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Film & TV
Liverpool, England, UK
Thomas Stewart "Tom" Baker (born 20 January 1934) is a British actor and comedian. He is best known for playing the fourth incarnation of the Doctor in the science fiction television series, Doctor Who, a role he played from 1974–1981.
Known for
- Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War — Doctor Who (archive footage) (uncredited)2025
- Worlds Within: The Life of Ian Marter — Self2025
- A Christmas Carol - A Filmed Radio Play Live on Stage — Jacob Marley2025
- Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death — The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)2024
- Doctor Who at the Proms — The Doctor (4) (archive footage)2024
- Darkness & Light: The Life of Graham Williams — Self2024
- Doctor Who: Leela vs. The Time War — The Doctor (archive footage)2024
- Talking Doctor Who — Self / The Doctor (4) (archive footage)2023
- Tales of the Tardis — The Doctor2023
- Doctor Who: Out of Time — The 4th Doctor2022
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Key facts
- Born
- Thomas Stewart Baker , ( 1934-01-20 ) 20 January 1934 (age 92) , Liverpool , England
- Alma mater
- Rose Bruford College
- Occupations
- Actor writer
- Years active
- 1966–present
- Spouses
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- Website
- tombakerofficial .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Tom
- Family name
- Baker
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Liverpool
- Spouse
- Lalla Ward
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- University of Washington
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Military branch
- British Army
- Official website
- www.tombakerofficial.com
- Image
- Tom Baker.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- Commons category
- Tom Baker
- date of birth
- 1934-01-20
- nominated for
- Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor
- start of work period
- 1968-00-00
- birth name
- Thomas Stewart Baker
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Encyclopedic overview
Thomas Stewart Baker (born 20 January 1934) is an English actor and writer. He is best known for playing the fourth incarnation of the Doctor in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who from 1974 to 1981, making him the longest-serving actor in the role.
Raised devoutly Catholic in Liverpool, Baker initially sought to become a cleric before turning to acting. He joined the National Theatre company in 1968. His first major film role was as Grigori Rasputin in Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), for which he was nominated for two Golden Globes. Following supporting roles in genre films such as The Vault of Horror and The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (both 1973), he was working part-time on a building site when he was cast as the lead in Doctor Who (1974–1981). Baker, who incorporated his own eccentric personality into the Doctor, became highly popular with audiences in the United Kingdom and abroad. His incarnation is often considered the best and most quintessential of the programme's classic series.
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