Paul McGann
Known for Acting · 170 credits
- Born
- 1959-11-14 (age 66)
- Place of birth
- Kensington, Liverpool, England, UK
Biography
Paul McGann (born November 14, 1959) is an English actor who made his name on The Monocled Mutineer, in which he played the lead role. He is also known for his role in Withnail and I, and for portraying the Eighth Doctor in the 1996 Doctor Who television movie as well as other media that features his incarnation of the character.
Known For
TV Shows (54)
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Dr. Peter Lord
Horizon
1964
as Himself
Holby City
1999
as John Gaskell
Play for Today
1970
as Norman
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Dickie Erskine
Natural World
1983
as Narrator
Waking the Dead
2001
as ACC Tony Nicholson
New Tricks
2004
as D.C.I. James Larson
Screen Two
1985
as Colin
Luther
2010
as Mark North
Ripper Street
2012
as Stanley Bone
The Musketeers
2014
as St Pierre / Saint Pierre
Moving On
2009
as Phil
ScreenPlay
1986
as Giovanni Cariani
McDonald & Dodds
2020
as Archie Addington
Hornblower
1998
as William Bush
Bookish
2025
as Mr. Kind
Annika
2021
as Jake Strathearn
Fish
1977
The Bletchley Circle
2012
as John Richards
Sea of Souls
2004
as Christopher Chambers
Twisted Tales
2005
as Phone (voice)
Testament: The Bible in Animation
1996
as David (voice)
Collision
2009
as Richard Reeves
Our Mutual Friend
1998
as Eugene Wrayburn
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
2013
as Self
Zero Hour
2004
as Narrator (Voice)
Anne
2022
as Malcolm Thornton MP
Tripping Over
2006
as Jeremy
A Mother's Son
2012
as David
Nature Boy
2000
as Steve Witton
True Dare Kiss
2007
as Nash McKinnon
The Monocled Mutineer
1986
as Percy Toplis
Bible Mysteries
2004
as Himself-Narrator
The Hanging Gale
1995
as Liam Phelan
Sweet Revenge
2001
as Patrick Vine
Nice Town
1992
as Joe Thompson
Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World
2021
as Self - Narrator
Kidnapped
2005
Wildest Latin America
2012
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Forgotten
1999
as Ben Turner
Give us a Break
1983
as Mo Morris
Wildest Islands
2012
as Narrator
Fish
2000
as Jonathan Vishnevski
Wildest Islands of Indonesia
2016
as Narrator
Shark
2015
as Himself - Narrator
Wildest Middle East
2014
as Narrator
Psycho
2005
as Narrator
Wild Sri Lanka
2015
as Paul McGann
Secrets of the Castle
2014
as Narrator (Voice)
Wildest Indochina
2014
as Narrator (voice)
Wildest Europe
2017
as Narrator
Victorian Sensations
2019
as Self - Presenter
The Foreign Legion: Tougher Than the Rest
2007
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
Movies (116)
Alien³
1992
as Golic
The Three Musketeers
1993
as Girard / Jussac
Empire of the Sun
1987
as Lieutenant Price
Queen of the Damned
2002
as David Talbot
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013
as The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
FairyTale: A True Story
1997
as Arthur Wright
Withnail & I
1987
as ...& I
The Rainbow
1989
as Anton Skrebensky
Doctor Who
1996
as The Doctor
The Monk
1990
as Father Lorenzo Rojas
Listening
2003
as Man
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
2015
as The Doctor (8) (picture) (uncredited)
Lesbian Vampire Killers
2009
as Vicar
Doctor Who at the Proms
2024
as The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
Paper Mask
1990
as Matthew Harris
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2013
as Self
Catherine the Great
1996
as Potemkin
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2025
as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Big Night In
2020
as Self
Hornblower: Mutiny
2001
as Lieutenant Bush
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
2008
as The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
2003
as Self
Britain's Greatest Codebreaker
2012
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
Afraid of the Dark
1991
as Tony
Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend - The Live Show
2024
as The Doctor
Kidnapped
2005
as Colonel MacNab
Brakes
2017
as Peter
Tree of Hands
1989
as Barry
The Undertaker
2023
as Arthur
The Marbles
2025
as Lord Byron (voice)
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
2014
as Self
Gaskin
1983
as Graham Gaskin
Hornblower: Duty
2003
as Lieutenant Bush
The Ties That Bind Us
2008
as Self - Narrator
My Kingdom
2001
as Dean
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
1984
as Mo Morris
Otherworld
2003
as King Matholwch (voice)
The Biographer
2002
as Andrew Morton
Drowning in the Shallow End
1990
as Colin
Dealers
1989
as Daniel Pascoe
The One That Got Away
1996
as Chris Ryan
The Importance of Being Earnest
1988
as John Worthing
Doctor Who Am I
2022
as Self
Always Crashing in the Same Car
2007
as Bill Mackinnon
Streets of Yesterday
1989
as Joseph
Gypo
2005
as Paul
Doctor Who: Shada
2003
as The Doctor (voice)
Cariani and the Courtesans
1987
as Giovanni Cariani
The Dance of Shiva
1998
as Captain Greville
Talking Doctor Who
2023
as Self / The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
Hornblower: Retribution
2001
as Lt. Bush
Hornblower: Loyalty
2003
as Lieutenant Bush
Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor
2013
as The Doctor
Mia and the Dragon Princess
2023
as Walsh
The Hanging Gale
1995
as Liam Phelan
The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story
2014
as Himself
Star Trek Story
1996
as Self - Commentary (voice)
The Day John Lennon Died
2010
as Narrator
Hotel!
