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Paul McGann

Acting 66 years old Kensington, Liverpool, England, UK ★ 1.2
Born: November 14, 1959

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.

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Known For

Alien³
Alien³ Golic 1992
The Ties That Bind Us
The Ties That Bind Us Self - Narrator 2008
B&B
B&B Josh 2017
Hornblower: Retribution
Hornblower: Retribution Lt. Bush 2001
Codebreaker Alan Turing Persecution Of A Genius
Codebreaker Alan Turing Persecution Of A Genius 2014

Filmography

Acting Credits (166)

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

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