Paul McGann

Paul McGann

1959-11-14 • Kensington, Liverpool, England, UK • Male • 165 Known Credits

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.

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1959-11-14

Place of Birth

Kensington, Liverpool, England, UK

Known Credits

165

Known For

Acting

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Known For Movies

Alien³

Alien³

1992
Empire of the Sun

Empire of the Sun

1987
The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

1993
Queen of the Damned

Queen of the Damned

2002
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

2013
FairyTale: A True Story

FairyTale: A True Story

1997
Withnail & I

Withnail & I

1987
Doctor Who

Doctor Who

1996
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

2015
Doctor Who at the Proms

Doctor Who at the Proms

2024
Hornblower: Mutiny

Hornblower: Mutiny

2001
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

2003
Lesbian Vampire Killers

Lesbian Vampire Killers

2009
The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

1988
Paper Mask

Paper Mask

1990
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

2013
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

2008
Afraid of the Dark

Afraid of the Dark

1991
Listening

Listening

2003
Catherine the Great

Catherine the Great

1996
Hotel!

Hotel!

2001
B&B

B&B

2017
The Big Night In

The Big Night In

2020
The Undertaker

The Undertaker

2023
The Rainbow

The Rainbow

1989
Kidnapped

Kidnapped

2005
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison

2014
Hornblower: Duty

Hornblower: Duty

2003
The Monk

The Monk

1990
Brakes

Brakes

2017
Doctor Who Am I

Doctor Who Am I

2022
My Kingdom

My Kingdom

2001
Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend - The Live Show

Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend - The Live Show

2024
The Ties That Bind Us

The Ties That Bind Us

2008
Blood Strangers

Blood Strangers

2002
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle

Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle

1984
The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away

1996
Hornblower: Loyalty

Hornblower: Loyalty

2003
The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story

The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story

2014
Swans: Mystery of the Missing

Swans: Mystery of the Missing

2019
Otherworld

Otherworld

2003
Dealers

Dealers

1989
Hornblower: Retribution

Hornblower: Retribution

2001
Britain's Greatest Codebreaker

Britain's Greatest Codebreaker

2012
Mia and the Dragon Princess

Mia and the Dragon Princess

2023
Streets of Yesterday

Streets of Yesterday

1989
Tree of Hands

Tree of Hands

1989
The Day John Lennon Died

The Day John Lennon Died

2010
Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor

Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor

2013
Star Trek Story

Star Trek Story

1996
Gaskin

Gaskin

1983
Talking Doctor Who

Talking Doctor Who

2023
Doctor Who: Shada

Doctor Who: Shada

2003
Always Crashing in the Same Car

Always Crashing in the Same Car

2007
Absence

Absence

2015
The Biographer

The Biographer

2002
The Hanging Gale

The Hanging Gale

1995
Downtime

Downtime

1997
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary

Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary

1996
If I Had You

If I Had You

2006
Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Land

Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Land

2018
The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On

The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On

2019
The Dance of Shiva

The Dance of Shiva

1998
Lie with Me

Lie with Me

2004
Cariani and the Courtesans

Cariani and the Courtesans

1987
Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race

Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race

2014
Daphne Ashbrook in the UK

Daphne Ashbrook in the UK

2005
Drowning in the Shallow End

Drowning in the Shallow End

1990
Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence

Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence

2017
Godard & Others

Godard & Others

2010
The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years

The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years

2019
JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence

JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence

2013
Codebreaker Alan Turing Persecution Of A Genius

Codebreaker Alan Turing Persecution Of A Genius

2014
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time

Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time

2011
Davros Connections

Davros Connections

2007
Picasso's Last Stand

Picasso's Last Stand

2018
Perplexed Music

Perplexed Music

2017
A Little Place Off the Edgware Road

A Little Place Off the Edgware Road

2014
Nero's Sunken City

Nero's Sunken City

2017
China - Treasures of the Jade Empire

China - Treasures of the Jade Empire

2015
The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice

1996
Gypo

Gypo

2005
The Day of the Sun Dog

The Day of the Sun Dog

2023
Withnail and Us

Withnail and Us

1999
Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden

Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden

2015
Art Is...

Art Is...

