Christopher Eccleston: movies and TV shows
Christopher Eccleston has 135 credits in the archive: 86 films and 49 TV series, from 1958 to 2026. Highest rated: True Detective (8.3/10).
Career timeline
1958 – 2026 · busiest year: 2002 (11 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Unchosen | Mr Phillips | TV | 6.8 | 62 |
| 2025 | Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War | Doctor Who (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 5.0 | 61 |
| 2024 | Young Woman and the Sea | Jabez Wolffe | Film | 7.9 | 60 |
| 2024 | Doctor Who at the Proms | The Doctor (9) (archive footage) | Film | 7.2 | 60 |
| 2024 | An Angel on Oxford Street | Saul (voice) | Film | — | 60 |
| 2024 | Whispers of Freedom | Herbert Köfer | Film | — | 60 |
| 2024 | The Guilty Innocent with Christopher Eccleston | Presenter | TV | — | 60 |
| 2023 | The Kemps: All Gold | Luke Dunmore | Film | — | 59 |
| 2023 | Dodger Special: Bad Egg | Fagin | Film | — | 59 |
| 2023 | Dodger Special: Coronation | Fagin | Film | 10.0 | 59 |
| 2022 | Remembers… | Self | TV | 7.0 | 58 |
| 2022 | The Read | Narrator | TV | — | 58 |
| 2022 | Dodger | Fagin | TV | 5.6 | 58 |
| 2022 | Dodger Special: Christmas | Fagin | Film | — | 58 |
| 2022 | Dodger Special: Train | Fagin | Film | — | 58 |
| 2022 | My Name Is Leon | Mr. Devlin | Film | 3.7 | 58 |
| 2021 | Close to Me | Rob Harding | TV | 5.3 | 57 |
| 2021 | Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story | Self | Film | 6.4 | 57 |
| 2021 | Set the Night on Fire: The Story of Ewan MacColl | Self | Film | — | 57 |
| 2020 | The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama | Self | TV | 8.5 | 56 |
| 2020 | The Kemps: All True | Self | Film | 8.0 | 56 |
| 2020 | Endless | Film | 8.0 | 56 | |
| 2020 | The Hour | Himself | Film | — | 56 |
| 2020 | A Year in the Life of a Year 2019 | Himself | Film | — | 56 |
| 2018 | Where Hands Touch | Heinz | Film | 7.9 | 54 |
| 2018 | King Lear | Oswald | Film | 6.1 | 54 |
| 2018 | Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) | Harvey | Film | 6.3 | 54 |
| 2018 | Come Home | Greg Farrell | TV | 5.3 | 54 |
| 2018 | RSC Live: Macbeth | Macbeth | Film | 9.0 | 54 |
| 2018 | The Flu That Killed 50 Million | Narrator | Film | 5.9 | 54 |
| 2017 | Manchester: 100 Days After The Attack | Voice | Film | 8.4 | 53 |
| 2016 | Ambulance | Self - Narrator | TV | 8.2 | 52 |
| 2016 | The A Word | Maurice Scott | TV | 7.9 | 52 |
| 2016 | The Last Miners | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 52 |
| 2016 | The Last Miners | Narrator (Voice) | TV | — | 52 |
| 2015 | Danger Mouse | J. Woolington Sham (voice) | TV | 6.3 | 51 |
| 2015 | Legend | Leonard 'Nipper' Read | Film | 7.1 | 51 |
| 2015 | Fortitude | Professor Charlie Stoddart | TV | 6.8 | 51 |
| 2015 | Safe House | Robert | TV | 6.4 | 51 |
| 2015 | Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song | The Doctor (9) (picture) (uncredited) | Film | 8.0 | 51 |
| 2014 | True Detective | Captain Ted Connelly | TV | 8.3 | 50 |
