List of awards and nominations received by David Tennant

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David Tennant awards and nominations

Tennant in 2009
Wins	57
Nominations	116
Pending	3

The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Scottish actor David Tennant.

Major Associations

BAFTA Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
BAFTA Cymru
2007	Best Actor	Doctor Who	Won	[1]
BAFTA Scotland
2009	Best Actor in Television	Doctor Who	Nominated	[2] [3]
2014		The Escape Artist	Won	[4]
2015	Best Actor in Film	What We Did on Our Holiday	Nominated	[5]
2021	Audience Award	Des	Nominated	[6]
2024	Actor Television	There She Goes	Won	[7]
	Audience Award	Doctor Who	Nominated	[8]
2025	Actor Film / Television	Rivals	Pending	[9]
British Academy Television Awards
2024	Best Male Comedy Performance	Good Omens	Nominated	[10]
2025	Best Actor	Rivals	Nominated	[11]

Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Daytime Emmy Awards
2013	Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Won	[12]
International Emmy Awards
2021	Best Performance by an Actor	Des	Won	[13]

Laurence Olivier Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2003	Best Actor	Lobby Hero	Nominated	[14]
2023		Good	Nominated	[15]
2024		Macbeth	Nominated	[16]

Festivals

Edinburgh International Television Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2021	Best TV Actor – Drama	Des	Nominated	[17]

Monte-Carlo Television Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2007	Outstanding Actor – Drama Series	Doctor Who	Nominated
2013	Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries	Broadchurch	Nominated

Newport Beach Film Festival

See also: Newport Beach Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2017	Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking: Acting	Mad to Be Normal	Won	[18]

New York Festivals

See also: New York Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2021	Best Comedy Series – Bronze	Staged	Won
	Best Comedy Episode – Silver		Won

Rose d'Or

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2021	Best Comedy Programme	Staged	Nominated

Shanghai International TV Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2007	Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Film	Recovery	Nominated

Other awards

Audio Awards

BBC Audio Drama Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2012	Best Actor	Kafka: The Musical	Won	[19]

British Podcast Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2025	Best Host	David Tennant Does a Podcast With…	Nominated	[20]

BTVA People’s Choice Voice Acting Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2013	Best Vocal Creation of a New Character (First Time being Animated)	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Won
	Best Male Vocal Performance in a Television Series in a Supporting Role		Won

BTVA Television Voice Acting Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2013	Best Vocal Creation of a New Character (First Time being Animated)	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Nominated
	Best Male Vocal Performance in a Television Series in a Guest Role		Nominated
2016	Best Male Vocal Performance in a Television Series in a Supporting Role	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Nominated
2017			Nominated
2018	Best Male Lead Vocal Performance in a Television Series	Ducktales	Nominated

Film Awards

CinEuphoria Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2020	Best Supporting Actor - International Competition	Mary Queen of Scots	Nominated

IGN Summer Movie Awards

Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result	Ref.
2015	Best TV Villain	Jessica Jones	Won

International Online Cinema Awards

Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result	Ref.
2016	Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Jessica Jones	Nominated

National Film Awards

Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result	Ref.
2020	Best Actor in a TV series	Good Omens	Nominated
2021		Around the World in 80 Days	Nominated	[21]
2025	Best Actor	Rivals	Nominated	[22]

Television Awards

Astra TV Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2024	Best Actor in a Streaming Comedy Series	Good Omens	Nominated	[23]

BBC’s "Drama Best Of"

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2005	Best Actor	Doctor Who	Nominated
	Most Desirable Star		Nominated
2006	Best Actor		Won

Broadcasting Press Guild Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2006	Best Actor	Doctor Who , Casanova , Secret Smile	Nominated	[24]
2009		Doctor Who , Einstein and Eddington	Nominated	[25]
2010		Doctor Who , Hamlet	Nominated	[26]
2014		Broadchurch	Nominated	[27]
2021		Des , Staged	Won	[28]

Constellation Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2007	Best Male Performance in a Science Fiction Television Episode	Doctor Who: The Girl in the Fireplace	Won	[29]
2008		Doctor Who: The Family of Blood	Won	[30]
2009		Doctor Who: Midnight	Nominated	[31]
2010		Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars	Won
2011		Doctor Who: The End of Time: Part Two	Nominated

Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2007	Screen		Won	[32]

