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Widely considered as one of the greatest stage and screen actors of his generation both in his native Scotland and internationally, David Tennant was born David John McDonald in West Lothian, Scotland, to Essdale Helen (McLeod) and Sandy McDonald, who was a Presbyterian minister. He is of Scottish and Ulster-Scots descent. When he was about 3 or 4 years old, he decided to become an actor, inspired by his love of Doctor Who (1963).
He was brought up in Bathgate, West Lothian and Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland and was a huge fan of the band The Proclaimers. He attended Paisley Grammar school and while there he wrote about how he wanted to become a professional actor and play the role of the Doctor in Doctor Who (1963).
He made his first television appearance (which was also his first professional acting job) when he was 16, after his father sent some photos of him to a casting director at Scottish television. He also attended a youth theatre group at weekends run by the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now renamed the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland). When he was 16 he auditioned for and won a place at the academy; the youngest student to ever do so, and started as a full time drama student when he was 17.
He worked regularly in theatre and TV after leaving drama school, and his first big break came in 1994 when he was cast in a lead role in the Scottish drama Takin' Over the Asylum (1994). He then moved to London where his career thrived. Among other significant factors of his prolific artistic course, he spent several years as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and became famous from his lead roles in TV dramas Blackpool (2004) and Casanova (2005).
In 2005, his childhood wish came true. David was cast to play the role of the Doctor in Doctor Who (2005) alongside Billie Piper, after Christopher Eccleston decided to leave. Playing the Doctor made him a household name and a sex symbol, being voted "Sexiest Man in the Universe" by readers of The Pink Paper and 16th Sexiest Man in the World by a Cosmopolitan survey. Since leaving the series in 2010 his career has continued to rise, with lead roles in films, TV series and theatre.Doctor Who: Series 1-4, "Specials" & "The Day of the Doctor" (2005-2010, 2013) as The (10th) Doctor
Broadchurch: Series 1-3 (2013-2017) as D.I. Alec Hardy
Doctor Who: "The Star Beast", "Wild Blue Yonder" & "The Giggle" (2023) as The (14th) Doctor- Actress
- Writer
Eve Myles was born on 26 July 1978 in Ystradgynlais, Wales, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Torchwood (2006), Dragon Age II (2011) and Keeping Faith (2017). She has been married to Bradley Freegard since 18 May 2013. They have two children.Doctor Who: "The Unquiet Dead" (2005) as Gwyneth, "The Stolen Earth / Journey's End" (2008) as Gwen Cooper
Torchwood: Series 1-4 (2006-2011) as Gwen Cooper
Broadchurch: Series 2 (2015) as Claire Ripley- Actress
- Writer
- Producer
Adjoa Andoh was born on 14 January 1963 in Bristol, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Invictus (2009), Bridgerton (2020) and Fractured (2019). She has been married to Howard Cunnell since March 2001. They have two children.Doctor Who: "New Earth" (2006) as Sister Jatt, "Smith and Jones", "The "Lazarus Experiment", "42", "The Sound of Drums", "Last of the Time Lords", "The Stolen Earth" and "Journey's End" (2008) as Francine Jones
Broadchurch: "Episode 2.1" (2015) as Julie- Actress
- Soundtrack
Tracey Childs was born on 30 May 1963 in London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Sense and Sensibility (1981), Doctor Who (2005) and The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982). She was previously married to Tony Anholt.Doctor Who: "The Fires of Pompeii" (2008) as Metella
Broadchurch: Series 1 (2013) as CS Elaine Jenkinson- Lucy Cohu was born on 2 October 1968 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Becoming Jane (2007), Gosford Park (2001) and The Queen's Sister (2005). She was previously married to Corey Johnson.Torchwood: Children of Earth (2009) as Alice Carter
Broadchurch: Series 2 (2015) as Tess Henchard - Actress
- Soundtrack
Susan Brown was born on 6 May 1946 in Bristol, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Game of Thrones (2011), The Iron Lady (2011) and Torchwood (2006).Torchwood: Children of Earth (2009) as Bridget Spears
Broadchurch: Series 1 (2013) as Liz Roper- Actor
- Location Management
- Soundtrack
David Bradley was born on 17 April 1942 in York, Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The World's End (2013), Hot Fuzz (2007) and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011). He has been married to Rosanna Bradley since 1978. They have three children.The Sarah Jane Adventures: "Death of the Doctor" part 1 & 2 (2010) as Shansheeth Blue (voice)
