Christopher Eccleston
February 16, 1964 (62 years old) in Salford, Lancashire, England, UK
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
Credits
- 2025 · Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War as Doctor Who (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2024 · Young Woman and the Sea as Jabez Wolffe
- 2023 · The Kemps: All Gold as Luke Dunmore
- 2022 · Remembers… as Self
- 2022 · Dodger as Fagin
- 2021 · Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story as Self
- 2021 · Set the Night on Fire: The Story of Ewan MacColl as Self
- 2021 · Close to Me as Rob Harding
- 2020 · The Kemps: All True as Self
- 2018 · The Flu That Killed 50 Million as Narrator
- 2018 · Where Hands Touch as Heinz
- 2018 · King Lear as Oswald
- 2016 · Ambulance as Self - Narrator
- 2016 · The A Word as Maurice Scott
- 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 · National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage as
- 2013 · Thor: The Dark World as Malekith
- 2013 · Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited as Self
- 2011 · The Borrowers as Pod Clock
- 2011 · The Shadow Line as Joseph Bede
- 2010 · Accused as Willy Houlihan
- 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 · The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising as The Rider
- 2007 · The Sarah Silverman Program. as Dr. Lazer Rage
- 2006 · Perfect Parents as Stuart
- 2006 · Heroes as Claude
- 2006 · Best Ever Muppet Moments as Self
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Doctor (9)
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Doctor Who
- 2005 · Doctor Who Confidential as Self
- 2004 · The Paul O'Grady Show as
- 2003 · The Importance of Being Morrissey as Narrator
- 2003 · The Second Coming as Stephen Baxter
- 2002 · 28 Days Later as Major Henry West
- 2002 · Top Gear as Self
- 2002 · Timeshift as self
- 2001 · The Others as Charles Stewart
- 2000 · Gone in Sixty Seconds as Raymond Calitri
- 1999 · eXistenZ as Seminar Leader
- 1998 · Elizabeth as Duke of Norfolk
- 1996 · Jude as Jude Fawley
- 1996 · Our Friends in the North as Nicky Hutchinson
- 1994 · Shallow Grave as David Stephens
- 1993 · Cracker as David Bilborough
- 1993 · Cracker as Bilborough
- 1993 · GMTV as Self
- 1992 · Continental Drift as (Business with Friends)
- 1991 · Performance as Frankie Bryant
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Frank Carter
- 1987 · Inspector Morse as Terrence Mitchell
- 1986 · Casualty as Stephen Hills
- Future · Out of the Dust as Mr Phillps
- 2026 · The Hoster as
- 2024 · Doctor Who at the Proms as The Doctor (9) (archive footage)
- 2024 · Whispers of Freedom as Herbert Köfer
- 2024 · An Angel on Oxford Street as Saul (voice)
- 2024 · The Guilty Innocent with Christopher Eccleston as Presenter
- 2023 · Dodger Special: Coronation as Fagin
- 2023 · Dodger Special: Bad Egg as Fagin
- 2022 · Dodger Special: Christmas as Fagin
- 2022 · Dodger Special: Train as Fagin
- 2022 · My Name Is Leon as Mr. Devlin
- 2022 · The Read as Narrator
- 2020 · The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama as Self
- 2020 · The Hour as Himself
- 2020 · Endless as
- 2020 · A Year in the Life of a Year 2019 as Himself
- 2018 · Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) as Harvey
- 2018 · RSC Live: Macbeth as Macbeth
- 2018 · Come Home as Greg Farrell
- 2017 · Manchester: 100 Days After The Attack as Voice
- 2016 · The Last Miners as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · The Last Miners as Narrator (Voice)
- 2015 · Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song as The Doctor (9) (picture) (uncredited)
- 2014 · Richard III: The New Evidence as Narrator
- 2013 · When Coal Was King as Narrator
- 2013 · Muse of Fire as Self
- 2013 · Emily as James
- 2012 · National Theatre Live: Antigone as Creon, King of Thebes
- 2012 · When Wrestling Was Golden: Grapples, Grunts and Grannies as Narrator
- 2012 · Song for Marion as James
- 2012 · Blackout as Daniel Demoys
- 2010 · Lennon Naked as John Lennon
- 2010 · The Happiness Salesman as Salesman
- 2008 · New Orleans, Mon Amour as Henry
- 2005 · Einstein's Big Idea as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · The Dark Side of Porn: Porn Shutdown as
- 2005 · Doctor Who 9: Christopher Eccleston as Doctor Who
- 2005 · Doctor Who: A New Dimension as Self
- 2004 · Bible Mysteries as Narrator
- 2003 · The Second Coming as Stephen Baxter
- 2002 · What's Your Problem? as
- 2002 · Flesh and Blood as Joe Broughton
- 2002 · Tony Adams - Drunk And Dry as Narrator
- 2002 · Revengers Tragedy as Vindici
- 2002 · The King and Us as Anthony
- 2002 · I Am Dina as Leo Zhukovsky
- 2002 · 24 Hour Party People as Boethius (uncredited)
- 2002 · Sunday as Major Gen. Robert Ford
- 2001 · Othello as Ben Jago
- 2001 · Linda Green as Tom/Neil
- 2001 · Strumpet as Strayman
- 2001 · The Invisible Circus as Wolf
- 1999 · With or Without You as Vincent Boyd
- 1999 · Dockers: Writing the Wrongs as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 · Heart as Gary Ellis
- 1998 · A Price Above Rubies as Sender Horowitz
- 1996 · Hillsborough as Trevor Hicks
- 1995 · Hearts and Minds as Drew Mackenzie
- 1993 · Anchoress as Priest
- 1993 · Cuentos de Borges as Alonso Zunz
- 1992 · Roots as Frankie Bryant
- 1992 · Rachel's Dream as Man in Dream
- 1992 · Death and the Compass as Schartach / Zunz / Gryphius
- 1992 · Friday on My Mind as Sean
- 1992 · Rachel's Dream as Man in Dream
- 1991 · Let Him Have It as Derek Bentley
- 1990 · Chancer as Radio
- 1958 · Blue Peter as Self
- Future · Chasing Millions as
- Future · Color Your Hurt as James
- Future · Hear Me Roar as Michael Bellinger