2001
as Ben Carter
B&B
2017
as Josh
The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On
2019
as Self
Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Land
2018
as Himself
Blood Strangers
2002
as DC David Ingram
The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years
2019
Digging The Great Escape
2011
as narrator
Withnail and Us
1999
as Self
Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race
2014
as Narrator (Voice)
Good Behaviour
2026
as Richard
Lie with Me
2004
as Gerry Henson
If I Had You
2006
as Philip Andrews
Downtime
1997
as Rob
Swans: Mystery of the Missing
2019
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
1996
as Self
Tiger Island
2012
as Narrator
Art Is...
2013
as Lulu's Dad
Davros Connections
2007
as (archival audio)
Unfinished: The Making of Massive Attack
2016
as Narrator (Voice)
Daphne Ashbrook in the UK
2005
SOS: The Titanic Inquiry
2012
as Sir Rufus Isaacs
JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence
2013
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence
2017
as Narrator (voice)
Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Churchill: When Britain Said No
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Absence
2015
as Man
Perplexed Music
2017
as Man
Picasso's Last Stand
2018
as Narrator
Like a Hurricane: The Alex Higgins Story
2001
as Self- Narrator
Swallow Your Dreams
2022
as James
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
2011
Shark: Beneath the Surface
2015
as self, narrator
Nero's Sunken City
2017
as Narrator (English Voice)
Chernobyl Reclaimed: An Animal Takeover
2007
as Narrator
Codebreaker Alan Turing Persecution Of A Genius
2014
Godard & Others
2010
as Torrence
The Day of the Sun Dog
2023
as Jaggers
Fables of Forgotten Things
2008
as Clarence
The Orangutan King
2005
as Narrator
World of Compulsive Hoarders
2007
A Little Place Off the Edgware Road
2014
as James Craven
The Merchant of Venice
1996
as Bassanio
Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace
2015
as narrator
China - Treasures of the Jade Empire
2015
as Narrator
Churchill’s Forgotten War
2024
as Narrator (voice)
The Minister of Chance: Prologue
2014
as Durian
Whistling Wally
1982
as Norman
Ghosts on the Underground
2005
as Narrator
Death of an Idealist
2005
as Narrator
The 9/11 Surfer
2011
as Narrator
My Dad Was a Communist
2008
as Narrator
Super Powered Owls
2015
as Narrator
The Other Prince William
2015
as Self - Narrator (voice)
France: The Wild Side
2014
as Narrator
Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting
2014
as Narrator
Doctor Who: The Time War
as The Doctor
Brady and Hindley: Possession
2013
as Narrator (voice)
Gadaffi and the IRA
2011
as Narrator
About Paul McGann
Paul McGann (born November 14, 1959) is an English actor who made his name on The Monocled Mutineer, in which he played the lead role. He is also known for his role in Withnail and I, and for portraying the Eighth Doctor in the 1996 Doctor Who television movie as well as other media that features his incarnation of the character. With 170 credits spanning from 1964 to 2026, Paul McGann has appeared in 116 films and 54 TV shows.
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Most Popular Paul McGann Movies
- Alien³ (1992) — as Golic
- The Three Musketeers (1993) — as Girard / Jussac
- Empire of the Sun (1987) — as Lieutenant Price
- Queen of the Damned (2002) — as David Talbot
- Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013) — as The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
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