Person
Christopher Eccleston
Acting · Born 1964-02-16 · Salford, Lancashire, England, UK
Biography
Christopher Eccleston (born 16 February 1964) is an English stage, film and television actor. His films include Let Him Have It, Shallow Grave, Elizabeth, 28 Days Later, Gone in 60 Seconds, The Others, and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. In 2005, he became the ninth incarnation of The Doctor in the British television series Doctor Who.
Known for
Doctor Who
Doctor (9)
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Frank Carter
True Detective
Captain Ted Connelly
Heroes
Claude
Top Gear
Self
Casualty
Stephen Hills
The Leftovers
Matt Jamison
Blue Peter
Self
ScreenPlay
Schartach / Zunz / Gryphius
Inspector Morse
Terrence Mitchell
Filmography
- 2026UnchosenMr Phillips
- 2025Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality WarDoctor Who (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2024Doctor Who at the PromsThe Doctor (9) (archive footage)
- 2024Whispers of FreedomHerbert Köfer
- 2024Young Woman and the SeaJabez Wolffe
- 2024An Angel on Oxford StreetSaul (voice)
- 2024The Guilty Innocent with Christopher EcclestonPresenter
- 2023The Kemps: All GoldLuke Dunmore
- 2023Dodger Special: CoronationFagin
- 2023Dodger Special: Bad EggFagin
- 2022Dodger Special: ChristmasFagin
- 2022Dodger Special: TrainFagin
- 2022Remembers…Self
- 2022My Name Is LeonMr. Devlin
- 2022The ReadNarrator
- 2022DodgerFagin
- 2021Robbo: The Bryan Robson StorySelf
- 2021Set the Night on Fire: The Story of Ewan MacCollSelf
- 2021Close to MeRob Harding
- 2020The Romantics and Us with Simon SchamaSelf
- 2020The HourHimself
- 2020The Kemps: All TrueSelf
- 2020Endless
- 2020A Year in the Life of a Year 2019Himself
- 2018The Flu That Killed 50 MillionNarrator
- 2018Where Hands TouchHeinz
- 2018Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)Harvey
- 2018King LearOswald
- 2018RSC Live: MacbethMacbeth
- 2018Come HomeGreg Farrell
- 2017Manchester: 100 Days After The AttackVoice
- 2016The Last MinersNarrator (voice)
- 2016The Last MinersNarrator (Voice)
- 2016AmbulanceSelf - Narrator
- 2016The A WordMaurice Scott
- 2015Doctor Who: The Husbands of River SongThe Doctor (9) (picture) (uncredited)
- 2015Danger MouseJ. Woolington Sham (voice)
- 2015LegendLeonard 'Nipper' Read
- 2015Safe HouseRobert
- 2015FortitudeProfessor Charlie Stoddart
- 2014Richard III: The New EvidenceNarrator
- 2014The LeftoversMatt Jamison
- 2014True DetectiveCaptain Ted Connelly
- 2013LucanJohn Aspinall
- 2013LucanJohn Aspinall
- 2013Doctor Who: The Day of the DoctorThe Doctor (9) (archive footage)
- 2013When Coal Was KingNarrator
- 2013National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
- 2013Thor: The Dark WorldMalekith
- 2013Muse of FireSelf
- 2013EmilyJames
- 2013Doctor Who: The Doctors RevisitedSelf
- 2012National Theatre Live: AntigoneCreon, King of Thebes
- 2012When Wrestling Was Golden: Grapples, Grunts and GranniesNarrator
- 2012Song for MarionJames
- 2012BlackoutDaniel Demoys
- 2011The BorrowersPod Clock
- 2011The Shadow LineJoseph Bede
- 2010Lennon NakedJohn Lennon
- 2010AccusedWilly Houlihan
- 2009AmeliaFred Noonan
- 2009G.I. Joe: The Rise of CobraMcCullen / Destro
- 2009The Happiness SalesmanSalesman
- 2008Doctor Who: The Next DoctorThe Doctor (9) (archive footage)
- 2008New Orleans, Mon AmourHenry
- 2007The Seeker: The Dark Is RisingThe Rider
- 2007The Sarah Silverman Program.Dr. Lazer Rage
- 2006Perfect ParentsStuart
- 2006HeroesClaude
- 2006Best Ever Muppet MomentsSelf
- 2005Einstein's Big IdeaNarrator (voice)
- 2005The Dark Side of Porn: Porn Shutdown
- 2005Doctor Who: A New DimensionSelf
- 2005Doctor WhoDoctor (9)
- 2005Doctor Who ConfidentialSelf
- 2005Doctor Who 9: Christopher EcclestonDoctor Who
- 2004The Paul O'Grady Show
- 2004Bible MysteriesNarrator
- 2003The Importance of Being MorrisseyNarrator
- 2003The Second ComingStephen Baxter
- 2003The Second ComingStephen Baxter
- 200228 Days LaterMajor Henry West
- 2002Top GearSelf
- 2002Timeshiftself
- 2002Flesh and BloodJoe Broughton
- 2002What's Your Problem?
- 2002Tony Adams - Drunk And DryNarrator
- 2002Revengers TragedyVindici
- 2002The King and UsAnthony
- 2002I Am DinaLeo Zhukovsky
- 200224 Hour Party PeopleBoethius (uncredited)
- 2002SundayMajor Gen. Robert Ford
- 2001OthelloBen Jago
- 2001Linda GreenTom/Neil
- 2001StrumpetStrayman
- 2001The OthersCharles Stewart
- 2001The Invisible CircusWolf
- 2000Gone in Sixty SecondsRaymond Calitri
- 1999With or Without YouVincent Boyd
- 1999Dockers: Writing the WrongsNarrator (voice)
- 1999eXistenZSeminar Leader
- 1999HeartGary Ellis
- 1998ElizabethDuke of Norfolk
- 1998A Price Above RubiesSender Horowitz
- 1996HillsboroughTrevor Hicks
- 1996JudeJude Fawley
- 1996Our Friends in the NorthNicky Hutchinson
- 1995Hearts and MindsDrew Mackenzie
- 1994Shallow GraveDavid Stephens
- 1993CrackerDavid Bilborough
- 1993AnchoressPriest
- 1993Cuentos de BorgesAlonso Zunz
- 1993GMTVSelf
- 1992RootsFrankie Bryant
- 1992Continental Drift(Business with Friends)
- 1992Rachel's DreamMan in Dream
- 1992Death and the CompassSchartach / Zunz / Gryphius
- 1992Friday on My MindSean
- 1992Rachel's DreamMan in Dream
- 1991PerformanceFrankie Bryant
- 1991Let Him Have ItDerek Bentley
- 1990ChancerRadio
- 1989Agatha Christie's PoirotFrank Carter
- 1987Inspector MorseTerrence Mitchell
- 1986CasualtyStephen Hills
- 1986ScreenPlaySchartach / Zunz / Gryphius
- 1958Blue PeterSelf
- —Hear Me RoarMichael Bellinger
- —Chasing Millions
- —Color Your HurtJames
- —About A BellDC Holman
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