2013
Fables of Forgotten Things

Fables of Forgotten Things

2008
The 9/11 Surfer

The 9/11 Surfer

2011
Churchill: When Britain Said No

Churchill: When Britain Said No

2015
Digging The Great Escape

Digging The Great Escape

2011
The Minister of Chance: Prologue

The Minister of Chance: Prologue

2014
Tiger Island

Tiger Island

2012
Chernobyl Reclaimed: An Animal Takeover

Chernobyl Reclaimed: An Animal Takeover

2007
Whistling Wally

Whistling Wally

1982
SOS: The Titanic Inquiry

SOS: The Titanic Inquiry

2012
Death of an Idealist

Death of an Idealist

2005
The Other Prince William

The Other Prince William

2015
Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace

Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace

2015
Like a Hurricane: The Alex Higgins Story

Like a Hurricane: The Alex Higgins Story

2001
Churchill’s Forgotten War

Churchill’s Forgotten War

2024
Unfinished: The Making of Massive Attack

Unfinished: The Making of Massive Attack

2016
Ghosts on the Underground

Ghosts on the Underground

2005
World of Compulsive Hoarders

World of Compulsive Hoarders

2007
Shark: Beneath the Surface

Shark: Beneath the Surface

2015
France: The Wild Side

France: The Wild Side

2014
Brady and Hindley: Possession

Brady and Hindley: Possession

2013
The Orangutan King

The Orangutan King

2005
Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting

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

2014
Swallow Your Dreams

Swallow Your Dreams

2022
Doctor Who: The Time War

Doctor Who: The Time War
My Dad Was a Communist

My Dad Was a Communist

2008
Super Powered Owls

Super Powered Owls

2015
Gadaffi and the IRA

Gadaffi and the IRA

2011

Known For TV Shows

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989
Horizon

Horizon

1964
Play for Today

Play for Today

1970
Holby City

Holby City

1999
Agatha Christie's Marple

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004
Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

2001
New Tricks

New Tricks

2004
Natural World

Natural World

1983
Luther

Luther

2010
Ripper Street

Ripper Street

2012
The Musketeers

The Musketeers

2014
Moving On

Moving On

2009
McDonald & Dodds

McDonald & Dodds

2020
Hornblower

Hornblower

1998
ScreenPlay

ScreenPlay

1986
Annika

Annika

2021
Fish

Fish

1977
The Bletchley Circle

The Bletchley Circle

2012
Sea of Souls

Sea of Souls

2004
Our Mutual Friend

Our Mutual Friend

1998
Twisted Tales

Twisted Tales

2005
Testament: The Bible in Animation

Testament: The Bible in Animation

1996
Zero Hour

Zero Hour

2004
Tripping Over

Tripping Over

2006
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

2013
Collision

Collision

2009
A Mother's Son

A Mother's Son

2012
Anne

Anne

2022
Nature Boy

Nature Boy

2000
Bible Mysteries

Bible Mysteries

2004
Sweet Revenge

Sweet Revenge

2001
The Hanging Gale

The Hanging Gale

1995
True Dare Kiss

True Dare Kiss

2007
Kidnapped

Kidnapped

2005
Nice Town

Nice Town

1992
The Monocled Mutineer

The Monocled Mutineer

1986
Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

2021
Shark

Shark

2015
Wildest Islands

Wildest Islands

2012
Forgotten

Forgotten

1999
Fish

Fish

2000
Wildest Islands of Indonesia

Wildest Islands of Indonesia

2016
Wildest Latin America

Wildest Latin America

2012
Wildest Europe

Wildest Europe

2017
Secrets of the Castle

Secrets of the Castle

2014
Wild Sri Lanka

Wild Sri Lanka

2015
Give us a Break

Give us a Break

1983
Victorian Sensations

Victorian Sensations

2019
Wildest Indochina

Wildest Indochina

2014
Psycho

Psycho

2005
Wildest Middle East

Wildest Middle East

2014
The Foreign Legion: Tougher Than the Rest

The Foreign Legion: Tougher Than the Rest

2007

Movie Credits

Alien³

1992

Golic

Empire of the Sun

1987

Lieutenant Price

The Three Musketeers

1993

Girard / Jussac

Queen of the Damned

2002

David Talbot

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

2013

The Doctor (8) (archive footage)

