Paul Bettany
Talk about career flexibility. Paul Bettany can play anything from the childish and campy Chaucer in the Heath Ledger cult classic A Knight’s Tale to the serious and stoic doctor who is Russell Crowe’s right-hand man in Master and Commander. Bettany also played the psychotic, albino killer Silas in The Da Vinci Code and more recently has been the voice of Jarvis in the Iron Man movies. Bettany now has several young children who might enjoy seeing their dad in Doctor Who.
Jack Davenport
A slightly under-rated stalwart of both the British industry and Hollywood, Jack Davenport is an actor posessing immense range, a quality necessary for any Doctor. Showing this off in the lead role of Steve – Steven Moffat’s own avatar – in Moffat’s early 2000’s sitcom Coupling and in his emotional transition from antagonist to anti-hero as James Norrington in the Pirates of the Carribean franchise, Davenport is best known to current audiences as the emotionally complex, love-him-or-loathe-him Broadway director Derek Wills in NBC’s Smash.
Chiwetel Ejiofor
For many people, Chiwetel Ejiofor is “that guy with the unpronounceable name” (For the record, it’s pronounced Chew-it-tell Edge-ee-oh-for) who has amazing featured roles in movies like Serenity and Salt where he plays a driven action hero or antihero. American audiences might remember him best as the guy Kiera Knightly marries in Love Actually while Andrew Lincoln, who plays his best friend, pines away for her.
Idris Elba
Golden Globe winner Idris Elba is currently in the BBC hit drama Luther, but maybe he could finish their season and move on to Doctor Who. Elba brings a sheer intensity to a role that many other actors can’t. If the next Doctor will be the amoral Valeyard, Elba can get to that dramatic point. He’s also pretty versatile with accents and can pull off a seamless American accent. In his role in The Wire few realized that he was a Brit and not a native born American.
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