Christopher Eccleston
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Narrator of The Importance Of Being Morrissey - Channel 4 (June 8, 2003).
Posted by BookishBoy in the Morrissey-solo forums (February 10, 2020):
Last night I started reading (or, listening to the audiobook of) Christopher Eccleston's memoir "I Love the Bones of You" - there's lots of detail in the early pages about being shaped by Salford, which then morphs into a few encounters in later life with some of his Mancunian heroes, including Paul Scholes and Morrissey. Eccleston relates chatting to a producer in a cafe when they see Morrissey on Deansgate. Eccleston is encouraged to go and talk to him:
I got on my bike and followed him. He'd just walked up to Waterstones.
"Excuse me, Morrissey."
"Oh, hello." [In the audiobook, Eccleston does a wonderful Morrissey voice.]
"My name's Chris Eccleston."
"Yes, I know."
"Oh, right...I just want to say thank you." I stuck my hand out. He shook it.
"No, no," he said. "Thank you." And walked off.
I'm fairly sure it was a more remarkable experience for me than it was for him, and the reverse anecdote doesn't appear in his own autobiography. But the significance of Morrissey knowing who I am will never be lost on me.
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Christopher Eccleston (; born 16 February 1964) is an English actor whose work has encompassed Hollywood blockbusters and arthouse films, television dramas, Shakespearean stage performances and science fiction, most notably the ninth incarnation of the Doctor in the BBC series Doctor Who (2005). He starred as Matt Jamison in The Leftovers (2014–2017), and has frequently collaborated with filmmakers Danny Boyle and Michael Winterbottom. Eccleston received widespread acclaim after becoming the first person to portray Doctor Who in almost a decade, winning a National Television Award and getting nominations for a Broadcasting Press Guild Award and BAFTA Cymru Award, before departing the role after one series. He won an International Emmy Award for his performance in Accused (2010). On stage, he has played the title roles in Shakespeare's Hamlet and Macbeth, and starred in Strindberg's Miss Julie, Ibsen's A Doll's House, as well as the Greek tragedy Antigone. Since 2017, he has narrated the documentary series Ambulance. He first rose to prominence for his portrayal of Derek Bentley in the 1991 film, Let Him Have It. His television performance in Our Friends in the North (1996) resulted in his first BAFTA Award nomination. Seven years later, he got a second nomination for The Second Coming (2003).