History Creator / ChristopherEccleston

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->''"You can't use total control of time to dominate enemies when they can just physically beat the shit out of you. (A solution that the Doctor's enemies seem strangely incapable of. Creator/MattSmith is lovely and all, but he'd snap like a twig.) Eccleston, on the other hand, could {{Glasgow kiss}} you into the next century without using a time machine."''

->''"Creator/MattSmith is lovely and all, but he'd snap like a twig. Eccleston, on the other hand, could {{Glasgow kiss}} you into the next century without using a time machine."''
-->--'''[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-dick-moves-everyone-pulled-in-classic-video-games/ Luke McKinney and Matthew Moffitt]]''', ''{{Website/Cracked}}''

->''"I love my accent. I thought it was useful in ''Film/{{Gone in Sixty Seconds|2000}}'' because the standard villain is [[EvilBrit upper class or Cockney]]."''\\
--On being {{typecast}} in American films

->''"Creator/MattSmith is lovely and all, but he'd snap like a twig. Eccleston, on the other hand, could {{Glasgow kiss}} you into the next century without using a time machine."''\\
--'''[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-dick-moves-everyone-pulled-in-classic-video-games/ Luke McKinney and Matthew Moffitt]]''', ''{{Website/Cracked}}''

Eccleston also appeared in an episode of ''Series/TheSarahSilvermanProgram'' as the title character in a show within the show about a cult favourite science fiction hero, [[ActorAllusion possibly in reference to his stint as the Doctor in]] ''Series/DoctorWho''.

->''"Creator/MattSmith is lovely and all, but he'd snap like a twig.) Eccleston, on the other hand, could {{Glasgow kiss}} you into the next century without using a time machine."''\\

->''"I love my accent. I thought it was useful in ''Film/{{Gone in Sixty Seconds|2000}}'' because the standard villain is [[EvilBrit upper class or Cockney]]."''

'''Christopher Eccleston''' is an English stage, film and television actor. Most may remember him as [[TheNthDoctor the ninth incarnation of the Doctor]] in ''Series/DoctorWho''. He only played the part for a single series before leaving the show and regenerating into Creator/DavidTennant.

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->''"I love my accent. I thought it was useful in ''Film/{{Gone in Sixty Seconds|2000}}'' because the standard villain is [[IAmVeryBritish upper class or Cockney]]."''

->''"I love my accent. I thought it was useful in ''Film/{{Gone In Sixty Seconds|2000}}'' because the standard villain is [[IAmVeryBritish upper class or Cockney]]."''

Christopher Eccleston is an English stage, film and television actor. Most may remember him as [[TheNthDoctor the ninth incarnation of the Doctor]] in ''Series/DoctorWho''. He only played the part for a single series before leaving the show and regenerating into DavidTennant.

He gained fame in ''Our Friends in the North'' (along with Creator/DanielCraig), played the new Jesus in ''Series/TheSecondComing'' (written by Creator/RussellTDavies), appeared alongside NicoleKidman in ''Film/TheOthers'', and starred with {{Ewan McGregor}} in ''ShallowGrave''. American audiences may recognize him as stolen-car broker Raymond Calitri in ''Film/GoneInSixtySeconds2000'', the traitorous Duke of Norfolk in ''Elizabeth'', or as Major Henry West in ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater''. Or perhaps they saw him as Claude the invisible man ([[ObligatoryJoke or didn't see him]]) in ''Series/{{Heroes}}''.

In May 2006, Eccleston appeared as the narrator in a production of ''{{Romeo and Juliet}}'' at The Lowry theatre in his home city of Salford. The theatre company with which he performed, Celebrity Pig (of which he is patron), is made up of learning disabled actors.

In August 2006, Eccleston filmed ''New Orleans, Mon Amour'' with ElisabethMoss. The film was directed by Michael Almereyda, and shot in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans, it is currently in post-production and was scheduled for a 2008 release. Also in 2006 he starred in ''Perfect Parents'', an ITV drama written and directed by Joe Ahearne, who had directed him in ''Series/DoctorWho''.

Eccleston joined the cast of the NBC TV series ''{{Series/Heroes}}'' in the episode "Godsend", which was broadcast on 22 January 2007. He played a character named Claude who has the power of invisibility, and helped Peter Petrelli with his powers.

