
Christopher Eccleston
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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

Thor: The Dark World (2013)
as Malekith

28 Days Later (2002)
as Major Henry West

The Others (2001)
as Charles Stewart

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
as McCullen / Destro

Legend (2015)
as Leonard 'Nipper' Read

Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
as Raymond Calitri

Young Woman and the Sea (2024)
as Jabez Wolffe

Elizabeth (1998)
as Duke of Norfolk

eXistenZ (1999)
as Seminar Leader

Shallow Grave (1994)
as David Stephens

Where Hands Touch (2018)
as Heinz

The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising (2007)
as The Rider

King Lear (2018)
as Oswald

24 Hour Party People (2002)
as Boethius (uncredited)

Amelia (2009)
as Fred Noonan

Song for Marion (2012)
as James

Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) (2018)
as Harvey

Jude (1996)
as Jude Fawley

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013)
as The Doctor (9) (archive footage)

SIGNAL (—)
as Ray

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song (2015)
as The Doctor (9) (picture) (uncredited)

Muse of Fire (2013)
as Self

I Am Dina (2002)
as Leo Zhukovsky

Lennon Naked (2010)
as John Lennon

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage (2013)
Actor

The Invisible Circus (2001)
as Wolf

The Borrowers (2011)
as Pod Clock

Doctor Who at the Proms (2024)
as The Doctor (9) (archive footage)

Anchoress (1993)
as Priest

Einstein's Big Idea (2005)
as Narrator (voice)
When Wrestling Was Golden: Grapples, Grunts and Grannies (2012)
as Narrator

Emily (2013)
as James

A Price Above Rubies (1998)
as Sender Horowitz

Othello (2001)
as Ben Jago

Let Him Have It (1991)
as Derek Bentley

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor (2008)
as The Doctor (9) (archive footage)

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War (2025)
as Doctor Who (archive footage) (uncredited)

Strumpet (2001)
as Strayman

Revengers Tragedy (2002)
as Vindici
About A Bell (—)
as DC Holman

Death and the Compass (1992)
as Schartach / Zunz / Gryphius
Color Your Hurt (—)
as James

Doctor Who: A New Dimension (2005)
as Self

My Name Is Leon (2022)
as Mr. Devlin

The Dark Side of Porn: Porn Shutdown (2005)
Actor

Hillsborough (1996)
as Trevor Hicks

Dodger Special: Coronation (2023)
as Fagin

Roots (1992)
as Frankie Bryant
The King and Us (2002)
as Anthony

Flesh and Blood (2002)
as Joe Broughton

Heart (1999)
as Gary Ellis

National Theatre Live: Antigone (2012)
as Creon, King of Thebes

Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story (2021)
as Self

An Angel on Oxford Street (2024)
as Saul (voice)

Best Ever Muppet Moments (2006)
as Self

The Kemps: All Gold (2023)
as Luke Dunmore

The Kemps: All True (2020)
as Self

Set the Night on Fire: The Story of Ewan MacColl (2021)
as Self

Dodger Special: Christmas (2022)
as Fagin

Dockers: Writing the Wrongs (1999)
as Narrator (voice)

The Flu That Killed 50 Million (2018)
as Narrator

Endless (2020)
Actor
Pure Rage: The Making of '28 Days Later' (2003)
as Self

The Hour (2020)
as Himself

RSC Live: Macbeth (2018)
as Macbeth

Sunday (2002)
as Major Gen. Robert Ford

Perfect Parents (2006)
as Stuart

The Happiness Salesman (2009)
as Salesman

With or Without You (1999)
as Vincent Boyd
New Orleans, Mon Amour (2008)
as Henry

Lucan (2013)
as John Aspinall

Richard III: The New Evidence (2014)
as Narrator

Chasing Millions (2026)
as Crawford

Dodger Special: Train (2022)
as Fagin
Hear Me Roar (—)
as Michael Bellinger

Whispers of Freedom (2024)
as Herbert Köfer

The Importance of Being Morrissey (2003)
as Narrator

The Second Coming (2003)
as Stephen Baxter

Continental Drift (1992)
as (Business with Friends)

Rachel's Dream (1992)
as Man in Dream
When Coal Was King (2013)
as Narrator

Dodger Special: Bad Egg (2023)
as Fagin
Manchester: 100 Days After The Attack (2017)
as Voice

The Last Miners (2016)
as Narrator (voice)

Tony Adams - Drunk And Dry (2002)
as Narrator

A Year in the Life of a Year 2019 (2020)
as Himself