FairyTale: A True Story

1997

Arthur Wright

Withnail & I

1987

...& I

Doctor Who

1996

The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

2015

The Doctor (8) (picture) (uncredited)

Doctor Who at the Proms

2024

The Doctor (8) (archive footage)

Hornblower: Mutiny

2001

Lieutenant Bush

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

2003

Self

Lesbian Vampire Killers

2009

Vicar

The Importance of Being Earnest

1988

John Worthing

Paper Mask

1990

Matthew Harris

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

2013

Self

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

2008

The Doctor (8) (archive footage)

Afraid of the Dark

1991

Tony

Listening

2003

Man

Catherine the Great

1996

Potemkin

Hotel!

2001

Ben Carter

B&B

2017

Josh

The Big Night In

2020

Self

The Undertaker

2023

Arthur

The Rainbow

1989

Anton Skrebensky

Kidnapped

2005

Colonel MacNab

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison

2014

Self

Hornblower: Duty

2003

Lieutenant Bush

The Monk

1990

Father Lorenzo Rojas

Brakes

2017

Peter

Doctor Who Am I

2022

Self

My Kingdom

2001

Dean

Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend - The Live Show

2024

The Doctor

The Ties That Bind Us

2008

Self - Narrator

Blood Strangers

2002

DC David Ingram

Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle

1984

Mo Morris

The One That Got Away

1996

Chris Ryan

Hornblower: Loyalty

2003

Lieutenant Bush

The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story

2014

Himself

Swans: Mystery of the Missing

2019

Self - Narrator (voice)

Otherworld

2003

King Matholwch (voice)

Dealers

1989

Daniel Pascoe

Hornblower: Retribution

2001

Lt. Bush

Britain's Greatest Codebreaker

2012

Himself - Narrator (voice)

Mia and the Dragon Princess

2023

Walsh

Streets of Yesterday

1989

Joseph

Tree of Hands

1989

Barry

The Day John Lennon Died

2010

Narrator

Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor

2013

The Doctor

Star Trek Story

1996

Self - Commentary (voice)

Gaskin

1983

Graham Gaskin

Talking Doctor Who

2023

Self / The Doctor (8) (archive footage)

Doctor Who: Shada

2003

The Doctor (voice)

Always Crashing in the Same Car

2007

Bill Mackinnon

Absence

2015

Man

The Biographer

2002

Andrew Morton

The Hanging Gale

1995

Liam Phelan

Downtime

1997

Rob

Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary

1996

Self

If I Had You

2006

Philip Andrews

Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Land

2018

Himself

The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On

2019

Self

The Dance of Shiva

1998

Captain Greville

Lie with Me

2004

Gerry Henson

Cariani and the Courtesans

1987

Giovanni Cariani

Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race

2014

Narrator (Voice)

Daphne Ashbrook in the UK

2005

Drowning in the Shallow End

1990

Colin

Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence

2017

Narrator (voice)

Godard & Others

2010

Torrence

The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years

2019

JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence

2013

Himself - Narrator (voice)

Codebreaker Alan Turing Persecution Of A Genius

2014

Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time

2011

Davros Connections

2007

(archival audio)

Picasso's Last Stand

2018

Narrator

Perplexed Music

2017

Man

A Little Place Off the Edgware Road

2014

James Craven

Nero's Sunken City

2017

Narrator (English Voice)

China - Treasures of the Jade Empire

2015

Narrator

The Merchant of Venice

1996

Bassanio

Gypo

2005

Paul

The Day of the Sun Dog

2023

Jaggers

Withnail and Us

1999

Self

Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden

2015

Narrator (voice)

Art Is...

