Christopher Eccleston Overview

Born and raised in Salford, Manchester, England, Christopher 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. A late bloomer in acting, Eccleston decided at 19 to pursue a career in the art, and only made his professional debut at 25 after several years of formal training. "What I wanted to do was... See All