Paul McGann

Paul McGann

ActorCrewDirector Nov 14 (age 66) Kensington, Liverpool, England, UK 1963–2025 (62 year career)
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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

Filmography

Acting (169)

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Movies (113)

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

2025

as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)

5.4
The Marbles

The Marbles

2025

as Lord Byron (voice)

Doctor Who at the Proms

Doctor Who at the Proms

2024

as The Doctor (8) (archive footage)

7.2
Churchill’s Forgotten War

Churchill’s Forgotten War

2024

as Narrator (voice)

8.0
Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend - The Live Show

Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend - The Live Show

2024

as The Doctor

Mia and the Dragon Princess

Mia and the Dragon Princess

2023

as Walsh

6.6
The Day of the Sun Dog

The Day of the Sun Dog

2023

as Jaggers

The Undertaker

The Undertaker

2023

as Arthur

5.5
Talking Doctor Who

Talking Doctor Who

2023

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

5.0
Swallow Your Dreams

Swallow Your Dreams

2022

as James

10.0
Doctor Who Am I

Doctor Who Am I

2022

as Self

4.8
Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor

Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor

2022

as The Doctor

The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On

The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On

2019

as Self

7.8
The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years

The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years

2019
2.0
Swans: Mystery of the Missing

Swans: Mystery of the Missing

2019

as Narrator (voice)

10.0
Picasso's Last Stand

Picasso's Last Stand

2018

as Narrator

Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Land

Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Land

2018

as Himself

Nero's Sunken City

Nero's Sunken City

2017

as Narrator (English Voice)

5.0
Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence

Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence

2017

as Narrator (voice)

8.0
Brakes

Brakes

2017

as Peter

5.6
Perplexed Music

Perplexed Music

2017

as Man

B&B

B&B

2017

as Josh

6.3
Unfinished: The Making of Massive Attack

Unfinished: The Making of Massive Attack

2016

as Narrator (Voice)

Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace

Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace

2015

as narrator

10.0
Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden

Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden

2015

as Narrator (voice)

9.0
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

2015

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

8.0
The Other Prince William

The Other Prince William

2015

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Shark: Beneath the Surface

Shark: Beneath the Surface

2015

as self, narrator

Super Powered Owls

Super Powered Owls

2015

as Narrator

China - Treasures of the Jade Empire

China - Treasures of the Jade Empire

2015

as Narrator

8.7
Absence

Absence

2015

as Man

7.0
Churchill: When Britain Said No

Churchill: When Britain Said No

2015

as Narrator (voice)

8.0
Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race

Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race

2014

as Narrator (Voice)

7.4
A Little Place Off the Edgware Road

A Little Place Off the Edgware Road

2014

as James Craven

The Minister of Chance: Prologue

The Minister of Chance: Prologue

2014

as Durian

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison

2014

as Self

The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story

The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story

2014

as Himself

5.9
France: The Wild Side

France: The Wild Side

2014

as Narrator

Codebreaker Alan Turing Persecution Of A Genius

Codebreaker Alan Turing Persecution Of A Genius

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

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

2014

as Narrator

8.5
JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence

JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence

2013

as Himself - Narrator (voice)

7.3
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

2013

as The Doctor (8) (archive footage)

8.2
Art Is...

Art Is...

2013

as Lulu's Dad

Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor

Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor

2013

as The Doctor

8.0
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

2013

as Self

7.8
Brady and Hindley: Possession

Brady and Hindley: Possession

2013

as Narrator (voice)

6.5
SOS: The Titanic Inquiry

SOS: The Titanic Inquiry

2012

as Sir Rufus Isaacs

6.4
Britain's Greatest Codebreaker

Britain's Greatest Codebreaker

2012

as Himself - Narrator (voice)

5.9
Tiger Island

Tiger Island

2012

as Narrator

Digging The Great Escape

Digging The Great Escape

2011

as narrator

Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time

Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time

2011
8.0
The 9/11 Surfer

The 9/11 Surfer

2011

as Narrator

6.0
Gadaffi and the IRA

Gadaffi and the IRA

2011

as Narrator

The Day John Lennon Died

The Day John Lennon Died

2010

as Narrator

8.0
Godard & Others

Godard & Others

2010

as Torrence

5.2
Lesbian Vampire Killers

Lesbian Vampire Killers

2009

as Vicar

5.2
My Dad Was a Communist

My Dad Was a Communist

2008

as Narrator

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

2008

as The Doctor (8) (archive footage)