Gold Derby Awards

Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result	Ref.
2006	TV Movie/Mini Supporting Actor	Blackpool	Nominated
2014	TV Movie/Mini Lead Actor	Broadchurch	Nominated

iTalk Telly Awards

Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result	Ref.
2015	Best Actor in a Drama	Broadchurch	Won
2017	Best Dramatic Partnership (with Olivia Colman)		Won
2020	Best Dramatic Performance	Des	Won
	Best Comedy Partnership (with Michael Sheen)	Staged	Won
2021			Won
2023	Best Dramatic Performance	Litvinenko	Won
	Best Comedy Partnership (with Michael Sheen)	Staged	Won

National Television Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2006	Most Popular Actor	Doctor Who	Won	[33]
2007			Won	[34]
2008	Outstanding Drama Performance		Won	[35]
2010			Won	[36]
2014	TV Detective	Broadchurch	Nominated	[37]
2015	Special Recognition		Won	[38]
2021	Drama Performance	Des	Won	[39]

People's Choice Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2015	Favorite Actor in a New TV Series	Gracepoint	Won	[40]
2016	Favorite Sci-fi/Fantasy TV Actor	Jessica Jones	Nominated	[41]

Royal Television Society Programme Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2007	Best Actor	Doctor Who , Recovery	Nominated	[42]
2011		Single Father	Nominated	[43]

Satellite Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2008	Best Actor - Drama Television Series	Doctor Who	Nominated	[44]

Saturn Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2009	Best Actor on Television	Doctor Who: The End of Time	Nominated	[45]
2015	Best Supporting Actor on Television	Jessica Jones	Nominated	[46]
2019	Best Actor in Streaming Presentation	Good Omens	Nominated	[47]

Scottish Comedy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2020	Best Actor	Good Omens	Won	[48]

Scream Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2008	Best Science Fiction Actor	Doctor Who	Nominated

SFX Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2007	Best TV Actor	Doctor Who	Won
2008			Won
2010			Won
2011			Nominated

Tell-Tale TV Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2020	Favorite Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie	Good Omens	Won	[49]
2024	Favorite Performer in a Sci-Fi/ Fantasy/ Horror Series		Runner-up	[50]

TV Times Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2020	Favourite Actor	Des	Won	[51]
2025	TV Icon of Today	Self	Pending	[52]

TV Quick and TV Choice Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2006	Best Actor	Doctor Who	Won	[53]
2007			Won	[54]
2008			Won	[55]
2011		Single Father	Won	[56]
2012		Broadchurch	Won
2013			Won	[57]
2015			Won
2017			Won
2020		Deadwater Fell	Nominated
2023		Litvinenko	Nominated	[58]

Theatre Awards

British Regional Theatre Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1995	Best Actor	An experienced woman gives advice	Nominated

BroadwayWorld UK Awards

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Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2011	Best Actor	Much Ado About Nothing	Won	[60]

Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2005	Best Male Performance	Look Back in Anger	Won	[61]

Critics' Circle Theatre Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2009	Best Shakespearean Performance	Hamlet	Won	[62]
2024		Macbeth	Won	[63]

Evening Standard Theatre Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2009	Best Actor	Hamlet	Nominated	[64]

Ian Charleson Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2000	Best Classical Actor Under 30	The Comedy of Errors	Nominated	[65]

Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1995	Best Actor	An Experienced Woman Gives Advice	Nominated	[66]

Stalls to Stage Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2026	Screen Stars on Stage	Macbeth	Pending	[67]

Theatregoers' Choice Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2009	AKA Theatre Event of the Year	Hamlet	Won	[68] [69]

Theatre Management Association

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1996	Best Actor	The Glass Menagerie	Nominated	[70]

WhatsOnStage Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2012	Best Actor in a Play	Much Ado About Nothing	Nominated	[71]
2015		Richard II	Won	[72]
2018		Don Juan in Soho	Won	[73]
2023	Best Performer in a Play	Good	Nominated
2024		Macbeth	Won	[74]

Others

British LGBT Awards

Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result	Ref.
2024	Celebrity Ally		Won	[75]

Crime Thriller Awards

Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result	Ref.
2013	Best Actor Dagger	Broadchurch	Won

Fright Meter Awards

Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result	Ref.
2011	Best Supporting Actor	Fright Night	Nominated	[76]

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