On February 16, 1964 Christopher was born in the northwestern English town of Salford to a modest working class family.
Chris had big dreams of one day becoming a professional football player, but at the age of nineteen Chris realised that his true calling in life was to become an actor. He soon enrolled in London's Central School of Speech and Drama. After he graduated though, it took a few years before his career got off the ground.
In 1991, the tides slowly began to turn for Chris when he was given a role in Let Him Have It.
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A review of BBC2's new drama, The Shadow Line.
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Jimmy McGovern teams up with Christopher Eccleston again for a new drama, starting this Monday on BBC1.
Admittedly I did not think that Christopher Eccleston was such a great actor when I first saw him in the first series of Doctor Who, he though that he didn't bring enough life and energy to the role, but after re-watching the series I have grown to like him more. He is able to show a wide range of emotion, and all of it is in a believable manner. I would like to see some more of him in the future as I have not seen him in anything since Doctor Who. We need more strong British actors like him!
He made the Doctor a humorous character. Even if the situation looked dire, he always had a laugh. But when the situation needed a serious outlook, he was ready to tackle it. This is one of the reasons that i enjoyed the show. Of course, i still do. The new Doctor, David Tennant I, is also a humorous character/actor, but not as funny as Christopher Eccleston. From what i've seen of Christopher Eccleston's performance in Doctor Who, i can say that he is a talented, humorous actor. Whatever he does now, i'm sure that he excell in it. Too bad it won't be with Doctor Who.
Until Doctor Who ... I had not noticed him.
I was not really a fan of the original .. but Doctor Who came in during my Friday Night Sci-Fi Line up so I gave it a chance.
Frankly, I fell in love with Christopher. He is definately unrated ... but more importantly ... he is cute, charming, and the personality that he brings to Doctor who is VERY attractive.
I am however, very upset with him. I can not believe he has entertained the notion that another season of Doctor Who will "Type cast him". Just as we are starting to get to know and love him he quits. I for one am very disappointed that he has abandoned the roll of the Doctor and wonder about his committment to his fans. He has offered up himself in a charactor that is easy to love ... only to snatch it away in haste. The replacement will not be the Doctor ... the CHARACTER that I so loved in Doctor Who.
If it were not for him abandoning his role and one of his newest fans in the process I would be giving him a score of 11 on a scale of 1-10. Because my heart has so suffered from the abandonment of his role ... I can give him no more than a 7.
I probably won't watch another "series" staring him because I have no reason to expect him to stick it out once he has won my heart!
Still one of my favorite actors, i was so overjoyed to see him in Doctor Who back in 2005, i couldn't believe he'd only signed on for a year though.
He is an acting genius, with the ability to do just about any accent you throw at him and go from angry, crying to excited in a matter of moments.
His best roles were in Cracker, the movie 28 Days Later, his short stint in 24 Hour Party People and, my personal favourite, his role as Trevor Hick sin Hillsborough.
Nothing can ever go past that performance. Nothing will ever go past that Telemovie!
So, my message to Christopher: keep doing what you do best mate, and we'll keep watching your shows!
Wow I wish I would of known about this guy sooner, he is great, I love Dr who, he is quirky funny original and kind of cute, I am going to have to find some more of his roles and really watch him in different things to see the full extent of his talent I think
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