His performance as Jimmy Porter in Look Back in Anger at the Theatre Royal, Bath, and Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, was recorded by the National Video Archive of Performance for the Victoria and Albert Museum Theatre Collection. Despite much of his work being television work, Tennant has described theatre work as his "default way of being". She added in an update two weeks after her original blog post: "The lovely doctor called yesterday. What everyone wants to hear, surely? [19] In 2003 Tennant appeared in the film Bright Young Things. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Tennant was born David John McDonald in Bathgate on 18 April 1971, the son of Helen (ne McLeod; 19402007) and Alexander "Sandy" McDonald (19372016). 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, which he played in his natural Scottish accent. The cast also included Charlotte Randle (Dawn), with Dominic Rowan (Bill), and Gary McDonald (William), and was again directed by Mark Brokaw. The actor, who played the 10th Doctor from 2005 to 2010, married his wife Georgia Moffett in 2011.. As you can tell Im still processing this, its quite a thing to get your head round.. The actress, 35, said a simple smear test saved her life as it "stopped, beat and cut out" her cervical. [49] On 7 March 2010, he also appeared as George in a one-part BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Of Mice and Men in the Classic Serial strand. I cant tell whether its this or the smarting cervix but I start to cry. [112] In the expansion EverQuest: Seeds of Destruction for the game EverQuest, a character was introduced called Tavid Dennant, named after David Tennant. I'm currently half terrified child, half superhero.". He's a real screamer!". His first full-length outing as the Doctor was a 60-minute special, "The Christmas Invasion", first broadcast on Christmas Day 2005. Mark Gatiss, Trevor Hampton, David Tennant, Alison Willett (2005). So why am I crying?!". With the support of her parents, she kept the child. He was nominated for Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for his performance in Kenneth Lonergan's Lobby Hero. Tennant had a cameo appearance as the Doctor in the 2007 finale episode of the BBC/HBO comedy series Extras with Ricky Gervais. Something went wrong, please try again later. [62], In April 2012, Tennant played lead in a one-off drama The Minor Character for Sky Arts. Along with Sylvester McCoy, and Peter Capaldi, all three are Scottish. [57], In 2011, he starred in United, about the Manchester United "Busby Babes" team and the 1958 Munich air disaster, playing coach and assistant manager Jimmy Murphy. David Tennant (born 18 April 1971 [1] [2] as David John McDonald) played the Tenth Doctor from 2005-2010, beginning with an appearance at the conclusion of The Parting of the Ways continuing from The Christmas Invasion to The End of Time, before returning to the role in the 50th anniversary special The Day of the Doctor and Big Finish's audio A rep for David Tennant was not immediately available for comment. [17] 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. In April, Tennant was at BBC Television Centre to promote the first of 2009's Doctor Who specials, "Planet of the Dead", to air that evening. The Hon. The Real Housewives of Atlanta The Bachelor Sister Wives 90 Day Fiance Wife Swap The Amazing Race Australia Married at First Sight The Real Housewives of Dallas My . In May 2022, in relation to the show's 60th anniversary, it was announced that Tennant would once again return to the show, alongside Tate, who would reprise her role as Donna Noble. David Tennant's wife Georgia previously opened up about her experience having a cervical screening and then, later, a colposcopy. But neither is it borderline Ok so its not cancer. Tennant's performance of Hamlet was critically acclaimed. They've got it all but it was cancer. 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). Poking fun at the online speculation, the Litvinenko actor's wife Georgia responded to the theory Tennant is Phoenix. He tells me how terribly hard it is for a woman when something goes wrong in the area which makes her a woman. He also received his first credit as an executive producer for the series. He later performed alongside Davison's daughter, Georgia Moffett (as "Jenny") in the 2008 episode "The Doctor's Daughter". Yet I couldn't imagine David Tennant or any of the . The actress is perhaps best known for a recurring role as Abigail Nixon in The Bill from 2007-2009. For this role he was nominated as Best Actor at the Royal Television Society Programme Awards 2010. David John Tennant (n McDonald; born 18 April 1971) is a Scottish actor.He rose to fame for his role as the tenth incarnation of the Doctor in the BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who (2005-2010; 2013), returning to the show as the fourteenth incarnation of the character in 2022. 