Paul McGann

Paul McGann

Known for
Acting
Born
November 14, 1959 (age 66)
Birthplace
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

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Filmography

2026
Good Behaviour poster

Good Behaviour

Movie · as Richard

2026
Triesverse: Cataclysm poster

Triesverse: Cataclysm

Movie · as The Doctor

2025
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War poster

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

Movie · as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)

2025
The Marbles poster

The Marbles

Movie · as Lord Byron (voice)

2025
Bookish poster

Bookish

TV · as Mr. Kind · 2 eps

2024
Doctor Who at the Proms poster

Doctor Who at the Proms

Movie · as The Doctor (8) (archive footage)

2024
Churchill’s Forgotten War poster

Churchill’s Forgotten War

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2023
Mia and the Dragon Princess poster

Mia and the Dragon Princess

Movie · as Walsh

2023
The Day of the Sun Dog poster

The Day of the Sun Dog

Movie · as Jaggers

2023
The Undertaker poster

The Undertaker

Movie · as Arthur

2023
Talking Doctor Who poster

Talking Doctor Who

Movie · as Self / The Doctor (8) (archive footage)

2022
Swallow Your Dreams poster

Swallow Your Dreams

Movie · as James

2022
Doctor Who Am I poster

Doctor Who Am I

Movie · as Self

2022
Anne poster

Anne

TV · as Malcolm Thornton MP · 4 eps

2021
Annika poster

Annika

TV · as Jake Strathearn · 6 eps

2021
Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World poster

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

TV · as Self - Narrator · 3 eps

2020
The Big Night In poster

The Big Night In

Movie · as Self

2020
McDonald & Dodds poster

McDonald & Dodds

TV · as Archie Addington · 1 ep

2019
The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years poster

The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years

Movie

2019
Swans: Mystery of the Missing poster

Swans: Mystery of the Missing

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

2019
The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On poster

The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On

Movie · as Self

2019
Victorian Sensations poster

Victorian Sensations

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

2018
Picasso's Last Stand poster

Picasso's Last Stand

Movie · as Narrator

2018
Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Land poster

Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Land

Movie · as Himself

2017
Nero's Sunken City poster

Nero's Sunken City

Movie · as Narrator (English Voice)

2017
Brakes poster

Brakes

Movie · as Peter

2017
B&B poster

B&B

Movie · as Josh

2017
Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence poster

Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2017
Perplexed Music poster

Perplexed Music

Movie · as Man

2017
Wildest Europe poster

Wildest Europe

TV · as Narrator · 5 eps

2016
Unfinished: The Making of Massive Attack poster

Unfinished: The Making of Massive Attack

Movie · as Narrator (Voice)

2016
Wildest Islands of Indonesia poster

Wildest Islands of Indonesia

TV · as Narrator · 5 eps

2016
China: Between Clouds and Dreams poster

China: Between Clouds and Dreams

TV · as Self – Narrator · 5 eps

2015
Super Powered Owls poster

Super Powered Owls

Movie · as Narrator

2015
Absence poster

Absence

Movie · as Man

2015
The Other Prince William

The Other Prince William

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

2015
Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden poster

Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2015
China - Treasures of the Jade Empire poster

China - Treasures of the Jade Empire

Movie · as Narrator

2015
Churchill: When Britain Said No poster

Churchill: When Britain Said No

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2015
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song poster

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

Movie · as The Doctor (8) (picture) (uncredited)

2015
Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace poster

Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace

Movie · as narrator

2015
Shark: Beneath the Surface poster

Shark: Beneath the Surface

Movie · as self, narrator

2015
Shark poster

Shark

Movie · as 配音

2015
Shark poster

Shark

TV · as Himself - Narrator · 3 eps

2015
Wild Sri Lanka poster

Wild Sri Lanka

TV · as Paul McGann · 3 eps

2014
Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting poster

Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting

Movie · as Narrator

2014
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison poster

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison

Movie · as Self

2014
A Little Place Off the Edgware Road poster

A Little Place Off the Edgware Road

Movie · as James Craven

2014
Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race poster

Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race

Movie · as Narrator (Voice)

2014
The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story poster

The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story

Movie · as Himself

2014
The Minister of Chance: Prologue poster

The Minister of Chance: Prologue

Movie · as Durian

2014
Codebreaker Alan Turing Persecution Of A Genius poster

Codebreaker Alan Turing Persecution Of A Genius

Movie

2014
France: The Wild Side poster

France: The Wild Side

Movie · as Narrator

2014
Wildest Middle East poster

Wildest Middle East

TV · as Narrator · 5 eps

2014
Secrets of the Castle poster

Secrets of the Castle

TV · as Narrator (Voice) · 5 eps

2014
The Musketeers poster

The Musketeers

TV · as St Pierre, Saint Pierre · 1 ep

2014
Wildest Indochina poster

Wildest Indochina

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 5 eps

2013
Brady and Hindley: Possession poster

Brady and Hindley: Possession

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2013
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot poster

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

Movie · as Self

2013
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor poster

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

Movie · as The Doctor (8) (archive footage)

2013
Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor poster

Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor

Movie · as The Doctor

2013
JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence poster

JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence

Movie · as Himself - Narrator (voice)

2013
Art Is... poster

Art Is...

