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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.". Attended Paisley Grammar. Acted with the 7:84 Theatre Company, a genre-bending, ground-breaking, political Scottish Theatre Group. Cast as "Tenth Doctor" for BBC "Doctor Who" (2005) series to star alongside Billie Piper (April 2005). 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. Nominated for Best Classical Actor Under 30, Ian Charleson Award for his theater role in "Comedy of Errors" as Antipholus of Syracuse. [2000] Won Best Actor, Theatre Management Association, for his role in "The Glass Menagerie" as Tom. Is the second Scots actor to be cast as the Doctor. The first was Sylvester McCoy, who was cast as the seventh Doctor in the original series. McCoy's time in the TARDIS was from 1987 to 1989. Is only the 2nd actor to play The Doctor in the whole run of the show, both old and new, to have been born in Scotland. Says that his favorite Doctor from the original "Doctor Who" (1963) was Peter Davison, who reprised his role as the Fifth Doctor alongside Tennant in the Children in Need special episode, "Time Crash.". Father is Alexander (Sandy), a retired minister; mother Helen died of cancer in July 2007. Favorite actress is Audrey Hepburn. Along with Elisabeth Sladen, John Leeson, Tommy Knight, Alexander Armstrong and Lachele Carl, he is one of only six actors to play the same character in both "Doctor Who" (2005) and "The Sarah Jane Adventures" (2007). Missed out for a nomination for the 2009 Laurence Olivier Award for his Hamlet because he did not perform enough shows in London after the show transfered from Stratford-Upon-Avon due to a back injury and surgery during the London run. Won 2009 Critics Choice Award for Best Shakespearean Performance for his Hamlet for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Nominated for the 2009 Broadcasting Guild Awards-Best Actor for his portrayal of Sir Arthur Eddington in Einstein and Eddington and The Doctor in Doctor Who.