| 2014 | The Leftovers | Matt Jamison | TV | 7.7 | 50 |
| 2014 | Richard III: The New Evidence | Narrator | Film | 6.0 | 50 |
| 2013 | Thor: The Dark World | Malekith | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 2013 | Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor | The Doctor (9) (archive footage) | Film | 8.2 | 49 |
| 2013 | Muse of Fire | Self | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 2013 | Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited | Self | TV | 6.4 | 49 |
| 2013 | Emily | James | Film | 5.0 | 49 |
| 2013 | Lucan | John Aspinall | TV | 7.1 | 49 |
| 2013 | National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage | Film | 6.2 | 49 | |
| 2013 | Lucan | John Aspinall | Film | 6.0 | 49 |
| 2013 | When Coal Was King | Narrator | Film | — | 49 |
| 2012 | Song for Marion | James | Film | 6.8 | 48 |
| 2012 | Blackout | Daniel Demoys | TV | 6.4 | 48 |
| 2012 | When Wrestling Was Golden: Grapples, Grunts and Grannies | Narrator | Film | 7.2 | 48 |
| 2012 | National Theatre Live: Antigone | Creon, King of Thebes | Film | 9.0 | 48 |
| 2011 | The Borrowers | Pod Clock | Film | 5.8 | 47 |
| 2011 | The Shadow Line | Joseph Bede | TV | 7.6 | 47 |
| 2010 | Accused | Willy Houlihan | TV | 8.1 | 46 |
| 2010 | Lennon Naked | John Lennon | Film | 5.5 | 46 |
| 2009 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | McCullen / Destro | Film | 5.8 | 45 |
| 2009 | The Happiness Salesman | Salesman | Film | 9.0 | 45 |
| 2009 | Amelia | Fred Noonan | Film | 5.7 | 45 |
| 2008 | New Orleans, Mon Amour | Henry | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 2008 | Doctor Who: The Next Doctor | The Doctor (9) (archive footage) | Film | 7.4 | 44 |
| 2007 | The Sarah Silverman Program. | Dr. Lazer Rage | TV | 6.2 | 43 |
| 2007 | The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising | The Rider | Film | 5.4 | 43 |
| 2006 | Heroes | Claude | TV | 7.4 | 42 |
| 2006 | Best Ever Muppet Moments | Self | Film | 6.0 | 42 |
| 2006 | Perfect Parents | Stuart | Film | 4.6 | 42 |
| 2005 | Doctor Who | Doctor (9) | TV | 7.6 | 41 |
| 2005 | Doctor Who | Doctor Who | TV | 7.6 | 41 |
| 2005 | Doctor Who Confidential | Self | TV | 8.1 | 41 |
| 2005 | Doctor Who: A New Dimension | Self | Film | 9.0 | 41 |
| 2005 | Einstein's Big Idea | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.3 | 41 |
| 2005 | Doctor Who 9: Christopher Eccleston | Doctor Who | TV | — | 41 |
| 2005 | The Dark Side of Porn: Porn Shutdown | Film | 7.0 | 41 | |
| 2005 | Doctor Who: Bad Wolf & The Parting of the Ways | The Doctor | Film | — | 41 |
| 2005 | Doctor Who: Aliens of London & World War Three | The Doctor | Film | — | 41 |
| 2004 | The Paul O'Grady Show | TV | 5.1 | 40 | |
| 2004 | Bible Mysteries | Narrator | TV | 7.5 | 40 |
| 2003 | The Second Coming | Stephen Baxter | TV | 7.0 | 39 |
| 2003 | The Second Coming | Stephen Baxter | Film | 9.0 | 39 |
| 2003 | The Importance of Being Morrissey | Narrator | Film | 6.9 | 39 |