Broadchurch: Series 1 (2013) as Jack Marshall
Doctor Who: "Dinosaurs On A Spaceship" (2012) as Soloman , "The Doctor Falls" & "The Power of the Doctor" (2017 & 2022) as The (1st) Doctor
Also played William Hartnell in An Adventure in Time and Space (2013)- Actor
- Composer
- Music Department
Thomas Arthur Darvill, known professionally as Arthur Darvill, is an English actor and musician. He is perhaps most recognized as Rory Williams, one of the Eleventh Doctor's companions in Doctor Who (2005), and as Rev. Paul Coates in Broadchurch (2013). In 2013-2014 he appeared in the lead role in the theatre musical Once in the West End and on Broadway. Darvill's mother Ellie Darvill is an actress and during Arthur's early childhood she worked with masks, puppets and live acting as a member of Cannon Hill Theatre, which was based at Midlands Arts Centre, and toured Britain and the world. She is also known as the puppeteer and voice behind Why Bird from Playdays. Prior to the birth of his sister, Darvill went on some of the tours, helping with the setting up of the shows. His father Nigel played the Hammond organ for artists including Edwin Starr, Ruby Turner, Fine Young Cannibals and UB40. Darvill attended Bromsgrove School in Worcestershire from 1993 to 2000.Doctor Who: Series 5-7 (2010-2012) as Rory Williams
Broadchurch: Series 1-3 (2013-2017) as Rev. Paul Coates- Actress
- Producer
- Writer
Olivia Colman was born on 30 January 1974 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for The Favourite (2018), Tyrannosaur (2011) and The Lost Daughter (2021). She has been married to Ed Sinclair since August 2001. They have three children.Doctor Who: "The Eleventh Hour" (2010) as "a mother"
Broadchurch: Series 1-3 (2013-2017) as D.S. Ellie Miller- Actress
- Writer
- Script and Continuity Department
Meera Syal was born on 27 June 1961 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Yesterday (2019), Beautiful Thing (1996) and Absolutely Anything (2015). She has been married to Sanjeev Bhaskar since 21 January 2005. They have one child. She was previously married to Chandra Shekhar Bhatia.Doctor Who: "The Hungry Earth" & "Cold Blood" (2010) as Dr Nasreen Chaudhry
Broadchurch: Series 2 (2015) as Judge Sonia Sharma- Actor
- Director
- Writer
James D'Arcy was born Simon Richard D'Arcy in London, England, to Caroline (O'Connor) and Richard D'Arcy. He was raised by his mother, a nurse. He trained at LAMDA and graduated in July 1995. During his three-year course, he gained acting experience by appearing in the plays "Heracles", "As You Like It", "Wild Honey", "The Freedom of the City" and "Sherlock Holmes". His television appearances include the series Silent Witness (1996), The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (1997), Sunburn (1999) and Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) and the dramas, The Ice House (1997), The Canterville Ghost (1997) and Ruth Rendell's Bribery & Corruption: Part One (1997).
He played the star roles in the series Rebel Heart (2001) and The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (2001). D'Arcy's film credits include The Trench (1999), The Bass Player (1999), Wilde (1997) and Guest House Paradiso (1999).Doctor Who audio: "Paradise 5" (2010) as Michael
Broadchurch: Series 2 (2015) as Lee Ashworth- Matthew Gravelle is an award winning animator, actor, and lecturer based in Cardiff, Wales. He was born in Porthcawl, Wales. A graduate from Newport Film School, Matthew has collaborated on a range of projects including multi-award winning short films, web designs and commercial campaigns. His own personal short animated films have been selected at film festivals worldwide receiving several awards and nominations, including a Welsh BAFTA award for Best Newcomer in 2003. The success of his work has allowed him to be a guest speaker at seminars and festivals around the world including China, Japan and Germany. He has been interviewed on several television programmes and radio stations, and his work has been broadcast nationally and internationally. Matthew combines traditional hand drawn animation with digital methods, prioritising choreography and sound to express his ideas and explore personal subject matters.Broadchurch: Series 1-3 (2013-2017) as Joe Miller
Doctor Who: "Kerblam!" (2018) as Voice of Kerblam - Actress
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Producer
Jodie Whittaker came to prominence after her breakout performance in Venus (2006), which was met with a string of nominations, including British Independent Film Award and Satellite Award nominations for "Most Promising Newcomer" and "Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical." Whittaker has also received critical acclaim for her performances in Journeyman (2017), Adult Life Skills (2016), and Broadchurch (2013), and also starred in Wired (2008), Attack the Block (2011), Good Vibrations (2012), and Trust Me (2017).
