Christopher Eccleston
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
Chasing Millions
2026
as Crawford
SIGNAL
2026
as Ray
Ashes Again!
2026
as Dad
Crackula
2026
Unchosen
2026
as Mr Phillips
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2025
as Doctor Who (archive footage) (uncredited)
Young Woman and the Sea
2024
as Jabez Wolffe
An Angel on Oxford Street
2024
as Saul (voice)
Doctor Who at the Proms
2024
as The Doctor (9) (archive footage)
Whispers of Freedom
2024
as Herbert Köfer
The Guilty Innocent with Christopher Eccleston
2024
as Presenter
The Kemps: All Gold
2023
as Luke Dunmore
Dodger Special: Coronation
2023
as Fagin
Dodger Special: Bad Egg
2023
as Fagin
My Name Is Leon
2022
as Mr. Devlin
Dodger Special: Train
2022
as Fagin
Dodger Special: Christmas
2022
as Fagin
Dodger
2022
as Fagin
The Read
2022
as Narrator
Remembers…
2022
as Self
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
2021
as Self
Set the Night on Fire: The Story of Ewan MacColl
2021
as Self
Close to Me
2021
as Rob Harding
The Hour
2020
as Himself
A Year in the Life of a Year 2019
2020
as Himself
Endless
2020
The Kemps: All True
2020
as Self
The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama
2020
as Self
Where Hands Touch
2018
as Heinz
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
2018
as Harvey
King Lear
2018
as Oswald
RSC Live: Macbeth
2018
as Macbeth
The Flu That Killed 50 Million
2018
as Narrator
Come Home
2018
as Greg Farrell
Manchester: 100 Days After The Attack
2017
as Voice
The Last Miners
2016
as Narrator (voice)
The Last Miners
2016
as Narrator (Voice)
The A Word
2016
as Maurice Scott
Ambulance
2016
as Self - Narrator
Legend
2015
as Leonard 'Nipper' Read
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
2015
as The Doctor (9) (picture) (uncredited)
Safe House
2015
as Robert
Danger Mouse
2015
as J. Woolington Sham (voice)
Fortitude
2015
as Professor Charlie Stoddart
Richard III: The New Evidence
2014
as Narrator
The Leftovers
2014
as Matt Jamison
True Detective
2014
as Captain Ted Connelly
Thor: The Dark World
2013
as Malekith
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013
as The Doctor (9) (archive footage)
Emily
2013
as James
When Coal Was King
2013
as Narrator
Muse of Fire
2013
as Self
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
Lucan
2013
as John Aspinall
Lucan
2013
as John Aspinall
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
2013
as Self
Song for Marion
2012
as James
When Wrestling Was Golden: Grapples, Grunts and Grannies
2012
as Narrator
National Theatre Live: Antigone
2012
as Creon, King of Thebes
Blackout
2012
as Daniel Demoys
The Borrowers
2011
as Pod Clock
The Shadow Line
2011
as Joseph Bede
Lennon Naked
2010
as John Lennon
Accused
2010
as Willy Houlihan
Amelia
2009
as Fred Noonan
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
2009
as McCullen / Destro
The Happiness Salesman
2009
as Salesman
New Orleans, Mon Amour
2008
as Henry
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
2008
as The Doctor (9) (archive footage)
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
2007
as The Rider
The Sarah Silverman Program
2007
as Dr. Lazer Rage
Perfect Parents
2006
as Stuart
Best Ever Muppet Moments
2006
as Self
Heroes
2006
as Claude
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
2005
as Self
Einstein's Big Idea
2005
as Narrator (voice)
The Dark Side of Porn: Porn Shutdown
2005
Doctor Who
2005
as Doctor (9)
Doctor Who
2005
as Doctor Who
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
as Self
Bible Mysteries
2004
as Narrator
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
The Importance of Being Morrissey
2003
as Narrator
The Second Coming
2003
as Stephen Baxter
Pure Rage: The Making of '28 Days Later'
2003
as Self
The Second Coming
2003
as Stephen Baxter
28 Days Later
2002
as Major Henry West
Revengers Tragedy
2002
as Vindici
I Am Dina
2002
as Leo Zhukovsky
The King and Us
2002
as Anthony
Sunday
2002
as Major Gen. Robert Ford
Flesh and Blood
2002
as Joe Broughton
24 Hour Party People
2002
as Boethius (uncredited)
Tony Adams - Drunk And Dry
2002
as Narrator
Top Gear
2002
as Self
What's Your Problem?
2002
Timeshift
2002
as self
The Others
2001
as Charles Stewart
The Invisible Circus
2001
as Wolf
Strumpet
2001
as Strayman
Othello
2001
as Ben Jago
Linda Green
2001
as Tom/Neil
Gone in Sixty Seconds
2000
as Raymond Calitri
eXistenZ
1999
as Seminar Leader
Heart
1999
as Gary Ellis
With or Without You
1999
as Vincent Boyd
Dockers: Writing the Wrongs
1999
as Narrator (voice)
Elizabeth
1998
as Duke of Norfolk
A Price Above Rubies
1998
as Sender Horowitz
Jude
1996
as Jude Fawley
Hillsborough
1996
as Trevor Hicks
Our Friends in the North
1996
as Nicky Hutchinson
Hearts and Minds
1995
as Drew Mackenzie
Shallow Grave
1994
as David Stephens
Anchoress
1993
as Priest
Cracker
1993
as David Bilborough
GMTV
1993
as Self
Cuentos de Borges
1993
as Alonso Zunz
Cracker
1993
as Bilborough
Death and the Compass
1992
as Schartach / Zunz / Gryphius
Roots
1992
as Frankie Bryant
Continental Drift
1992
as (Business with Friends)
Rachel's Dream
1992
as Man in Dream
Rachel's Dream
1992
as Man in Dream
Friday on My Mind
1992
as Sean
Let Him Have It
1991
as Derek Bentley
Performance
1991
as Frankie Bryant
Chancer
1990
as Radio
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Frank Carter
Inspector Morse
1987
as Terrence Mitchell
Casualty
1986
as Stephen Hills
ScreenPlay
1986
as Schartach / Zunz / Gryphius
Blue Peter
1958
as Self