| 2002 | Top Gear | Self | TV | 7.6 | 38 |
| 2002 | 28 Days Later | Major Henry West | Film | 7.2 | 38 |
| 2002 | Timeshift | self | TV | 7.0 | 38 |
| 2002 | 24 Hour Party People | Boethius (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 2002 | Flesh and Blood | Joe Broughton | Film | 5.5 | 38 |
| 2002 | I Am Dina | Leo Zhukovsky | Film | 5.6 | 38 |
| 2002 | The King and Us | Anthony | Film | 10.0 | 38 |
| 2002 | Revengers Tragedy | Vindici | Film | 5.8 | 38 |
| 2002 | Sunday | Major Gen. Robert Ford | Film | 7.7 | 38 |
| 2002 | Tony Adams - Drunk And Dry | Narrator | Film | 10.0 | 38 |
| 2002 | What's Your Problem? | TV | — | 38 | |
| 2001 | The Others | Charles Stewart | Film | 7.6 | 37 |
| 2001 | Othello | Ben Jago | Film | 6.9 | 37 |
| 2001 | Linda Green | Tom/Neil | TV | 7.2 | 37 |
| 2001 | The Invisible Circus | Wolf | Film | 5.2 | 37 |
| 2001 | Strumpet | Strayman | Film | 5.3 | 37 |
| 2000 | Gone in Sixty Seconds | Raymond Calitri | Film | 6.5 | 36 |
| 1999 | eXistenZ | Seminar Leader | Film | 6.8 | 35 |
| 1999 | Dockers: Writing the Wrongs | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 35 |
| 1999 | With or Without You | Vincent Boyd | Film | 5.3 | 35 |
| 1999 | Heart | Gary Ellis | Film | 5.4 | 35 |
| 1998 | Elizabeth | Duke of Norfolk | Film | 7.2 | 34 |
| 1998 | A Price Above Rubies | Sender Horowitz | Film | 5.5 | 34 |
| 1996 | Our Friends in the North | Nicky Hutchinson | TV | 7.7 | 32 |
| 1996 | Jude | Jude Fawley | Film | 6.3 | 32 |
| 1996 | Hillsborough | Trevor Hicks | Film | 7.2 | 32 |
| 1995 | Hearts and Minds | Drew Mackenzie | TV | 7.8 | 31 |
| 1994 | Shallow Grave | David Stephens | Film | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1993 | GMTV | Self | TV | 5.8 | 29 |
| 1993 | Cracker | David Bilborough | TV | 6.6 | 29 |
| 1993 | Cracker | Bilborough | TV | 6.6 | 29 |
| 1993 | Anchoress | Priest | Film | 5.9 | 29 |
| 1993 | Cuentos de Borges | Alonso Zunz | TV | 9.0 | 29 |
| 1992 | Rachel's Dream | Man in Dream | Film | 4.5 | 28 |
| 1992 | Death and the Compass | Schartach / Zunz / Gryphius | Film | 5.9 | 28 |
| 1992 | Roots | Frankie Bryant | Film | — | 28 |
| 1992 | Rachel's Dream | Man in Dream | TV | 6.4 | 28 |
| 1992 | Friday on My Mind | Sean | TV | 4.3 | 28 |
| 1992 | Continental Drift | (Business with Friends) | Film | — | 28 |
| 1991 | Performance | Frankie Bryant | TV | 6.3 | 27 |
| 1991 | Let Him Have It | Derek Bentley | Film | 6.7 | 27 |
| 1990 | Chancer | Radio | TV | 6.3 | 26 |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Frank Carter | TV | 8.2 | 25 |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | Terrence Mitchell | TV | 7.9 | 23 |
| 1986 | Casualty | Stephen Hills | TV | 6.2 | 22 |
| 1986 | ScreenPlay | Schartach / Zunz / Gryphius | TV | 6.0 | 22 |
| 1958 | Blue Peter | Self | TV | 7.5 | 5 |
| Color Your Hurt | James | Film | — | — | |
| About A Bell | DC Holman | Film | — | — | |
| Hear Me Roar | Michael Bellinger | Film | — | — | |
| Chasing Millions | Film | — | — |