Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Christopher Eccleston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Doctor Who: Unleashed - 20 Years of New Who in Wales
2025
as Self (Archive Footage)
Twenty years ago, Doctor Who began filming in Wales. This fun and insightful documentary gives inside secrets from the cast, crew and writers, past an...

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2025
as Doctor Who (archive footage) (uncredited)
Belinda Chandra has been kidnapped by robots, faced a terrifying god and a creature of pure evil on her travels with the Doctor. With the TARDIS still...

Doctor Who at the Proms
2024
as The Doctor (9) (archive footage)
Doctor Who fan favourite Catherine Tate presents a concert of music, monsters and mayhem featuring soundtracks from the iconic series, a specially sho...

Young Woman and the Sea
2024
as Jabez Wolffe
This is the extraordinary true story of Trudy Ederle, the first woman to successfully swim the English Channel. Through the steadfast support of her o...

An Angel on Oxford Street
2024
as Saul (voice)
A short animated film which centers around the character Saul, and his reluctant journey into Oxford Street, London where he has an unexpected life ch...

The Kemps: All Gold
2023
as Luke Dunmore
Spandau Ballet brothers Martin and Gary Kemp return to the BBC for a New Year comedy documentary special. Rhys Thomas OBE has been given unprecedented...

Dodger Special: Coronation
2023
as Fagin
Dodger and the gang return to London to pull off their biggest mission yet: to rob the Crown Jewels ahead of the Queen's Coronation.

Dodger Special: Bad Egg
2023
as Fagin
When a heist goes wrong, Dodger is given his harshest punishment yet - school!

Dodger Special: Christmas
2022
as Fagin
A kind-hearted deed for an old friend leads Dodger to break into 10 Downing Street.

Dodger Special: Train
2022
as Fagin
Dodger reunites with Fagin's gang, and they try their boldest plan yet - a train robbery!

My Name Is Leon
2022
as Mr. Devlin
Leon, a mixed-race boy, and Jake, his white baby brother, are separated after their mother has a breakdown. Leon is determined to find him and gets un...

Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
2021
as Self
Robbo is a remarkable feature film that tells the story of one of England and Manchester United’s greatest ever midfielders. From a working class kid ...

Set the Night on Fire: The Story of Ewan MacColl
2021
as Self
Born James Henry Miller in 1915, MacColl became prominent on the folk scene in the 1950s and was also a labour activist and actor. This affectionate d...

The Hour
2020
as Himself
The hour before actors go on stage at the National Theatre in London is a performance in and of itself.

The Kemps: All True
2020
as Self
Spandau Ballet global superstars Gary and Martin Kemp, their lives, and their careers.

Endless
2020
Endless features the actor Christopher Eccleston in the role of a solitary, unnamed man, dressed in the plainest of plain clothes, encountered in the ...

A Year in the Life of a Year 2019
2020
as Himself
Rhys Thomas reviews 2019 in his usual inimitable way

The Flu That Killed 50 Million
2018
as Narrator
It is 1918 and the end of WWI. Millions have died, and the world is exhausted by war. But soon a new horror is sweeping the world, a terrifying virus ...

Where Hands Touch
2018
as Heinz
Germany, 1944. Leyna, the 15-year old daughter of a white German mother and a black African father, meets Lutz, a compassionate member of the Hitler Y...

Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
2018
as Harvey
William has failed to kill himself so many times that he outsources his suicide to aging assassin Leslie. But with the contract signed and death assur...

King Lear
2018
as Oswald
An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.

RSC Live: Macbeth
2018
as Macbeth
Returning home from battle, the victorious Macbeth meets three witches on the heath. Driven by their disturbing prophecies, he sets out on the path to...
Manchester: 100 Days After The Attack
2017
as Voice
A documentary on the events when a bomb went off at the Ariana Grande concert.

The Last Miners
2016
as Narrator (voice)
The story of the final days of Britain's last deep coal mine, Kellingley Colliery in North Yorkshire, told by the rare breed of men who work half a mi...

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
2015
as The Doctor (9) (picture) (uncredited)
It’s Christmas Day on a remote human colony and the Doctor is hiding from Christmas Carols and Comedy Antlers. But when a crashed spaceship calls upon...

Legend
2015
as Leonard 'Nipper' Read
Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using ...

Richard III: The New Evidence
2014
as Narrator
Could King Richard III's spinal deformity have prevented him from leading the charge at the Battle of Bosworth? Modern scoliosis sufferer Dominic Smee...

