Portrait of Christopher Eccleston

Christopher Eccleston

Acting

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.

Born: February 16, 1964

Place of Birth: Salford, Lancashire, England, UK

Filmography

2025
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

as Doctor Who (archive footage) (uncredited)

2024
Doctor Who at the Proms

as The Doctor (9) (archive footage)

2024
Whispers of Freedom

as Herbert Köfer

2024
2024
2023
The Kemps: All Gold

as Luke Dunmore

2022
My Name Is Leon

as Mr. Devlin

2022
The Read

as Narrator

2022
Dodger

as Fagin

2021
Close to Me

as Rob Harding

2020
The Hour

as Himself

2018
2018
King Lear

as Oswald

2018
2018
Come Home

as Greg Farrell

2016
The Last Miners

as Narrator (voice)

2016
The Last Miners

as Narrator (Voice)

2016
Ambulance

as Narrator

2016
Ambulance

as Self - Narrator

2016
The A Word

as Maurice Scott

2015
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

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

2015
Danger Mouse

as J. Woolington Sham (voice)

2015
Legend

as Leonard 'Nipper' Read

2015
Safe House

as Robert

2015
Fortitude

as Professor Charlie Stoddart

2014
The Leftovers

as Matt Jamison

2014
True Detective

as Captain Ted Connelly

2013
Lucan

as John Aspinall

2013
Lucan

as John Aspinall

2013
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

as The Doctor (9) (archive footage)

2013
2013
2013
Emily

as James

2012
National Theatre Live: Antigone

as Creon, King of Thebes

2012
2012
Blackout

as Daniel Demoys

2011
The Borrowers

as Pod Clock

2011
The Shadow Line

as Joseph Bede

2010
Lennon Naked

as John Lennon

2010
Accused

as Willy Houlihan

2010
2009
Amelia

as Fred Noonan

2009
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

as McCullen / Destro

2008
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

as The Doctor (9) (archive footage)

2007
2006
2006
Heroes

as Claude

2005
Einstein's Big Idea

as Narrator (voice)

2005
Doctor Who

as Doctor (9)

2005
Doctor Who

as Doctor Who

2004
Bible Mysteries

as Narrator

2003
The Second Coming

as Stephen Baxter

2003
The Second Coming

as Stephen Baxter

2002
28 Days Later

as Major Henry West

2002
Top Gear

as Self

2002
Timeshift

as self

2002
Flesh and Blood

as Joe Broughton

2002
2002
I Am Dina

as Leo Zhukovsky

2002
2002
Sunday

as Major Gen. Robert Ford

2001
Othello

as Ben Jago

2001
Linda Green

as Tom/Neil

2001
The Others

as Charles Stewart

2001
Strumpet

as Strayman

2000
Gone in Sixty Seconds

as Raymond Calitri

1999
With or Without You

as Vincent Boyd

1999
Dockers: Writing the Wrongs

as Narrator (voice)

1999
eXistenZ

as Seminar Leader

1999
1999
Heart

as Gary Ellis

1998
Elizabeth

as Duke of Norfolk

1998
A Price Above Rubies

as Sender Horowitz

1996
Hillsborough

as Trevor Hicks

1996
Jude

as Jude Fawley

1996
Our Friends in the North

as Nicky Hutchinson

1995
Hearts and Minds

as Drew Mackenzie

1994
Shallow Grave

as David Stephens

1993
Cracker

as David Bilborough

1993
Cracker

as Bilborough

1993
Anchoress

as Priest

1993
Cuentos de Borges

as Alonso Zunz

1993
GMTV

as Self

1992
Roots

as Frankie Bryant

1992
Continental Drift

as (Business with Friends)

1992
Death and the Compass

as Schartach / Zunz / Gryphius

1992
Rachel's Dream

as Man in Dream

1991
Performance

as Frankie Bryant

1991
Let Him Have It

as Derek Bentley

1990
Chancer

as Radio

1989
1987
Inspector Morse

as Terrence Mitchell

1986
Casualty

as Stephen Hills