Age, Biography, and Wiki
David John McDonald, better known as David Tennant, was born on April 18, 1971. He is widely recognized for his portrayal of the Tenth and Fourteenth Doctors in the BBC series Doctor Who. Tennant's career spans television, film, and theater, with notable roles in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Broadchurch, and Good Omens.
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| Date of Birth | 18 April 1971 |
| Age | 54 Years |
| Birth Place | Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland |
| Horoscope | Aries |
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Height, Weight & Measurements
Tennant stands at 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 meters) tall. Specific details about his weight are not readily available.
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Dating & Relationship Status
David Tennant is married to English actress Georgia Tennant (née Moffett), whom he met during the filming of Doctor Who in 2008. They married in 2011 and have five children together. The couple resides in Chiswick, west London.
His father was a minister who served as the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. He grew up with his brother Blair and sister Karen in Ralston, where his father was the local minister. Two of his maternal great-grandparents, William and Agnes Blair, were Northern Irish Protestants from County Londonderry who were among the signatories of the Ulster Covenant in 1912; William was also a member of the Orange Order. Tennant's maternal grandfather, footballer Archie McLeod, met William and Agnes' daughter Nellie while playing for Derry City FC. McLeod was descended from tenant farmers from the Isle of Mull. Tennant has suffered from anxiety since childhood.
At the age of three, Tennant told his parents that he wanted to become an actor because he was a fan of Doctor Who, but they encouraged him to aim for more conventional work. He later said that he was "absurdly single-minded" in pursuing an acting career. He watched almost every Doctor Who episode for years and once spoke to Fourth Doctor actor Tom Baker at a book-signing event in Glasgow. He was educated at Ralston Primary School and Paisley Grammar School; he acted in various school productions. His talent was noticed by actress Edith MacArthur, who told his parents that she believed he would become a successful theatre actor after she saw him perform when he was 10 years old.
On 7 March 2010, Tennant appeared as George in a one-part BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Of Mice and Men in the Classic Serial strand. In October 2010 he starred as Dave, a man struggling to raise five children after the death of his partner, in the British drama Single Father. For this role he was nominated as Best Actor at the Royal Television Society Programme Awards 2010.
Between April and June 2012, he filmed Spies of Warsaw for BBC Four, in the lead role of Jean-François Mercier. This drama series shot in Poland is an adaptation of Alan Furst's novel The Spies of Warsaw. In 9 June 2012, he started filming the 3-part political drama series The Politician's Husband for BBC Two, playing an ambitious cabinet minister who takes drastic action when his wife's career starts to outshine his. In 2012, Tennant also presented the comedy quiz show Comedy World Cup.
In February 2016, Tennant began filming Mad to Be Normal (previously titled Metanoia), a biopic of the Scottish psychiatrist R. D. Laing. The film premiered a year later at the Glasgow Film Festival. In 2017, Tennant appeared in writer/director Daisy Aitkens' first feature film, You, Me and Him. The film was co-produced by Tennant's wife, Georgia. Between March and June of that year Tennant appeared in Patrick Marber's Don Juan in Soho at the Wyndham's Theatre. He also became the voice of Scrooge McDuck for Disney XD's DuckTales reboot, replacing the character's longtime voice actor Alan Young, who died in May 2016.
Tennant is married to English actress Georgia Tennant (Moffett) making him the son-in-law of actress Sandra Dickinson and Fifth Doctor actor Peter Davison. The couple met in 2008 during the filming of the Doctor Who episode "The Doctor's Daughter". They married in 2011, and live in the Chiswick district of London. They have five children, including Ty Tennant, Moffett's child from a previous relationship whom Tennant adopted.
Tennant has rarely discussed his private life in interviews, citing his belief that "relationships are hard enough with the people you're having them with, let alone talking about them in public". Tennant, whose father was a Church of Scotland minister, believes religion "must have" shaped his character, and revealed that he is an occasional churchgoer.
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Net Worth and Salary
As of 2025, David Tennant's net worth is estimated to be $9 million, primarily attributed to his successful acting career and strategic business ventures.
Career, Business, and Investments
Tennant has had a diverse career:
- Acting Career: He is best known for his roles in Doctor Who and has also appeared in Harry Potter, Broadchurch, and Good Omens. In 2025, he will star in the ITV drama The Hack.
- Voice Acting: Tennant has lent his voice to projects like DuckTales and audiobooks by Neil Gaiman.
- Business Ventures: In 2021, Tennant launched Tennant Ventures Limited, a management consultancy firm based in the UK, indicating his interest in business and media advisory roles.
Tennant has worked extensively on stage, including a portrayal of the title character in a 2008 Royal Shakespeare Company production of Hamlet that was later adapted for television. He is also a voice actor, featuring in the animated series DuckTales (2017–2021) as the voice of Scrooge McDuck. In 2015, he received the National Television Award for Special Recognition.
Tennant made his professional acting debut while still in secondary school. When he was 16, he acted in an anti-smoking film made by the Glasgow Health Board which was shown on television and was also screened in schools. The following year, he played a role in an episode of Dramarama. Tennant's first professional role upon graduating from drama school was in a staging of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui co-starring Ashley Jensen, one of a few plays in which he performed as part of the agitprop 7:84 Theatre Company. He also made an early television appearance in the Scottish TV sitcom Rab C Nesbitt as a transgender barmaid called Davina. In the 1990s, he appeared in several plays at the Dundee Repertory Theatre.
