However, Tennant is not his real last name. Like most aspiring actors, as a result of conflicts with other registered members of actors unions, they are forced to choose another name not in use. He chose his acting surname from Neil Tennant, singer with Pet Shop Boys (good choice love the Pet Shop Boys album as my favorites). According to various sources, this came after reading an interview with Tennant in Smash Hits shortly after learning that he would have to change his professional name in order to join the actors' union, Equity, as there was already a registered member with his real name, David McDonald.

But dont think he landed his role on Doctor Who simply for his boyish good looks and charm alone, which the Observer described as a perfect fusion of Brad Pitt and Michael Palin. Oh no, Mr. Tennant is no stranger to hard work.

He was first talent-spotted by Scottish TV at a Saturday youth theatre club, an offshoot of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama where he later trained. He graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, he is classically trained in Shakespearean literature, and has been quoted by saying:
"Drama school is a pretty intense experience and I think it changes who you are. I think I grew up at drama school (which was fairly useful personally as much as professionally) and I certainly got exposed to a huge range of ideas, techniques and practices that I had no previous experience of. I wouldn't have known what I was doing as an actor if I hadn't gone."

Most intelligent quotation from the man who decided to enter acting at the age of three according to sources through the Sci-Fi Channel. He is also rumored to have written an essay on how his greatest desire was to play Doctor Who on TV when he was in grammar school. (This is quite a substantiated goal considering everything.)

He brought himself from a little known aspiring actor to a fully respected classically trained actor who has performed in multiple roles varying from starring roles for the Royal Shakespeare Company, including Touchstone in "As You Like It", Romeo in "Romeo and Juliet", Antipholus of Syracuse in "The Comedy of Errors" and Captain Jack Absolute in "The Rivals" to more major performances including the BBCs production of Casanova in which he starred as the title role of the worlds most famous romantic lover. One of his more recent movie credits was his role playing Barty Crouch Junior in the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

His credits include being nominated for a 2003 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actor of 2002 for his performance in "Lobby Hero" performed at the Donmar Warehouse and the New Ambassador's Theatres. He was nominated for Best Classical Actor Under 30, Ian Charleson Award for his theatre role in "Comedy of Errors" as Antipholus of Syracuse. [2000]. Further, he won Best Male Performance, Critics Award for Theatre in Scotland for his theatre role in "Look Back in Anger" as Jimmy Porter. [2005] and he won Best Actor, Theatre Management Association for his role in "The Glass Menagerie" as Tom.

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