David Tennant is one of the biggest names in acting in the UK, and is well-known across the world, having starred in various movies and TV shows including Doctor Who and Harry Potter.
The Scottish actor is best know for his role as Doctor Who (the 10th and 14th Doctor) but he has also appeared in a range of other hit TV series and movies including featuring in Harry Potter, Star Wars and Marvel franchises.
Tennant's latest role is host of the 2024 EE Bafta film awards which takes place on Sunday (February 18) at the Royal Festival Hall in London - the ceremony of which kicks off at 7pm.
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Ahead of his appearance at the Baftas we take a look at exactly who David Tennant is and answer the most asked questions surrounding the Doctor Who star from his net worth to his family and everything in between.
Has David Tennant won any Bafta awards himself?
While Tennant will be taking to the stage tonight as host, he is no stranger to the Bafta awards.
He has won Best Actor award for Doctor Who at Bafta Cymru (Wales) in 2007 before and in 2014 he took home the gong for Best Male TV Performance at Bafta Scotland for The Escape Artist, according to Time.
Although he hasn't been nominated for any awards at the main Baftas event, he has been in projects which have won prizes.
David Tennant's wife and children
David Tennant, 52, is married to actress and producer Georgia Tennant, 39.
The pair have been married since 2011.
Georgia Tennant has produced several short films, while also featuring in a series of television shows including Doctor Who (alongside David), The Bill, Holby City, Agatha Christie's Marple and Casualty.
She has also appeared in Staged alongside her husband, Michael Sheen and his partner Anna Lundberg.
The Tennant's have five children:
- Ty
- Olive
- Wilfred
- Doris
- Birdie
Ty Tennant has followed in his parents footsteps already starring in a number of big name TV shows including the likes of War of the Worlds (as Tom Gresham), Game of Thrones spin off House of Dragons (as a young Aegon Targaryen II) and Good Omens (alongside his father and Sheen).
David Tennant net worth
David Tennant, according to The Sun, is worth around £7 million.
This comes off the back of his successful acting career which has seen him land roles in big movie franchises including Harry Potter and How to Train Your Dragon as well as TV roles in series including Doctor Who and Broadchurch.
Is David Tennant in Harry Potter?
As mentioned previously David Tennant has featured in some big movie and TV franchises including Doctor Who, Star Wars and Marvel.
He also featured in one of the Harry Potter movies - The Goblet of Fire.
In The Goblet of Fire (the fourth Harry Potter movie) he played Barty Crouch Jr.
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David Tennant movies and TV series appearances
TV
Tennant is most famous for his role as Doctor Who.
But he has also featured in a number of other TV series including:
- Ahsoka (Disney+)
- Marvel's Jessica Jones (Disney+)
- Broadchurch (ITV)
- Good Omens (Amazon)
- Deadwater Fell (Channel 4 and Netflix)
- Staged (BBC)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Disney+)
- Inside Man (BBC and Netflix)
Movies
Tennant has also featured in a number of movies including:
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Nativity 2
- How to Train Your Dragon (1,2 and 3)
- Ferdinand
- Mary Queen of Scots
You can catch David Tennant in his hosting role at the 2024 EE Bafta film awards on BBC One and BBC iPlayer from 7pm on Sunday (February 18).
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