Christopher Eccleston
Born: 1964-02-16 in Salford, Lancashire, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War as Doctor Who (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
- Young Woman and the Sea as Jabez Wolffe
- Doctor Who at the Proms as The Doctor (9) (archive footage)
- Whispers of Freedom as Herbert Köfer
- The Guilty Innocent with Christopher Eccleston as Presenter
- An Angel on Oxford Street as Saul (voice)
2023
- The Kemps: All Gold as Luke Dunmore
- Dodger Special: Coronation as Fagin
- Dodger Special: Bad Egg as Fagin
2022
- My Name Is Leon as Mr. Devlin
- Dodger Special: Train as Fagin
- Dodger Special: Christmas as Fagin
- Dodger as Fagin
- The Read as Narrator
2021
- Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story as Self
- Set the Night on Fire: The Story of Ewan MacColl as Self
- Close to Me as Rob Harding
2020
- The Hour as Himself
- The Kemps: All True as Self
- A Year in the Life of a Year 2019 as Himself
- The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama as Self
- Endless
2018
- King Lear as Oswald
- Where Hands Touch as Heinz
- Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) as Harvey
- RSC Live: Macbeth as Macbeth
- Come Home as Greg Farrell
- The Flu That Killed 50 Million as Narrator
2017
2016
- Ambulance as Narrator
- The A Word as Maurice Scott
- The Last Miners as Narrator (Voice)
- The Last Miners as Narrator (voice)
2015
- Legend as Leonard 'Nipper' Read
- Fortitude as Professor Charlie Stoddart
- Danger Mouse as J. Woolington Sham (voice)
- Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song as The Doctor (9) (picture) (uncredited)
- Safe House as Robert
2014
- True Detective as Captain Ted Connelly
- The Leftovers as Matt Jamison
- Richard III: The New Evidence as Narrator
2013
- Thor: The Dark World as Malekith
- Lucan as John Aspinall
- Emily as James
- National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
- Muse of Fire as Self
- Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited as Self
- Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor as The Doctor (9) (archive footage)
- Lucan as John Aspinall
- When Coal Was King as Narrator
2012
- Song for Marion as James
- When Wrestling Was Golden: Grapples, Grunts and Grannies as Narrator
- Blackout as Daniel Demoys
- National Theatre Live: Antigone as Creon, King of Thebes
2011
- The Shadow Line as Joseph Bede
- The Borrowers as Pod Clock
2010
- Accused as Willy Houlihan
- Lennon Naked as John Lennon
- The Happiness Salesman as Salesman
2009
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra as McCullen / Destro
- Amelia as Fred Noonan
2008
- Doctor Who: The Next Doctor as The Doctor (9) (archive footage)
- New Orleans, Mon Amour as Henry
2007
- The Sarah Silverman Program. as Dr. Lazer Rage
- The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising as The Rider
2006
- Heroes as Claude
- Best Ever Muppet Moments as Self
- Perfect Parents as Stuart
2005
- Doctor Who as Doctor (9)
- Doctor Who Confidential as Self
- Einstein's Big Idea as Narrator (voice)
- Doctor Who: A New Dimension as Self
- The Dark Side of Porn: Porn Shutdown
2004
- The Paul O'Grady Show
- Bible Mysteries as Narrator
2003
- The Importance of Being Morrissey as Narrator
- The Second Coming as Stephen Baxter
- The Second Coming as Stephen Baxter
2002
- Top Gear as Self
- 28 Days Later as Major Henry West
- Revengers Tragedy as Vindici
- Timeshift as self
- 24 Hour Party People as Boethius
- I Am Dina as Leo Zhukovsky
- Sunday as Major Gen. Robert Ford
- Flesh and Blood as Joe Broughton
- The King and Us as Anthony
- Tony Adams - Drunk And Dry as Narrator
- What's Your Problem?
2001
- The Others as Charles Stewart
- Othello as Ben Jago
- Strumpet as Strayman
- The Invisible Circus as Wolf
- Linda Green as Tom/Neil
2000
- Gone in Sixty Seconds as Raymond Calitri
1999
- eXistenZ as Seminar Leader
- Heart as Gary Ellis
- The League of Gentlemen as Dougal Siepp
- With or Without You as Vincent Boyd
- Dockers: Writing the Wrongs as Narrator (voice)
1998
- Elizabeth as Duke of Norfolk
- A Price Above Rubies as Sender Horowitz
1996
- Hillsborough as Trevor Hicks
- Jude as Jude Fawley
- Our Friends in the North as Nicky Hutchinson
1995
- Hearts and Minds as Drew Mackenzie
1994
- Shallow Grave as David Stephens
1993
- Cracker as David Bilborough
- GMTV as Self
- Anchoress as Priest
- Cuentos de Borges as Alonso Zunz
1992
- Roots as Frankie Bryant
- Rachel's Dream as Man in Dream
- Death and the Compass as Schartach / Zunz / Gryphius
- Friday on My Mind as Sean
- Rachel's Dream as Man in Dream
- Continental Drift as (Business with Friends)
1991
- Performance as Frankie Bryant
- Let Him Have It as Derek Bentley
1990
- Chancer as Radio
1989
- Agatha Christie's Poirot as Frank Carter
1987
- Inspector Morse as Terrence Mitchell
1986
- Casualty as Stephen Hills