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  • Eccleston thrilled to play Lennon - 7 June 2010
    -Former Dr. Who star Christopher Eccleston jumped at the chance to play John Lennon in new BBC film Lennon Naked - because he has always been "fascinated" by the former Beatles star.- -The actor, who bears a striking resemblance to Lennon in the film, admits he didn't need to

Christopher Eccleston - what members say


  • Elizabeth
  • Elizabeth review by from Kent
    Rated - 4.0 stars First-Class Performances 22 November 2005
    ...rmed small role; Geoffrey Rush is flawless, every move delivers with precision; Christopher Eccleston (now known for 'Doctor Who' Series 1) you will not recognise him, he gives an i...   Read customer review
  • Our Friends In The North
  • Our Friends In The North review by from East Sussex
    Rated - 5.0 stars State of the Nation 8 July 2004
    ...t in a way that demonstrates how political changes inform social change. Nicky (Christopher Eccleston) is consumed by involvement in the grubby and incestuos world of sixties north-...   Read customer review
  • The Second Coming
  • The Second Coming review by from London
    Rated - 4.0 stars Ambitious drama 24 June 2004
    ...Steven Baxter(Christopher Eccleston) is just an ordinary bloke. After enjoying a night out in Manchester with his friends, he has a revelation and disappears without warning. When h...   Read customer review