Tennant has described theatre work as his "default way of being". He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), to play Hamlet with Patrick Stewart and Berowne in Love's Labours Lost in 2008. From August to November 2008 he appeared at the Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon as Hamlet, playing that role in repertory with Berowne that October and November. Hamlet transferred to the Novello Theatre in London's West End in December 2008, but Tennant suffered a prolapsed disc during previews and was unable to perform from 8 December 2008 until 2 January 2009, during which time the role was played by his understudy Edward Bennett. He returned to his role in the production on 3 January 2009, and appeared until the run ended on 10 January. Tennant's performance of Hamlet was critically acclaimed. In 2009, he worked on a TV film version of the RSC's 2008 Hamlet for BBC Two. On 12 April 2011, a photograph of Tennant as Hamlet featured on a stamp issued by the Royal Mail to mark the RSC's fiftieth anniversary.
In January 2012, Tennant was appointed to the Royal Shakespeare Company board, to be on the selection committee interviewing and choosing the new artistic director. It was announced on 23 January 2013 that Tennant would return to the RSC for the company's 2013 winter season, playing the title role in Richard II at Stratford-upon-Avon (from 10 October to 16 November) and transferring to the Barbican Centre in London (from 9 December to 25 January 2014). Tennant repeated his performance as Richard II at the Barbican Theatre in 2016 before transferring to the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York.
Tennant was ranked the 24th most influential person in the British media on 9 July 2007, according to MediaGuardian. He appeared in the paper's annual media rankings in 2006. In December 2008, he was named as one of the most influential people in show business by British theatre and entertainment magazine The Stage, making him the fifth actor to achieve a ranking in the top 20 (in a list typically dominated by producers and directors.)
Tennant remained neutral on the issue of Scottish independence in the run-up to the 2014 referendum, stating that it was not his business as he no longer lived in Scotland. Following Brexit, which he called "depressing", he said in 2017 that he would support an independent Scotland in the event of a second referendum.
Tennant is a supporter of the LGBTQ+ community, particularly those who identify as non-binary, frequently appearing in interviews wearing pride pins. He received the LGBT+ Celebrity Ally award at the 2024 British LGBT Awards for his ongoing support for the LGBTQ+ Community. While accepting the award, Tennant criticised Women and Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch for her views on trans issues, saying that "acknowledging that everyone has the right to be who they want to be and live their life how they want to live it" should not merit special recognition, but that "until we wake up and Kemi Badenoch doesn't exist anymore — I don't wish ill of her, I just wish her to shut up — whilst we do live in this world I am honoured to receive this [award]". Badenoch, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, and Labour leader Keir Starmer criticised the tone of Tennant's remarks, but Labour candidate Dawn Butler expressed support for his position.
* Smallwood, Robert (editor) (2005). Players of Shakespeare 5: Further Essays in Shakespearean Performance by Players with the Royal Shakespeare Company, David Tennant on playing Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, pp. 113–130. Cambridge University Press; ISBN 0-521-67698-3
Social Network
While specific details about his social media presence are not detailed here, David Tennant is generally active in promoting his work and engaging with fans through various platforms.
Tennant developed his career in the British theatre, frequently performing with the Royal Shakespeare Company. His first Shakespearean role for the RSC was in As You Like It (1996); having auditioned for the role of Orlando, the romantic lead, he was instead cast as the jester Touchstone. He subsequently specialised in comic roles, playing Antipholus of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors and Captain Jack Absolute in The Rivals, although he also played the role of Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. He also starred in the 2003 London production of Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman.
Tennant featured as the Doctor in an animated version of Doctor Who for Totally Doctor Who, The Infinite Quest, which aired on CBBC. He also starred as the Doctor in another animated six-part Doctor Who series, Dreamland. Tennant guest starred as the Doctor in a two-part story in Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures, broadcast in October 2009. In October 2008, Tennant announced that he would be stepping down from the role after three full series. He played the Doctor in four special episodes in 2009, before his final episode aired on 1 January 2010, where he was replaced by the Eleventh Doctor, portrayed by Matt Smith.
* Smallwood, Robert (editor) (2000). Players of Shakespeare 4: Further Essays in Shakespearean Performance by Players with the Royal Shakespeare Company, David Tennant on playing Touchstone in As You Like It, pp. 30–44. Cambridge University Press; ISBN 0-521-79416-1
Education
Tennant was educated at Ralston Primary School and Paisley Grammar School. He later attended the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now known as the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland), where he graduated with a degree in drama.
Tennant attended Saturday classes at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland before passing an official audition at the age of 16, becoming one of their youngest students and studying there between the ages of 17 and 20. In 1991, Tennant obtained here a BA degree in Dramatic Studies.
In early 2007, Tennant starred in Recovery, a 90-minute BBC One drama written by Tony Marchant. Later that same year he starred in Learners, a BBC comedy drama written by and starring Jessica Hynes, in which he played a Christian driving instructor who became the object of a student's affection. Learners was broadcast on BBC One on 11 November 2007. In November 2008, Tennant played Sir Arthur Eddington in the BBC and HBO biographical film Einstein and Eddington.
