Christopher Eccleston

Christopher Eccleston (born 16 February 1964) is an English stage, television and film actor. He is well-known for his roles in such high-profile films as Shallow Grave, 28 Days Later, and in 2005 became the ninth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who. Also had a part in the television series Heroes, in which he played Claude, the invisible man.

His film career has 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, appearing opposite Renee 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.

Christopher, playing Claude in Heroes

Eccleston is a life long supporter of Manchester United F.C.

He does a lot of charity work and became a Mencap charity ambassador on April 28, 2005.

His height is 187 cm, or 6'2".

He is unmarried but recently ended a relationship with the actress Siwan Morris.

Eccleston has older twin brothers. One of whom, Alan Eccleston, appears in the party scene in Heart.

Is an atheist, though was raised by a devoutly church-going mother.

Eccleston is an avid marathon runner and usually enters a number of competitions each year.He appeared on BBC's Top Gear on which it was revealed that he only has a license to drive automatic cars.

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