Christopher Eccleston
Department: 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.
Known For
28 Days Later
2002
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
2007
The Others
2001
eXistenZ
1999
Elizabeth
1998
Revengers Tragedy
2002
Death and the Compass
1992
Jude
1996
Amelia
2009
Gone in Sixty Seconds
2000
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
2021
Shallow Grave
1994
I Am Dina
2002
Lennon Naked
2010
Set the Night on Fire: The Story of Ewan MacColl
2021
The Hour
2020
Heart
1999
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
2009
A Price Above Rubies
1998
Roots
1992
Let Him Have It
1991
Continental Drift
1992
The Invisible Circus
2001
The Borrowers
2011
Thor: The Dark World
2013
The King and Us
2002
Strumpet
2001
Song for Marion
2012
Anchoress
1993
Othello
2001
Sunday
2002
The Importance of Being Morrissey
2003
The Second Coming
2003
Young Woman and the Sea
2024
My Name Is Leon
2022
With or Without You
1999
New Orleans, Mon Amour
2008
The Kemps: All Gold
2023
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013
Dodger Special: Coronation
2023
Dodger Special: Train
2022
Dodger Special: Christmas
2022
Dodger Special: Bad Egg
2023
Legend
2015
When Wrestling Was Golden: Grapples, Grunts and Grannies
2012
Emily
2013
Perfect Parents
2006
When Coal Was King
2013
Flesh and Blood
2002
Hillsborough
1996
An Angel on Oxford Street
2024
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
2005
24 Hour Party People
2002
Where Hands Touch
2018
The Happiness Salesman
2010
Einstein's Big Idea
2005
Muse of Fire
2013
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
Rachel's Dream
1992
Dockers: Writing the Wrongs
1999
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
2018
Manchester: 100 Days After The Attack
2017
Lucan
2013
King Lear
2018
RSC Live: Macbeth
2018
A Year in the Life of a Year 2019
2020
The Flu That Killed 50 Million
2018
National Theatre Live: Antigone
2012
Best Ever Muppet Moments
2006
Tony Adams - Drunk And Dry
2002
Richard III: The New Evidence
2014
Endless
2020
The Kemps: All True
2020
Doctor Who at the Proms
2024
Hear Me Roar
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Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
2008
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
2015
The Dark Side of Porn: Porn Shutdown
2005
The Last Miners
2016
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2025
Chasing Millions
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Whispers of Freedom
2024
Color Your Hurt
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Cracker
1993
Top Gear
2002
Heroes
2006
Performance
1991
Inspector Morse
1987
The Second Coming
2003
Our Friends in the North
1996
Chancer
1990
What's Your Problem?
2002
GMTV
1993
Blackout
2012
Doctor Who
2005
The Shadow Line
2011
Doctor Who
2005
The Last Miners
2016
The Leftovers
2014
Lucan
2013
Rachel's Dream
1992
Close to Me
2021
Safe House
2015
Danger Mouse
2015
The A Word
2016
Casualty
1986
The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama
2020
Dodger
2022
Cuentos de Borges
1993
Hearts and Minds
1995
Cracker
1993
Come Home
2018
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
Linda Green
2001
Ambulance
2016
Friday on My Mind
1992
The Read
2022
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
The Guilty Innocent with Christopher Eccleston
2024
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
2013
Fortitude
2015
Bible Mysteries
2004
The Sarah Silverman Program.
2007
Accused
2010
Unchosen
2026
Timeshift
2002
True Detective
2014
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
Doctor Who 9: Christopher Eccleston
2005
Remembers…
2022
Blue Peter
1958