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'''Christopher Eccleston''' (, born English stage, ninth incarnation of the Doctor in ''Doctor Who''.

==Biography==
===Early life===
Eccleston was born in Granada and BBC1 television and an ambition to play football for his beloved Manchester United. However, at the age of 19, he found himself to be a much better actor than footballer, and was inspired by television dramas such as ''Saturday Night and Sunday Morning'', but he soon found himself performing the classics, including the works of Chekhov and A Streetcar Named Desire''. Underemployed as an actor for some years after graduating school, Eccleston took a variety of odd jobs at a supermarket, on building sites, and as an artist's model.

===Career: 1991-2005===
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Eccleston first came to public attention as Cracker'' (1993&ndash;94) that made him a recognizable figure in the UK. At around the same time he appeared in Agatha Christie's ''Hercule Poirot''.

He appeared in the low-budget Danny Boyle 1994 film ''Shallow Grave'', in which he co-starred with up-and-coming actor Ewan McGregor. The same year, he won the part of Nicky Hutchinson in the epic BBC drama serial ''Our Friends in the North'', whose broadcast on BBC Two in 1996 helped make him a household name in the UK. Eccleston would share the screen in the show with Daniel Craig, the sixth and current actor to play James Bond.

His film career has since taken off with a variety of high-profile but not &mdash; except in one or two cases &mdash; major roles, including parts in ''Jude'' (1996) (where he shared a scene with Elizabeth'' (1998), ''Gone in Sixty Seconds'' (2000), ''The Others'' (2001), ''play of the same name. He has starred alongside two major Hollywood actresses in smaller independent films, appearing opposite Renée Zellweger in ''A Price Above Rubies'' (1998) and Cameron Diaz in ''The Invisible Circus'' (2001). Despite starring in the car-heist movie ''Gone in 60 Seconds'', he did not actually take his driving test until January 2004 and is only licenced to drive automatic transmission cars.

He has appeared in a variety of television roles, racking up credits in British television dramas of recent years. These have included ''Hearts and Minds'' (1995) for Channel 4, ''Hillsborough'' (1996), a modern version of ''Othello'' (2002), playing 'Ben Jago', (the The Second Coming'' (2003) for The League of Gentlemen'' (2002) have shown. On stage, his highest-profile production has been his starring role in ''Hamlet'' at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds in 2002. The West Yorkshire Playhouse is a favorite venue of his, and he most recently returned there in the new play ''Electricity'', which ran in March and April 2004.

Eccleston has been twice nominated in the Best Actor category at the The Second Coming'', this time being beaten by State of Play''). He did, however, triumph in the Best Actor categories at the 1997 Broadcasting Press Guild Awards and the Royal Television Society Awards, winning for ''Our Friends in the North''. He won the RTS Best Actor award for a second time in 2003, this time for his performance in ''Flesh and Blood''.

In July 2004 a poll of industry experts, conducted by ''Radio Times'' magazine, voted Eccleston the 19th Most Powerful Person in Television Drama.

=== ''Doctor Who'' (2005)===
<!-- Non-free image removed thumb|200px| As The [[Ninth Doctor in Doctor Who]] -->On ninth incarnation of the Doctor in the revival of the legendary BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which began transmission on 26 March 2005.

On typecast. On 4 April, the BBC revealed that Eccleston's "statement" was falsely attributed and released without his consent. The BBC admitted that they had broken an agreement made in January not to disclose publicly that he only intended to do one season. The statement had been made after journalists made queries to the press office.<ref></ref> 

On 11 June 2005, during a BBC radio interview, when asked if he had enjoyed working on ''Doctor Who'', Eccleston responded by saying, "Mixed, but that's a long story."  Eccleston's reasons for leaving the role continue to be debated in Britain's newspapers: on 4 October 2005 Alan Davies told ''The Daily Telegraph'' that Eccleston had been "overworked" by the BBC, and had left the role because he was "exhausted".<ref></ref> Ten days later, Eccleston told ''The Daily Mirror'' this was not true, and expressed some irritation at Davies for his comments.<ref></ref>

Eccleston was voted "Most Popular Actor" at the 2005 National Television Awards for his portrayal of The Doctor. 

Eccleston was very touched by the response he received from children for his role as the Ninth Doctor. He said "In all the 20 years I've been acting, I've never enjoyed a response so much as the one I've had from children and I'm carrying that in my heart forever..."<ref>[http://www.gallifreyone.com/news-archives.php?id=6-2005''BBC Newsbeat reference], June 26, 2005</ref>

=== Career since 2005 ===
On David Warner, Saffron Burrows and David Baddiel. Eccleston sat on the 2nd Amazonas International Film Festival Film Jury in November 2005. The director Norman Jewison was chairman of the Jury.<ref>[http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/entertainment/filmandtv/tv/s/180/180223_eccleston_lends_a_hand.html ''Manchesteronline.co.uk'' article] November 5 2005</ref>

<!-- Non-free image removed thumb|200px| As Claude in Tim Kring's ''Heroes''. -->In December 2005, Eccleston traveled to BBC Breakfast news programme, examining how survivors of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami were rebuilding their lives.<ref></ref> 

In May 2006, Eccleston appeared as the narrator in a production of ''learning disabled actors. 

In August 2006, Eccleston filmed ''New Orleans, Mon Amour'' with Elisabeth Moss. The film was directed by Michael Almereyda, and shot in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans, it is currently in post-production and scheduled for a 2008 release. Late in 2006 he starred in ''Perfect Parents'', an ITV drama written and directed by Joe Ahearne, who had directed him in ''Doctor Who''.<ref></ref>

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'''クリストファー・エクルストン'''（'''Christopher Eccleston'''、1964年2月16日 - ）は、イギリスの俳優。

== プロフィール ==
ランカシャー州出身。

ロンドンのセントラル・スクール・オブ・スピーチ・アンド・ドラマで演技を学び、舞台やテレビに出演し、1991年に映画初出演の『Let Him Have It』で主演したことでイギリスで知られるようになる。1994年の出演したダニー・ボイル監督の映画『シャロウ・グレイブ』で注目され、その後、数々の映画・テレビ・舞台で活躍している。

2005年にはイギリスの長寿SFドラマシリーズ『BBC）で主役のドクターを演じて好評だったが、役の固定化を避けるため1シーズンで降板した。

プライベートではマラソン選手として数々のレースに出場している<ref>[http://film.guardian.co.uk/Feature_Story/interview/0,5365,122551,00.html ''Guardian'' article] January 15 2000</ref>。