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Christopher Eccleston

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  • Elizabeth
  • Elizabeth review by from Kent
    Rated - 4 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...  
  • Let Him Have It
  • Let Him Have It review by from Kent
    Rated - 3 stars Brit Flick 3 May 2005
    ...This is one of the best Brit-flicks I have ever seen. Christopher Eccleston is brilliant as Derek Bentley, the scenes with him being hung are especially harrowing. This was very ...  
  • Shallow Grave
  • Shallow Grave review by from Watford, England
    Rated - 5 stars A classic 6 April 2006
    ...it and it gets better every time. I still quote it now! An outstanding cast in Christopher Ecclestone(Doctor Who), Ewan McGregor(Trainspotting),Kelly Fox(Intimacy), Ken Stott(The V...  

Christopher Eccleston - filmography


  • Amelia (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.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 8 members
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  • G.I. Joe - The Rise of Cobra (2009)
    Starring: Dennis Quaid,  Christopher Eccleston,  Sienna Miller
    Director: Stephen Sommers
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The 'Real American Hero' or 'Action Man', as he is known to British audiences, goes international with this big-screen action film. Stephen Sommers (THE MUMMY, VAN HELSING) directs this live-action adventure featuring a huge cast of stars, including Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 293 members
    Due for release on 7th December 2009
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  • Revengers Tragedy on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Christopher Eccleston,  Eddie Izzard,  Derek Jacobi
    Director: Alex Cox
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 739 members
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  • Sunday on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Christopher Eccleston,  Ciaran McMenamin,  Eva Birthistle
    Director: Charles McDougall
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    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 »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 87 members
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  • 28 Days Later on DVD (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 »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 46,741 members
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  • Gone In 60 Seconds on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Nicolas Cage,  Angelina Jolie,  Robert Duvall
    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 »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 23,157 members
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  • Existenz on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Jennifer Jason Leigh,  Jude Law,  Willem Dafoe
    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 »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 10,140 members
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  • Elizabeth on DVD (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 »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 15,497 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.
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 79% from 2,834 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 »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 42% from 161 members
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  • Shallow Grave on DVD (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 »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 15,667 members
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  • Anchoress on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Natalie Morse,  Gene Bervoets,  Toyah Wilcox
    Director: Chris Newby
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    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 »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 19 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
    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 »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 1,179 member
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  • Inspector Morse - Second Time Around on DVD (1991)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Jenny Laird
    Director: Adrian Shergold
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Deputy Assistant Commissioner Charlie Hillian is killed on the night of his retirement party. Hillian was at one time a senior officer in Oxford and was in fact Morse's boss. He was also writing a book about his most memorable cases, including one about the unsolved death of an 8-year-old girl some ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 917 members
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  • Sunday to Watch Now (2002)
    Starring: Christopher Eccleston,  Ciaran McMenamin,  Eva Birthistle
    Director: Charles McDougall
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 92 minutes
    A woman investigates the mystery of what happened on a certain Sunday if her life that she has lost all recollection of. Sehar's world is turned upside-down when she gets a clue about the missing Sunday of her life, which points to a possible violent attack on her. Then A.C.P Rajveer takes up the ..read more »
    Rate this: 0.5 stars out of 5 10% from 1 member
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  • Cracker - Series 3, Episode 1 - Brotherl... to Watch Now (1995)
    Starring: Robbie Coltrane,  Adrian Dunbar,  Barbara Flynn
    Director: Roy Battersby
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 50 minutes
    After having sex with a prostitute, David Harvey kills her when he finds he is unable to pay and she threatens to tell his wife. The case becomes complicated however when a second prostitute is killed and the forensic evidence indicates that it was the same killer. Only problem is that Harvey was ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 82% from 15 members