7.4
Fables of Forgotten Things

Fables of Forgotten Things

2008

as Clarence

4.0
The Ties That Bind Us

The Ties That Bind Us

2008

as Self - Narrator

Davros Connections

Davros Connections

2007

as (archival audio)

World of Compulsive Hoarders

World of Compulsive Hoarders

2007
Always Crashing in the Same Car

Always Crashing in the Same Car

2007

as Bill Mackinnon

6.7
If I Had You

If I Had You

2006

as Philip Andrews

7.0
Ghosts on the Underground

Ghosts on the Underground

2005

as Narrator

7.0
Kidnapped

Kidnapped

2005

as Colonel MacNab

Gypo

Gypo

2005

as Paul

5.2
Death of an Idealist

Death of an Idealist

2005

as Narrator

The Orangutan King

The Orangutan King

2005

as Narrator

10.0
Daphne Ashbrook in the UK

Daphne Ashbrook in the UK

2005
Lie with Me

Lie with Me

2004

as Gerry Henson

4.5
Listening

Listening

2003

as Man

7.3
Hornblower: Duty

Hornblower: Duty

2003

as Lieutenant Bush

7.2
Hornblower: Loyalty

Hornblower: Loyalty

2003

as Lieutenant Bush

7.1
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

2003

as Self

7.8
Doctor Who: Shada

Doctor Who: Shada

2003

as The Doctor (voice)

7.3
Otherworld

Otherworld

2003

as King Matholwch (voice)

5.1
Queen of the Damned

Queen of the Damned

2002

as David Talbot

6.1
The Biographer

The Biographer

2002

as Andrew Morton

Blood Strangers

Blood Strangers

2002

as DC David Ingram

4.8
Hornblower: Mutiny

Hornblower: Mutiny

2001

as Lieutenant Bush

7.3
Hotel!

Hotel!

2001

as Ben Carter

4.5
Hornblower: Retribution

Hornblower: Retribution

2001

as Lt. Bush

7.3
My Kingdom

My Kingdom

2001

as Dean

5.1
Like a Hurricane: The Alex Higgins Story

Like a Hurricane: The Alex Higgins Story

2001

as Self- Narrator

Withnail and Us

Withnail and Us

1999

as Self

6.2
The Dance of Shiva

The Dance of Shiva

1998

as Captain Greville

FairyTale: A True Story

FairyTale: A True Story

1997

as Arthur Wright

6.4
Downtime

Downtime

1997

as Rob

5.0
Doctor Who

Doctor Who

1996

as The Doctor

6.2
Star Trek Story

Star Trek Story

1996

as Self - Commentary (voice)

0.8
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary

Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary

1996

as Self

6.0
Catherine the Great

Catherine the Great

1996

as Potemkin

5.5
The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice

1996

as Bassanio

1.0
The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away

1996

as Chris Ryan

5.8
The Hanging Gale

The Hanging Gale

1995

as Liam Phelan

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

1993

as Girard / Jussac

6.4
Alien³

Alien³

1992

as Golic

6.4
Afraid of the Dark

Afraid of the Dark

1991

as Tony

5.4
Paper Mask

Paper Mask

1990

as Matthew Harris

5.6
The Monk

The Monk

1990

as Father Lorenzo Rojas

1.7
Drowning in the Shallow End

Drowning in the Shallow End

1990

as Colin

Dealers

Dealers

1989

as Daniel Pascoe

4.8
The Rainbow

The Rainbow

1989

as Anton Skrebensky

5.5
Streets of Yesterday

Streets of Yesterday

1989

as Joseph

7.0
Tree of Hands

Tree of Hands

1989

as Barry

The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

1988

as John Worthing

4.7
Empire of the Sun

Empire of the Sun

1987

as Lieutenant Price

7.5
Withnail & I

Withnail & I

1987

as ...& I

7.2
Cariani and the Courtesans

Cariani and the Courtesans

1987

as Giovanni Cariani

Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle

Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle

1984

as Mo Morris

Gaskin

Gaskin

1983

as Graham Gaskin

Whistling Wally

Whistling Wally

1982

as Norman

Television (56)

