David Tennant

David John Tennant (né McDonald) is a Scots actor. He haes haed sindry roles in telly an film, includin the Tent Doctor in the BBC sci-fi serial Doctor Who (2005-2010), Kilgrave in the Netflix superhero series Jessica Jones (2015-2019), Barty Crouch Jr in the fantasy film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Hamlet in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2009 shawin o Hamlet, an DI Alec Hardy in the ITV crime drama Broadchurch (2013-2017).

David Tennant
Tennant in 2009
Born	David John McDonald (1971-04-18) 18 Aprile 1971 (age 54) Bathgate, Wast Lowden, Scotland
Thrift	Actor, vyce actor, narrator
Years active	1987–present
Hauf-marrae(s)	Georgia Moffett (m. 2011)
Bairns	4
Pawrents	Alexander McDonald Helen McDonald (deceased)[1]

Tennant haes haed thrift as a vyce actor an in theatre an aa, sic as the vyce o Scrooge McDuck in DuckTales (2017-the noo) an the titular prince in a 2008 production o Hamlet. In 2015, he wis gien the National Television Award fur Special Recognition.

Early life

Tennant wis born David John McDonald on 18 Aprile 1971 in Bathket, Wast Lowden, the son o Sandy McDonald^[2] an Helen McDonald (née McLeod).^[3] He wis brocht up in Paisley, Renfrewshire, alang wi his brither Blair an sister Karen,^[4] whaur his faither wis the local meenister.^[5][6] Twa o Tennant's maternal great-grandparents, William an Agnes Blair, war staunch Protestants frae Northren Ireland's Coonty Derry, that wis amangst the signatories o the Ulster Covenant in 1912. William wis a memmer o the Orange Order. Tennant's maternal grandfaither, fitbawer Archie McLeod, met William an Agnes' daughter Nellie whiles playin fur Derry City FC. McLeod wis stryndit frae tenant farmers frae the Isle of Mull.^[7]