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Biography

Early life

Eccleston was born in Little Hulton, near Salford, Lancashire and raised in a working class family. He considered himself to have been a "poor student" with a love of television and an ambition to play football for his beloved Manchester United. However, at the age of 19, he found himself to be a much better actor than footballer, and was inspired by television dramas such as Boys from the Blackstuff. Eccleston trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. As an actor, his early influences had been Ken Loach's Kes and Albert Finney's performance in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, but he soon found himself performing the classics, including the works of Shakespeare, Chekhov and Molière. At age 25, Eccleston made his professional stage debut in the Bristol Old Vic's production of A Streetcar Named Desire. Underemployed as an actor for some years after graduating school, Eccleston took a variety of odd jobs at a supermarket, on building sites, and as an artist's model. Little Hulton is a village in the City of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England, located 2¼ miles west-southwest of Halshaw-Moor and Farnworth railway station and 3½ miles south of Bolton. ... For other uses, see Salford (disambiguation). ... Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... The term working class is used to denote a social class. ... Manchester United Football Club are a world-famous English football club, based at the Old Trafford stadium in Trafford, Greater Manchester, and are one of the most popular sports clubs in the world, with over 50 million supporters worldwide. ... Boys from the Blackstuff is a British television drama serial of five episodes, originally transmitted from October 10 to November 7, 1982 on BBC TWO. The serial was written by Liverpudlian playwright Alan Bleasdale, and was a sequel to a television play called The Black Stuff, which he had originally... The Central School of Speech and Drama is a United Kingdom government funded higher education college in London. ... Ken Loach Kenneth Loach (born June 17, 1936), known as Ken Loach, is an English television and film director, known for his naturalistic style and socialist themes. ... Albert Finney (born May 9, 1936 in Salford, Lancashire, England) is a five-time Academy Award-nominated English actor of Irish descent. ... Saturday Night and Sunday Morning is a British novel by Alan Sillitoe (his second, in 1958), a film starring Albert Finney, directed by Karel Reisz, adapted from the novel by its author, and later, in 1964, a success as a stage play, adapted by David Brett for the Nottingham Playhouse... Shakespeare redirects here. ... Anton Chekhov, Russian writer Pavel Chekov, character in Star Trek Chekhov, town in Moscow Oblast, Russia Chekhov, town in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia Chekhovo, health resort in Bashkiria, Russia This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Molière, engraved on the frontispiece to his Works. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ...

Career: 1991-2005

Eccleston as Jude Fawley in Jude

Eccleston first came to public attention as Derek Bentley in the 1991 film Let Him Have It, based on true events. However, it was a regular role in the television series Cracker (1993–94) — culminating in his character's dramatic death in the second series — that made him a recognizable figure in the UK. Image File history File links Jude1. ... Image File history File links Jude1. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Let Him Have It is a 1991 British film set in 1952 and based on a true story. ... Cracker is the title of a television crime series in the United Kingdom, made by Granada Television for ITV and created and principally written by Jimmy McGovern. ...

He appeared in the low-budget Danny Boyle 1994 film Shallow Grave, in which he co-starred up-and-coming actor Ewan McGregor. The same year, he won the part of Nicky Hutchinson in the epic BBC drama serial Our Friends in the North, whose broadcast on BBC Two in 1996 helped make him a household name in the UK. Eccleston would share the screen in the show with Daniel Craig, the sixth and current actor to play James Bond in the movie franchise. Danny Boyle (born 20 October 1956) is an English director and film producer, best known for his work on films such as Trainspotting and 28 Days Later. ... Movie Poster Shallow Grave is a 1994 British thriller film, directed by Danny Boyle and written by John Hodge. ... Ewan Gordon McGregor (born March 31, 1971) (IPA pronunciation: [1]) is a Scottish actor who has had significant success in mainstream, indie and art house films. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... The opening titles sequence of Our Friends in the North. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Daniel Wroughton Craig[1] (born 2 March 1968[2]) is a BAFTA-nominated English actor best known as the sixth actor to portray secret agent James Bond in the official film series from EON Productions. ... Flemings image of James Bond; commissioned to aid the Daily Express comic strip artists. ...

