The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Scottish actor David Tennant.
Major associations
BAFTA Awards
Year Category Nominated work Result BAFTA Cymru 2007 Best Actor Doctor Who BAFTA Scotland 2009 Best Actor in Television Doctor Who 2014 The Escape Artist 2015 Best Actor in Film What We Did on Our Holiday 2021 Audience Award Des 2024Actor TelevisionThere She Goes Audience Award Doctor Who 2025Actor Film / TelevisionRivals British Academy Television Awards 2024 Best Male Comedy Performance Good Omens 2025Best ActorRivals
Emmy Awards
Year Category Nominated work Result Daytime Emmy Awards 2013 Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program Star Wars: The Clone Wars International Emmy Awards 2021 Best Performance by an Actor Des
Laurence Olivier Awards
Year Category Nominated work Result 2003Best Actor Lobby Hero 2023 Good 2024 Macbeth
Festivals
Edinburgh International Television Festival
Year Category Nominated work Result 2021 Best TV Actor – Drama Des
Monte-Carlo Television Festival
Year Category Nominated work Result 2007 Outstanding Actor – Drama Series Doctor Who 2013 Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries Broadchurch
Newport Beach Film Festival
Year Category Nominated work Result 2017 Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking: Acting Mad to Be Normal
New York Festivals
Year Category Nominated work Result 2021 Best Comedy Series – Bronze Staged Best Comedy Episode – Silver
Rose d'Or
Year Category Nominated work Result 2021 Best Comedy Programme Staged
Shanghai International TV Festival
Year Category Nominated work Result 2007 Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Film Recovery
Other awards
Audio Awards
BBC Audio Drama Awards
Year Category Nominated work Result 2012 Best Actor Kafka: The Musical British Podcast Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2025Best HostDavid Tennant Does a Podcast With…
BTVA People’s Choice Voice Acting Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2013 Best Vocal Creation of a New Character (First Time being Animated) Star Wars: The Clone WarsBest Male Vocal Performance in a Television Series in a Supporting Role
BTVA Television Voice Acting Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2013Best Vocal Creation of a New Character (First Time being Animated) Star Wars: The Clone WarsBest Male Vocal Performance in a Television Series in a Guest Role2016Best Male Vocal Performance in a Television Series in a Supporting Role Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles20172018Best Male Lead Vocal Performance in a Television Series Ducktales
Film Awards CinEuphoria Awards
Year Category Nominated work Result 2020Best Supporting Actor - International CompetitionMary Queen of Scots IGN Summer Movie Awards +Year CategoryNominated workResultRef.2015Best TV VillainJessica Jones International Online Cinema Awards +Year CategoryNominated workResultRef.2016Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Jessica Jones National Film Awards +Year CategoryNominated workResultRef.2020 Best Actor in a TV seriesGood Omens2021Around the World in 80 Days2025Best ActorRivals
Television Awards Astra TV Awards
Year Category Nominated work Result 2024Best Actor in a Streaming Comedy SeriesGood Omens
BBC’s "Drama Best Of" Year Category Nominated work Result 2005 Best ActorDoctor WhoMost Desirable Star2006Best Actor Broadcasting Press Guild Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2006 Best Actor Doctor Who, Casanova, Secret Smile 2009 Doctor Who, Einstein and Eddington 2010 Doctor Who, Hamlet 2014 Broadchurch 2021 Des, Staged
Constellation Awards
Year Category Nominated work Result 2007 Best Male Performance in a Science Fiction Television Episode Doctor Who: The Girl in the Fireplace 2008 Doctor Who: The Family of Blood 2009 Doctor Who: Midnight 2010Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars2011Doctor Who: The End of Time: Part Two
Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Awards
Year Category Nominated work Result 2007 Screen Gold Derby Awards +Year CategoryNominated workResultRef.2006TV Movie/Mini Supporting ActorBlackpool 2014TV Movie/Mini Lead ActorBroadchurch 2026Limited/Movie Actor Good Omens iTalk Telly Awards +Year CategoryNominated workResultRef.2015Best Actor in a Drama Broadchurch2017Best Dramatic Partnership (with Olivia Colman)2020Best Dramatic Performance DesBest Comedy Partnership (with Michael Sheen)Staged20212023Best Dramatic Performance LitvinenkoBest Comedy Partnership (with Michael Sheen)Staged National Television Awards
Year Category Nominated work Result 2006 Most Popular Actor Doctor Who 2007 2008 Outstanding Drama Performance 2010 2014 TV Detective Broadchurch 2015 Special Recognition 2016Drama PerformanceBroadchurch 2018 2021 Des
People's Choice Awards
Year Category Nominated work Result 2015 Favorite Actor in a New TV Series Gracepoint 2016 Favorite Sci-fi/Fantasy TV Actor Jessica Jones
Royal Television Society Programme Awards
Year Category Nominated work Result 2007 Best Actor Doctor Who, Recovery 2011 Single Father
Satellite Awards
Year Category Nominated work Result 2008 Best Actor - Drama Television Series Doctor Who "2008 13th Annual SATELLITE Awards Nominees and Winners" , "International Press Academy," Retrieved on 1 March 2009.
