Christopher Eccleston parents-British actor, Christopher Eccleston was born on February 16, 1964, in Salford, Lancashire, England.
Who are Christopher Eccleston’s parents?
Christopher Eccleston was born to Elsie Eccleston and Ronnie Eccleston. He has two older brothers, Alan and Keith, who are twins. His family lived in a small terraced house on Blodwell Street before moving to Little Hulton when Eccleston was seven months old.
Even though both parents were devout Christians with his father being a Catholic and his mother a member of the church of England, that never worked for Christopher. “My dad’s family were Catholic. My mum was very Church of England and still is but it doesn’t work for me“, he said.
Christopher Eccleston career
Eccleston initially gained notoriety as Derek Bentley in the 1991 film Let Him Have It and the Inspector Morse episode “Second Time Around” (1991).
He portrayed Sean Maddox in the BBC drama miniseries Friday on My Mind in 1992. He became well-known in the UK because of his regular part in the Granada Television series Cracker (1993–1994).
However, after he expressed his wish to leave the show, TV executives killed off his character in October 1994, turning him into a victim of serial murderer Albie Kinsella (Robert Carlyle).
Eccleston made an appearance at about the same period in the Poirot series episode “One, Two, Buckle My Shoe,” which was based on an Agatha Christie mystery.
He co-starred with actor Ewan McGregor in the low-budget Danny Boyle film Shallow Grave (1994).
In the same year, he was cast as Nicky Hutchinson in the renowned BBC drama series Our Friends in the North, which helped establish his reputation in the UK once it aired on BBC Two in 1996. Alongside Daniel Craig, Mark Strong, Gina McKee, and other performers, Eccleston starred in an ensemble cast.
Jude (1996), Elizabeth (1998), eXistenZ (1999), Gone in 60 Seconds (2000), The Others (2001), 24 Hour Party People (2002), and 28 Days Later (2002) are just a few of the parts he played.
He has made numerous television appearances, mostly in dramas set in Britain. These have included Hillsborough (1996), a contemporary adaptation of Othello (2001), in which he played “Ben Jago,” the Iago character; Hearts and Minds (1995) for Channel 4; Clocking Off (2000) and Flesh and Blood (2002) for the BBC; and the religious telefantasy epic The Second Coming (2003) for ITV, in which he played Steve Baxter, the son of God.
He has appeared as a guest in episodes of the macabre sketch show The League of Gentlemen (2002) and comedy-drama Linda Green (2001). In Leeds’s West Yorkshire Playhouse in 2002, Eccleston played a stage role in Hamlet. He was back at the venue in March and April of 2004 with a new play called Electricity.
The announcement that Eccleston would portray the ninth iteration of the Doctor in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who was made on April 2, 2004.
Doctor Who creator Russell T. Davies announced on November 7, 2008, at the National Theatre to promote his book The Creator’s Tale, that Eccleston’s contract was only for a year, as it was unclear if the show would go on past a single revival series.
During a July 2012 talk at the National Theatre, Eccleston gave a good account of his experience on Doctor Who. In 2018, he made his first appearances as a guest at Doctor Who conferences.
It was revealed on August 9, 2020, that Eccleston would play the Ninth Doctor again in audio dramas produced by Big Finish Productions. The four box sets in the series are scheduled for release in May 2021 and February 2022.
On October 30, 2005, Eccleston made his stage debut in the one-night production of Night Sky at The Old Vic Theater in London, costarring with David Warner, Saffron Burrows, Bruno Langley, Navin Chowdhry, and David Baddiel.
Eccleston had a commentary appearance in the ITV documentary program Best Ever Muppet Moments in March 2006. He played the narrator in a Romeo and Juliet play at the Lowry Theater in Salford, his hometown, in May 2006.
Joe Ahearne, who had previously helmed him in Doctor Who wrote and directed an ITV drama titled Perfect Parents, in which he starred towards the end of 2006.
In February 2008, Eccleston made an appearance on the BBC Four World Cinema Award show, where he debated with Jonathan Ross and Archie Panjabi the virtues of five global hits, including The Lives of Others and Pan’s Labyrinth.
In the BBC production Lennon Naked, which premiered in the UK on June 23, 2010, Eccleston played John Lennon, while Naoko Mori, who had previously starred alongside him in Doctor Who, played Yoko Ono.
Eccleston portrayed Pod Clock in the BBC One production of Mary Norton’s children’s book The Borrowers on December 31, 2011.
The eighth entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the follow-up to Thor, Thor: The Dark World, featured Eccleston as the malevolent Malekith in 2013.
Eccleston debuted in the BBC drama The A Word in 2016 as Maurice Scott. Maurice is the wacky yet endearing father of his daughter, who has an autistic son with her spouse.
In the 2018 Macbeth production by the Royal Shakespeare Company, Eccleston portrayed the title role. BBC Four streamed the production.
Eccleston starred in the television miniseries Close to Me, which ran for six episodes in 2021. Other projects include a television rendition of the critically acclaimed novel My Name is Leon and a role as Fagin in the Dodger series.
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