His film career has since taken off with a variety of high-profile but not — except in one or two cases — major roles, including parts in Jude (1996) (where he shared a scene with David Tennant, his successor as the Doctor in Doctor Who), Elizabeth (1998), eXistenZ (1999), Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000), The Others (2001), 24 Hour Party People (2002) and another Danny Boyle film, the horror movie 28 Days Later (2002). He played a major role as the protagonist of Alex Cox's 2002 Revengers Tragedy, adapted from Thomas Middleton's play of the same name. He has starred alongside two major Hollywood actresses in smaller independent films, playing opposite Renée Zellweger in A Price Above Rubies (1998) and Cameron Diaz in The Invisible Circus (2001). Despite starring in the car-heist movie Gone in 60 Seconds, he did not actually take his driving test until January 2004 and is only licenced to drive automatic transmission cars. Jude is a 1996 English film, based on the novel Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy and directed by Michael Winterbottom. ... David Tennant is the stage name of David John McDonald (born 18 April 1971), a Scottish actor from Bathgate, West Lothian, best known for portraying the tenth incarnation of the Doctor in the television series Doctor Who. ... Doctor Who is a long-running award-winning British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The series depicts the adventures of a mysterious time-traveller known as the Doctor who travels in his TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space) time ship, which appears from the exterior... Elizabeth is a 1998 movie about the early reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England. ... eXistenZ is a 1999 psychological thriller/science fiction film by Canadian director David Cronenberg. ... Gone in Sixty Seconds is a 2000 action film, directed by Dominic Sena and written by Scott Rosenberg. ... The Others is a 2001 psychological thriller film by the Spanish director Alejandro Amenábar, starring Nicole Kidman. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... 28 Days Later is a 2002 British post-apocalyptic science fiction horror film directed by Danny Boyle and starring Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris and Christopher Eccleston. ... Alexander Morton Cox (b. ... Revengers Tragedy is a film version of the play The Revengers Tragedy (author unknown; the films credits list Thomas Middleton, but Cyril Tourneur is another popular candidate for authorship), first published in 1606. ... Thomas Middleton (1580 – 1627) was an English Jacobean playwright and poet. ... The Revengers Tragedy is a Jacobean revenge tragedy performed in 1606 and published in 1607. ... Renée Kathleen Zellweger (born April 25, 1969) is an Academy Award-winning American film actress. ... Cameron Michelle Diaz (born August 30, 1972) is an American actress and former fashion model. ... The Invisible Circus is a 2001 drama film, directed by Adam Brooks, and starring Cameron Diaz, Jordana Brewster and Christopher Eccleston. ...

He has appeared in a variety of television roles, racking up credits in British television dramas of recent years. These have included Hearts and Minds (1995) for Channel 4, Clocking Off (2000) and Flesh and Blood (2002) for the BBC and Hillsborough (1996), a modern version of Othello (2002), playing 'Ben Jago', (the Iago character) and the religious telefantasy epic The Second Coming (2003) for ITV, in which he played Steve Baxter, the son of God. He also finds time for the occasional light-hearted role, however, as his guest appearances in episodes of the comedy drama Linda Green (2001) and macabre sketch show The League of Gentlemen (2002) have shown. On stage, his highest-profile production has been his starring role in Hamlet at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds in 2002. The West Yorkshire Playhouse is a favorite venue of his, and he most recently returned there in the new play Electricity, which ran in March and April 2004. Clocking Off is a British television drama series which ran on the BBC One network for four seasons from 2000 to 2003. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... The Memorial at Hillsborough. ... Othello and Desdemona by Alexandre-Marie Colin. ... Othello and Iago. ... The opening titles of The Second Coming. ... Independent Television (generally known as ITV, but also as ITV Network) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK. Since 1990 and the Broadcasting... Linda Green was a British television comedy-drama series that lasted for two seasons, screened in 2001 and 2002. ... The League of Gentlemen is a troupe of British comedy performers, and the name of their stage, radio, and latterly television series. ... Hamlet and Horatio in the cemetery by Eugène Delacroix For other uses, see Hamlet (disambiguation). ... Since opening in March 1990, West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds has established a reputation both nationally and internationally as one of Britains most exciting producing theatres, winning awards for everything from its productions to its customer service. ... For other uses, see Leeds (disambiguation). ...

Eccleston has been twice nominated in the Best Actor category at the British Academy Television Awards, the UK's premier television awards ceremony. His first nomination came in 1997 for Our Friends in the North, when he lost out to Nigel Hawthorne (for The Fragile Heart), and he was nominated again in 2004 for The Second Coming, this time being beaten by Bill Nighy (for State of Play). He did, however, triumph in the Best Actor categories at the 1997 Broadcasting Press Guild Awards and the Royal Television Society Awards, winning for Our Friends in the North. He won the RTS Best Actor award for a second time in 2003, this time for his performance in Flesh and Blood. In 2005 he received the Most Popular Actor award in the National Television Awards for Doctor Who. The British Academy Television Awards, also known as the BAFTAs or, to differentiate them from the BAFTA Film Awards, the BAFTA Television Awards, are the most prestigious awards given in the British television industry, analogous to the Emmy Awards in the United States. ... The opening titles sequence of Our Friends in the North. ... Sir Nigel Hawthorne, CBE (5 April 1929 – 26 December 2001) was a renowned English actor. ... The opening titles of The Second Coming. ... Bill Nighy (IPA: ; born December 12, 1949) is a Golden Globe and BAFTA-award winning English actor. ... State of Play is a British television drama serial, first broadcast on BBC One in 2003. ... The Broadcasting Press Guild is a British association of journalists who specialise in writing and broadcasting about television, radio and the media generally. ... The Royal Television Society is a British-based society for the discussion, analysis and preservation of television in all its forms, past, present and future. ... The National Television Awards is a British television awards ceremony, sponsored by the ITV network and initiated in 1995. ... Doctor Who is a long-running award-winning British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The series depicts the adventures of a mysterious time-traveller known as the Doctor who travels in his TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space) time ship, which appears from the exterior...

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Doctor Who (2005)

Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor in Doctor Who

On 20 March 2004, it was announced that Eccleston was to play the ninth incarnation of the Doctor in the revival of the legendary BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, which started airing in March 2005. The series executive producer and writer Russell T. Davies has said that Eccleston was always the first choice for the part. Despite this, the British tabloid press ran reports that Bill Nighy had been offered the role first, but declined (and in the 2005 documentary series Doctor Who Confidential, Davies said that he "wouldn't have thought Chris [Eccleston] would be interested"). Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Ninth Doctor refers to the ninth official incarnation of the fictional character known as the Doctor, in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... Doctor Who is a long-running award-winning British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The series depicts the adventures of a mysterious time-traveller known as the Doctor who travels in his TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space) time ship, which appears from the exterior... is the 79th day of the year (80th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Ninth Doctor refers to the ninth official incarnation of the fictional character known as the Doctor, in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Doctor Who is a long-running award-winning British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The series depicts the adventures of a mysterious time-traveller known as the Doctor who travels in his TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space) time ship, which appears from the exterior... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... Russell T Davies, interviewed for the documentary series Doctor Who Confidential in 2005. ... A tabloid is a newspaper — especially in the United Kingdom — that uses the tabloid format, which is roughly 23½ by 14¾ inches per spread. ... Bill Nighy (IPA: ; born December 12, 1949) is a Golden Globe and BAFTA-award winning English actor. ... The Doctor Who Confidential logo Doctor Who Confidential is a documentary series created by the British Broadcasting Corporation to complement the revival of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

Eccleston was the first actor to play the Doctor on television in nine years (since Paul McGann in 1996) and the first actor to play him in an ongoing series in 16 years (since Sylvester McCoy in 1989). He was also the first actor to play the Doctor who was actually born after the beginning of the original television series. (He was born two weeks after the famous first Dalek story was first broadcast in the UK). Paul McGann (born November 14, 1959 in Liverpool) is an English actor who made his name on the BBC serial The Monocled Mutineer, in which he played the lead role. ... Sylvester McCoy (born Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith August 20, 1943) is a Scottish actor. ... The Daleks (also known as The Mutants, among other titles, see below) is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast weekly from 21 December 1963 to 1 February 1964. ...

The new Doctor Who series premiered on 26 March 2005, receiving considerable praise for its opening story and special effects. Given the high ratings which the first episode had enjoyed (over 10 million), the BBC immediately announced that Doctor Who would be commissioned for another series and a Christmas special. However, on 30 March 2005, the BBC released a statement, ostensibly from Eccleston, saying that he had decided to leave the role after just one season, owing to fears of becoming typecast. On 4 April, the BBC revealed that Eccleston's "statement" was falsely attributed and released without his consent. The BBC admitted that they had broken an agreement made in January not to disclose publicly that he only intended to do one season. The statement had been made after journalists made queries to the press office.^[1] Eccleston's three-month tenure makes him either the shortest or second-shortest serving Doctor to date, depending on how one counts Paul McGann's Eighth Doctor. (McGann appeared once, but was not "replaced" for nine years on screen, as no Doctor Who series was made at that time. Eccleston appeared in the role thirteen times, but his successor, David Tennant, appeared at the end of Eccleston's final episode, "The Parting of the Ways".) March 26 is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 89th day of the year (90th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other meanings, see typecasting. ... Paul McGann (born November 14, 1959 in Liverpool) is an English actor who made his name on the BBC serial The Monocled Mutineer, in which he played the lead role. ... The Eighth Doctor is the name given to the eighth incarnation of the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... Doctor Who is a long-running award-winning British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The series depicts the adventures of a mysterious time-traveller known as the Doctor who travels in his TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space) time ship, which appears from the exterior... David Tennant is the stage name of David John McDonald (born 18 April 1971), a Scottish actor from Bathgate, West Lothian, best known for portraying the tenth incarnation of the Doctor in the television series Doctor Who. ... The Parting of the Ways is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on June 18, 2005. ...

On 11 June 2005, during a BBC radio interview, when asked if he had enjoyed working on Doctor Who, Eccleston responded by saying, "Mixed, but that's a long story." Eccleston's reasons for leaving the role continue to be debated in Britain's newspapers: on 4 October 2005 Alan Davies told The Daily Telegraph that Eccleston had been "overworked" by the BBC, and had left the role because he was "exhausted".^[2] Ten days later, Eccleston told The Daily Mirror this was not true, and expressed some irritation at Davies for his comments.^[3] is the 162nd day of the year (163rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... BBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927. ... is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alan Davies (born 6 March 1966) is an English comedian and actor best known for starring as Jonathan Creek on the popular TV mystery series of the same name. ... This article concerns the British newspaper. ... Alternate newspaper: The Daily Mirror (Australia) The Daily Mirror is a British tabloid daily newspaper. ...

Eccleston was voted "Most Popular Actor" at the 2005 National Television Awards for his portrayal of Doctor who. Eccleston was very touched by the response he received from children from his role as the Ninth Doctor. He said "In all the 20 years I've been acting, I've never enjoyed a response so much as the one I've had from children and I'm carrying that in my heart forever."^[4] The National Television Awards is a British television awards ceremony, sponsored by the ITV network and initiated in 1995. ...

After the Doctor

In June 2005, it was announced at the Cannes Film Festival that Eccleston had signed to appear in a British-made sci-fi romantic comedy called Double Life, about a man who thinks he loves twin sisters. The film has been billed as "a tale of love and obsession" set in Budapest, and will be directed by Joe Ahearne (who directed Eccleston in Doctor Who). It is being produced by author Lynda La Plante's company Cougar Films. 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.^[5] Cannes Film Festival logo. ... For other uses, see Budapest (disambiguation). ... Joe Ahearne appearing on Doctor Who Confidential Joe Ahearne (born 23 November 1963) is a British television director, best known for his work on several fantasy-based cult programmes. ... Lynda La Plante (born Lynda Titchmarsh on 15 March 1946) is a British author, screenwriter, and erstwhile actress (her performances in Rentaghost and other programmes were under her stage name of Lynda Marchal), best known for writing the Prime Suspect television crime series. ... is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The exterior of the Old Vic from the corner of Baylis Road and Waterloo Road. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Amateur astronomy, often called back yard astronomy, is a hobby whose participants enjoy observing celestial objects. ... British actor (b. ... Bruno Langley as Adam Mitchell in Doctor Who. ... David Warner David Warner (born July 29, 1941 in Manchester, England) is an English actor who often plays sinister or evil characters. ... Saffron Dominique Burrows (born October 22, 1972[1]) is an English actress. ... Baddiel (left) with Frank Skinner on the sofa in an episode of Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned David Paul Baddiel (born May 28, 1964, Troy, New York, USA) is an English comedian, novelist and television presenter. ...

In December 2005, Eccleston traveled to Indonesia's Aceh province for the BBC Breakfast news programme, examining how survivors of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami were rebuilding their lives.^[6] On 20 December 2005, it was announced that Eccleston would lead the cast as playwright, poet and spy Christopher Marlowe in Peter Whelan’s The School of Night. Directed by Bill Alexander, The School of Night was due to preview from 16 February 2006, but on January 6 the production was cancelled without a full explanation. Aceh (IPA pronunciation: , pronounced approximately Ah-Cèh, but with [e], not [ei] at the end) is a special territory (daerah istimewa) of Indonesia, located on the northern tip of the island of Sumatra. ... The BBC Breakfast ident Dermot Murnaghan and Natasha Kaplinksy presenting a programme Breakfast started on 2 October 2000 as a co-production between BBC One and BBC News 24; both channels had broadcast two different breakfast programmes beforehand. ... The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake,[1] was a great undersea earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC (07:58:53 local time) December 26, 2004 with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. ... is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Christopher (Kit) Marlowe (baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593?) was an English dramatist, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. ... Peter Whelan is a British playwright. ... The School of Night was a cabal of men centered on Sir Walter Raleigh. ... February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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. Late in 2006 he starred in Perfect Parents, an ITV drama written and directed by Ahearne.^[7] Romeo and Juliet in the famous balcony scene by Ford Madox Brown For other uses, see Romeo and Juliet (disambiguation). ... In the United States and Canada, the term learning disability (LD) is used to refer to a range of neurological conditions that affect one or more of the ways that a person takes in, stores, or uses information. ... Independent Television (generally known as ITV, but also as ITV Network) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK. Since 1990 and the Broadcasting...

As Claude in Tim Kring's "Heroes".

In May 2006 it was reported that Eccleston was in advanced negotiations to star in a Sky One revival of the seminal 1960s drama series The Prisoner, as Number Six, the character originally played by series creator Patrick McGoohan. Eccleston's agent has since categorically denied these rumours.^[8] Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 456 pixelsFull resolution (1440 × 821 pixel, file size: 109 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Image taken by User:Try0yrt Copyright owned by: ATN-7 Channel Seven Sydney/NBC/Tim Kring Image came from a digital transmission from Seven Sydney This... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 456 pixelsFull resolution (1440 × 821 pixel, file size: 109 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Image taken by User:Try0yrt Copyright owned by: ATN-7 Channel Seven Sydney/NBC/Tim Kring Image came from a digital transmission from Seven Sydney This... The Prisoner is a 1967 UK allegorical science fiction television series starring Patrick McGoohan. ... Number Six // Number Six is the central fictional character in the 1960s television series The Prisoner, played by Patrick McGoohan. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

In August 2006, Eccleston starred in New Orleans, Mon Amour with Elisabeth Moss. The film was directed by Michael Almereyda, and shot in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans. Eccleston joined the cast of the NBC TV series Heroes, in the episode Godsend which aired on 22 January 2007. Eccleston plays a character named Claude who can become invisible, and helps Peter Petrelli with his powers.^[9] Eccleston will also appear as "The Rider" in a film adaptation of Susan Cooper's novel The Dark is Rising which opens in the U.S. on October 5, 2007. American actress, Elisabeth Moss, in her role as Zoey Bartlet on The West Wing. ... Michael Almereyda (born 1960 in Overland Park, Kansas) is an American film director. ... This article is about the Atlantic hurricane of 2005. ... New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Heroes is an American Emmy Award-nominated science fiction drama television series, created by Tim Kring,[1] which premiered on NBC on September 25, 2006. ... Godsend is the twelfth episode of the NBC supernatural drama series Heroes. ... is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Claude is a fictional character in the NBC drama Heroes, portrayed by Christopher Eccleston. ... An example of how an object could appear to be invisible through the use of mirrors Invisibility is the state of an object which cannot be seen. ... This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long or excessively detailed compared to the rest of the article. ... Susan Mary Cooper (born May 23, 1935) in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England is a British author. ... The Dark is Rising is a 2007 film adaptation of the high fantasy five-book series The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper. ...

Personal life

Eccleston is a life long supporter of Manchester United F.C.^[10] Eccleston does a lot of charity work and became a Mencap charity ambassador on 28 April 2005.^[11] Manchester United Football Club are a world-famous English football club, based at the Old Trafford stadium in Trafford, Greater Manchester, and are one of the most popular sports clubs in the world, with over 50 million supporters worldwide. ... is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

His height is 187cm, or 6'2". He is unmarried but recently ended a relationship with the actress Siwan Morris.^[12] Eccleston has older twin brothers and one (Alan Eccleston) appears in the party scene in Heart.^[12][13] Eccleston is an atheist, though was raised by a devoutly church-going mother.^[14] Siwan Morris is a Welsh actress, born in Glynneath, South Wales. ... For information about the band, see Atheist (band). ... It has been suggested that Ecclesia (Church) be merged into this article or section. ...

Eccleston is a keen marathon runner and usually enters a number of competitions each year.^[15] He appeared on BBC's Top Gear on which it was revealed that he only has a licence to drive automatic cars.^[16] The current format of Top Gear is a BAFTA[1] and Emmy Award-winning BBC television series about motor vehicles, mainly cars. ... The automatic gear selector in a Ford Five Hundred vehicle An automatic transmission is an automobile gearbox that can change gear ratios automatically as the vehicle moves, thus freeing the driver from having to shift gears manually (similar but larger devices are also used for railroad locomotives). ...

Filmography

Eccleston as Major West in 28 Days Later.

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Television

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Radio and narration

• Room of Leaves (Frank) (1998)
• Pig Paradise (Jack) (1998)
• Some Fantastic Place (Narrator) (2001)
• Bayeux Tapestry (Harold) (2001)
• The Importance of Being Morrissey (Narrator) (2002)
• The Iliad (Achilles) (2002)
• Cromwell - Warts and All (Narrator) (2003)
• Life Half Spent (Roger) (2004)
• Crossing the Dark Sea (Squaddie) (2005)
• Sacred Nation (Narrator) (2005)
• Born to be Different (Narrator) (2005)
• A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (Brian) (2005)
• E=mc² (Narrator) (2005)
• Dubai Dreams (Narrator) (2005)
• Wanted: New Mum and Dad (Narrator) (2005)
• Children In Need (Narrator) (2005)
• This Sceptred Isle (Various Characters) (2005)
• The 1970s: That Was The Decade That was (Narrator) (2006)

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Theatre

• A Streetcar Named Desire (Pablo Gonzallez) (1988)- Bristol Old Vic
• Woyzeck (Woyzeck) - Birmingham Rep
• The Wonder - Gate Theatre
• Dona Rosita, The Spinster - Bristol Old Vic
• Bent (1990) - National Theatre
• Abingdon Square (1990) - National Theatre/Shared Experience
• Aide-Memoire (1990) - Royal Court Theatre
• Encounters - National Theatre Studio
• Waiting At The Water's Edge (Will) (1993) - Bush Theatre
• Miss Julie (Jean) (2000) - Haymarket Theatre
• Hamlet (Hamlet) (2002) - West Yorkshire Playhouse
• Electricity (Jakey) (2004) - West Yorkshire Playhouse

Film & television: awards and nominations

• 1997 - Nominated - Golden Satellite Award Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama for Jude
• 1997 - Won Broadcasting Press Guild Award Best Actor for Our Friends in the North
• 1997 - Nominated BAFTA Television Award for Best Actor for Our Friends in the North
• 2003 - Won Royal Television Society Award for Best Actor for Flesh and Blood
• 2004 - Nominated BAFTA Television Award for Best Actor for The Second Coming
• 2005 - Won TV Quick and TV Choice Award for Best Actor for Doctor Who
• 2005 - Won National Television Awards Most Popular Actor for Doctor Who
• 2005 - Nominated Broadcasting Press Guild Award Best Actor for Doctor Who
• 2006 - Nominated BAFTA Cymru Best Actor Award for Doctor Who
• 2007 - Nominated twice SyFy Genre Awards Best Special Guest/Television for 'Claude' in Heroes

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References

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External links

• ChristopherEccleston.com
• Virginia's Christopher Eccleston Website
• ChristopherEccleston.net
• Christopher Eccleston Info Fansite
• Christopher Eccleston at the Internet Movie Database
• Christopher Eccleston biography and credits at the BFI's Screenonline
• The Guardian Unlimited Interview - Home Truths (January 15, 2000)
• The Independent Interview - You've got to laugh (November 02, 2002)
• BBC Drama Faces: Christopher Eccleston
• Fantastic!: Christopher Eccleston Article at Kasterborous.com