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Christopher Eccleston
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Christopher Eccleston is a British actor, television actor, film actor, and explorer. Born on 16 February 1964 in Salford, Lancashire, England, he is a citizen of the United Kingdom. He began his professional work period in 1989 and speaks English. Eccleston received his education at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and the University of Salford.
His career includes acting roles and authorship of works such as *Barry the Penguin's Black and White Christmas*, *European Pain Management*, *Work and Pain*, and *I Love the Bones of You*. He has been recognized with the International Emmy Award for Best Actor.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 7
Top works
- Barry the Penguin's Black and White Christmas
- European Pain Management
- Work and Pain
- I Love the Bones of You
- I Love the Bones of You
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Salford, Lancashire, England, UK
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.
Known for
- Unchosen — Mr Phillips2026
- Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War — Doctor Who (archive footage) (uncredited)2025
- Young Woman and the Sea — Jabez Wolffe2024
- An Angel on Oxford Street — Saul (voice)2024
- Doctor Who at the Proms — The Doctor (9) (archive footage)2024
- Whispers of Freedom — Herbert Köfer2024
- The Guilty Innocent with Christopher Eccleston — Presenter2024
- The Kemps: All Gold — Luke Dunmore2023
- Dodger Special: Coronation — Fagin2023
- Dodger Special: Bad Egg — Fagin2023
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 129
- Total plays
- 1,265
Christopher Eccleston (born on 16 February 1964) is an English stage, television and film actor, best known for his roles in several high profile low budget films and television work. He played the ninth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who. Christopher Eccleston is also the name of the guitarist from the band My Distant Memories <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Christopher+Eccleston">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials
· 2019 · cited 25,594x
- The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)
· 2016 · cited 23,660x
- A New Equation to Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate
· 2009 · cited 22,584x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,894x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,620x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1964-02-16 ) 16 February 1964 (age 62) , Salford , Lancashire , England
- Education
- University of Salford , Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1989–present
- Spouse
- Mischka Eccleston ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. November 2011</span>"}]]}'>2011 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. December 2015</span>"}]]}'>2015 )
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Christopher Eccleston (/ˈɛkəlstən/; born 16 February 1964) is an English actor. He is known for his work in various social realist television dramas, as well as for playing the ninth incarnation of the Doctor in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who (2005).
Born in Salford, Eccleston first rose to prominence for his portrayal of Derek Bentley in the biographical film Let Him Have It (1991), and gained widespread recognition in the UK for his roles in Cracker (1993–1994) and Our Friends in the North (1996), the latter earning him a nomination for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor. He received a second nomination for the drama serial The Second Coming (2003) and an International Emmy Award for Best Actor for his performance in the anthology series Accused (2010).
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