Eccleston appeared as The Rider in ''Film/TheSeeker'', a film adaptation of Susan Cooper's novel ''Literature/TheDarkIsRising'', which opened in the U.S. on 5 October 2007. He also appeared as the villainous Destro in the live-action G.I. Joe film: ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'' where he proceeded to be one of the best parts of the movie.

Eccleston also appeared in an episode of ''TheSarahSilvermanProgram'' as the title character in a show within the show about a cult favourite science fiction hero, [[ActorAllusion possibly in reference to his stint as the Doctor in]] ''Series/DoctorWho''.

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On 30 October 2005, Eccleston appeared on stage at the Old Vic theatre in London in the one-night play ''Night Sky'' alongside Navin Chowdhry, Bruno Langley, David Warner, Saffron Burrows and David Baddiel. Eccleston sat on the 2nd Amazonas International Film Festival Film Jury in November 2005. The director Norman Jewison was chairman of the Jury.

He gained fame in ''Our Friends in the North'' (along with Creator/DanielCraig), played the new Jesus in ''Series/TheSecondComing'' (written by RussellTDavies), appeared alongside NicoleKidman in ''Film/TheOthers'', and starred with {{Ewan McGregor}} in ''ShallowGrave''. American audiences may recognize him as stolen-car broker Raymond Calitri in ''Film/GoneInSixtySeconds2000'', the traitorous Duke of Norfolk in ''Elizabeth'', or as Major Henry West in ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater''. Or perhaps they saw him as Claude the invisible man ([[ObligatoryJoke or didn't see him]]) in ''Series/{{Heroes}}''.

->''"I love my accent. I thought it was useful in ''Film/GoneInSixtySeconds2000'' because the standard villain is [[IAmVeryBritish upper class or Cockney]]."''

->''"I love my accent. I thought it was useful in ''GoneIn60Seconds'' because the standard villain is [[IAmVeryBritish upper class or Cockney]]."''

He gained fame in ''Our Friends in the North'' (along with Creator/DanielCraig), played the new Jesus in ''Series/TheSecondComing'' (written by RussellTDavies), appeared alongside NicoleKidman in ''Film/TheOthers'', and starred with {{Ewan McGregor}} in ''ShallowGrave''. American audiences may recognize him as stolen-car broker Raymond Calitri in ''GoneIn60Seconds'', the traitorous Duke of Norfolk in ''Elizabeth'', or as Major Henry West in ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater''. Or perhaps they saw him as Claude the invisible man ([[ObligatoryJoke or didn't see him]]) in ''Series/{{Heroes}}''.

So, once you've played The Doctor and Jesus, [[ToughActToFollow where do you go after that?]] JohnLennon, of course.

Eccleston appeared as The Rider in ''Film/TheSeeker'', a film adaptation of Susan Cooper's novel ''TheDarkIsRising'', which opened in the U.S. on 5 October 2007. He also appeared as the villainous Destro in the live-action G.I. Joe film: ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'' where he proceeded to be one of the best parts of the movie.

[[Series/DoctorWho http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chriseccleston.jpg]]

Eccleston appeared as The Rider in a film adaptation of Susan Cooper's novel ''TheDarkIsRising'', which opened in the U.S. on 5 October 2007. He also appeared as the villainous Destro in the live-action G.I. Joe film: ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'' where he proceeded to be one of the best parts of the movie.

Christopher Eccleston is an English stage, film and television actor. Most may remember him as [[TheNthDoctor the ninth incarnation of the Doctor]] in ''Series/DoctorWho''. He only played the part for a single series before leaving the show and being replaced by DavidTennant.

Eccleston appeared as The Rider in a film adaptation of Susan Cooper's novel ''TheDarkIsRising'', which opened in the U.S. on 5 October 2007. He also appeared as the villainous Destro in the live-action G.I. Joe film: ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'' where he proceeded to be one of the best parts of an otherwise unenjoyable movie.

Eccleston appeared as The Rider in a film adaptation of Susan Cooper's novel ''TheDarkIsRising'', which opened in the U.S. on 5 October 2007. He also appeared as the villainous Destro in the live-action G.I. Joe film: ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'' where he proceeded to be one of the best parts of an already enjoyable movie.

