David Tennant Net Worth

David Tennant's Quotes

• Drama school is a pretty intense experience and I think it changes who you are. I think I grew up at drama school (which was fairly useful personally as much as professionally) and I certainly got exposed to a huge range of ideas, techniques, and practices that I had no previous experience of. I wouldn't have known what I was doing as an actor if I hadn't gone.
• On his early decision to become an actor: "I was very small, about 3 or 4 I think, and just wanted to be the people on telly telling these wonderful stories. Obviously the idea grew and matured with me but I can't ever remember wanting to do anything else. I've just sort of taken it for granted all my life that that was what I would do."
• I do thrive on hard work.
• Unlike other enduring characters such as Sherlock Holmes or Tarzan, being the Doctor allows you a certain freedom that is both very demanding and very thrilling. It allows you to make the character using elements of yourself.
• I was sent good luck cards from Tom Baker and Peter Davison. They were the Doctors I grew up watching, while eating toast and drinking Tizer at home, so I was very honoured.

Interesting Facts about David Tennant

1. David Tennant is a respected classical actor who has performed numerous starring roles for the Royal Shakespeare Company, including Touchstone in "As You Like It," Romeo in "Romeo and Juliet," Antipholus of Syracuse in "The Comedy of Errors," and Captain Jack Absolute in "The Rivals.".
2. He was nominated for a 2003 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actor of 2002 for his performance in "Lobby Hero" performed at the Donmar Warehouse and the New Ambassador's Theatres.
3. Graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
4. Acted with the 7:84 Theatre Company, a genre-bending, ground-breaking, political Scottish Theatre Group.
5. While attending Paisley Grammar School, he wrote an essay on how his greatest desire was to play the Doctor in Doctor Who (1963) as he was an avid fan of the series, especially during the Tom Baker and Peter Davison eras. His dream came true when he was cast as the Tenth Doctor in Doctor Who (2005) by Russell T. Davies.
6. Best friends with Louise Delamere (No Angels (2004)). They went to Glasgow's Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama together and shared a flat.
7. Chose his acting surname from Neil Tennant, singer with Pet Shop Boys. This came after reading an interview with Tennant in "Smash Hits" shortly after learning that he would have to change his professional name in order to join the actors' union, Equity, as there was already a registered member with his real name, David McDonald.
8. Nominated for Best Classical Actor Under 30, Ian Charleson Award for his theatre role in "Comedy of Errors" as Antipholus of Syracuse. [2000]
9. Won Best Male Performance, Critics Award for Theatre in Scotland, for his role in "Look Back in Anger" as Jimmy Porter. [2005]
10. Won Best Actor, Theatre Management Association, for his role in "The Glass Menagerie" as Tom.
11. Is a big fan of film director Alfred Hitchcock.
12. He is the second of three Scottish actors to portray the character of the Doctor, following Sylvester McCoy and followed by Peter Capaldi. He got a chance to use his actual accent, once, when the Doctor poses as a Scottish physician in episode Doctor Who: Tooth and Claw (2006)).
13. On August 31, 2007, he turned on the illumination lights for Blackpool.
14. His acting heroes are comedy star John Cleese and Shakespearean performer Derek Jacobi.
15. He is the son-in-law of actors Peter Davison and Sandra Dickinson. Davison had also been his favorite Doctor from the original Doctor Who (1963) television series. Tennant was chosen to present Come in Number Five (2011), a documentary which covered the production of Davison's era as the Fifth Doctor, which appeared as an extra on the Special Edition DVD release of Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks: Part One (1984).
16. Considers Paisley as his hometown.
17. His father is Sandy McDonald, a retired minister; mother Helen died of cancer in July 2007.
18. Has a brother, Blair, and a sister, Karen.
19. Favorite actress is Audrey Hepburn.
20. Favorite book is "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger.