Paul McGann

Acting • 1959-11-14 • Kensington, Liverpool, England, UK

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

7.8

Luther

2010

6.4

Alien³

1992

7.2

Withnail & I

1987

6.1

Queen of the Damned

2002

6.2

Doctor Who

1996

5.2

Lesbian Vampire Killers

2009

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Filmography

2026
Good BehaviourFilm
Richard
2026
Triesverse: CataclysmFilm
The Doctor
2025
BookishTV
Mr. Kind • 2 episodes
★ 6.2
2025
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality WarFilm
The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 5.1
2025
The MarblesFilm
Lord Byron (voice)
2024
Doctor Who at the PromsFilm
The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
★ 7.4
2024
Churchill’s Forgotten WarFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 8.0
2023
Mia and the Dragon PrincessFilm
Walsh
★ 6.3
2023
Talking Doctor WhoFilm
Self / The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
★ 6.0
2023
The UndertakerFilm
Arthur
★ 5.7
2023
The Day of the Sun DogFilm
Jaggers
2022
AnneTV
Malcolm Thornton MP • 4 episodes
★ 7.0
2022
Doctor Who Am IFilm
Self
★ 4.8
2022
Swallow Your DreamsFilm
James
★ 10.0
2021
AnnikaTV
Jake Strathearn • 6 episodes
★ 7.0
2021
Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the WorldTV
Self - Narrator • 3 episodes
★ 3.9
2020
McDonald & DoddsTV
Archie Addington • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
2020
The Big Night InFilm
Self
★ 9.0
2019
The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes OnFilm
Self
★ 7.6
2019
Swans: Mystery of the MissingFilm
Self - Narrator (voice)
★ 10.0
2019
The Doctors: The Paul McGann YearsFilm
★ 2.0
2019
Victorian SensationsTV
Self - Presenter • 1 episodes
2018
Oi For England's Green and Pleasant LandFilm
Himself
2018
Picasso's Last StandFilm
Narrator
2017
B&BFilm
Josh
★ 6.3
2017
BrakesFilm
Peter
★ 5.7
2017
Nero's Sunken CityFilm
Narrator (English Voice)
★ 5.0
2017
Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New EvidenceFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 8.0
2017
Wildest EuropeTV
Narrator • 5 episodes
2017
Perplexed MusicFilm
Man
2016
Wildest Islands of IndonesiaTV
Narrator • 5 episodes
★ 8.0
2016
China: Between Clouds and DreamsTV
Self – Narrator • 5 episodes
2016
Unfinished: The Making of Massive AttackFilm
Narrator (Voice)
2015
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River SongFilm
The Doctor (8) (picture) (uncredited)
★ 8.0
2015
SharkTV
Himself - Narrator • 3 episodes
★ 8.2
2015
Wild Sri LankaTV
Paul McGann • 3 episodes
★ 7.8
2015
China - Treasures of the Jade EmpireFilm
Narrator
★ 8.7
2015
AbsenceFilm
Man
★ 7.0
2015
Finding Babylon's Hanging GardenFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 9.0
2015
Churchill: When Britain Said NoFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 8.0
2015
Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the PeaceFilm
narrator
★ 10.0
2015
SharkFilm
配音
★ 2.5
2015
The Other Prince WilliamFilm
Self - Narrator (voice)
2015
Shark: Beneath the SurfaceFilm
self, narrator
2015
Super Powered OwlsFilm
Narrator
2014
The MusketeersTV
St Pierre • 1 episodes
★ 7.2
2014
The MusketeersTV
Saint Pierre • 1 episodes
★ 7.2
2014
Secrets of the CastleTV
Narrator (Voice) • 5 episodes
★ 9.4
2014
Wildest IndochinaTV
Narrator (voice) • 5 episodes
