
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
—

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
—

Whispers of Freedom
2024

Color Your Hurt
—

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