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Paul McGann

Paul McGann

Acting

Born: November 14, 1959Kensington, 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
Filmography
The Marbles

The Marbles

Lord Byron (voice)

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
The Big Night In

The Big Night In

Self

2020
The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years

The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years

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
Perplexed Music

Perplexed Music

Man

2017
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

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
Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace

Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace

narrator

2015
Super Powered Owls

Super Powered Owls

Narrator

2015
The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story

The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story

Himself

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

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

Narrator

2014
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

The Doctor (8) (archive footage)

2013
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

Self

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
Britain's Greatest Codebreaker

Britain's Greatest Codebreaker

Himself - Narrator (voice)

2012

Tiger Island

Narrator

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

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

Torrence

2010
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
Always Crashing in the Same Car

Always Crashing in the Same Car

Bill Mackinnon

2007
World of Compulsive Hoarders

World of Compulsive Hoarders

2007
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
Kidnapped

Kidnapped

Colonel MacNab

2005
Daphne Ashbrook in the UK

Daphne Ashbrook in the UK

2005
Death of an Idealist

Death of an Idealist

Narrator

2005
Lie with Me

Lie with Me

Gerry Henson

2004
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

Self

2003

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
My Kingdom

My Kingdom

Dean

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
Withnail and Us

Withnail and Us

Self

1999
The Dance of Shiva

The Dance of Shiva

Captain Greville

1998
FairyTale: A True Story

FairyTale: A True Story

Arthur Wright

1997
Downtime

Downtime

Rob

1997
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 Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

Girard / Jussac

1993
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
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
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle

Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle

Mo Morris

1984
Gaskin

Gaskin

Graham Gaskin

1983
Whistling Wally

Whistling Wally

Norman

1982