Movie · as Lulu's Dad

2013
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited poster

Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

TV · as Self · 11 eps

2012
Tiger Island

Tiger Island

Movie · as Narrator

2012
Britain's Greatest Codebreaker poster

Britain's Greatest Codebreaker

Movie · as Himself - Narrator (voice)

2012
SOS: The Titanic Inquiry poster

SOS: The Titanic Inquiry

Movie · as Sir Rufus Isaacs

2012
Wildest Latin America poster

Wildest Latin America

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 5 eps

2012
Wildest Islands poster

Wildest Islands

TV · as Narrator · 10 eps

2012
A Mother's Son poster

A Mother's Son

TV · as David · 2 eps

2012
Ripper Street poster

Ripper Street

TV · as Stanley Bone · 1 ep

2012
The Bletchley Circle poster

The Bletchley Circle

TV · as John Richards · 1 ep

2011
The 9/11 Surfer poster

The 9/11 Surfer

Movie · as Narrator

2011
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time poster

Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time

Movie

2011
Digging The Great Escape poster

Digging The Great Escape

Movie · as narrator

2011
Gadaffi and the IRA

Gadaffi and the IRA

Movie · as Narrator

2010
Godard & Others

Godard & Others

Movie · as Torrence

2010
The Day John Lennon Died poster

The Day John Lennon Died

Movie · as Narrator

2010
Luther poster

Luther

TV · as Mark North · 10 eps

2009
Lesbian Vampire Killers poster

Lesbian Vampire Killers

Movie · as Vicar

2009
Collision poster

Collision

TV · as Richard Reeves · 5 eps

2009
Moving On poster

Moving On

TV · as Phil · 1 ep

2008
My Dad Was a Communist poster

My Dad Was a Communist

Movie · as Narrator

2008
Fables of Forgotten Things poster

Fables of Forgotten Things

Movie · as Clarence

2008
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor poster

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

Movie · as The Doctor (8) (archive footage)

2008
The Ties That Bind Us poster

The Ties That Bind Us

Movie · as Self - Narrator

2008
The True Story poster

The True Story

TV · as Narrator · 8 eps

2007
Always Crashing in the Same Car poster

Always Crashing in the Same Car

Movie · as Bill Mackinnon

2007
World of Compulsive Hoarders poster

World of Compulsive Hoarders

Movie

2007
Davros Connections poster

Davros Connections

Movie · as (archival audio)

2007
Chernobyl Reclaimed: An Animal Takeover poster

Chernobyl Reclaimed: An Animal Takeover

Movie · as Narrator

2007
True Dare Kiss poster

True Dare Kiss

TV · as Nash McKinnon · 6 eps

2007
The Foreign Legion: Tougher Than the Rest poster

The Foreign Legion: Tougher Than the Rest

TV · as Himself - Narrator (voice) · 3 eps

2006
If I Had You poster

If I Had You

Movie · as Philip Andrews

2006
Tripping Over poster

Tripping Over

TV · as Jeremy · 6 eps

2005
Gypo poster

Gypo

Movie · as Paul

2005
The Orangutan King poster

The Orangutan King

Movie · as Narrator

2005
Death of an Idealist poster

Death of an Idealist

Movie · as Narrator

2005
Daphne Ashbrook in the UK poster

Daphne Ashbrook in the UK

Movie

2005
Ghosts on the Underground poster

Ghosts on the Underground

Movie · as Narrator

2005
Kidnapped poster

Kidnapped

TV · 3 eps

2005
Psycho

Psycho

TV · as Narrator · 4 eps

2005
Twisted Tales poster

Twisted Tales

TV · as Phone (voice) · 1 ep

2004
Sea of Souls poster

Sea of Souls

TV · as Christopher Chambers · 1 ep

2004
New Tricks poster

New Tricks

TV · as D.C.I. James Larson · 1 ep

2004
Bible Mysteries poster

Bible Mysteries

TV · as Himself-Narrator · 9 eps

2004
Agatha Christie's Marple poster

Agatha Christie's Marple

TV · as Dickie Erskine · 1 ep

2004
Zero Hour poster

Zero Hour

TV · as Narrator (Voice) · 6 eps

2004
Lie with Me poster

Lie with Me

TV · as Gerry Henson · 2 eps

2003
Hornblower: Duty poster

Hornblower: Duty

Movie · as Lieutenant Bush

2003
Hornblower: Loyalty poster

Hornblower: Loyalty

Movie · as Lieutenant Bush

2003
Otherworld poster

Otherworld

Movie · as King Matholwch (voice)

2003
Doctor Who: Shada poster

Doctor Who: Shada

Movie · as The Doctor (voice)

2003
Listening

Listening

Movie · as Man

2003
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' poster

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

Movie · as Self

2003
Spine Chillers poster

Spine Chillers

TV · as Voice of the Phone · 1 ep

2002
Queen of the Damned poster

Queen of the Damned

Movie · as David Talbot

2002
The Biographer poster

The Biographer

Movie · as Andrew Morton

2002
Blood Strangers poster

Blood Strangers

TV · as DC David Ingram · 2 eps

2001
Hornblower: Mutiny poster

Hornblower: Mutiny

Movie · as Lieutenant Bush

2001
My Kingdom poster

My Kingdom

Movie · as Dean

2001
Hornblower: Retribution poster

Hornblower: Retribution

Movie · as Lt. Bush

2001
Hotel! poster

Hotel!

