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 Eccleston sat on the 2nd Amazonas International Film Festival Film Jury in November 2005. The director Norman Jewison was chairman of the Jury. In December 2005, Eccleston travelled to Indonesia's Aceh province for the "BBC Breakfast" news programme, examining how survivors of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami were rebuilding their lives. In March 2006, Eccleston appeared in the ITV documentary special "Best Ever Muppet Moments" as a commentator. In May 2006, he appeared as the narrator in a production of "Romeo and Juliet" at the Lowry theatre in his home city of Salford. The theatre company with which he performed,