Bookish

Bookish

2025

as Mr. Kind

6.8
Anne

Anne

2022

as Malcolm Thornton MP

7.1
Annika

Annika

2021

as Jake Strathearn

7.2
Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

2021

as Self - Narrator

3.9
McDonald & Dodds

McDonald & Dodds

2020

as Archie Addington

7.6
Victorian Sensations

Victorian Sensations

2019

as Self - Presenter

Wildest Europe

Wildest Europe

2017

as Narrator

Wildest Islands of Indonesia

Wildest Islands of Indonesia

2016

as Narrator

8.0
Shark

Shark

2015

as Himself - Narrator

8.2
Wild Sri Lanka

Wild Sri Lanka

2015

as Paul McGann

7.8
The Musketeers

The Musketeers

2014

as St Pierre

7.0
Secrets of the Castle

Secrets of the Castle

2014

as Narrator (Voice)

9.4
Wildest Indochina

Wildest Indochina

2014

as Narrator (voice)

8.6
Wildest Middle East

Wildest Middle East

2014

as Narrator

9.0
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

2013

as Self

6.4
Ripper Street

Ripper Street

2012

as Stanley Bone

7.4
The Bletchley Circle

The Bletchley Circle

2012

as John Richards

7.6
A Mother's Son

A Mother's Son

2012

as David

6.8
Wildest Islands

Wildest Islands

2012

as Narrator

8.1
Wildest Latin America

Wildest Latin America

2012

as Self - Narrator (voice)

8.0
Luther

Luther

2010

as Mark North

7.9
Luther

Luther

2010

as Mark North

7.9
Moving On

Moving On

2009

as Phil

7.1
Collision

Collision

2009

as Richard Reeves

7.0
The Foreign Legion: Tougher Than the Rest

The Foreign Legion: Tougher Than the Rest

2007

as Himself - Narrator (voice)

7.0
True Dare Kiss

True Dare Kiss

2007

as Nash McKinnon

7.0
Tripping Over

Tripping Over

2006

as Jeremy

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

2005

as The Doctor (archive footage)

7.6
Twisted Tales

Twisted Tales

2005

as Phone (voice)

7.0
Kidnapped

Kidnapped

2005
6.0
Psycho

Psycho

2005

as Narrator

Agatha Christie's Marple

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004

as Dickie Erskine

7.8
New Tricks

New Tricks

2004

as D.C.I. James Larson

7.3
Sea of Souls

Sea of Souls

2004

as Christopher Chambers

7.6
Zero Hour

Zero Hour

2004

as Narrator (Voice)

7.5
Bible Mysteries

Bible Mysteries

2004

as Himself-Narrator

7.5
Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

2001

as ACC Tony Nicholson

7.2
Sweet Revenge

Sweet Revenge

2001

as Patrick Vine

Nature Boy

Nature Boy

2000

as Steve Witton

7.5
Fish

Fish

2000

as Jonathan Vishnevski

Holby City

Holby City

1999

as John Gaskell

5.7
Forgotten

Forgotten

1999

as Ben Turner

7.3
Hornblower

Hornblower

1998

as William Bush

7.8
Our Mutual Friend

Our Mutual Friend

1998

as Eugene Wrayburn

7.8
Jonathan Creek

Jonathan Creek

1997

as Hugo Dore

7.5
Testament: The Bible in Animation

Testament: The Bible in Animation

1996

as David (voice)

6.4
The Hanging Gale

The Hanging Gale

1995

as Liam Phelan

4.3
Nice Town

Nice Town

1992

as Joe Thompson

5.5
Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989

as Dr. Peter Lord

8.2
The Monocled Mutineer

The Monocled Mutineer

1986

as Percy Toplis

7.0
Natural World

Natural World

1983

as Narrator

7.4
Give us a Break

Give us a Break

1983

as Mo Morris

6.5
Fish

Fish

1977
5.7
Play for Today

Play for Today

1970

as Norman

6.3
Horizon

Horizon

1964

as Himself

7.4
Doctor Who

Doctor Who

1963

as The Doctor

7.9