Credits include: About a Boy, Bulletproof Monk, Dracula, Rivals and The Last Great Wilderness

Credits include: Severance, Mean Machine, Human Traffic, The Football Factory and Doghouse

David Tennant was born David John McDonald in Scotland, to a father who was a Presbyterian minister. Brought up in Bathgate, he attended Paisley Grammar school and was first noticed by Scottish television at a Saturday youth club he attended. He trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. In 2005, David was cast to play the role of the Doctor in the BBC's new series of "Doctor Who" alongside Billie Piper, after Christopher Eccleston decided to leave.

Credits include: The IT Crowd, The Reichenbach Fall, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Easy Virtue and Humans

Credits include: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Loving Vincent and The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

Credits include: The Tragedy of Macbeth, Violent Night, The Red Sea Diving Resort, Cowboy Bebop and The Isle

Credits include: Black and Blue, Black Lightning, Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody, Rivals and The Resurrection

Credits include: Rivals and The Wives

Credits include: Rivals