Paul McGann
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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
Credits
Alien³ (1992)
as Golic
Empire of the Sun (1987)
as Lieutenant Price
The Three Musketeers (1993)
as Girard / Jussac
Queen of the Damned (2002)
as David Talbot
Doctor Who (1996)
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013)
as The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
Withnail & I (1987)
as ...& I
Lesbian Vampire Killers (2009)
as Vicar
The Rainbow (1989)
as Anton Skrebensky
FairyTale: A True Story (1997)
as Arthur Wright
My Kingdom (2001)
as Dean
Catherine the Great (1996)
as Potemkin
Lie with Me (2004)
as Gerry Henson
Otherworld (2003)
as King Matholwch (voice)
The Big Night In (2020)
as Self
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song (2015)
as The Doctor (8) (picture) (uncredited)
Paper Mask (1990)
as Matthew Harris
Hornblower: Mutiny (2001)
as Lieutenant Bush
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor (2008)
as The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (2013)
as Self
The Marbles (2025)
as Lord Byron (voice)
The Importance of Being Earnest (1988)
as John Worthing
Doctor Who at the Proms (2024)
as The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story (2014)
as Himself
The Monk (1990)
as Father Lorenzo Rojas
Dealers (1989)
as Daniel Pascoe
Good Behaviour (2026)
as Richard
Star Trek Story (1996)
as Self - Commentary (voice)
Hornblower: Duty (2003)
as Lieutenant Bush
The Biographer (2002)
as Andrew Morton
B&B (2017)
as Josh
Hornblower: Loyalty (2003)
as Lieutenant Bush
Hotel! (2001)
as Ben Carter
Britain's Greatest Codebreaker (2012)
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
Afraid of the Dark (1991)
as Tony
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War (2025)
as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Doctor Who: Shada (2003)
as The Doctor (voice)
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' (2003)
as Self
The Undertaker (2023)
as Arthur
If I Had You (2006)
as Philip Andrews
The One That Got Away (1996)
as Chris Ryan
Doctor Who Am I (2022)
as Self
Tree of Hands (1989)
as Barry
Drowning in the Shallow End (1990)
as Colin
Hornblower: Retribution (2001)
as Lt. Bush
Gaskin (1983)
as Graham Gaskin
The Ties That Bind Us (2008)
as Self - Narrator
Cariani and the Courtesans (1987)
as Giovanni Cariani
Brakes (2017)
as Peter
Swans: Mystery of the Missing (2019)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Mia and the Dragon Princess (2023)
as Walsh
Listening (2003)
as Man
Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
The Hanging Gale (1995)
as Liam Phelan
Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor (2013)
as The Doctor
Perplexed Music (2017)
as Man
Churchill’s Forgotten War (2024)
as Narrator (voice)
Nero's Sunken City (2017)
as Narrator (English Voice)
Streets of Yesterday (1989)
as Joseph
Chernobyl Reclaimed: An Animal Takeover (2007)
as Narrator
Talking Doctor Who (2023)
as Self / The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
Digging The Great Escape (2011)
as narrator
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison (2014)
as Self
Always Crashing in the Same Car (2007)
as Bill Mackinnon
Kidnapped (2005)
as Colonel MacNab
Davros Connections (2007)
as (archival audio)
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary (1996)
as Self
Godard & Others (2010)
as Torrence
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle (1984)
as Mo Morris
Daphne Ashbrook in the UK (2005)
Actor
Downtime (1997)
as Rob
The Orangutan King (2005)
as Narrator
Gypo (2005)
as Paul
Blood Strangers (2002)
as DC David Ingram
SOS: The Titanic Inquiry (2012)
as Sir Rufus Isaacs
The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years (2019)
Actor
Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence (2017)
as Narrator (voice)
Withnail and Us (1999)
as Self
Tiger Island (2012)
as Narrator
The Merchant of Venice (1996)
as Bassanio
Shark: Beneath the Surface (2015)
as self, narrator
The Dance of Shiva (1998)
as Captain Greville
Art Is... (2013)
as Lulu's Dad
Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Land (2018)
as Himself
Whistling Wally (1982)
as Norman
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time (2011)
Actor
Codebreaker Alan Turing Persecution Of A Genius (2014)
Actor
The Day John Lennon Died (2010)
as Narrator
Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race (2014)
as Narrator (Voice)
The Day of the Sun Dog (2023)
as Jaggers
Ghosts on the Underground (2005)
as Narrator
Churchill: When Britain Said No (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence (2013)
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
Absence (2015)
as Man
Brady and Hindley: Possession (2013)
as Narrator (voice)
Death of an Idealist (2005)
as Narrator
Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace (2015)
as narrator
The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On (2019)
as Self
Like a Hurricane: The Alex Higgins Story (2001)
as Self- Narrator
The 9/11 Surfer (2011)
as Narrator
Gadaffi and the IRA (2011)
as Narrator
China - Treasures of the Jade Empire (2015)
as Narrator
The Minister of Chance: Prologue (2014)
as Durian
Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting (2014)
as Narrator
Fables of Forgotten Things (2008)
as Clarence
The Other Prince William (2015)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Super Powered Owls (2015)
as Narrator
World of Compulsive Hoarders (2007)
Actor
A Little Place Off the Edgware Road (2014)
as James Craven
My Dad Was a Communist (2008)
as Narrator
Picasso's Last Stand (2018)
as Narrator
Unfinished: The Making of Massive Attack (2016)
as Narrator (Voice)
France: The Wild Side (2014)
as Narrator
Swallow Your Dreams (2022)
as James