Lucan
2013
as John Aspinall
Drama about infamous aristocrat Lord Lucan, who mysteriously disappeared in 1974 after being accused of murdering his children's nanny.

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013
as The Doctor (9) (archive footage)
In 2013, something terrible is awakening in London's National Gallery; in 1562, a murderous plot is afoot in Elizabethan England; and somewhere in spa...
When Coal Was King
2013
as Narrator
Timeshift explores the lost world of coal mining and the extraordinarily rich social and cultural lives of those who worked in what was once Britain's...

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the National Theatre of Great Britain presents National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage, bringing together the best Brit...

Thor: The Dark World
2013
as Malekith
Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos… but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Fa...

Muse of Fire
2013
as Self
Funny, passionate, exciting, and smart: ‘Muse Of Fire’ will change the way you feel about Shakespeare forever. This unique feature documentary follow...

Emily
2013
as James
The film puts two English characters within the framework of a stereotypically French film, deconstructing a common sexual fantasy to explore the mome...

National Theatre Live: Antigone
2012
as Creon, King of Thebes
In the unstable aftermath of a civil war, Creon, the new King of Thebes, asserts his authority by forbidding anyone from honouring the death of the tr...
When Wrestling Was Golden: Grapples, Grunts and Grannies
2012
as Narrator
Timeshift turns back the clock to a time when villains wore silver capes, grannies swooned at the sight of bulky men in latex and the most masculine m...

Song for Marion
2012
as James
Arthur is a grumpy pensioner who can't understand why his wife Marion would want to embarrass herself singing silly songs with her unconventional loca...

The Borrowers
2011
as Pod Clock
Family adventure based on Mary Norton's classic children's books about a race of tiny people who live under the floorboards, resourcefully surviving b...

Lennon Naked
2010
as John Lennon
A profile of John Lennon in the late 1960s as the Beatles are set to fall apart.

The Happiness Salesman
2010
as Salesman
Karen is resigned to a life of suburban ennui, the dreams of her youth a distant memory. On an autumn afternoon as she struggles to get her baby to sl...

Amelia
2009
as Fred Noonan
A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a fli...

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
2009
as McCullen / Destro
From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. JOE team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fi...

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
2008
as The Doctor (9) (archive footage)
The Doctor arrives in Victorian London. It's Christmas, but snow isn't the only thing descending on the tranquil and jubilant civilization, as familia...
New Orleans, Mon Amour
2008
as Henry
One year after Hurricane Katrina, troubles arise for a surgeon who, despite remarrying his ex-wife and starting his life anew, becomes reacquainted wi...

The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
2007
as The Rider
A boy's life is turned upside down when he learns that he is the last of a group of immortal warriors who have dedicated their lives to fighting the f...

Perfect Parents
2006
as Stuart
After a violent incident in Lucy's public school, her atheist parents Stuart and Alison decide to find her a safe 'traditional' school. The only one t...

Best Ever Muppet Moments
2006
as Self
A review of the most memorable Muppet moments to commemorate Kermit the Frog's 50th anniversary.

Doctor Who: Born Again
2005
as The Doctor (9) (archive footage)
The Ninth Doctor has just regenerated into his next incarnation. But will Rose trust the Doctor now that he has a brand new face?

Einstein's Big Idea
2005
as Narrator (voice)
Over 100 years ago, Albert Einstein grappled with the implications of his revolutionary special theory of relativity and came to a startling conclusio...

The Dark Side of Porn: Porn Shutdown
2005
In 2004, The San Fernando Valley porno industry came to a virtual standstill after it was revealed that popular performer Darren James became infected...

Doctor Who: A New Dimension
2005
as Self
Documentary lead-in to the premiere episode of the 2005 revival of Doctor Who. Features cast interviews, behind the scenes footage, and a look at the ...

The Importance of Being Morrissey
2003
as Narrator
Featuring interviews by famous fans and followers, this rare documentary encapsulates the essence of the controversial, enigmatic, and deliciously mel...

The Second Coming
2003
as Stephen Baxter
Steven Baxter is the Son of God, and can produce the miracles to prove it. How does the world react when he announces it has to produce a Third Testam...

28 Days Later
2002
as Major Henry West
Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a ...

Flesh and Blood
2002
as Joe Broughton
A man who was adopted at birth traces his real parents, and discovers that they have severe learning disabilities and do not know he exists.