In 2017 she made history as the thirteenth actor and first woman to play the Doctor in Doctor Who (2005). She made her onscreen debut as the Doctor on December 25, 2017, in the episode titled Twice Upon a Time (2017). Her casting was met with overwhelming acclaim and positivity, and in 2020 she was voted the second greatest Doctor in the programme's 57-year history, only losing narrowly to David Tennant.Broadchurch: Series 1-3 (2013-2017) as Beth Latimer
Doctor Who: Series 11-13 (2017-2022) as The (13th) Doctor- Actor
- Writer
Joe Sims, a Bristol actor, trained in both the UK and the US. Best known for playing plumber Nigel Carter in 3 series of ITV's BAFTA winning Broadchurch. Winner of an Offie for his performance as an accused killer in "As We Forgive Them," at the Arcola Theatre in London. In addition to his appearances on TV, in the theatre, and in films, Sims has more than 100 radio credits to his name, including a run on the British radio drama "The Archers." Joe was nominated for both Best Actor for his portrayal of Charlie Hammond in Oliver Park: Easter Riots & Best Supporting Actor at the BBC Audio Drama Awards for his portrayal of a suicidal boxer in Al Smith's award winning drama "Lifelines".Broadchurch: Series 1-3 (2013-2017) as Nige Carter
Doctor Who: "The Power of the Doctor" (2022) as Deputy Marshal Arnhost- Peter De Jersey is known for The Bank Job (2008), Doctor Foster: A Woman Scorned (2015) and National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera (2016).Doctor Who: "The Day of the Doctor" (2013) as Androgar
Broadchurch Series 1-3 (2013-2017) as SOCO Brian Young - Actor
- Soundtrack
Jonathan Stuart Bailey is an English actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he began his career as a child performer in Royal Shakespeare Company productions when he was seven years old, and by eight was performing as Gavroche in a West End production of Les Misérables. Since then, he has established a prolific career on screen and stage working on different genres and portraying a wide array of characters.Broadchurch: Series 1-2 (2013-2015) as Olly Stevens
Doctor Who: "Time Heist" (2014) as Psi- Actor
- Soundtrack
Jacob Basil Anderson is an English actor and musician. As an actor, he is known for his role as Grey Worm in the television series Game of Thrones, and his recurring appearances in the first seasons of Episodes and Broadchurch. As a musician, he uses the alias Raleigh Ritchie (named after his favorite characters from The Royal Tenenbaums); his debut album, You're a Man Now, Boy, was a soul and trip hop album released in 2016 to positive reviews. Anderson's second studio album, Andy, was released in 2020.Broadchurch: Series 1 (2013) as Dean Thomas
Doctor Who: Series 13 (2021) as Vinder- Julie Claire Hesmondhalgh was born in Accrington, Lancashire, where she was involved in local amateur theatre and studied A-level Theatre Studies at Accrington and Rossendale College under Martin Cosgrif. Despite planning to go into social work, she won a grant to attend LAMDA, where she studied from 1988-91. After graduating she was part of the theatre company, Arts Threshold, and with her teacher and mentor Brian Astbury and a group of friends, built a theatre in a basement in Paddington.
This led to roles on television in, among other programs, The Bill (1984), The Dwelling Place (1994), Pat and Margaret (1994), and an episode of Dalziel and Pascoe (1996). She was spotted by the casting crew for Coronation Street (1960) while appearing in "Much Ado About Nothing" in the Royal Exchange theatre in Manchester. She played "Hayley" in Coronation Street (1960), the first trans-character in a UK soap, from 1998 to 2014, when she left, winning a National TV Award for her performance in her exit storyline, which she shared with her screen husband, David Neilson. The couple also won Best Actor and Actress at the Soap Awards that year, as well as Best Onscreen Partnership.
She returned to work extensively in theatre, radio and television, with roles in Russell T. Davies's Cucumber (2015), Happy Valley (2014) (series 2), Doctor Who (2005), Catastrophe (2015), Inside No. 9 (2014), The Trouble with Maggie Cole (2020), and The A Word (2016) (series 3). The BBC4 film, Black Roses: The Killing of Sophie Lancaster (2015), in which she reprised her stage role as the mother of a murdered teenager, won her a Best Performance in a Single Drama Award from the Royal Television Society. Her role as a rape survivor in series 3 of Broadchurch (2013) earned her a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress in 2018.
Hesmondhalgh lives in Manchester with her family and is a founding member of political theatre collective, Take Back. In 2019, her book, Working Diary, was published by Methuen.Broadchurch: third series (2017) as Trish Winterman
Doctor Who: Kerblam! (2018) as Judy Maddox - Writer
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Chris Chibnall gained a First Class Honours degree in Drama and English from St Mary's University College, Strawberry Hill, Twickenham where whilst a student he wrote 'Victims' a play about young homeless in London which was performed at the Edinburgh Fringe. Amongst the cast were 'Rebecca Craig' (the daughter of film designer and three-time Oscar winner,Stuart Craig), who went on to become a professional actress. After leaving St Mary's he gained an MA in Theatre Studies from Sheffield University. He was a co-founder of the Asimmetric Theatre Company and his play 'Now We Are Free' was also premiered by the company at the Edinburgh Fringe, receiving a Fringe First nomination. Both plays were directed by Edward Lewis.Doctor Who: as Writer (2007, 2010, 2012 & 2015), Show Runner (2018-2022)
Broadchurch: as Creator & Writer (2013-2017)