Christopher Eccleston in "Let Him Have It" and David Stevens in "Shallow Grave" and for his television performances in "Cracker" and "Hillsborough". His BAFTA-nominated performance as Nicky Hutchinson in the BBC miniseries "Our Friends in the North" (1996) established Eccleston as a household name in the UK; he followed the serial with film roles in "Jude", "A Price Above Rubies", "Elizabeth", "eXistenZ", "Gone in 60 Seconds", "The Invisible Circus", "The Others", "24 Hour Party People" and "28 Days Later" and television roles including the drama series "Clocking Off" and a second BAFTA-nominated performance as Messianic figure Stephen Baxter in the ITV drama
Christopher Eccleston Royal National Theatre; his performance in the play was called "charismatic" and "intense". In 2013, Eccleston portrayed the villainous Malekith in "", the sequel to "Thor" and the eighth instalment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Starting in 2014, he portrayed the regular character The Reverend Matt Jamison on the HBO drama series "The Leftovers". Eccleston began appearing in 2016 as Maurice Scott in the BBC drama "The A Word". Maurice is the eccentric but lovable granddad to a pair of sons, one of whom, with his wife, are struggling to do their very best for their young, autistic son. The