2013

Lulu's Dad

Fables of Forgotten Things

2008

Clarence

The 9/11 Surfer

2011

Narrator

Churchill: When Britain Said No

2015

Narrator (voice)

Digging The Great Escape

2011

narrator

The Minister of Chance: Prologue

2014

Durian

Tiger Island

2012

Narrator

Chernobyl Reclaimed: An Animal Takeover

2007

Narrator

Whistling Wally

1982

Norman

SOS: The Titanic Inquiry

2012

Sir Rufus Isaacs

Death of an Idealist

2005

Narrator

The Other Prince William

2015

Self - Narrator (voice)

Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace

2015

narrator

Like a Hurricane: The Alex Higgins Story

2001

Self- Narrator

Churchill’s Forgotten War

2024

Narrator (voice)

Unfinished: The Making of Massive Attack

2016

Narrator (Voice)

Ghosts on the Underground

2005

Narrator

World of Compulsive Hoarders

2007

Shark: Beneath the Surface

2015

self, narrator

France: The Wild Side

2014

Narrator

Brady and Hindley: Possession

2013

Narrator (voice)

The Orangutan King

2005

Narrator

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

2014

Narrator

Swallow Your Dreams

2022

James

Doctor Who: The Time War

The Doctor

My Dad Was a Communist

2008

Narrator

Super Powered Owls

2015

Narrator

Gadaffi and the IRA

2011

Narrator

TV Credits

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989

Dr. Peter Lord (1 episodes)

Horizon

1964

Himself (1 episodes)

Play for Today

1970

Norman (1 episodes)

Holby City

1999

John Gaskell (52 episodes)

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004

Dickie Erskine (1 episodes)

Waking the Dead

2001

ACC Tony Nicholson (2 episodes)

New Tricks

2004

D.C.I. James Larson (1 episodes)

Natural World

1983

Narrator (5 episodes)

Luther

2010

Mark North (10 episodes)

Ripper Street

2012

Stanley Bone (1 episodes)

The Musketeers

2014

St Pierre (1 episodes)

Moving On

2009

Phil (1 episodes)

McDonald & Dodds

2020

Archie Addington (1 episodes)

Hornblower

1998

William Bush (4 episodes)

ScreenPlay

1986

Giovanni Cariani (1 episodes)

Annika

2021

Jake Strathearn (6 episodes)

Fish

1977

(13 episodes)

The Bletchley Circle

2012

John Richards (1 episodes)

Sea of Souls

2004

Christopher Chambers (1 episodes)

Our Mutual Friend

1998

Eugene Wrayburn (4 episodes)

Twisted Tales

2005

Phone (voice) (1 episodes)

Testament: The Bible in Animation

1996

David (voice) (1 episodes)

Zero Hour

2004

Narrator (Voice) (6 episodes)

Tripping Over

2006

Jeremy (6 episodes)

Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

2013

Self (11 episodes)

Collision

2009

Richard Reeves (5 episodes)

A Mother's Son

2012

David (2 episodes)

Anne

2022

Malcolm Thornton MP (4 episodes)

Nature Boy

2000

Steve Witton (4 episodes)

Bible Mysteries

2004

Himself-Narrator (9 episodes)

Sweet Revenge

2001

Patrick Vine (2 episodes)

The Hanging Gale

1995

Liam Phelan (4 episodes)

True Dare Kiss

2007

Nash McKinnon (6 episodes)

Kidnapped

2005

(3 episodes)

Nice Town

1992

Joe Thompson (3 episodes)

The Monocled Mutineer

1986

Percy Toplis (4 episodes)

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

2021

Self - Narrator (3 episodes)

Shark

2015

Himself - Narrator (3 episodes)

Wildest Islands

2012

Narrator (10 episodes)

Forgotten

1999

Ben Turner (3 episodes)

Fish

2000

Jonathan Vishnevski (6 episodes)

Wildest Islands of Indonesia

2016

Narrator (5 episodes)

Wildest Latin America

2012

Self - Narrator (voice) (5 episodes)

Wildest Europe

2017

Narrator (5 episodes)

Secrets of the Castle

2014

Narrator (Voice) (5 episodes)

Wild Sri Lanka

2015

Paul McGann (3 episodes)

Give us a Break

1983

Mo Morris (8 episodes)

Victorian Sensations

2019

Self - Presenter (1 episodes)

Wildest Indochina

2014

Narrator (voice) (5 episodes)

Psycho

2005

Narrator (4 episodes)

Wildest Middle East

2014

Narrator (5 episodes)

The Foreign Legion: Tougher Than the Rest

2007

Himself - Narrator (voice) (3 episodes)

Movie Production Credits

No movie production credits available.

TV Production Credits

Moving On

Director

2009

China: Between Clouds and Dreams

Commissioning Editor

2016