TV Exclusive: Backstage with Richard Ridge, featuring the Great David Tennant!

He's played everything from Hamlet to Doctor Who; from Barty Crouch Jr. to Zebediah Kilgrave. Now he's taking on one of Shakespeare's greatest characters, and he's doing it right here in New York City, David Tennant is currently making his US stage debut in BAM's sold out run of Richard II, as a part of the King & Country: Shakespeare's Great Cycle Of Kings series.

watch as Tennant talks about his whole career with BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge as a part of SAG-AFTRA Foundation's Conversations Q&A series, which aims to recognize and celebrate the vibrant theatre community in New York City and the union actors who aspire to have a career on the stage and screen.

Over his twenty-seven year-long acting career, David Tennant has left a trail of memorable characters over an expansive and diverse array of film, television and on stage credits. This past November, Tennant starred as the villainous 'Dr. Zebediah Kilgrave' otherwise known as 'The Purple Man' opposite Krystin Ritter in the Netflix Marvel series Jessica Jones. The streaming service aired the 13-episode in its entirety on November 20th, 2015.

Tennant is most recently known for his role as detective 'Alec Hardy,' on the critically acclaimed BBC crime series Broadchurch. Tennant 's character was brought to the small town of Broadchurch to investigate the murder of an 11-year-old local boy. In its second season, Broadchurch was nominated and won several awards, including the 2014 BAFTA TV Award for "Best Drama Series." Season 3 of the series will begin filming this summer.

Tennant is most recognizable for his portrayal as the 10th Doctor on the widely beloved series Doctor Who. The BBC science fiction series itself has become a pop culture fixture and a fifty-year cult favorite. It depicts the adventures of the time traveling humanoid alien Doctor as he defends himself against foes and protects whole civilizations and people in need. In November 2013, and 2015 as part of Doctor Who‍‍?'?‍s 50th Anniversary celebrations, Tennant's Doctor was voted "The UK's Favourite Doctor" in a survey held by the Radio Times magazine. For his part in the show, Tennant won three TV Quick Awards, three SFX Awards, four National Television Awards, and two BAFTA awards, among numerous other nominations over the course of his four-year Doctor tenure.