Saturn Awards
Year Category Nominated work Result 2009 Best Actor on Television Doctor Who: The End of Time "36th Annual Saturn Awards Nominations" . Retrieved 24 June 2010 2015 Best Supporting Actor on Television Jessica Jones 2019 Best Actor in Streaming Presentation Good Omens
Scottish Comedy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2020Best ActorGood Omens
Scream Awards
Year Category Nominated work Result 2008 Best Science Fiction Actor Doctor Who
SFX Awards
Year Category Nominated work Result 2007 Best TV Actor Doctor Who 2008 2010 2011
Tell-Tale TV Awards
Year Category Nominated work Result 2020Favorite Actor in a Limited Series or TV MovieGood Omens2024Favorite Performer in a Sci-Fi/ Fantasy/ Horror Series
TV Times Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2020Favourite ActorDes2025TV Icon of TodaySelf
TV Quick and TV Choice Awards
Year Category Nominated work Result 2006 Best Actor Doctor Who 2007 2008 2011 Single Father 2012Broadchurch 2013 201520172020Deadwater Fell2023Litvinenko
Theatre Awards British Regional Theatre Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1995 Best Actor An experienced woman gives advice BroadwayWorld UK Awards The UK / West End BroadwayWorld Awards are awarded each year, based on online voting on the BroadwayWorld website. Year Category Nominated work Result 2011 Best Actor Much Ado About Nothing
Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland
Year Category Nominated work Result 2005 Best Male Performance Look Back in Anger
Critics' Circle Theatre Awards
Year Category Nominated work Result 2009 Best Shakespearean Performance Hamlet 2024Macbeth
Evening Standard Theatre Awards
Year Category Nominated work Result 2009 Best Actor Hamlet "The Standard Theatre Awards 2009: Longlist revealed" , "London Evening Standard" 2 November 2009. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
Ian Charleson Awards
Year Category Nominated work Result 2000 Best Classical Actor Under30 The Comedy of Errors "The Ian Charleson awards," The Sunday Times, Culture, Page 23, 18 March 2001.
Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards
Year Category Nominated work Result 1995 Best Actor An Experienced Woman Gives Advice "What's on Stage, 17 November 2003
Stalls to Stage Awards
Year Category Nominated work Result 2026Screen Stars on Stage Macbeth
Theatregoers' Choice Awards
Year Category Nominated work Result 2009 AKA Theatre Event of the Year Hamlet
Theatre Management Association
Year Category Nominated work Result 1996 Best Actor The Glass Menagerie "Nominations for the Theatre Management Association Awards 1996," The Stage, 19 September 1996.
WhatsOnStage Awards
Year Category Nominated work Result 2012 Best Actor in a Play Much Ado About Nothing 2015 Richard II 2018 Don Juan in Soho 2023 Best Performer in a Play Good 2024Macbeth
Others
British LGBT Awards +Year CategoryResultRef.2024Celebrity Ally Crime Thriller Awards +Year CategoryNominated workResultRef.2013Best Actor DaggerBroadchurch
Fright Meter Awards +Year CategoryNominated workResultRef.2011Best Supporting ActorFright Night
References