Christopher Eccleston
Birthday- February 16, 1964
Birth Place- Little Hulton, Lancashire, England.
Ninth Doctor- Portrayed by Christopher Eccleston
Ninth Doctor- The series was cancelled in 1989, after the death of seventh Doctor and regeneration of the eighth Doctor. But the Eighth Doctor appeared only in the television movie, which came in 1993. The series returned again on public demand in 1996, with the ninth Doctor. The past and the cause behind regeneration of ninth Doctor are not revealed on the show. He has been shown as the only survivor of the Time War. This Doctor is pretty different from the previous Doctors. He hardly acts as a central hero. In fact he uses his intelligence and information to inspire his companions to encounter the dangers. He hardly takes direct action himself. He relies more upon his human companions than the previous Doctors. He is sentimental and emotional, especially when it comes to his close friends. The Ninth Doctor, like fifth Doctor, too sacrifices his life for his companion. When his closest companion Rose, tries to open up the heart of TARDIS, she absorbs so much of energies of Time Vortex. To save her from being consumed by these energies, Doctor absorbs that energy into himself. It damages his cells and causes his regeneration into tenth Doctor.
Life and Career- He is an award winning English stage, film and television actor. He is best known for his roles in high profile films like “Shallow Grave“, “Elizabeth“, “28 Days Later“, “Gone in Sixty Seconds” and for his TV role as ninth incarnation of Doctor in “Doctor Who“. In his school times, he was enthusiastic football player. Later, he realized that he’s a better actor. He got training at Central School of Speech and Drama.
He made his stage debut at the age of 25 with Bristol Old Vic’s production “A Streetcar Named Desire”. He did various jobs after graduation due to lack of acting jobs. He caught public’s eye in 1991 after working in film “Let Him Have IT”. In 1993, he got a regular role in TV series “Cracker” and became a known face in UK. At the same time, he appeared in “Hercule Poirot”.
The BBC drama series “Our Friends in the North” too made him the household name in UK. He has been nominated twice in the category of Best Actor at the British Academy Television Awards, first in 1997 for “Our Friends in the North” and second in 2004 for “The Second Coming”. He won Broadcasting Press Guild Award and the Royal television Society Award in the Best Actor category in 1997 for “Our Friends in the North”. Once again in 2003, he won the Royal Television Society, Best Actor Award for “Flesh and Blood”.
His other film credits include, “Jude”, “eXistenZ”, “Gone in Sixty Seconds”, “The Others”, “24 Hour Party People”, “Revengers Tragedy”, “A Price Above Rubies” and “The Invisible Circus”. His TV credits include “Hillsborough”, “Othello” and “The League of Gentlemen”.
In 2004, he was voted 19th Most Powerful Person in Television Drama in a poll of industry experts conducted by Radio Times magazine.
In October 2005, he has left the “Doctor Who”. For this role, he was voted “Most Popular Actor” at the 2005 National Television Awards.
After “Doctor Who”, he acted in the play named “Night Sky”, sat in film of 2nd Amazons International Film Festival in November 2005. In 2006, he filmed “new Orleans, Mon Amour” along with theatre works.
In 2007, he worked in TV series “Heroes” and film “The Dark is Rising”. He is unmarried, but recently ended relationship with actress Siwan Morris. He is a marathon runner and enters many competitions each year.