William Hartnell was the first actor to play Dr Who in 1963.
When one actor wants to leave or has been in Doctor Who for too long, instead of the show ending because the main character has gone, the Doctor regenerates and turns in to a new docotr (actor) so the show can continue on.
The actor's name is David Tennant. in the context of the movie,the Doctor's realname is "the Doctor".
The actor who plays the 10th Doctor's real name is David Tennant. However, if you mean what is the name of the Doctor himself, nobody knows his actual name.
Sydney Newman
William Hartnell was the oldest actor to play the Doctor in the original series of Doctor Who, taking on the role at the age of 55 in 1963.
William Hartnell was the first actor to play Dr Who in 1963.
Patrick Troughton
Matt Smith, at 26 he is the youngest actor to play the role of The Doctor.
Actor Joel McCrea was the first one to play Doctor Kildare in the 1937 film titled Interns Can't Take Money.
David Tennant, but this is only my opinion. I would say the next best actor to play the doctor was Tom Baker.I totally agree with that statement.In my opinion the best Doctor is David Tennant and my second best Doctor is Matt Smith.
In my opinion Patrick Troughton is .... would disagree! David Tennant is the most popular actor to play Dr Who. Others may come and go but he IS the Doctor - then, now and always!
Doctor Who is a popular British science-fiction show. The next actor to play the Doctor has been determined to be Peter Capaldi.
Peter Capaldi (the Twelfth Doctor) has been playing the Doctor since 2013, when he took over from Matt Smith.
David Mcdonld But also known as David Tenant The latest actor to play DR Who is Matt Smith
Rafi Gavron is indeed a British actor. However, he did not play in Doctor Who (which is also a British TV show)
i think that the actor plays doctor in doctor who his name is got to be matt smith.