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Christopher Eccleston is an English actor, who is best known for his role as the Ninth Doctor in the BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who in 2005, although he only stayed for the first season due to a strained relationship with higher-ranking members of the production team, and was succeeded by David Tennant. The character was parodied in The Muppets Take the O2 when Rizzo appeared dressed as the Ninth Doctor.

For Disney, he played Raymond Calitri in the 2000 Touchstone Pictures film Gone in 60 SecondsMalekith in the 2013 Marvel Cinematic Universe film Thor: The Dark World, and a to-be-confirmed character in the live-action film Young Woman and the Sea.

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  • Eccleston, along with fellow Doctor Who actors, David Tennant, Matt Smith, and Peter Capaldi, have all played a comic book villain sometime after their tenure on the series.
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