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53 years old (Born on April 18, 1971)

Scottish actor; He is famous from Doctor Who, Hamlet.

David (and his Doctor Who co-star Catherine Tate) were chief investors in their 2011 stage production of 'Much Ad About Nothing'. The production took u00a33 million in ticket sales before press night. On August 31st 2007, he turned on the illumination lights for Blackpool. Attended Paisley Grammar. In 2009, he was cast in the film 'Burke and Hare,' playing William Hare, which was filmed in early 2010. However NBC forced him to drop out of the role, as he had recently filmed a TV pilot for a show called 'Rex Is Not Your Lawyer' and he was still under contract to them. NBC originally made the Rex pilot as a potential Fall 2010 show, but when the Today Show crisis happened, they considered putting it into production as a mid-season replacement, which meant that David would be needed to film earlier. Ironically NBC never picked up Rex at all, meaning David lost the Burke and Hare role needlessly. Andy Serkis went on to play the role of Hare.
In January 2012, David recorded a voice-over movie role (in The Pirates), an audio book, a radio play (Waiting for the Boatman), filmed a TV presenting job (Prefaces to Shakespeare), did press interviews, hosted the BBC Audio Awards, and attended several charity events.

In late 2011, he landed the role of Peter Inglis in the feature film 'Filth' however he had to drop out because filming was postponed by two months and would have clashed with filming for 'A Miracle'. Ironically 'A Miracle' ended up not shooting.

Decided to be an actor at the age of three.

He adopted his wife's son, Ty Moffett, in 2011. His wife then had his name changed to Tennant (David's stage name) by deed poll. (dailymail.co.uk)

Is the second Scots actor to be cast as the Doctor. The first was Sylvester McCoy who was cast as the seventh Doctor in the original series. McCoy's time in the TARDIS was from 1987-1989.

Work schedule for 2013: From 2nd-23rd January he recorded several audio-jobs, including the audiobook 'How to Steal a Dragon's Sword' and the radio play 'Every Seventh Wave.' Between 24th January-22nd March he filmed 'The Escape Artist' 6 days a week in London, Hertfordshire, and Scotland. Between 1-30th April he filmed the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special in Wales. In May he shot a new v*rgin Media commercial and some other audio work, and did ADR for 'The Escape Artist.' During June and July he'll film the movie 'What We Did On Our Holidays' in Glasgow and the Scottish Highlands. Between August and January 2014 he'll star as Richard II in the Royal Shakespeare Company stage play in Stratford-upon-Avon and London.

His heroes are John Cleese and Derek Jacobi.

Engaged to Georgia Moffett whom he met on the set of Doctor Who in December 2007. She is the daughter of former Doctor Who actor Peter Davison. In January 2011 UK tabloids reported that they had moved in together and become engaged. Moffett gave birth to the couple's first child two months later. Neither Moffett nor Tennant have ever spoken about or confirmed their relationship to the media.

Best friends with Louise Delamere ("No Angels" (2004)). They went to Glasgow's Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama together and shared a flat.

While attending Paisley Grammar School, he wrote an essay on how his greatest desire was to play Doctor Who on TV.

Chose his acting surname from Neil Tennant, singer with Pet Shop Boys. This came after reading an interview with Tennant in Smash Hits shortly after learning that he would have to change his professional name in order to join the actors' union, Equity, as there was already a registered member with his real name, David McDonald.

Tennant revealed on "The New Paul O'Grady Show" (2004) that he had auditioned for the role of "the Blue Meanie" in the remake of Yellow Submarine (1968).

Work schedule for 2012: Between January-March he recorded numerous audio and radio roles, shot a series of TV commercials for v*rgin Media, and starred in the one-off Sky drama The Minor Character. Between April-June he filmed the BBC4 drama series The Spies of Warsaw in Poland. In June-July he filmed the BBC2 drama series The Politician's Husband in London and Hertfordshire. In July he paid a visit to LA. Between August-December he filmed the ITV detective series Broadchurch in Bristol and Dorset, and during October and November he also filmed the C4 comedy panel show 'Comedy World Cup' on his Sundays off from filming Broadchurch. In December he made a second visit to LA.

Says his favorite Doctor from the original Doctor Who was Tom Baker.

Is a big fan of film director Alfred Hitchc*ck.

Acted with the 7:84 Theatre Company, a genre-bending, ground-breaking, political Scottish Theatre Group.

He was scheduled to start filming the independent romantic comedy 'Emotional Rescue' in New York in February 2012, however the film was postponed due to a financing crisis.

Won Best Actor, Theatre Management Association for his role in "The Glass Menagerie" as Tom.

Nominated for Best Classical Actor Under 30, Ian Charleson Award for his theatre role in "Comedy of Errors" as Antipholus of Syracuse. [2000]

In January 2012, he was scheduled to start filming the independent film 'A Miracle' in Turkey, however a few weeks before filming Film 4, who were funding the film, pulled funding. The film was delayed indefinitely.

David Tennant is a respected classical actor who has performed numerous starring roles for the Royal Shakespeare Company, including Touchstone in "As You Like It", Romeo in "Romeo and Juliet", Antipholus of Syracuse in "The Comedy of Errors" and Captain Jack Absolute in "The Rivals".

In 2011, he worked non-stop from 4 April to 15 December, with only the odd day off between projects. (First Much Ado in London, then Love Life in Margate, then Nativity 2 in Coventry, Wales and Stratford-upon-Avon, then Prefaces to Shakespeare in London and Stratford-upon-Avon.) Between January and early April he did many audio jobs and meetings and preparatory work for Much Ado, which he also financed and exec produced, but did not take on any major onscreen role, as he was preparing for the birth of his child.

Won Best Male Performance, Critics Award for Theatre in Scotland for his theatre role in "Look Back in Anger" as Jimmy Porter. [2005]

Graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.

He is the second of two non-English actors to portray the Doctor Who character. The other was Sylvester McCoy who portrayed the Doctor from 1988-1996.

In 2010, he worked mostly non-stop between March up till Christmas Eve. However he had one month 'off' in June, though he still had meetings, smaller jobs and took a trip to LA during this month. He also conceived his first child during this month!

Work schedule for 2010: In early March he visited New York for a week. Between 19 March-21 May he was in Scotland filming 'Single Father.' Then he had a month 'off' but was in LA for one week. Between 21 June-31st July he was shooting 'The Decoy Bride' in Scotland and the Isle of Man. Between 10th August-4 October he was shooting 'Fright Night' in New Mexico. Then he came back to London for a week to do Single Father promotion and appear in the London stage production 'Celebrity Autobiography.' In early November he went to Uganda for Comic Relief. Between 17 November-24 December he was in the north east of England shooting 'United.'

Was a financial investor in his 2011 West End production of 'Much Ado About Nothing.' The show made its money back before it even opened. (david-tennant.com)

Cast as "Tenth Doctor" for BBC "Doctor Who" (2005) series to star alongside Billie Piper (April 2005).

Is only the 2nd actor to play The Doctor in the whole run of the show, both old and new, to have been born in Scotland.

He was nominated for a 2003 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actor of 2002 for his performance in "Lobby Hero" performed at the Donmar Warehouse and the New Ambassador's Theatres.