★ 8.6
2014
Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space RaceFilm
Narrator (Voice)
★ 7.4
2014
The Great Wall of China: The Hidden StoryFilm
Himself
★ 5.9
2014
Wildest Middle EastTV
Narrator • 5 episodes
★ 8.5
2014
Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life PaintingFilm
Narrator
★ 8.5
2014
The Minister of Chance: PrologueFilm
Durian
2014
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter DavisonFilm
Self
2014
Codebreaker Alan Turing Persecution Of A GeniusFilm
2014
France: The Wild SideFilm
Narrator
2014
A Little Place Off the Edgware RoadFilm
James Craven
2013
Doctor Who: The Day of the DoctorFilm
The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
★ 8.2
2013
Doctor Who: The Night of the DoctorFilm
The Doctor
★ 8.0
2013
The Five(ish) Doctors RebootFilm
Self
★ 7.8
2013
Doctor Who: The Doctors RevisitedTV
Self • 11 episodes
★ 6.4
2013
JFK's Secret Killer: The EvidenceFilm
Himself - Narrator (voice)
★ 7.2
2013
Brady and Hindley: PossessionFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 6.5
2013
Art Is...Film
Lulu's Dad
2012
Ripper StreetTV
Stanley Bone • 1 episodes
★ 7.4
2012
The Bletchley CircleTV
John Richards • 1 episodes
★ 7.6
2012
Britain's Greatest CodebreakerFilm
Himself - Narrator (voice)
★ 6.0
2012
A Mother's SonTV
David • 2 episodes
★ 6.5
2012
Wildest IslandsTV
Narrator • 10 episodes
★ 8.1
2012
SOS: The Titanic InquiryFilm
Sir Rufus Isaacs
★ 6.4
2012
Wildest Latin AmericaTV
Self - Narrator (voice) • 5 episodes
★ 8.0
2012
Tiger IslandFilm
Narrator
2011
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in TimeFilm
★ 8.0
2011
The 9/11 SurferFilm
Narrator
★ 6.0
2011
Digging The Great EscapeFilm
narrator
2011
Gadaffi and the IRAFilm
Narrator
2010
LutherTV
Mark North • 10 episodes
★ 7.8
2010
The Day John Lennon DiedFilm
Narrator
★ 8.0
2010
Godard & OthersFilm
Torrence
★ 5.2
2009
Lesbian Vampire KillersFilm
Vicar
★ 5.2
2009
CollisionTV
Richard Reeves • 5 episodes
★ 7.0
2009
Moving OnTV
Phil • 1 episodes
★ 7.3
2008
Doctor Who: The Next DoctorFilm
The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
★ 7.4
2008
Fables of Forgotten ThingsFilm
Clarence
★ 4.0
2008
The True StoryTV
Narrator • 8 episodes
2008
The Ties That Bind UsFilm
Self - Narrator
2008
My Dad Was a CommunistFilm
Narrator
2007
Chernobyl Reclaimed: An Animal TakeoverFilm
Narrator
★ 6.2
2007
True Dare KissTV
Nash McKinnon • 6 episodes
★ 7.0
2007
Always Crashing in the Same CarFilm
Bill Mackinnon
★ 6.7
2007
The Foreign Legion: Tougher Than the RestTV
Himself - Narrator (voice) • 3 episodes
★ 7.0
2007
World of Compulsive HoardersFilm
★ 6.0
2007
Davros ConnectionsFilm
(archival audio)
2006
If I Had YouFilm
Philip Andrews
★ 7.0
2006
Tripping OverTV
Jeremy • 6 episodes
2005
GypoFilm
Paul
★ 5.3
2005
Twisted TalesTV
Phone (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 7.7
2005
KidnappedTV
★ 6.8
2005
Ghosts on the UndergroundFilm
Narrator
★ 6.3
2005
The Orangutan KingFilm
Narrator
★ 10.0
2005
Daphne Ashbrook in the UKFilm
★ 10.0
2005
PsychoTV
Narrator • 4 episodes
2005
Death of an IdealistFilm
Narrator
2004
Agatha Christie's MarpleTV
Dickie Erskine • 1 episodes
★ 7.9
2004
New TricksTV
D.C.I. James Larson • 1 episodes
★ 7.3
2004
Zero HourTV
Narrator (Voice) • 6 episodes
★ 7.4
2004
Sea of SoulsTV
Christopher Chambers • 1 episodes
★ 8.0
2004