17 Oct 2020. Ty is Georgia's son from a previous relationship when she was 17, and David adopted the teen actor when he and Georgia began dating. ", which aired on 9 June 2007. The 49-year-old actor met 35-year-old actress Georgia in 2008 when they starred together. Quicksand focuses on a British couple, Dan and Sarah, living out their dream in the Mediterranean. It was good, and it was smart, and it played perfectly with the boundaries of the format it was in. Tennant has gone on record as saying that, contrary to tabloids reports, he was not upset at not being able to play the role in his own accent and in fact had never wanted to. The following day the pair celebrated their big day in style with a New Year's Eve reception at London's Globe Theatre. Georgia Tennant was told by TV bosses she would not be "convincing" as husband David Tennant 's on-screen partner. Tennant featured as the Doctor in an animated version of Doctor Who for Totally Doctor Who, The Infinite Quest, which aired on CBBC. [52] 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. DAVID Tennant and his wife Georgia have been married since 2011. [118] In April 2010, he lent his voice to a Labour election broadcast. Later in September 2011, it was announced that Tennant would voice a character in the movie adaptation of Postman Pat named You Know You're the One with a planned 3D theatrical release for spring 2013. 6 in its "Top Ten" list of the most influential British television artists of the year, citing his roles in Blackpool, Casanova, Secret Smile, and Doctor Who. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Georgia Tennant has opened up about her terrifying cancer experience, which saw her plan her own funeral. Something went wrong, please try again later. David adopted Ty after getting married to Georgia. He was voted 16th Sexiest Man in the World by a 2008 Cosmopolitan survey. As you can tell I'm still processing this, it's quite a thing to get your head round. The swirling storm cloud of 'what ifs?'. It read: "So those of you who know me, know I like to share but those of you who don't, will know I like to keep things private. In a short, but respectful statement, David Tennant was reported to have reacted on social media (via The Mirror) as follows: Sad news that Bernard Cribbins has passed away. His wife, actress Georgia Tennant, gave birth to his first child, a daughter named Olive, on 29 March 2011. ", She added: "Before I'd made it up upstairs to tell my husband, I'd started planning my funeral. [103][104][105][106], In December 2022, Tennant starred as Alexander Litvinenko in the ITV1 dramatisation Litvinenko. . But when it came . The Tennants are an acting family with David currently starring in Around the World in 80 Days while Georgia has recently been appearing alongside her husband in Staged. [60][61] He played dual roles: the main character, put-upon teacher Mr. Peterson, and his "golden boy" twin brother and rival. (2011), Ferdinand (2017), Final Space (20182021), gen:LOCK (2019present), the How to Train Your Dragon films (20102019), and as Scrooge McDuck in DuckTales (20172021). Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. She joked that "we're like George and Mildred in 20 years' time we'll probably be doing a ropey old sitcom in a terraced house in Preston". [21] This production transferred to the New Ambassadors Theatre from June 26 (opening July 1) to August 10, 2002. In 2005, he starred in UNIT: The Wasting for Big Finish, recreating his role of Brimmicombe-Wood from a Doctor Who Unbound play, Sympathy for the Devil. [11], Tennant attended Saturday classes at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland before passing an official audition at age 16, becoming one of their youngest students and studying there between the ages of 17 and 20. He made his directorial debut on the Doctor Who Confidential episode that accompanies Steven Moffat's episode "Blink", entitled "Do You Remember The First Time? David Tennant, or as we best know him-"The Doctor", has been married to his gorgeous wife Georgia Moffett since 2011! [26] Writer Russell T Davies made the decision not to use Tennant's own Scottish accent for the character as he did not want the Doctor's accent "touring the regions", using Estuary English instead. Georgia Moffett later became David Tennant's wife. Tennant has been married to the former Doctor Who. Results are back. David Tennant 's wife Georgia has opened up about her heartbreaking cancer battle. [90], Tennant