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Christopher Eccleston

Actor

Christopher Eccleston

Born February 16, 1964 in Salford, Lancashire, England, UK64 films

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.

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The Others posterFirst watchThe Others20017.6as Charles StewartGrace is a woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
28 Days Later poster7.228 Days Later2002Thor: The Dark World poster6.5Thor: The Dark World2013Legend poster7.0Legend2015Gone in Sixty Seconds poster6.5Gone in Sixty Seconds2000Elizabeth poster7.2Elizabeth1998eXistenZ poster6.8eXistenZ1999Where Hands Touch poster7.9Where Hands Touch2018Shallow Grave poster7.0Shallow Grave1994

Filmography

64 films as actor
  1. TBAHear Me RoarMichael Bellinger
  2. TBAColor Your HurtJames
  3. TBAAbout A BellDC Holman
  4. 2026Chasing MillionsCrayford
  5. 2026Crackula
  6. 2026Ashes Again!Dad
  7. 2026SIGNALRay
  8. 2024Whispers of FreedomHerbert Köfer
  9. 2024Young Woman and the SeaJabez Wolffe
  10. 2024An Angel on Oxford StreetSaul (voice)
  11. 2023The Kemps: All GoldLuke Dunmore
  12. 2023Dodger Special: CoronationFagin
  13. 2023Dodger Special: Bad EggFagin
  14. 2022Dodger Special: ChristmasFagin
  15. 2022Dodger Special: TrainFagin
  16. 2022My Name Is LeonMr. Devlin
  17. 2020Endless
  18. 2018Where Hands TouchHeinz
  19. 2018Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)Harvey
  20. 2018King LearOswald
  21. 2018RSC Live: MacbethMacbeth
  22. 2016The Last MinersNarrator (voice)
  23. 2015Doctor Who: The Husbands of River SongThe Doctor (9) (picture) (uncredited)
  24. 2015LegendLeonard 'Nipper' Read
  25. 2013LucanJohn Aspinall
  26. 2013Thor: The Dark WorldMalekith
  27. 2013EmilyJames
  28. 2012National Theatre Live: AntigoneCreon, King of Thebes
  29. 2012Song for MarionJames
  30. 2011The BorrowersPod Clock
  31. 2010Lennon NakedJohn Lennon
  32. 2009AmeliaFred Noonan
  33. 2009G.I. Joe: The Rise of CobraMcCullen / Destro
  34. 2009The Happiness SalesmanSalesman
  35. 2008New Orleans, Mon AmourHenry
  36. 2007The Seeker: The Dark Is RisingThe Rider
  37. 2006Perfect ParentsStuart
  38. 2003The Second ComingStephen Baxter
  39. 200228 Days LaterMajor Henry West
  40. 2002Flesh and BloodJoe Broughton
  41. 2002Revengers TragedyVindici
  42. 2002The King and UsAnthony
  43. 2002I Am DinaLeo Zhukovsky
  44. 200224 Hour Party PeopleBoethius (uncredited)
  45. 2002SundayMajor Gen. Robert Ford
  46. 2001OthelloBen Jago
  47. 2001StrumpetStrayman
  48. 2001The OthersCharles Stewart
  49. 2001The Invisible CircusWolf
  50. 2000Gone in Sixty SecondsRaymond Calitri
  51. 1999With or Without YouVincent Boyd
  52. 1999eXistenZSeminar Leader
  53. 1999HeartGary Ellis
  54. 1998ElizabethDuke of Norfolk
  55. 1998A Price Above RubiesSender Horowitz
  56. 1996HillsboroughTrevor Hicks
  57. 1996JudeJude Fawley
  58. 1994Shallow GraveDavid Stephens
  59. 1993AnchoressPriest
  60. 1992RootsFrankie Bryant
  61. 1992Continental Drift(Business with Friends)
  62. 1992Death and the CompassSchartach / Zunz / Gryphius
  63. 1992Rachel's DreamMan in Dream
  64. 1991Let Him Have ItDerek Bentley