Movie · as Ben Carter

2001
Like a Hurricane: The Alex Higgins Story poster

Like a Hurricane: The Alex Higgins Story

Movie · as Self- Narrator

2001
Sweet Revenge

Sweet Revenge

TV · as Patrick Vine · 2 eps

2001
Waking the Dead poster

Waking the Dead

TV · as ACC Tony Nicholson · 2 eps

2001
Real Crime poster

Real Crime

TV · 11 eps

2000
Fish

Fish

TV · as Jonathan Vishnevski · 6 eps

2000
Nature Boy poster

Nature Boy

TV · as Steve Witton · 4 eps

1999
Withnail and Us poster

Withnail and Us

Movie · as Self

1999
Forgotten poster

Forgotten

TV · as Ben Turner · 3 eps

1999
Holby City poster

Holby City

TV · as John Gaskell · 52 eps

1998
The Dance of Shiva poster

The Dance of Shiva

Movie · as Captain Greville

1998
Hornblower poster

Hornblower

TV · as William Bush · 4 eps

1998
Our Mutual Friend poster

Our Mutual Friend

TV · as Eugene Wrayburn · 4 eps

1997
Downtime poster

Downtime

Movie · as Rob

1997
FairyTale: A True Story poster

FairyTale: A True Story

Movie · as Arthur Wright

1996
The One That Got Away poster

The One That Got Away

Movie · as Chris Ryan

1996
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

Movie · as The Doctor

1996
Catherine the Great poster

Catherine the Great

Movie · as Potemkin

1996
Star Trek Story poster

Star Trek Story

Movie · as Self - Commentary (voice)

1996
The Merchant of Venice poster

The Merchant of Venice

Movie · as Bassanio

1996
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary poster

Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary

Movie · as Self

1996
Testament: The Bible in Animation poster

Testament: The Bible in Animation

TV · as David (voice) · 1 ep

1995
The Hanging Gale poster

The Hanging Gale

Movie · as Liam Phelan

1995
The Hanging Gale poster

The Hanging Gale

TV · as Liam Phelan · 4 eps

1993
The Three Musketeers poster

The Three Musketeers

Movie · as Girard / Jussac

1992
Alien³ poster

Alien³

Movie · as Golic

1992
Afraid of the Dark poster

Afraid of the Dark

Movie · as Tony

1992
The Making of 'Alien³' poster

The Making of 'Alien³'

Movie · as Self

1992
Nice Town

Nice Town

TV · as Joe Thompson · 3 eps

1990
Paper Mask poster

Paper Mask

Movie · as Matthew Harris

1990
Drowning in the Shallow End poster

Drowning in the Shallow End

Movie · as Colin

1990
The Monk poster

The Monk

Movie · as Father Lorenzo Rojas

1989
The Rainbow poster

The Rainbow

Movie · as Anton Skrebensky

1989
Dealers poster

Dealers

Movie · as Daniel Pascoe

1989
Streets of Yesterday poster

Streets of Yesterday

Movie · as Joseph

1989
Tree of Hands poster

Tree of Hands

Movie · as Barry

1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot poster

Agatha Christie's Poirot

TV · as Dr. Peter Lord · 1 ep

1988
The Importance of Being Earnest poster

The Importance of Being Earnest

Movie · as John Worthing

1987
Withnail & I poster

Withnail & I

Movie · as ...& I

1987
Cariani and the Courtesans poster

Cariani and the Courtesans

Movie · as Giovanni Cariani

1987
Empire of the Sun poster

Empire of the Sun

Movie · as Lieutenant Price

1986
The Monocled Mutineer poster

The Monocled Mutineer

TV · as Percy Toplis · 4 eps

1986
ScreenPlay poster

ScreenPlay

TV · as Giovanni Cariani · 1 ep

1986
Sunday Premiere

Sunday Premiere

TV · as Percy Toplis · 4 eps

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Colin · 1 ep

1984
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle poster

Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle

Movie · as Mo Morris

1983
Gaskin poster

Gaskin

Movie · as Graham Gaskin

1983
Natural World poster

Natural World

TV · as Narrator · 5 eps

1983
Give us a Break poster

Give us a Break

TV · as Mo Morris · 8 eps

1982
Whistling Wally poster

Whistling Wally

Movie · as Norman

1977
Fish poster

Fish

TV · 13 eps

1970
Play for Today poster

Play for Today

TV · as Norman · 1 ep

1964
Horizon poster

Horizon

TV · as Himself · 1 ep