Bible MysteriesTV
Himself-Narrator • 9 episodes
★ 7.5
2004
Lie with MeTV
Gerry Henson • 2 episodes
2003
Hornblower: LoyaltyFilm
Lieutenant Bush
★ 7.3
2003
Hornblower: DutyFilm
Lieutenant Bush
★ 7.3
2003
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'Film
Self
★ 7.8
2003
OtherworldFilm
King Matholwch (voice)
★ 5.7
2003
ListeningFilm
Man
★ 7.5
2003
Doctor Who: ShadaFilm
The Doctor (voice)
★ 7.3
2003
Spine ChillersTV
Voice of the Phone • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
2002
Queen of the DamnedFilm
David Talbot
★ 6.1
2002
The BiographerFilm
Andrew Morton
★ 9.0
2002
Blood StrangersTV
DC David Ingram • 2 episodes
2001
Waking the DeadTV
ACC Tony Nicholson • 2 episodes
★ 7.2
2001
Hornblower: MutinyFilm
Lieutenant Bush
★ 7.4
2001
Hornblower: RetributionFilm
Lt. Bush
★ 7.4
2001
My KingdomFilm
Dean
★ 5.5
2001
Hotel!Film
Ben Carter
★ 5.2
2001
Real CrimeTV
★ 10.0
2001
Sweet RevengeTV
Patrick Vine • 2 episodes
★ 8.0
2001
Like a Hurricane: The Alex Higgins StoryFilm
Self- Narrator
★ 6.0
2000
Nature BoyTV
Steve Witton • 4 episodes
★ 7.3
2000
FishTV
Jonathan Vishnevski • 6 episodes
1999
Holby CityTV
John Gaskell • 52 episodes
★ 5.8
1999
ForgottenTV
Ben Turner • 3 episodes
★ 7.6
1999
Withnail and UsFilm
Self
★ 6.4
1998
HornblowerTV
William Bush • 4 episodes
★ 7.7
1998
Our Mutual FriendTV
Eugene Wrayburn • 4 episodes
★ 7.8
1998
The Dance of ShivaFilm
Captain Greville
★ 9.0
1997
FairyTale: A True StoryFilm
Arthur Wright
★ 6.4
1997
DowntimeFilm
Rob
★ 7.0
1996
Doctor WhoFilm
The Doctor
★ 6.2
1996
Catherine the GreatFilm
Potemkin
★ 5.6
1996
Testament: The Bible in AnimationTV
David (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1996
The One That Got AwayFilm
Chris Ryan
★ 6.4
1996
Bidding Adieu: A Video DiaryFilm
Self
★ 7.5
1996
The Merchant of VeniceFilm
Bassanio
★ 5.5
1996
Star Trek StoryFilm
Self - Commentary (voice)
★ 1.2
1995
The Hanging GaleTV
Liam Phelan • 4 episodes
★ 5.8
1995
The Hanging GaleFilm
Liam Phelan
1993
The Three MusketeersFilm
Girard / Jussac
★ 6.4
1992
Alien³Film
Golic
★ 6.4
1992
Afraid of the DarkFilm
Tony
★ 5.7
1992
The Making of 'Alien³'Film
Self
★ 5.5
1992
Nice TownTV
Joe Thompson • 3 episodes
★ 6.7
1990
Paper MaskFilm
Matthew Harris
★ 5.6
1990
The MonkFilm
Father Lorenzo Rojas
★ 3.2
1990
Drowning in the Shallow EndFilm
Colin
★ 7.0
1989
Agatha Christie's PoirotTV
Dr. Peter Lord • 1 episodes
★ 8.2
1989
The RainbowFilm
Anton Skrebensky
★ 5.7
1989
DealersFilm
Daniel Pascoe
★ 5.6
1989
Streets of YesterdayFilm
Joseph
★ 7.5
1989
Tree of HandsFilm
Barry
★ 8.0
1988
The Importance of Being EarnestFilm
John Worthing
★ 5.4
1987
Empire of the SunFilm
Lieutenant Price
★ 7.5
1987
Withnail & IFilm
...& I
★ 7.2
1987
Cariani and the CourtesansFilm
Giovanni Cariani
★ 7.0
1986
ScreenPlayTV
Giovanni Cariani • 1 episodes
★ 6.0
1986
The Monocled MutineerTV
Percy Toplis • 4 episodes
★ 7.7
1986
Sunday PremiereTV
Percy Toplis • 4 episodes
★ 7.0
1985
Screen TwoTV
Colin • 1 episodes
★ 7.1
1984
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and MuscleFilm
Mo Morris
1983
Natural WorldTV
Narrator • 5 episodes
★ 7.4
1983
Give us a BreakTV
Mo Morris • 8 episodes
★ 7.3
1983
GaskinFilm
Graham Gaskin
★ 5.0
1982
Whistling WallyFilm
Norman
1977
FishTV
★ 6.6
1970
Play for TodayTV
Norman • 1 episodes
★ 6.6
1964
HorizonTV
Himself • 1 episodes
★ 7.5