David Tennant

David Tennant

actor, producer, director

David Tennant was born on Apr 18, 1971 in UK. David Tennant's big-screen debut came with Takin' Over the Asylum - Season 1 directed by David Blair in 1994, strarring Campbell. David Tennant is known for Litvinenko directed by Jim Field Smith, Margarita Levieva stars as Marina Litvinenko and Mark Bonnar as DSU Clive Timmons. David Tennant has got 41 awards and 37 nominations so far. The most recent award David Tennant achieved is New York Festivals. The upcoming new tvshow David Tennant plays is ARK: The Animated Series - Season 1 which will be released on Dec 31, 2023.

Often considered one of Scotland's greatest actors, David Tennant was born David John McDonald in West Lothian, Scotland, to Essdale Helen (McLeod) and Sandy McDonald, who was a Presbyterian minister. He is of Scottish and Ulster-Scots descent. When he was about 3 or 4 years old, he decided to become an actor, inspired by his love of Docteur Who (1963).He was brought up in Bathgate, West Lothian and Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland and was a huge fan of the band The Proclaimers. He attended Paisley Grammar school and while there he wrote about how he wanted to become a professional actor and play the role of the Doctor in Docteur Who (1963).He made his first television appearance (which was also his first professional acting job) when he was 16, after his father sent some photos of him to a casting director at Scottish television. He also attended a youth theatre group at weekends run by the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now renamed the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland). When he was 16 he auditioned for and won a place at the academy; the youngest student to ever do so, and started as a full time drama student when he was 17.He worked regularly in theatre and TV after leaving drama school, and his first big break came in 1994 when he was cast in a lead role in the Scottish drama Takin' Over the Asylum (1994). He then moved to London where his career thrived. Amongst other things, he spent several years as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and became famous from his lead roles in TV dramas Blackpool (2004) and Casanova (2005).In 2005, his childhood wish came true. David was cast to play the role of the Doctor in Doctor Who (2005) alongside Billie Piper, after Christopher Eccleston decided to leave. Playing the Doctor made him a household name and a sex symbol, being voted "Sexiest Man in the Universe" by readers of The Pink Paper and 16th Sexiest Man in the World by a Cosmopolitan survey. Since leaving the series in 2010 his career has continued to rise, with lead roles in films, TV series and theatre.

  • Birthday

    Apr 18, 1971
  • Place of Birth

    Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, UK
  • Also known

    דייוויד טננט, デイヴィッド・テナント, დევიდ ტენანტი, David McDonald, Дейвид Тенант, Ντέιβιντ Τένναντ, 데이비드 테넌트, เดวิด เทนนันต์, 大衛·田納特, ديفيد تينانت, Տէյվիտ Թէնընթ

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Awards

41 wins & 37 nominations

New York Festivals
2022
Best Comedy
Winner - Gold World Medal
2021
Entertainment Program, Comedy Series
Winner - Finalist Award
2021
Entertainment Program - Comedy Episode
Winner - Finalist Award
Who the F#!k is Michael Sheen? (2020)
2021
Best Comedy Episode
Winner - Finalist Award
Broadcasting Press Guild Awards
2021
Best Actor
Winner - Broadcasting Press Guild Award
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