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Christopher Eccleston: Coming
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It was revealed yesterday that Eccleston has quit as he doesn’t want to become typecast as the Time Lord. But with a second series commissioned earlier this week, the search is now on for a replacement.
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On February 16, 1964 Christopher was born in the northwestern English town of Salford to a modest working class family. Chris had big dreams of one day becoming a professional football player, but at the age of nineteen Chris realised that his true calling in life was to become an actor. He soon enrolled in London's Central School of Speech and Drama.
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Eccleston's character will first appear in "Godsend," the next new installment, which airs on Jan. 22. "His character acts as a sort of mentor for Milo's [Ventimiglia] character, Peter, who's having trouble controlling all of these crazy powers that he seems to have," Kring said.
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Born and raised in Salford, Manchester, England, Eccleston was trained in the classics at London's Central School of Speech and Drama. His theater work includes A Streetcar Named Desire, at the Bristol Old Vic, Abingdon, Square and Bent at the National Theatre, and Miss Julie in the West End.
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Born and raised in Salford, Manchester, England, Eccleston was trained in the classics at London’s Central School of Speech and Drama. His theatre work includes A Streetcar Named Desire at the Bristol Old Vic, Abingdon Square” and Bent at the National theatre, AIDS Memoir at the Royal Court Theatre, Waiting at the Water’s Edge at the Bush Theatre and Miss Julie in the West End.
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Most recently, Izzard wrapped filming "A Revenger's Tragedy" directed by Alex Cox ("Sid & Nancy," "Repo Man"), which co-stars Derek Jacobi, Christopher Eccleston and Sophie Dahl. The film transposes Thomas Middleton's 17th century play to post-apocalyptic Merseyside.
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