Christopher Eccleston - filmography


  • The Shadow Line (3 discs) on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Martin Delaney,  Chiwetel Ejiofor,  Clare Calbraith
    Director: Hugo Blick
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    From the cop with a bullet in his brain, whose amnesia leaves him doubtful of his own moral compass; to the drug-lord driven by a profound personal tragedy, risking it all on one last deal; to the brilliantly lethal puppet-master who gradually emerges from the shadows to bring the story to its ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 801 members
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  • The Shadow Line - Blu-ray (2 discs) (2011)
    Starring: Martin Delaney,  Chiwetel Ejiofor,  Clare Calbraith
    Director: Hugo Blick
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    From the cop with a bullet in his brain, whose amnesia leaves him doubtful of his own moral compass; to the drug-lord driven by a profound personal tragedy, risking it all on one last deal; to the brilliantly lethal puppet-master who gradually emerges from the shadows to bring the story to its ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 582 members
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  • The Borrowers (2011)
    Starring: Stephen Fry,  Victoria Wood,  Christopher Eccleston
    Director: Tom Harper
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    An action-packed adventure for all the family Starring Christopher Eccleston, Sharon Horgan, Aisling Loftus, Robert Sheehan, Victoria Wood and Stephen Fry, The Borrowers is a thrilling, fun-filled adventure through the exciting world of the little people who live under our floorboards. Based on ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 30 members
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  • Lennon Naked on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Christopher Eccleston,  Naoko Mori,  Adrian Bower
    Director: Edmund Coulthard
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This TV movie focuses on the key years 1967 - 1971 with John Lennon's break from the Beatles, his troubled relationship with his father, his all consuming romance with Yoko Ono, and his eventual move to America. In this exciting and powerful film, Christopher Eccleston's portrayal of Lennon, so ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 356 members
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  • Amelia on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Ewan McGregor,  Hilary Swank,  Richard Gere
    Director: Mira Nair
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 4,076 members
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  • Doctor Who - The New Series - Vol. 3 on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Christopher Eccleston,  Billie Piper
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The new series of Doctor Who features Christopher Eccleston as the re-incarnated Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose, his trusty sidekick. Episodes comprise: 7. The Long Game: Adam discovers the wonders of travelling in the Tardis. In the far future, Satellite 5 broadcasts to the entire Earth Empire. ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 13,020 members
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  • The Second Coming on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Christopher Eccleston,  Lesley Sharp
    Director: Adrian Shergold
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    What if there was a Second Coming and the Son of God arrived on Earth? What would you do? Are you ready for Judgement Day? Christopher Eccleston plays Steve Baxter, a video shop worker who is found wandering the Yorkshire Moors after 40 days and 40 nights, mumbling he is the Son of God. The Second ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 2,050 members
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  • Revengers Tragedy on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Christopher Eccleston,  Eddie Izzard,  Derek Jacobi
    Director: Alex Cox
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Based on play by Thomas Middleton from the year 1607, writer/director Alex Cox (REPO MAN) gives us a comic horror story. Marrying 17th Century theatrical verse with some contemporary references and expletives, the story is dragged 400 years to modern day Liverpool where a man is seeking revenge ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 827 members
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  • 28 Days Later - Blu-ray (2002)
    Starring: Cillian Murphy,  Megan Burns,  Noah Huntley
    Director: Danny Boyle
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    TRAINSPOTTING director Danny Boyle returns to edgy form and reinvents the science-fiction/horror genre with this apocalyptic tale of viral infection and Darwinian survival. A fatal virus is unleashed on the British public following the liberation of infected chimps from a research laboratory by ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 2,498 members
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  • Sunday on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Christopher Eccleston,  Eva Birthistle,  Brid Brennan
    Director: Charles McDougall
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    One Sunday in 1972, an illegal civil rights march in Derry, Northern Ireland turned ugly when British Paratroopers opened fire on unarmed civilians, killing 13 and wounding a further 15. This docu-drama explores the political context surrounding 'Bloody Sunday' and the government inquiry that ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 132 members
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  • 28 Days Later on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Cillian Murphy,  Megan Burns,  Noah Huntley
    Director: Danny Boyle
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    After breaking into a primate research facility, a group of animal rights activists discover caged chimps chained up before banks of screens displaying horrifying, violent images. Ignoring the warnings of the terrified researcher who maintains that the chimps are infected, they begin to free the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 52,814 members
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  • Strumpet on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Christopher Eccleston,  Genna G,  Amanda Fairclough
    Director: Danny Boyle
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Strayman lives in a house full of stray dogs. He meets up with Strumpet, a homeless girl with a musical talent and takes her in. Together they all journey to London to seek their fortune.
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 240 members
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  • The Others on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Nicole Kidman,  Christopher Eccleston,  Fionnula Flanagan
    Director: Alejandro Amenabar
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    THE OTHERS begins with a close-up of a woman screaming. By the time this intense film ends, everyone watching it will be screaming and gasping. Nicole Kidman stars as Grace, a woman raising two children by herself in a creepy mansion. World War II is over, but Grace's husband never returned. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 25,538 members
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  • Gone In 60 Seconds on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Angelina Jolie,  Robert Duvall,  Christopher Eccleston
    Director: Dominic Sena
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Memphis Raines (Nicolas Cage, LEAVING LAS VEGAS) is a former car thief who is forced to come out of retirement when his younger brother, Kip (Giovanni Ribisi, SUBURBIA), is unable to deliver 50 expensive cars to dangerous smuggler Raymond Calitri (Christopher Eccleston, CRACKER). With his brother's ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 26,457 members
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  • Gone In 60 Seconds - Blu-ray (2000)
    Starring: Nicolas Cage,  Angelina Jolie,  Robert Duvall
    Director: Dominic Sena
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Memphis Raines (Nicolas Cage) is a former car thief who is forced to come out of retirement when his younger brother, Kip (Giovanni Ribisi), is unable to deliver 50 expensive cars to dangerous smuggler Raymond Calitri (Christopher Eccleston). With his brother's life on the line, Memphis must enlist ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 3,032 members
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  • Existenz on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Callum Keith Rennie,  Sarah Polley,  Kristopher Lemche
