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Christopher Eccleston

Acting

Born February 16, 1964 · 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.

Awards & recognition

  • International Emmy AwardBest Actor

Filmography50+ titles

True Detective

2014as Captain Ted Connelly

Ambulance

2016as Self - Narrator

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

2013as The Doctor (9) (archive footage)

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989as Frank Carter

Accused

2010as Willy Houlihan

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

2015as The Doctor (9) (picture) (uncredited)

Young Woman and the Sea

2024as Jabez Wolffe

Where Hands Touch

2018as Heinz

Inspector Morse

1987as Terrence Mitchell

The Leftovers

2014as Matt Jamison

The Shadow Line

2011as Joseph Bede

Doctor Who

2005as Doctor Who

Top Gear

2002as Self

The Others

2001as Charles Stewart

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

2008as The Doctor (9) (archive footage)

Heroes

2006as Claude

28 Days Later

2002as Major Henry West

Elizabeth

1998as Duke of Norfolk

Legend

2015as Leonard 'Nipper' Read

Lucan

as John Aspinall

24 Hour Party People

2002as Boethius (uncredited)

Shallow Grave

1994as David Stephens

Unchosen

2026as Mr Phillips

Fortitude

2015as Professor Charlie Stoddart

Unfinished Song

2012as James

eXistenZ

1999as Seminar Leader

Let Him Have It

1991as Derek Bentley

Cracker

1993as David Bilborough

Muse of Fire

2013as Self

Thor: The Dark World

2013as Malekith

Gone in 60 Seconds

2000as Raymond Calitri

Safe House

2015as Robert

Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

2013as Self

Blackout

2012as Daniel Demoys

Dead in a Week (or Your Money Back)

2018as Harvey

The Sarah Silverman Program.

2007as Dr. Lazer Rage

Jude

1996as Jude Fawley

Danger Mouse

2015as J. Woolington Sham (voice)

Casualty

1986as Stephen Hills

King Lear

2018as Oswald

The Flu That Killed 50 Million

2018as Narrator

Anchoress

1993as Priest

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

2009as McCullen / Destro

Amelia

2009as Fred Noonan

I Am Dina

2002as Leo Zhukovsky

A Price Above Rubies

1998as Sender Horowitz

The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising

2007as The Rider

The Invisible Circus

2001as Wolf

With or Without You

1999as Vincent Boyd

Close to Me

as Rob Harding