He gained fame in ''Our Friends in the North'' (along with Creator/DanielCraig), played the new Jesus in ''Series/TheSecondComing'' (written by RussellTDavies), appeared alongside NicoleKidman in ''Film/TheOthers'', and starred with {{Ewan McGregor}} in ''ShallowGrave''. American audiences may recognize him as stolen-car broker Raymond Calitri in ''GoneIn60Seconds'', the traitorous Duke of Norfolk in ''Elizabeth'', or as Major Henry West in ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater''. Or perhaps they saw him as Claude the invisible man ([[ObligatoryJoke or ''didn't'' see him]]) in ''Series/{{Heroes}}''.

Christopher Eccleston is an English stage, film and television actor. The Brits may remember him as [[TheNthDoctor the ninth incarnation of the Doctor]] in ''Series/DoctorWho''. He only played the part for a single series before leaving the show and being replaced with DavidTennant.

Before that, he gained fame (along with Creator/DanielCraig) in ''Our Friends in the North'', played the new Jesus in ''Series/TheSecondComing'' by RussellTDavies and appeared alongside NicoleKidman in ''Film/TheOthers'', as well as starring with {{Ewan McGregor}} in ''ShallowGrave''. American audiences may recognize him as stolen-car broker Raymond Calitri in ''GoneIn60Seconds'', the traitorous Duke of Norfolk in ''Elizabeth'' with CateBlanchett as the Virgin Queen, and as Major Henry West in ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater'', or perhaps as Claude the invisible man in ''Series/{{Heroes}}''.

In August 2006, Eccleston filmed ''New Orleans, Mon Amour'' with ElisabethMoss. The film was directed by Michael Almereyda, and shot in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans, it is currently in post-production and scheduled for a 2008 release. Late in 2006 he starred in ''Perfect Parents'', an ITV drama written and directed by Joe Ahearne, who had directed him in ''Series/DoctorWho''.

Eccleston joined the cast of the NBC TV series ''{{Series/Heroes}}'' in the episode "Godsend", which was broadcast on 22 January 2007. Eccleston played a character named Claude who has the power of invisibility, and helps Peter Petrelli with his powers.

And [[http://splashpage.mtv.com/2012/08/02/christopher-eccleston-thor-the-dark-world/ he's been cast]] as Malekith the Accursed in ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld''.

Before that, he gained fame (along with Creator/DanielCraig) in ''Our Friends in the North'', played the new Jesus in ''Series/TheSecondComing'' by RussellTDavies and appeared alongside NicoleKidman in ''Film/TheOthers'', as well as starring with {{Ewan McGregor}} in ''ShallowGrave''. American audiences may recognize him as stolen-car broker Raymond Calitri in ''GoneIn60Seconds'', the traitorous Duke of Norfolk in ''Elizabeth'' with CateBlanchett as the Virgin Queen, and as Major Henry West in ''TwentyEightDaysLater'', or perhaps as Claude the invisible man in ''Series/{{Heroes}}''.

And [[http://splashpage.mtv.com/2012/08/02/christopher-eccleston-thor-the-dark-world/ he's been cast]] as Malekith the Accursed in''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld''.

And [[http://splashpage.mtv.com/2012/08/02/christopher-eccleston-thor-the-dark-world/ he's been cast]] as Malekith the Accursed in the second ''{{Film/Thor}}'' movie.

Before that, he gained fame (along with DanielCraig) in ''Our Friends in the North'', played the new Jesus in ''Series/TheSecondComing'' by RussellTDavies and appeared alongside NicoleKidman in ''Film/TheOthers'', as well as starring with {{Ewan McGregor}} in ''ShallowGrave''. American audiences may recognize him as stolen-car broker Raymond Calitri in ''GoneIn60Seconds'', the traitorous Duke of Norfolk in ''Elizabeth'' with CateBlanchett as the Virgin Queen, and as Major Henry West in ''TwentyEightDaysLater'', or perhaps as Claude the invisible man in ''Series/{{Heroes}}''.

Christopher Eccleston is an English stage, film and television actor. The Brits may remember him as [[TheNthDoctor the ninth incarnation of the Doctor]] in ''Series/DoctorWho''.