    Director: David Cronenberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Set in the near-future, eXistenZ depicts a society in which game designers are worshipped as superstars and players can organically enter inside the games. At the center of the story is Allegra Geller whose latest games system eXistenZ taps so deeply into its users fears and desires that it blurs ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 12,532 members
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  • Elizabeth (1998)
    Starring: Cate Blanchett,  Geoffrey Rush,  Christopher Eccleston
    Director: Shekhar Kapur
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    London, 1554. England is rife with intrigue. Elizabeth, born of royal lineage (the daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn), imprisoned by her half- sister Mary, when she is 16, is swept onto the throne and crowned Queen of England at 23. To survive, Elizabeth must suss out hidden agendas in ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 18,821 members
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  • Elizabeth - Blu-ray (1998)
    Starring: Cate Blanchett,  Geoffrey Rush,  Christopher Eccleston
    Director: Shekhar Kapur
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Shekhar Kapur's visually stunning film tells the story of Queen Elizabeth I (Cate Blanchett), from her days as an innocent young woman to her coronation, up to the formation of her reputation as England's stern Virgin Queen. A lush portrait of history, full of pomp, intrigue, and romance and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 133 members
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  • Our Friends In The North (4 discs) on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Christopher Eccleston,  Peter Vaughan,  Gina McKee
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    This nine-part miniseries follows the lives of four Newcastle friends--Nicky (Christopher Eccleston), Mary (Gina McKee), Geordie (Daniel Craig), and Tosker (Mark Strong)--from 1964 to 1995. The highly acclaimed production also features Malcolm McDowell, David Bradley, and many other familiar faces.
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 3,554 members
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  • Death And The Compass on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Peter Boyle,  Christopher Eccleston,  Miguel Sandoval
    Director: Alex Cox
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Alex Cox (REPO MAN) directed this stylized adaptation of Jorge Luis Borges labyrinthine detective story about a totalitarian city of the future plagued by a rash of bizarre crimes. Peter Boyle stars as Lonnrot, a decidedly even headed detective prone to philosophizing and Christopher Eccleston is ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 44% from 225 members
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  • Hillsborough (1996)
    Starring: Christopher Eccleston,  Rachel Davies,  Ricky Tomlinson
    Director: Charles McDougall
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Christopher Eccleston and Ricky Tomlinson head a strong cast in Jimmy McGovern's emotionally powerful and highly acclaimed dramatisation of personal grief and public issues in the wake of the 1989 Hillsborough stadium disaster. Following the stories of three victims' families, from the initial ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 16 members
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  • Jude on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Christopher Eccleston,  Kate Winslet,  Rachel Griffiths
    Director: Michael Winterbottom
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In this austere adaptation of Thomas Hardy's 1895 novel JUDE THE OBSCURE, an intelligent young British man falls prey to romance, oppressive social conventions, and unspeakable tragedy in his unsanctioned relationship with his cousin. JUDE is a tragic romance, well acted by Kate Winslet (TITANIC), ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 3,251 members
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  • Shallow Grave - Blu-ray (1994)
    Starring: Christopher Eccleston,  Ewan McGregor,  Kerry Fox
    Director: Danny Boyle
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    After three Edinburgh roommates (Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, and Kerry Fox) finally choose a new roommate they can live with, they find him dead on the floor with a suitcase full of cash. While trying to remove the body and extricate themselves from the situation, they wade hip-deep into ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 2,349 members
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  • Shallow Grave on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Christopher Eccleston,  Colin McCredie,  Ewan McGregor
    Director: Danny Boyle
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    The feature film debut of Scottish director Danny Boyle was a dark, hip, Generation X comedy about a trio of Edinburgh roommates whose narcissistic greed fuels murder and betrayal. Boisterous journalist Alex (Ewan McGregor), flirtatious doctor Juliet (Kerry Fox), and meek accountant David (..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 18,734 members
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  • Cracker - To Say I Love You on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Robbie Coltrane,  Barbara Flynn,  Beryl Reid
    Director: Andy Wilson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A young man is released from the police station against Fritz's advice and he and his partner subsequently commit murder. Fritz makes details of the couple freely available causing them to panic and there follows a further increase in the violence.
    4 stars out of 5 74% from 2,047 members
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  • Anchoress on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Natalie Morse,  Gene Bervoets,  Toyah Wilcox
    Director: Chris Newby
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Enter the medieval world of Christine Carpenter, a visionary girl who is to become an Anchoress (walled-in recluse) so that she can "live in the Virgin's house forever." Based on actual letters that were written about such an Anchoress in 1325, the film follows Christine as she awakens to her own ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 93 members
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  • Let Him Have It on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Christopher Eccleston,  Paul Reynolds,  Tom Bell
    Director: Peter Medak
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Two teenagers are surprised by police during a break-in. One, epileptic with the mental age of 11 and IQ of 66 is arrested, the other, a gun-toting hood refuses to give up his weapon. Shouting Let Him Have It! to his friend, he fires, wounding one officer and killing another. Both boys face the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 1,475 member
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  • Flesh And Blood on DVD
    Starring: Christopher Eccleston
    Director: Julian Farino
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A man adopted at birth decides to track down his parents. He discovers that his parents are mentally disabled, which forces him to re-evaluate his life.
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 112 members
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Christopher Eccleston facts

5 most recent films

The Shadow Line - 4.0 stars
The Shadow Line - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Borrowers - 3.5 stars
Lennon Naked - 3.0 stars
G.I. Joe - The Rise Of Cobra - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Heroes - Series 1 - Complete - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Our Friends In The North - 4.0 stars
Doctor Who - The New Series - Vol. 4 - 4.0 stars
Doctor Who - The New Series - Vol. 3 - 4.0 stars
Cracker - To Be A Somebody - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

A Price Above Rubies - 3.0 stars
The Borrowers - 3.5 stars
Hillsborough - 3.5 stars
Death And The Compass - 2.0 stars
The Invisible Circus - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Robbie Coltrane - 39 times - show films
Geraldine Somerville - 39 times - show films
Barbara Flynn - 39 times - show films
Andrew Tiernan - 37 times - show films
Christopher Fulford - 37 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Keith Brook - 19 times - show films
Euros Lyn - 19 times - show films
Joe Ahearne - 10 times - show films
Keith Boak - 9 times - show films
Hugo Blick - 7 times - show films