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
2026
- Unchosen as Mr Phillips
- Chasing Millions as Crawford
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)
- The Guilty Innocent with Christopher Eccleston as Presenter
- Whispers of Freedom as Herbert Köfer
- An Angel on Oxford Street as Saul (voice)
2023
- Dodger Special: Coronation as Fagin
- The Kemps: All Gold as Luke Dunmore
- Dodger Special: Bad Egg as Fagin
2022
- Remembers… as Self
- Dodger as Fagin
- The Read as Narrator
- My Name Is Leon as Mr. Devlin
- Dodger Special: Train as Fagin
- Dodger Special: Christmas as Fagin
2021
- Close to Me as Rob Harding
- Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story as Self
- Set the Night on Fire: The Story of Ewan MacColl as Self
2020
- The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama as Self
- The Hour as Himself
- The Kemps: All True as Self
- A Year in the Life of a Year 2019 as Himself
- Endless
2018
- Where Hands Touch as Heinz
- King Lear as Oswald
- Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) as Harvey
- Come Home as Greg Farrell
- The Flu That Killed 50 Million as Narrator
- RSC Live: Macbeth as Macbeth
2017
2016
- Ambulance as Self - 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
- Danger Mouse as J. Woolington Sham (voice)
- Fortitude as Professor Charlie Stoddart
- Safe House as Robert
- Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song as The Doctor (9) (picture) (uncredited)
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
- Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor as The Doctor (9) (archive footage)
- Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited as Self
- Lucan as John Aspinall
- Muse of Fire as Self
- National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
- Emily as James
- Lucan as John Aspinall
- When Coal Was King as Narrator
2012
- Song for Marion as James
- Blackout as Daniel Demoys
- When Wrestling Was Golden: Grapples, Grunts and Grannies as Narrator
- 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
2009
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra as McCullen / Destro
- Amelia as Fred Noonan
- The Happiness Salesman as Salesman
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
- Doctor Who 9: Christopher Eccleston as Doctor Who
- 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 Second Coming as Stephen Baxter
- Pure Rage: The Making of '28 Days Later' as Self
- The Importance of Being Morrissey as Narrator
- The Second Coming as Stephen Baxter
2002
- Top Gear as Self
- 28 Days Later as Major Henry West
- Timeshift as self
- 24 Hour Party People as Boethius (uncredited)
- What's Your Problem?
- I Am Dina as Leo Zhukovsky
- Revengers Tragedy as Vindici
- Sunday as Major Gen. Robert Ford
- The King and Us as Anthony
- Flesh and Blood as Joe Broughton
- Tony Adams - Drunk And Dry as Narrator
2001
- The Others as Charles Stewart
- Linda Green as Tom/Neil
- Othello as Ben Jago
- The Invisible Circus as Wolf
- Strumpet as Strayman
2000
- Gone in Sixty Seconds as Raymond Calitri
1999
- eXistenZ as Seminar Leader
- Heart as Gary Ellis
- 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
- Our Friends in the North as Nicky Hutchinson
- Jude as Jude Fawley
- Hillsborough as Trevor Hicks
1995
- Hearts and Minds as Drew Mackenzie
1994
- Shallow Grave as David Stephens
1993
- GMTV as Self
- Cracker as David Bilborough
- Cuentos de Borges as Alonso Zunz
- Anchoress as Priest
1992
- Friday on My Mind as Sean
- Rachel's Dream as Man in Dream
- Roots as Frankie Bryant
- Death and the Compass as Schartach / Zunz / Gryphius
- Continental Drift as (Business with Friends)
- Rachel's Dream as Man in Dream
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
- ScreenPlay as Schartach / Zunz / Gryphius
1958
- Blue Peter as Self