Christopher Eccleston
Acting
Born February 16, 1964 · 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
Filmography
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2025 · Doctor Who (archive footage) (uncredited)
Young Woman and the Sea
2024 · Jabez Wolffe
Where Hands Touch
2018 · Heinz
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
2018 · Harvey
King Lear
2018 · Oswald
Legend
2015 · Leonard 'Nipper' Read
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
2015 · The Doctor (9) (picture) (uncredited)
Thor: The Dark World
2013 · Malekith
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013 · The Doctor (9) (archive footage)
Song for Marion
2012 · James
The Borrowers
2011 · Pod Clock
Lennon Naked
2010 · John Lennon
Amelia
2009 · Fred Noonan
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
2009 · McCullen / Destro
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
2008 · The Doctor (9) (archive footage)
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
2007 · The Rider
Einstein's Big Idea
2005 · Narrator (voice)
28 Days Later
2002 · Major Henry West
Revengers Tragedy
2002 · Vindici
I Am Dina
2002 · Leo Zhukovsky
24 Hour Party People
2002 · Boethius (uncredited)
The Others
2001 · Charles Stewart
The Invisible Circus
2001 · Wolf
Strumpet
2001 · Strayman
Othello
2001 · Ben Jago
Gone in Sixty Seconds
2000 · Raymond Calitri
eXistenZ
1999 · Seminar Leader
Heart
1999 · Gary Ellis
With or Without You
1999 · Vincent Boyd
Elizabeth
1998 · Duke of Norfolk
A Price Above Rubies
1998 · Sender Horowitz
Jude
1996 · Jude Fawley
Hillsborough
1996 · Trevor Hicks
Shallow Grave
1994 · David Stephens
Anchoress
1993 · Priest
Death and the Compass
1992 · Schartach / Zunz / Gryphius
Let Him Have It
1991 · Derek Bentley