Biography
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.
Acted in 139
2020s
- 2025
A Christmas Carol - A Filmed Radio Play Live on Stage
Jacob Marley
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
Doctor Who (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2024
Doctor Who at the Proms
The Doctor (4) (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death
The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Doctor Who: Leela vs. The Time War
The Doctor (archive footage)
- 2023
Tales of the Tardis
The Doctor · 1 episode
- 2021
Panopticon Destiny – The Matrix Files
Movie
- 2020
Behind the Sofa - Season 14
Movie
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
Tom Baker in Conversation
Movie
- 2017
Doctor Who: Shada
The Doctor
The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years
Movie
Panopticon Genesis
Movie
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
The Doctor (archive footage)
Doctor Who at the Proms
The Doctor (4) (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2012
The Sandmine Murders
Movie
- 2010
The Tin Men and the Witch
Movie
2000s
- 2008
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
The Doctor (4) (archive footage)
Max Bear & The Lucky Charm
Max Bear (voice)
Now, Get Out of That
Movie
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
(archival footage)
The Ties That Bind Us
The Fourth Doctor (archive footage)
- 2007
A Darker Side: The Making of Planet of Evil
Movie
A Matter of Time
Movie
Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest
The Doctor (archive footage)
Are Friends Electric?
Movie
A New Body at Last
Movie
The Crowded TARDIS
Movie
- 2006
The Wind in the Willows
Judge
The Secret Show
TV
Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who
Movie
- 2005
Tom Baker’s Beyond Belief!
Movie
The Magic Roundabout
Zeebad (voice)
- 2004
The Little Reindeer
Santa Claus (voice)
A New Beginning
(archive footage)
- 2003
The Story of Doctor Who
Movie
Strange
Father Bernard · 1 episode
Swiss Toni
TV
- 2001
The Home Whovian
Movie
- 2000
1990s
- 1999
Carnival of Monsters
Movie
- 1998
Backtime
Sarge (voice)
- 1997
Who is Tom Baker?
Movie
- 1994
The Traveller Comes to Maidstone
The Traveller
- 1993
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
The 4th Doctor
Selling Hitler
Manfred Fischer
- 1992
Doctor Who: Shada
The Doctor / Narrator
The Law Lord
Sir Lionel Sweeting
- 1991
Selling Hitler
Manfred Fischer · 4 episodes
- 1990
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
Puddleglum
Medics
Prof. Geoffrey Hoyt, general surgeon · 40 episodes
Cluedo
Professor Plum · 6 episodes
1980s
- 1989
Christian
Movie
- 1988
- 1986
Who's Who
Movie
- 1985
Doctor Who's Who's Who
Doctor Who · 1 episode
- 1984
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
Sir Guy de Gisbourne
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
The Doctor (4) (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Passionate Pilgrim
The Lord
- 1983
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
The Fourth Doctor (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
The Doctor (4) (archive footage)
- 1982
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sherlock Holmes · 4 episodes
Doctor Who: Earthshock
The Doctor (4) (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Castrovalva
The Doctor (archive footage)
- 1981
Doctor Who: Logopolis
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Keeper of Traken
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Warriors' Gate
The Doctor
- 1980
Doctor Who: State of Decay
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Full Circle
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Meglos
The Doctor / Meglos
Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive
The Doctor
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
Hasan
Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon
The Doctor
1970s
- 1979
Doctor Who: Nightmare of Eden
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit
The Doctor
Doctor Who: City of Death
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Power of Kroll
The Doctor
Dr. Who For Keep Australia Beautiful
The Doctor
- 1978
Merry Christmas Doctor Who
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Stones of Blood
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Invasion of Time
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Underworld
The Doctor
- 1977
Doctor Who: The Sun Makers
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Image of the Fendahl
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Invisible Enemy
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Horror of Fang Rock
The Doctor
Whose Doctor Who
Movie
Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Robots of Death
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Face of Evil
The Doctor / Xoanon
- 1976
Doctor Who: The Deadly Assassin
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Hand of Fear
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Masque of Mandragora
The Doctor
The Author of Beltraffio
Mark Ambient
Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius
The Doctor
- 1975
Doctor Who: The Android Invasion
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Planet of Evil
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen
Doctor Who
Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Ark in Space
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Robot
The Doctor
- 1974
Frankenstein: The True Story
Sea Captain
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
The Doctor
The Mutations
Lynch
Luther
Pope Leo X
- 1973
Frankenstein: The True Story
Sea Captain · 2 episodes
The Vault of Horror
Moore (segment 5 "Drawn and Quartered")
Dear Parents
Karl
- 1972
Arthur of the Britons
TV
The Millionairess
Dr. Ahmed el Kabir
- 1971
1960s
- 1968
The Winter's Tale
Movie
- 1966
- 1965
- 1963
- 1962
Wrote 1
1970s
- 1978
Merry Christmas Doctor Who
Writer
Appearances46
2020s
- 2025
Worlds Within: The Life of Ian Marter
Self
- 2024
Darkness & Light: The Life of Graham Williams
Self
- 2023
Talking Doctor Who
Self / The Doctor (4) (archive footage)
- 2021
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
Self (archive footage)
- 2020
Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth Sladen
Self
The Big Night In
Self
2010s
- 2019
The Magnificent Obsession of Michael Reeves
Himself
Hanging by a Thread: The Making of Logopolis
Self
- 2018
Doctor Who: Galactic Glitter
Narrator
- 2015
Little Britain Sketch
Narrator
- 2014
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
- 2013
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Self
Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS
Self
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
Self · 11 episodes
- 2011
My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen
Self (archive footage)
2000s
- 2008
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Self - Captain Rum (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2007
- 2006
It Started with Swap Shop
Self (voice)
Little Britain Live
Narrator (Voice)
Global Haywire
Narrator (voice)
A History of Flight
Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2005
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
Self
- 2004
The History Channel Presents: The Race To The Moon
Narrator
- 2003
- 2001
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Himself (archive footage)
1990s
- 1999
The Millennium Oak
Narrator
Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs
Self - Narrator (voice)
Adventures in Space and Time
Himself
Eurotika!
Self · 1 episode
- 1997
A Sci Fi Audience with Tom Baker
Self
- 1993
30 Years in the TARDIS
Himself (archive footage)
- 1992
Doctor Who: The Tom Baker Years
Himself
- 1991
Who on Earth Is... Tom Baker
Himself
- 1990
Ray Harryhausen: Movement Into Life
Narrator
Tales of Aesop
Narrator (voice) · 13 episodes
1980s
- 1989
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Babcock Transformers
Narrator
- 1985
- 1983
Into Another Dimension
Narrator
- 1982
1970s
- 1975
