Christopher Eccleston

Christopher Eccleston is an English actor best known as the ninth incarnation of the Doctor in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who in 2005.

His other work includes Malekith in Thor: The Dark World, Destro in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Claude in Heroes, Reverend Matt Jamison in The Leftovers, and the films Shallow Grave and 28 Days Later. He won an International Emmy Award for the anthology series Accused.

Born in Salford in 1964, he trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama from 1983 to 1986, and made his name in the dramas Cracker and Our Friends in the North.