Paul McGann

Paul McGann

  • Birthday: 1959-11-14
  • Place of birth: 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.

Filmography

The One That Got Away

1996

As Chris Ryan

The Three Musketeers

1993

As Girard / Jussac

Gypo

2005

As Paul

Alien³

1992

As Golic

Withnail & I

1987

As ...& I

The Rainbow

1989

As Anton Skrebensky

Hornblower: Mutiny

2001

As Lieutenant Bush

Doctor Who

1996

As The Doctor

Hornblower: Loyalty

2003

As Lieutenant Bush

Hornblower: Duty

2003

As Lieutenant Bush

My Kingdom

2001

As Dean

Godard & Others

2010

As Torrence

Catherine the Great

1996

As Potemkin

Britain's Greatest Codebreaker

2012

As Himself - Narrator (voice)

Dealers

1989

As Daniel Pascoe

Paper Mask

1990

As Matthew Harris

Hornblower: Retribution

2001

As Lt. Bush

Downtime

1997

As Rob

Withnail and Us

1999

As Self

If I Had You

2006

As Philip Andrews

Hotel!

2001

As Ben Carter

The Importance of Being Earnest

1986

As John Worthing

The Merchant of Venice

1996

As Bassanio

Queen of the Damned

2002

As David Talbot

The Hanging Gale

1995

As Liam Phelan

Brakes

2017

As Peter

Always Crashing in the Same Car

2007

As Bill Mackinnon

Absence

2015

As Man

The 9/11 Surfer

2011

As Narrator

Blood Strangers

2002

As DC David Ingram

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

2013

As The Doctor (8) (archive footage)

B&B

2017

As Josh

Afraid of the Dark

1991

As Tony

FairyTale: A True Story

1997

As Arthur Wright

The Monk

1990

As Father Lorenzo Rojas

The Other Prince William

2015

As Self - Narrator (voice)

Picasso's Last Stand

2018

As Narrator

JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence

2013

As Himself - Narrator (voice)

Art Is...

2013

As Lulu's Dad

Churchill: When Britain Said No

2015

As Narrator (voice)

Davros Connections

2007

As (archival audio)

SOS: The Titanic Inquiry

2012

As Sir Rufus Isaacs

Ghosts on the Underground

2005

As Narrator

The Biographer

2002

As Andrew Morton

Doctor Who: Shada

2003

As The Doctor (voice)

The Day John Lennon Died

2010

As Narrator

Streets of Yesterday

1989

As Joseph

Whistling Wally

1982

As Norman

Listening

2003

As Man

Tree of Hands

1989

As Barry

Perplexed Music

2017

As Man

Kidnapped

2005

As Colonel MacNab

Tiger Island

2012

As Narrator

Super Powered Owls

2015

As Narrator

The Orangutan King

2005

As Narrator

Doctor Who Am I

2022

As Self

Cariani and the Courtesans

1987

As Giovanni Cariani

Empire of the Sun

1987

As Lieutenant Price

Gaskin

1983

As Graham Gaskin

The Dance of Shiva

1998

As Captain Greville

Nero's Sunken City

2017

As Narrator (English Voice)

Swans: Mystery of the Missing

2019

As Narrator (voice)

Swallow Your Dreams

2022

As James

Otherworld

2003

As King Matholwch (voice)

The Day of the Sun Dog

2023

As Jaggers

Brady and Hindley: Possession

2013

As Narrator (voice)

Star Trek Story

1996

As Self - Commentary (voice)

The Undertaker

2023

As Arthur

Talking Doctor Who

2023

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

My Dad Was a Communist

2008

As Narrator

Lie with Me

2004

As Gerry Henson

Death of an Idealist

2005

As Narrator

Chinatown: A World in the Heart of the City

2024

As Self (Archive Footage)

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