The Play on One | Third squaddie | Episode: "Biting the Hands" | |
| 1988 | Dramarama | Neil McDonald | Episode: "The Secret of Croftmore" |