played psychopathic villain Cale Erendreich in the thriller film Bad Samaritan (2018), written by Brandon Boyce and directed by Dean Devlin. It was 8am on Easter Saturday morning, yet BBC . David Tennant, 49, who played the ever-popular 10th Doctor in BBC's Doctor Who, is married to Georgia, the daughter of Peter Davison, who played the fifth incarnation of the character. His roles include a reprisal of his Antipholus of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors, as well as Launcelot Gobbo in The Merchant of Venice, Edgar in King Lear, and Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, all of which he performs in his natural accent. In November 2008, Tennant played Sir Arthur Eddington in the BBC and HBO biographical film Einstein and Eddington, which was filmed in Cambridge and Hungary. [113], In December 2005, The Stage placed Tennant at No. He has subsequently appeared with Weir in many productions: as a guest in her spoof television series Posh Nosh, in the Doctor Who audio drama Exile (during which Weir played an alternative version of the Doctor), and as panellists on the West Wing Ultimate Quiz on More4 (Weir later guest-starred on Doctor Who itself after Tennant left the series). The two met for the first time on the set of Doctor Who's episode "The Doctor's Daughter". In early 2009, Tennant narrated the digital planetarium space dome film "We Are Astronomers"[43] commissioned by the UK's National Space Centre. [89] Also in 2017, he 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. So why am I crying?!". The rumour is that Tennant will play the 14 th Doctor for three specials - including the 60 th anniversary episode - before handing over to a new 15 th Doctor. But I now realise I'm in a slightly different world. 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", "My betraying little cervix had begun an attempt to kill me off and by a stroke of baffling luck I had stopped it, beat it, cut it out before it had a chance to make it out of the starting gates (thats dog racing speak for 'hadn't spread beyond the layers they'd already removed'). [102] The series premiered on 26 September 2022 to mixed reviews from viewers and critics alike. The TV star shared a link to the blog post she wrote during her experience in 2018. [73] Tennant filmed the second series of Broadchurch during mid-2014,[74][75] and the third between May and October 2016. This removes a section of the affected cervix which should in the 97 percent of all cases, solve the problem. Georgia said she had planned her funeral in her head before telling her husband David Tennant (Image: Dave J Hogan/Getty Images) Read More Related Articles. Get in touch with us at webcelebs@mirror.co.uk or call us direct at 0207 29 33033. Later, at 10 years old, she made her debut in Kenneth Branagh's film Belfast. Georgia and David Tennant have fourchildren together and each have one child from previous relationships. Tennant's maternal grandfather, footballer Archie McLeod, met William and Agnes' daughter Nellie while playing for Derry City FC. Results are back. Georgia and David have been married since 2011. The character when interacted with makes a number of references to Doctor Who. It seems everyone had an opinion on the matter: "Has anyone David's phone number?" Michelle Whedon (@mimiwhedon) January 11, 2023 [109], In 2008, Tennant was voted "Greenest Star on the Planet" in an online vote held by Playhouse Disney as part of the Playing for the Planet Awards. His costar in the drama was friend Sarah Parish, with whom he had previously appeared in Blackpool and an episode of Doctor Who. On 13 March 2009, he presented Red Nose Day 2009 with Davina McCall. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. The pair met in 2008 when she took on the role of David's character's genetically engineered daughter Jenny in Doctor Who. He joined Franz Ferdinand onstage to play the guitar on their song "No You Girls" on a special Comic Relief edition of Top of the Pops. (Image: BBC Pictures) David Tennant has been married to actress Georgia Tennant - formerly Moffett - since 2011, after they met on a television set for a certain BBC show. [54][55] In 2009, he worked on a TV film version of the RSC's 2008 Hamlet for BBC Two. [37] The three 60th anniversary special episodes will air in November 2023. [48] He returned to cohost the show for one day in October 2010. [121] However, in the wake of Brexit, which he called "depressing", he stated in 2017 that he would support an independent Scotland in the event of a second referendum. Birth to his first credit as an executive producer for the series premiered on 26 September to. 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