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  • Cracker - Series 3, Episode 2 - Brotherl... to Watch Now (1995)
    Starring: Robbie Coltrane,  Adrian Dunbar,  Barbara Flynn
    Director: Roy Battersby
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 50 minutes
    After having sex with a prostitute, David Harvey kills her when he finds he is unable to pay and she threatens to tell his wife. The case becomes complicated however when a second prostitute is killed and the forensic evidence indicates that it was the same killer. Only problem is that Harvey was ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 82% from 15 members
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  • Cracker - Series 2, Episode 8 - Men Shou... to Watch Now (1994)
    Starring: Robbie Coltrane,  Adrian Dunbar,  Barbara Flynn
    Director: Jean Stewart
    Certificate: Certificate: 18 (TBC)
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    Run time: 50 minutes
    Floyd calls Fitz on a radio talk show and recieves a "suggestion" that he kill his future rape victims. D.C.I. Wise visits Sgt. Penhaligon and is told that she was raped. Floyd is arrested twice more in this episode, though not for the rape; he threatens D.C. Harriman (?)'s wife and later does, ..read more »
    Rate this: 4.5 stars out of 5 93% from 18 members
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  • Cracker - Series 2, Episode 1 - To Be a ... to Watch Now (1994)
    Starring: Robbie Coltrane,  Adrian Dunbar,  Barbara Flynn
    Director: Tim Fywell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 50 minutes
    Albie Kinsella is angry at the world. He has just buried his father who died from a prolonged bout with cancer. Albie was a good son who took care of his father all of that time. His wife left him several years before, but he was always a good father to his daughter and always made sure his wife ..read more »
    Rate this: 4.5 stars out of 5 91% from 16 members
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  • Cracker - Series 2, Episode 6 - The Big ... to Watch Now (1994)
    Starring: Robbie Coltrane,  Adrian Dunbar,  Barbara Flynn
    Director: Julian Jarrold
    Certificate: Certificate: 18 (TBC)
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    Run time: 50 minutes
    Part three of three. Fitz vows to nail Kenneth Trant and family no matter what it takes, but finds himself unable to pierce the wall of silence they have thrown up around themselves - until information from one of murdered schoolgirl Joanne's friends provides him with the break he needs.
    Rate this: 4.5 stars out of 5 86% from 20 members
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  • Cracker - Series 2, Episode 7 - Men Shou... to Watch Now (1994)
    Starring: Robbie Coltrane,  Adrian Dunbar,  Barbara Flynn
    Director: Jean Stewart
    Certificate: Certificate: 18 (TBC)
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    Run time: 50 minutes
    Fitz is assisting the police in identifying a serial rapist. Floyd Malcolm was scarred as a child, both physically and mentally. He now preys on women, often the wives of people he knows. His pattern is always the same: he wears a mask and after raping his victims he chats with them, as if he wants ..read more »
    Rate this: 4.5 stars out of 5 93% from 16 members
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  • Cracker - Series 1, Episode 5 - To Say I... to Watch Now (1993)
    Starring: Robbie Coltrane,  Adrian Dunbar,  Barbara Flynn
    Director: Andy Wilson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18 (TBC)
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    Run time: 50 minutes
    Judith tells Fitz that she wants to come home, but that she has slept with her new boyfriend. Fitz interrogates Tina, who reveals that her sister will be Sean's next victim. The police race to catch him, but Fitz has to intervene to prevent Sean from carring out his plan.
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 84% from 19 members
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  • Cracker - Series 1, Episode 4 - To Say I... to Watch Now (1993)
    Starring: Robbie Coltrane,  Adrian Dunbar,  Barbara Flynn
    Director: Andy Wilson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18 (TBC)
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    Run time: 50 minutes
    Fitz takes DS Penhaligon to a restaurant, knowing that Judith will be there on a date, then turns a Gamblers Anonymous meeting into a card game. Meanwhile, Sean and Tina murder DS Giggs, then record a video diary for the police, claiming self-defence. Fitz appears on TV, profiling the killers, who ..read more »
    Rate this: 4.5 stars out of 5 87% from 20 members
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Christopher Eccleston facts

5 most recent films

Amelia - 3.5 stars
G.I. Joe - The Rise of Cobra - 3.0 stars
G.I. Joe - The Rise Of Cobra - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
The Dark Is Rising - 3.0 stars
Doctor Who - The New Series - Vol. 3 - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Heroes - Series 1 - Complete - BLU-RAY Version - 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
Doctor Who - The New Series - Vol. 2 - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

A Price Above Rubies - 2.5 stars
Anchoress - 2.5 stars
Hillsborough - 3.0 stars
Amelia - 3.5 stars
Death And The Compass - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Robbie Coltrane - 21 times - show films
Geraldine Somerville - 21 times - show films
Barbara Flynn - 21 times - show films
Lorcan Cranitch - 20 times - show films
Christopher Fulford - 19 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Danny Boyle - 5 times - show films
Stephen Sommers - 4 times - show films
Andy Wilson - 4 times - show films
Michael Winterbottom - 4 times - show films
Julian Jarrold - 4 times - show films