Tony Adams - Drunk And Dry
2002
as Narrator
A look at the personal life of the Arsenal and England player

Revengers Tragedy
2002
as Vindici
A film adaptation of the 1606 satirical tragedy by Thomas Middleton, relocated to a post-apocalyptic Liverpool. Christopher Eccleston plays the reveng...
The King and Us
2002
as Anthony
It's April 1974 and Manchester United are facing the prospect of relegation. Anthony never misses a match and it's the crucial last match of the seaso...

I Am Dina
2002
as Leo Zhukovsky
In Northern Norway during the 1860s, a little girl named Dina accidentally causes her mother's death. Overcome with grief, her father refuses to raise...

24 Hour Party People
2002
as Boethius
Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a way to make his mark. After witnessing a life-changi...

Sunday
2002
as Major Gen. Robert Ford
Sunday tells the story of an infamous day in Derry, North of Ireland and how the events of that day were subsequently covered up by the British Govern...

Othello
2001
as Ben Jago
With freshly rechristened characters and brand-new dialogue, this British TV production of Othello is a "rethinking" of Shakespeare's play, albeit sti...

The Others
2001
as Charles Stewart
Grace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the...

Strumpet
2001
as Strayman
Strayman, a spontaneous poet, is landlord to a pack of stray dogs. Unable to resist another of life's strays, he hooks up with Strumpet, a shy, homele...

The Invisible Circus
2001
as Wolf
After learning that her sister, Faith, has committed suicide in Portugal, Phoebe, an 18-year-old hippie, decides to uproot from her San Francisco home...

Gone in Sixty Seconds
2000
as Raymond Calitri
Upon learning that he has to come out of retirement to steal 50 cars in one night to save his brother Kip's life, former car thief Randall "Memphis" R...

With or Without You
1999
as Vincent Boyd
Rosie and Vincent know each other for ten years, and are married for five. She doesn't like her job, he isn't too pleased working with her dad. They'r...

Dockers: Writing the Wrongs
1999
as Narrator (voice)
The compelling tale of how a group of sacked dockers got together with scriptwriter Jimmy McGovern and novelist Irvine Welsh to turn their unique stor...

eXistenZ
1999
as Seminar Leader
A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been dam...

Heart
1999
as Gary Ellis
A woman, plastered in blood, is arrested by a grave, and a tale of loss, lust and jealousy slowly unfolds.

Elizabeth
1998
as Duke of Norfolk
The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the C...

A Price Above Rubies
1998
as Sender Horowitz
About a young woman who is married to a devout Jew and the problems that trouble their marriage because of the woman wanting something more out of her...

Hillsborough
1996
as Trevor Hicks
Drama based on the real life events of April 1989, when ninety-six Liverpool supporters were crushed to death during an F.A. Cup Semi-Final match agai...

Jude
1996
as Jude Fawley
In late 19th-century England, Jude aspires to be an academic, but is hobbled by his blue-collar background. Instead, he works as a stonemason and is t...

Shallow Grave
1994
as David Stephens
When David, Juliet, and Alex find their new roommate dead with a large sum of money, they agree to hide the body and keep the cash. However, this newf...

Anchoress
1993
as Priest
A 16th-century peasant becomes transfixed by a statue of the Virgin Mary, and petitions to be walled into a cell attached to the church as a religious...

Roots
1992
as Frankie Bryant
Presentation of Arnold Wesker's play of the 1950s. A young girl returns to her family home in Norfolk, having been educated in cultural and political ...

Continental Drift
1992
as (Business with Friends)
Springing Lenin: An eccentric Scottish spinster greets the collapse of communism by snapping up a statue of Lenin on the cheap and towing it home acro...

Death and the Compass
1992
as Schartach / Zunz / Gryphius
In a totalitarian future, in a nightmare metropolis, inhabited only by criminals and police, Erik Lonnrot, a gifted detective, investigates a series o...

Rachel's Dream
1992
as Man in Dream
Fantasy drama Rachel's Dream was set sometime in the future when the world is besieged by technology, young Rachel discovers that through a large bank...

Let Him Have It
1991
as Derek Bentley
In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig, a teenager with a fondness for American gangs...
Hear Me Roar
N/A
as Michael Bellinger
Elizabeth Bellinger became one of the few transgender people in Britain to get married in the 1980s. She kept this ceremony secret from almost everyon...

Chasing Millions
N/A
as Crawford
The Northern Bank chain was owned by the National Australia Bank. Diana, a young Australian police detective who is in Belfast at the same time, seize...